Here, a team of scientists are shown molesting the squid after its capture. Ooh, the squishy. They say it glows in the dark!

http://www.cnn.com/2003/T...index.html
[This message was edited Thu Apr 3 6:48:02 PST 2003 by TheMico]

kind of like a big soft water spider huh

Stanley Applebaum has been on about that squid this morning:

http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=43263

That's so cool...for years and years people didn't believe that thess things actually existed...they were a part of the cryptozoology set. It's nice to see that they have been proven as a species (sorry, I get really nerdy and excited about these things. )
[This message was edited Thu Apr 3 6:36:29 PST 2003 by applekisses]

I once had this one when I had Chinese, pretty tasty!

IceNine said:

Crikey! Stanley, if you're reading, I mean no disrespect. Ice, thanks for the info. I expect them to find a lot more deep in the ocean. There's a lot more to be found in our oceans than on the moon, that's for sure...NASA...

applekisses said:

Me too! So it´s not nerdy! There have always been a lot of specualations about it, if they existed, and now they finaly found one. Very cool! Who´s next: Nessie, Yetti, Sasquatch, Selma???
[This message was edited Thu Apr 3 6:40:17 PST 2003 by Jasper]

that's a lotta squid...

You have squid options! Don't say we don't care about you on the org!

Stanley Applebaum also posted a squid topic earlier today. He wants to stamp out the evil weapon of mass destruction squid! His post is at http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=43263 - join the anti-squid revolution!

I prefer to discuss the squishiness aspect of the colossal squid. Please, post your thoughts about the squishiness of the colossal squid on this very thread!

applekisses said:

I think it's cool too, it brings to mind those C19th engravings showing horrific sea "monsters" pulling down ships and eating sailors alive. Stuff of legends. I'm not sure but I don't think that a giant squid has, as yet, been observed alive!!

Jasper said:

That's exactly what I was thinking about (seriously.) It must be some kind of mind-control from out cryptozoological bretheren!

Soapstone said:

I don't think it has been observed alive yet either. Remember hearing all of those reports and stories about whales having huge suction marks all over them, but no one had seen the squid?

applekisses said:

I used top love the sea monster stories of the "kracken".
I have always been fascinated by sea life and can't wait to see what is uncovered in the next few years with our new technology.

for real. the ocean is a true last frontier considering there's so mauch more of it than there is actual land on this planet... i'm thinking we're going to find some real 'monsters' out there.

XxAxX said:

ME TOO! At least I hope so.

Squid's are cool and not disgusting at all it fasinates me to think that there are creatures like this in that great big ocean.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Thats a lot of Calamari!

XxAxX said:

I am so creeped out now.

Why did they capture it?

sag10 said:

From the article:

The squid was eating Patagonian Toothfish, which grow to two meters in length, when it was caught. It was dead when it was hauled into the trawler and the remains are now in the New Zealand national museum.

OHMYGOD!!

"This is a very aggressive animal and moves quickly. If you fell in the water next to it you would be in big trouble," said Bolstad.

The colossal squid finds food by literally glowing in the dark, deep waters to light up prey for its massive eyes -- the biggest of any animal.

But it is the colossal squid's weaponry that marks it out from its giant cousin.

Its eight arms and two tentacles have up to 25 teeth-like hooks -- deeply rooted into muscle and able to rotate 360 degrees -- as well as the usual suckers to ensure fish do not escape.

The hooks not only hold fish for the squid's two parrot-like beaks, but also are used to fend off attacks from hungry sperm whales, O'Shea said.

Natsume said:

that is one huge squid... Anyone for calamari?