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Diver Dennis:
That is actually the reason we made this Documentary. My partner Scott was featured on the Discovery Channel program called "killer Squid" (talk about a hyped up title). He was the one featured in the Squid armor that he had designed. The other two people that where diving with the squid where tryint to prove that the squid were not dangerous.
They tried to make the program without our help and couldnt find the animals. They dove away from the panga fleet and really didint see much. The reason is that the animals live in Deep sea canyons. If you dont dive in the spots where they are you will not see them. They were trying to produce (and did) a show that shows the animals out to be non-aggressive and then put together a theory based on what they saw and after watching our cuts.
If you notice they are wearing harnesses and cables to the boat, WHY? Well they knew that thats how Scott dove witht he squid. The armor is custom made and they had none.
For some of these film makers they are more interested in selling a show than telling the truth. This is the exact type of problem that we are avoiding. After seeing that show people may think that it is safe to dive with squid as long as its...
NOT AT NIGHT
NOT by THE FLEET
NOT IN REAL DEEP WATER
Well we have tested all of those theorys.....
the attack footage was taken at 1:45 in the after noon at 115feet.
We only take our dive tours in the Day.
We make everyone wear armor or dive the cage.
If you are a solo diver in with the squid you are toast.
We have seen 4ft squid hunting on the shoreline at 9:45am in gonzaga bay about 300 miles to the north in 5 feet of water.
Our concern is that someone will see this show and try to dive with the gentle and missunderstood Humboldt Squid and get killed. Then the public outcry for this mankiller will rage. As it is these animals are killed by the thousands every night. Little is know about the animal, everyone is guessing. We want to bring ecotourism to the industry before the squid get fished out or people dont care about mass killing of them becuase they are "Man Eaters"
Our press on the Squid is different than all of the others becuase our work is "real"
Our opinions on the animal behavior can be backed up by HD footage to be observed by people interested.
If someone watches the Discovery Channel show and then decides to believe the conclusion and then decides to go diving with the Humboldt Squid they will be in for a big surprise. If they get hurt it will bring bad press for the animal, as it hurt a tourist instead of a fisherman. :shakehead
We are cutting another trailer because of the questions posed on this board. The video is done and I truly believe all of you will like it very much. The new trailer will be geared more to the conservation side of things and not so hollywood.
It will be a few days before its ready.
GTB
www.sea-wolves.com
