Hmmmmm...... Some butter, minced garlic, a little oregano (a little oregano goes a long way),
sauteed and served on a bed of linguini and served with a nice chianti.
Good eatin'!!
Posted on 03/27/2002 6:42:18 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
Giant Octopus Dredged Up Off New Zealand
March 27
— WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified what they believe is the largest octopus ever seen, a 13 foot long giant hauled from the depths near New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands.
The dead specimen, caught in a trawler's net, was badly damaged but it was clearly a massive animal, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)marine biologist Steve O'Shea.
"It would easily have been four-plus meters in total length and a weight of 70-75 kg (154-165 pounds), if not more -- it's a very big octopus, the size of a fully mature male giant squid." O'Shea had provisionally identified the specimen, caught at a depth of more than 3,000 feet, as Haliphron Atlanticus, a bright red, jelly-like species of octopus not previously found in the South Pacific.
Juveniles of the species had been found in shallow northern waters, with adults believed to live at a depth of around 250 meters so the discovery was unusual, he said.
"It's extremely deep, it's extremely large, it's the first recorded in the South Pacific, it may not even be the species we've attributed to it at this point in time -- I've got a lot more work to do on it."
People had been amazed when he relayed the details of the creature, O'Shea said.
"But down here in New Zealand, this is an area which is so poorly explored that its not surprising that we're getting all these weird and wonderful animals.
"The frightening thing is that we are getting an animal like this newly reported in New Zealand waters today...so new and large, you've got to sit down and ask yourself 'What is it we know about the deep sea environment?'," O'Shea said.
Octopuses are one of the most diverse creatures on earth, with several hundred species worldwide and more than 40 species found in New Zealand waters alone.
The Chathams are a windswept group of islands around 530 miles east of Christchurch, home to around 800 people engaged in sheep farming and fishing.
Could you be thinking of cone shells? They can be quite deadly. Never been stung by one, only by Scorpion Fish and Portuguese Man-of-War, and of course stuck by sea urchins. The Man-of -War burns, but the Scorpion Fish really packs a wallop! Octopus and squid are delicious, sea urchin isn't bad, can't eat jellyfish (not even with peanut butter), but Scorpion Fish is one of the finest salt-water fish you can dine on. Tastes like fresh water bass.
The_Octopus: Information relating to PROMIS, the Inslaw scandal, the Octopus, and the death of Danny Casolaro.
...Now it all makes sense, the deaths, the coverups, shipments through Mena, Arkansas, and now it ends in New Zealand.
Come on DeSoto...the heading said GIANT Octopus! You were warned.
Hmmmmm...... Some butter, minced garlic, a little oregano (a little oregano goes a long way),
sauteed and served on a bed of linguini and served with a nice chianti.
Good eatin'!!
Well.... I can link the whole world, including all the giant octopii, with a file size of 40,038 bytes. And as an added bonus, most people can actually tell what they are looking act. The #39 photo is near impossible to decipher, I see a drawing or painting of a giant octopus, that looks pretty old. I have know idea what it is painted on, or why it is important to this thread. There is no explanation, no link or reference, and no clue other than a very large, thread slowing (stopping?) picture of something with a crude picture of an octopus drawn on it.
Sorry to be grouchy about this, but not long ago I could only get dial-up service and it peaked at 26.4 Kbps. A picture like that would have taken over an hour to download and would have been a complete waste of time and bandwidth.
OK, enough griping about this, I'll be quiet.
file size 40,038 bytes
BTW, if you look real carefully, right there on the right.... no, a little lower down..... yeah, yeah right there, SEE?? It's a giant octopus, just like the story said.
Peking again?
...... but the threat has not been neutralized .....
Can't say "shoot the ugly bitch," I suppose?
Then how about, "they shoot horses, don't they?"
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