To: All
Comparative photos of tentacle / sucker differences. The Colossal squid's are represented on the right and the bottom. The picture on the Left shows the tentacle of the Giant squid.
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Fig. 2: tentacle club of Architeuthis, showing circular-saw-like sucker rings. |
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Fig. 3: tentacle club of Mesonychoteuthis, with swiveling hooks. |
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Fig. 4: Profile of Mesonychoteuthis tentacle club, showing hooks. |
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Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet
9 posted on
02/22/2007 1:25:41 AM PST by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Nasty! These things were the source of all the old sailors' stories about the mythical "Kraken."
To: Stoat
Thanks for the facts and pics! That is one nasty, huge monster.
To: Stoat
Nightmare stuff, hooked suckers. This is one nasty predator. Happy it never developed feet and air breathing lungs.
(I'm for the whales. Someone has to cull the squid...)
To: Stoat
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. ;-)
19 posted on
02/22/2007 9:26:48 AM PST by
r9etb
To: Stoat
Whoa. The Colossal Squid's testicles would rip a human apart.
39 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: Stoat
I'm curious, why is a wheel weight in picture #4?
Oh, maybe it came from the tractor tire?
Odd.
61 posted on
02/22/2007 4:27:19 PM PST by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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