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Chat => News => Topic started by: NekoBot on June 05, 2012, 06:45:10 PM
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Anglers' extraordinary find is no sea monster, but a giant squid (http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/33793/anglers+extraordinary+find+is+no+sea+monster+but+a+giant+squid/) By: Pete Thomas (http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/?by=Pete+Thomas), GrindTV.com Al McGlashan (http://www.almcglashan.com/), a prominent big-game fisherman in Australia, ventured to sea Friday in search of tuna and swordfish. The highlight, however, was the bizarre discovery of a fresh giant squid (http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/giant-squid/) carcass.
Giant squid are elusive, mysterious denizens of the ocean's darkest depths, believed to have spawned ancient tales of sea monsters (http://www.squidoo.com/Kraken). To find even parts of a dead specimen is rare, but to find a specimen largely intact and still with its bright-orange coloration is extraordinary.
"In all my time on the water -- and I've spent 200-plus days out there -- I've never seen anything like it," McGlashan said in a phone interview.
The discovery occurred 30 miles off Jervis Bay in New South Wales. On board was McGlashan's fishing partner, Justin Lewis, a film crew and Phil Bolton, who works for the regional fisheries department.
The crew obtained underwater footage of the squid being preyed upon by a blue shark, which is posted below.
McGlashan, who writes a weekly column for the Daily Telegraph (http://www.news.com.au/national/you-wouldnt-miss-this-giant-sea-creature-for-squids/story-e6frfkvr-1226383982462#ixzz1wrWAttoF), was quoted in the newspaper as saying the squid "must have died not that long before we found it because it didn't smell at all and its colors were still strong. Most giant squid remains are smelly and rotten and just off-white by the time someone finds them."
Giant squid can measure 50-plus feet but the specimen McGlashan and friends found was only a sea monster in waiting, stretching out at about 13 feet. It was missing long portions of its tentacles, however, perhaps because of a deep-sea battle with a sperm whale.
Sperm whales (http://acsonline.org/fact-sheets/sperm-whale/) are the only large predators to specifically target giant squid in the abyss. The clashes between species were legendary in books and on the silver screen, even though in real life the battles are generally one-sided.
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Woah, that's actually awesome.
For those too lazy to click on the article here's a picture:
(http://static.grindtv.com/images/1/00/39/61/29/396129.jpg)
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Yesh, I was impressed myself
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And to say that this one was a smaller specimen..
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And to say that this one was a smaller specimen..
i wanna go to Aussie to see this ...
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And to say that this one was a smaller specimen..
i wanna go to Aussie to see this ...
I wanne see one of those HUGE spiders and take one to England for msg ;)
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And to say that this one was a smaller specimen..
i wanna go to Aussie to see this ...
I wanne see one of those HUGE spiders and take one to England for msg ;)
He dont like spiders ::)
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Gee, everything's bigger in Australia.
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Gee, everything's bigger in Australia.
(Boobies) ::)
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Gee, everything's bigger in Australia.
(Boobies) ::)
I thought that was Texas ::)
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I wanne see one of those HUGE spiders and take one to England for msg ;)
Grrrr
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I wanne see one of those HUGE spiders and take one to England for msg ;)
Grrrr
Now gys, lets stay on topic >_>
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Woah, that's actually awesome.
For those too lazy to click on the article here's a picture:
(http://static.grindtv.com/images/1/00/39/61/29/396129.jpg)
After looking at this picture for 15 minutes I understood which ones the squid
and now I have seen to much porn to know where this is going.
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Ooh yeah, tentacle rape. It's been a while since I did some of that.
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IMAGINE MAKING FRIED SQUID WITH THIS.
DELICIOUS SHIT FOR EEVVERRYYONNEE.
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ive never had fried squid before
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Go to Australia for some; I hear they've got a special.
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I lack the money unfortionately :(
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HAVE THE SQUID SWIM OVER THERE INSTEAD.
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O____O
it hasnt got no ears
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Why would squids need ears to swim...
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ter hear me ahollerin "YO SQUID. BRING YO ASS OVER HER NO SO I KIN IT YOU"
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But but but but then he'd just run away D:
You need to coax squids, not violence them.
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oooooh ok. then ill try this.
ill drive up in a suspicious windowless van and come out all suspicious lke and becken to it, "Hey you. yeah you. wnt some candy? coe and get it........"
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They're gentle giants that are intelligent. You need to coax it. love it gently, take it out to a dinner, cuddle with it, have romantically humorous moments with it, and then, ONLY THEN, may you be able to BUTCHER THE SHIT OUT OF THE LITTLE DELICIOUS FATTENED UP PIECE OF GOOP.
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it sounds expensive. what do you buy a squid? o_O;
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You buy it a little girl.
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then id have 3 moths to feed and black market children dealers are hard to come by
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You've got the internet. You can meet a nice aussie squid there too.
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no dating sites..... no dating sites......
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But that's where you get the plumpest squids! D:
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But that's where you get the plumpest squids! D:
who are self conscious on self image an always think they're fat
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That's when they're comfortable with you. When they're comfortable with you, you offer to take that fat away(and eat the shit out of them)
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That's when they're comfortable with you. When they're comfortable with you, you offer to take that fat away(and eat the shit out of them)
but trust is then broken whitch makes dfor an unhealthy relationship
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Who cares! It's a squid!
A dead one at that.
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indeed
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I like fried squid to be honest, it's delicious.
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I like fried squid to be honest, it's delicious.
FINALLY. SOMEONE.
The ones that come in those airtight packs *Drool* D:
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I like fried squid to be honest, it's delicious.
+2
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I like fried squid to be honest, it's delicious.
daym O_O
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I like fried squid to be honest, it's delicious.
FINALLY. SOMEONE.
The ones that come in those airtight packs *Drool* D:
I like fried squid to be honest, it's delicious.
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I love you guys!
I like fried squid to be honest, it's delicious.
daym O_O
Have you ever tried it?
I think if they made fried Squid out of this beauty, dayung, I could feed on that for days!
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i myself dont like seaafood.....