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gonetobaja:Here is a link of us being attacked in blue water by small(4-5ft)free swimming Humboldt Squid. These encounters occured at the animals will, the footage of the attacks is unprovoked or baited.
http://209.242.151.5/seawolves/DancingWithDemons.wmv
Cheers,
Scott Cassell
Sea Wolves Unlimited
gonetobaja:My work and films have never involved being a guide (over 300 dives with these magnificent animals) until just now. My goal is to share experiences with these amazing and highly intelligent squid in a safe manner and one that doesnt put the squid in harms way either. Part of my decision to provide this 'service' is to facilitate marine researchers to experience Humboldt squid. The Mexican government is going to be very aware of this operation and I will be carefully watched under a series of permits.
I wear a chain mail suit because I know of the capabilities of these huge predators and want to dive with them without the need to injure one if it decides to attack me. I have never injured one even though they have injured me.
I have spent years filming white sharks, Humboldt squid and many other predators for Discovery Channel and other clients, and have never injured my subjects. When my subject moves in to investigate me as prey or to satisfy its curiousity, I consider myself privledged and get the shot not once thinking "it's my time to leave". No film maker on the planet would agree with that mind-set.
After hundreds of hours underwater with these magnificent cephalopods, it is clear, they often avoid divers completely and it took a lot of time and patience to learn how to encounter them without hurting them. I am the only person to have developed such a method.
Dive safe,
Scott Cassell
Sea Wolves Unlimited