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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: shaggy eel
Don't you have fresh bait shops in NZ? >:-}
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posted on
03/13/2007 8:51:51 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: blackie
,,, we do, but being subject to such a high degree of improvisation, as you know, I'm always weary of the possibility of eating chopped up, non performing bureaucrats.
To: shaggy eel
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posted on
03/14/2007 1:13:56 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Stoat
Wow, that thing is downright frightening!
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?
Disappointed? Just go deeper!
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:52:49 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Wow, that thing is downright frightening!One has to admire the spectacular design, however. An amazing example of God's work, although I wouldn't want to ask it out on a date :-)
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posted on
05/15/2007 8:59:34 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the natural world.
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:11:57 PM PDT
by
Reeses
To: Stoat
No doubt, they are amazing creatures and the designer must really be amazing. I still don’t believe that the universe as it is today is just a result of an explosion and we’re all a result of the particles randomly flying out of it.
To: Reeses
OH LAWDY! That’s an amazing picture! I initially thought it was a Photoshop, but I looked at the page it came from and it appears to be the real deal.
Those people are pretty brave touching it’s tentacles like that....although the Colossus squid has the particularly nasty rotating hooks inside the rings, the Giant squid’s are pretty formidable as well, with the rings surrounded by circular saws, and I’ll bet they’re really sharp! (Please see post #9 of this thread if you haven’t already)
Just an astonishing picture, thanks very much for posting.
(although I’m not sure if I will be able to sleep tonight....that big eye will be haunting me!)
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:47:46 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Man, that show really takes me back...
All the way back to H.R. Puff N' Stuff and the Bugaloo's.
Uh-Oh...Chongo!
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
No doubt, they are amazing creatures and the designer must really be amazing. I still dont believe that the universe as it is today is just a result of an explosion and were all a result of the particles randomly flying out of it.Agreed. I think that Ronald Reagan and Raquel Welch are both proof that God does indeed exist....such genius and such beauty couldn't possibly be random! :-)
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posted on
05/15/2007 9:55:41 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
I thought Jack Sparrow caught the biggest squid in the last PotC movie...
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posted on
05/15/2007 10:15:20 PM PDT
by
Schwaeky
(Welcome to America--Now speak English or LEAVE!)
To: dagoofyfoot
It took me awhile to sort out my confusion from your post, because uh-oh Chongo! was from Danger Island :-)
But I believe I grok your meaning :-)
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posted on
05/15/2007 10:56:02 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Caipirabob
Wouldn’t that be one in the same?
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posted on
05/15/2007 10:58:38 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in the Triangle of Death)
To: Schwaeky
Lawdy, all of these pop-culture references have got me giving my search engines a workout....
I didn’t see Pirates of the Caribbean so I initially drew a blank on that one :-)
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posted on
05/15/2007 10:59:08 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Cyclopean Squid
I think i lost my apatite.
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