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russ
Pretty sure there have never been “230-foot-long” sperm whales.
suzzer99
Yeah that jumped out at me. Sperm whales can grow to 60'. Makes me wonder what other facts might not be accurate.
mock-possum
Oh wow, glad I’m not the only one caught up on that. Like… that’s basically a 15 story building right? That’s gigantic.
bombcar
Maybe it was 230 whales each only a foot long!
nunuvit
I think they copied the wrong number. 230 dB is an estimate for how loud they can click.
XzAeRosho
That was a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing!

That seal video chasing the squid was so captivating given the context of the article.

wiz21c
What's impressive is that the chase occurs in a completely dark environement. How the hell do they know where they go ?
lynx23
I guess you'd say something similar when thinking about blind people? Humans relying 90% on vision is apparently killing most of their imagination.
shellfishgene
They apparently have sensitive whiskers and hearing adapted to underwater conditions. Also really good night vision.
dvh
Making a subscription dialog with the same look as cookie consent dialog is brilliant and evil at the same time.
mock-possum
> They placed the squid in a shipboard aquarium and turned the lights off. After their eyes adjusted to the dark, one of the scientists gently stirred the water with his hand. FLASH! A second of “brilliant blue-green light,” as they described it, was followed by the squid wrapping their tentacles around a finger and delivering a tiny-beaked bite.

Poor guy. I hope they let it go after that. Be nice to the weird little squiddy thing.

skibz
Fascinating. I really enjoyed that.
pvaldes
That must be Taningia of course... yep. I found a few in the pelagic cetaceans. Big animals, as tall as a man.

A cool animal that can appear relatively close to the shore in Europe, Japan or US. Looking at two big oblique "cat-eyes" glowing in the pitch black deep sea and blinking at you must be a terrifying sight.

philipov
Is it a squid or a k̶i̶d lamp?
RGamma
I sincerely hope for them they're inedible.