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To: NormsRevenge
The squid's lower beak measures around 40 centimetres across, while other beaks have been found -- usually in the stomach of predator sperm whales -- measuring up to 49 centimetres.
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O'Shea said it is possible that colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) may grow to up to 750 kilograms . . .

A while back I read that whalers reported that some sperm whales bore sucker marks that were as big as dinner plates. Scientists extrapolated the length but I forgot how big their estimate was. In any event, I wouldn't want to be in the water when one of those things got near the surface (think chunks of bread in a goldfish pond).

16 posted on 04/30/2008 2:49:40 PM PDT by Oatka (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Oatka

Barney Frank has sucker marks? Oh.... you mean the other type of Sperm Whale, my bad.


21 posted on 05/01/2008 5:17:13 AM PDT by Brainhose (Just a typical white person.)
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