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Feb. 27th, 2004 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguySteve O'Shea is my new hero.
Why? Several reasons.
1. He's the "world's foremost expert on giant squids". How cool is that? The only thing I'm the world's foremost expert on is What the Sparrows Are Up To Across the Street in that Air Conditioner, and Won't the Neighbors Be Surprised When They Find Out.
2. As part of his ongoing efforts to study giant squids and their larger cousins, the colossal squid (!), this man ATTACHED VIDEO CAMERAS on sperm whale blowholes, hoping to watch them feeding on giant squid. You know it wasn't really him, though; it was some poor grad student who got into the field because he wanted to study ornamental goldfish.
This attempt didn't work for two reasons: it turns out sperm whales eat with their mouths, not their blowholes, and it turns out grad students don't want to get anywhere near the mouths of cranky sperm whales with a big suction cup.
3. But science marches on! Steve O'Shea's new plan is to place underwater cameras in a part of the ocean where he knows giant squid hang out, and then USE FEMALE SQUID PHEROMONES to lure giant squids close enough to be caught on film! Because what could possibly go wrong when you're out on the ocean in a boat full of giant squid aphrodisiac?!?!
Why? Several reasons.
1. He's the "world's foremost expert on giant squids". How cool is that? The only thing I'm the world's foremost expert on is What the Sparrows Are Up To Across the Street in that Air Conditioner, and Won't the Neighbors Be Surprised When They Find Out.
2. As part of his ongoing efforts to study giant squids and their larger cousins, the colossal squid (!), this man ATTACHED VIDEO CAMERAS on sperm whale blowholes, hoping to watch them feeding on giant squid. You know it wasn't really him, though; it was some poor grad student who got into the field because he wanted to study ornamental goldfish.
This attempt didn't work for two reasons: it turns out sperm whales eat with their mouths, not their blowholes, and it turns out grad students don't want to get anywhere near the mouths of cranky sperm whales with a big suction cup.
3. But science marches on! Steve O'Shea's new plan is to place underwater cameras in a part of the ocean where he knows giant squid hang out, and then USE FEMALE SQUID PHEROMONES to lure giant squids close enough to be caught on film! Because what could possibly go wrong when you're out on the ocean in a boat full of giant squid aphrodisiac?!?!
