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Colossal squid hooked with rings the size of tractor tyres :(May be largest ever caught)
The Sydney Morning Herald ^
| February 22, 2007
Posted on 02/22/2007 12:51:48 AM PST by Stoat
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To: r9etb
To: shaggy eel
I know you're at the bottom of this somehow...
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posted on
02/22/2007 9:35:14 AM PST
by
null and void
(Let's play 6° of global warming...)
To: r9etb
I had no idea that squidology was still using tire-balance lead weights to provide a sizing scale.... I thought they'd upgraded to iPod-relative measures. ;-) I'm guessing that the squid had an imbalance problem whilst swimming and took proactive steps to correct it :-)
This could be likened to orthopedic shoes in humans.
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:00:12 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: FLOutdoorsman; Angelas; presidio9; Idisarthur; Hegemony Cricket; A knight without armor; ...
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:00:19 AM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: Stoat
Am I the only one who's always sort of disappointed by the size of these real-life giant squids? Too much Jules Verne and Johnny Quest growing up?
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:03:52 AM PST
by
Jhensy
To: Jhensy
Am I the only one who's always sort of disappointed by the size of these real-life giant squids? Too much Jules Verne and Johnny Quest growing up?Although I've been hearing reports that this particular specimen is 39 feet long, I agree that it's not of the scale as suggested by popular fantasy. Those of us hoping for a battleship-sized squid can remain optimistic, however, because we have yet to fully explore the greatest depths of the ocean and I will wager that many more surprises await us still.
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:08:16 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: techcor
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:10:02 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: Jhensy
Yeah, I was kind of hoping for a fight between a squid and a los Angeles attack sub.
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:12:45 AM PST
by
miliantnutcase
("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
To: ChristianDefender
Haven't tried giant squid before... has anybody?More importantly...I wonder how many times they've sampled...us? Didn't I hear of a giant squid attack on a man just a few weeks ago? Possibly recorded on video?
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:16:16 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: Jhensy
Too much Johnny Quest growing up?Damn, I really miss the original Johnny Quest. What a great show! Name me another show where guns are shown as being positive especially to kids. I remember one show where the kids were on a boat traveling up the amazon river and attacked by crocs. Everybody got a semi-auto rifle to fend the critters off, including Hadji and Johnny! I wonder if they're available on DVD?
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:23:19 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: techcor; Hatteras; All
Holy Cthulu!
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:25:48 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: BunnySlippers
That's because it IS a body - a squid body.
Lemme see . . you got your fried squid, your boiled squid, your baked squid, your roasted squid, your barbecued squid, your sauteed squid, your squid salad, your squid scampi, your sushi squid, your toasted squid, your sweet and sour squid, your squid kebobs, your broiled squid, your shrimp and squid delight, your squid chowder . . . and that's about it for me . . I think I'll get me a squid boat when I retire and call my company Twinkie's Squid Company (after Bubba's Shrimp Co. in "Forrest Gump") . . anyone else have a squid recipe they can share? . . all that squid meat going to waste in a museum . . . what a shame!
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:26:04 AM PST
by
Twinkie
(Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God . . .)
To: ExSoldier; Jhensy
Damn, I really miss the original Johnny Quest. What a great show! Name me another show where guns are shown as being positive especially to kids. I remember one show where the kids were on a boat traveling up the amazon river and attacked by crocs. Everybody got a semi-auto rifle to fend the critters off, including Hadji and Johnny! I wonder if they're available on DVD? Amazon.com Jonny Quest - The Complete First Season DVD Charles A. Nichols
Be advised that another DVD is available which is from the 1990's Jonny Quest spinoff but is titled in a confusing way that suggests it is the 1964 version.
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posted on
02/22/2007 10:38:55 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Fred Nerks; FairOpinion
This one is *almost* an X-Planets topic. :')
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posted on
02/22/2007 11:22:43 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Stoat
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posted on
02/22/2007 11:27:54 AM PST
by
RikaStrom
(The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
To: Puddleglum
Thanks for the facts and pics! You're quite welcome, and I'm delighted that you've found them to be interesting and worthwhile :-)
That is one nasty, huge monster.
Yes, I'm very happy that they live down in the very deepest depths of the oceans and won't be bothering me as I scuba dive :-)
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posted on
02/22/2007 11:29:14 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: null and void; Piquaboy; blackie; concordKIWI
,,, NZ's Prime Minister, Helen Clark, is caning the Japanese at present over whaling in the same waters while her country's fleet are pulling up rare Patagonian tooth fish. Don't you love it?!!!
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posted on
02/22/2007 11:33:20 AM PST
by
shaggy eel
(ah, summer.)
To: null and void
I know you're at the bottom of this somehow... ,,, I never had sex with that squid's bottom. Can you define "bottom"?
I know that's Klintonesque but it had to be said in defense of what honour I have left.
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posted on
02/22/2007 11:38:07 AM PST
by
shaggy eel
(ah, summer.)
To: Stoat
Whoa. The Colossal Squid's testicles would rip a human apart.
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posted on
02/22/2007 11:40:40 AM PST
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(A Muslim soldier can never be loyal to a non-Muslim commander.)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Whoa. The Colossal Squid's testicles would rip a human apart."Cough"
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posted on
02/22/2007 11:44:24 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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