The Giant Squid's bigger, meaner cousin found.

coastie · Apr 3, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/04/03/colossal.squid.reut/index.html

From the article....

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) -- A rare and dangerous squid with eyes the size of dinner plates and scores of razor-sharp hooks to snag its prey has been caught by fishermen off Antarctica, New Zealand scientists said on Thursday.

The half-grown female colossal squid is only the second intact example of the monster cephalopod known to have been found...

The body of the colossal squid is much bigger than the giant squid, which can weigh up to 900 kg, 2,000 pounds when fully grown. A giant squid's tentacles can be up to 13 meters long, compared with five meters on the recovered creature.

For the biology and environmental science nerds, like me, check out the article. This is fascinating!

Brimshack · Apr 3, 2003

Calamari that eats you!

coastie · Apr 3, 2003

LOL

mmm Calamari.

Starscream · Apr 3, 2003

Squids are cool.

gwyyn · Apr 3, 2003

That's it, I'm never going snorkling!! I'm already terrified of Meredith Mike (local catfish size of man that resides in Lake Meredith) don't even wanna think of anything else eating me!

Mechanical Bliss · Apr 3, 2003

Where's Captain Nemo when you need him?

nephilimiyr · Apr 3, 2003

Cool Coastie, I was going to make a thread on this last night but I decided against it in case too many of you would think I'm a little too strange!

Here's the BBC article I read.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2910849.stm

coastie · Apr 4, 2003

3rd April 2003 at 08:10 PM gwyyn said this in Post #5

That's it, I'm never going snorkling!! I'm already terrified of Meredith Mike (local catfish size of man that resides in Lake Meredith) don't even wanna think of anything else eating me!

ROFLOL!!

Oh man gwyyn, my stomach hurts now!

Meredith Mike?! That's awesome!!

Hey Neph,

As Starscream said... squids are cool. Never be embarassed to post anything about squids.

Wolseley · Apr 4, 2003

Does anyone besides me find it odd for a coastie to be praising squids?

DeputyDan · Apr 4, 2003

This particular squid really will eat you.

However, it is seldom found above 800 meteres deep so snorklers have little to fear.

Gabriel · Apr 4, 2003

4th April 2003 at 11:20 AM DeputyDan said this in Post #10

This particular squid really will eat you.

However, it is seldom found above 800 meteres deep so snorklers have little to fear.

According to this article, snorkelers may have been on the menu for this one:

The species, whose scientific name is mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, was previously thought to have lurked at least 800 meters down in the freezing waters near Antarctica, but the specimen found a fortnight ago was near the surface.

Wolseley · Apr 4, 2003

Anybody who snorkles in the "freezing waters near Antarctica" is a hardier soul than I am.

Greeter · Apr 4, 2003

4th April 2003 at 12:18 PM Wolseley said this in Post #12

Anybody who snorkles in the "freezing waters near Antarctica" is a hardier soul than I am.

LOL.

Between that . . . THING . . . and some evidence of a shark that is 60 feet long and swims faster then dolphins (megalodon or something) makes me think I never want to go in the water again!

All we need now is for a dragon to show up somewhere.

I am going to have nightmares for weeks thanks to you all.

Ryder · Apr 4, 2003

Michael0701 · Apr 4, 2003

"Squids are cool."

-What about us "bubbleheads"?

Did ya see the beak on that sunuvagun!!!

DeputyDan · Apr 4, 2003

I don't worry about nasties when diving. Its too much fun and every dive is different.

My kids ages 12 and 15 also dive and love it.

No squid (I hope) in the Keys or islands.

Taffsadar · Apr 4, 2003

4th April 2003 at 03:15 AM coastie said this in Post #3

LOL

mmm Calamari.

You doesn't want to eat that sort of Calamari. The scientists discored the high ammoniak levels in giant squid meat found it by eating it. It pretty much tastes ammoniak according to the.

Wolseley · Apr 4, 2003

4th April 2003 at 02:50 PM Ryder said this in Post #14

"You want fries with that?"

coastie · Apr 4, 2003

4th April 2003 at 08:15 AM Wolseley said this in Post #9

Does anyone besides me find it odd for a coastie to be praising squids?

LOL...

I didn't even see the irony in it until just now.

DustSculpture · Apr 4, 2003

Im never taking a bath again...

Ya know, we used to call clumsy skateboarders squids when I was a kid

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