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| Giant squid washes up on beach |
| 2002-07-22 |
| Scientists in Australia are investigating what may be a new species of giant squid, after one of the deep sea creatures washed up on a Tasmanian beach over the weekend. The squid weighs up to 250 kilograms and, including tentacles, measured almost 18 meters (60 feet), the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Monday. Only two other specimens have been found on Tasmanian shores, in 1986 and 1991, the report said. Fluffy! They found you! Ahhh, we've missed you, boy! Y'see, every once in awhile he slips his collar and swims away to eat a few whales. But he always comes back... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #11 Trust CNN to get something wrong in every story, "The giant squid is believed to feed on, among other things, the world's biggest animals with several eyewitness stories from fisherman who have seen the squid in fierce battles with whales. Dead whales have been found washed up on beaches with large sucker marks on their bodies, apparently from squid attacks." Actually the assumption has always been that the squid is sperm whale food....for the very simple reason that dead whales usually have hundreds, sometimes thousands, of giant squid beaks in their stomachs and intestines (the beaks are indigestible). |
| Posted by: carl 2002-07-23 05:58:33 |
| #10 Ah yes, but can you pronounce it? |
| Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge 2002-07-23 03:34:49 |
| #9 Too much ammonia for fritters, alas. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulu R'lyeh wagh'nagl fhtagn ("In his house in R'lyeh dead Cthulhu lies dreaming" - H.P. Lovecraft) |
| Posted by: Joe 2002-07-22 22:57:20 |
| #8 When you give the ol' mal'occhia, is it the left eye or the right eye? I forget... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-07-22 20:37:48 |
| #7 "my next prophets will be invertebrates." - and the current (living?) ones are ? How 'bout that Gephardt trying to will the economy down? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-07-22 20:34:43 |
| #6 A Kraken! I'll some of that calamari, thanks! |
| Posted by: Quana 2002-07-22 19:52:33 |
| #5 These beach washups are signs of the new covenant. To hell with humans; my next prophets will be invertebrates. |
| Posted by: Allah the Dog Faced Dog 2002-07-22 18:02:41 |
| #4 here in San Diego we've had a rash of beached Flying Squid - 100's at a time - but only 1'-2' long....does size matter (on this one)? lol check out www.sosd.com if you doubt me |
| Posted by: Fgaines 2002-07-22 14:50:27 |
| #3 Pat first thing that I thought when I saw that big sucker was Cthulhu. Damn you beat me to it! Have you perchange been to http://www.shoggoth.net? That reminds me, I got to finish the next part of my tale, it seems that there are some nasty stirrings on the coast of Scotland. Deep Ones are at it again. |
| Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge 2002-07-22 13:13:17 |
| #2 Suddenly, since '86, we have mysterious big squid washing up on Pacific shores. Yep, the stars are right and there is stirring in the drowned city of R'yleh. |
| Posted by: Pat Phillips 2002-07-22 08:53:50 |
| #1 Bartender! Calamari for everyone! |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-07-22 08:34:28 |