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Two of earths most successful lineages meet in the cold waters off japan: Homo sapiens, and the giant squid Architeuthis dux.
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~GlaciusTS Dec 7, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Beautifully done. I live in Newfoundland, so Giant Squid frequent waters around here from time to time, but I have never seen one personally. These things are so beautiful but at the same time, they have given me some terrifying nightmares. If I were a diver and saw such a thing, I'm pretty sure i would be amazed, but at the same time I would crap myself and start praying. I think, if I were in the divers shoes, I would toss the light to distract the squid, and watch it follow the light from a distance. Then i'd get the hell out of there, I'm not sure but I think finding one could mean a few more are nearby.
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*bronze4u Nov 22, 2011
Sculpting another one right now. GREAT PIC!!!!

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~dinobatfan Nov 17, 2011
Well......wouldn't this be a surprise!!!! Wow!! Great art!! Your attention to detail, composition, and colors is just astounding and honedto perfection! :D
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~azizjon Aug 28, 2011   General Artist
GREAT!!!FANTASTIC!!
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~Augos Jul 6, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
there was a time in the early 2000's where i was obsessed with this creature after seeing a documentary on the discovery channel

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Mood: Love =BrentOGara Jul 3, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
AWESOME picture... but I have to ask, by what criteria do you measure the "success" of a lifeform or a lineage?.. I tend to think the criteria should be objective and clearly measurable standards, like howwidespread and numerous the lifeform is, with some points for how resistant to extinction it is.

Of course, by the standards I just mentioned, ants and bacteria get the really high scores, with crocodiles and beetles getting decent scores... but fragile, ephemera-dependent newcomers like homo sapiens get a rather low score. Even giant squid have us beat.

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*Abiogenisis Jul 3, 2011
I read that giant squid biomass may be higher than that of humans.

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=BrentOGara Jul 3, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Could be much higher... but a lot of things have higher biomass than humans... we think we're so smart because we're so smart... but really, no other species is so very ready to drive themselves to extinction. There's an excellent chance that ants, crocodiles, beetles, and giant squid will be kicking around long after we've killed ourselves off.

Really, the only long term hope for humans, as a species, is getting off the planet and ending the Economy of Scarcity (at least on a per-person level). Once we're no longer dependent on a single biosphere, and every individual has the survival basics guaranteed, then we can start thinking about the long-tern survival of the species... who knows, maybe one day we'll rival bacteria as the #1 biomass on the planet.

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Mood: Awestruck ~mrkookas Apr 11, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
This title has a dual meaning here
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*Abiogenisis Apr 13, 2011
Correct ;)

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