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22 Feb 07 - 09:31 AM (#1975950) Subject: BS: Giant Squid From: LilyFestre A squid weighing over 900 pounds and 39 feet long....Giant Squid Interesting reading. LQF |
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22 Feb 07 - 09:38 AM (#1975954) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Roger the Skiffler Mmmmm,Kalimari.... RtS |
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22 Feb 07 - 09:45 AM (#1975960) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: beardedbruce Sashimi! |
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22 Feb 07 - 09:46 AM (#1975962) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,meself Okay, you've got your "giant squid", your "colossal squid" - if they discover an even bigger variety, what are they going to call it - your "super-duper god-like squid"? |
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22 Feb 07 - 09:48 AM (#1975963) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Alec Guest,meself in the same story is the comment "New Zealand Fishermen catch Massive Squid." |
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22 Feb 07 - 10:06 AM (#1975986) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Peace The sea creature with eight testicles . . . . |
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22 Feb 07 - 10:09 AM (#1975989) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Dave the Gnome Where's that sick squid you owe me? :D |
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22 Feb 07 - 10:15 AM (#1975995) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,meself 'Massive, Missuss Brennan!' Question of the day: who said that, and was he describing a giant, colossal or super-duper god-like squid? |
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22 Feb 07 - 10:41 AM (#1976018) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Bee-dubya-ell I guess this means we'll have to enlarge the Mudcat Tavern's Jello wrestling pit. It already has one giant squid in it. |
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22 Feb 07 - 10:46 AM (#1976023) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: MMario well - it seems one of the main food sources for colossal squid are giant squid and other squid - so I'm not sure that's a good idea. I suspect that means the Tavern "Giant Squid" is an actual Giant Squid - because he raises a stink anytime anyone mentions calimari! |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:00 AM (#1976033) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Midchuck I think a larger squid than a collossal squid is simply a BFS. I also think they have ten. Octopots have eight. This has possibilities for a parody version of "The Squid-Jigging Ground." Peter. |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:03 AM (#1976036) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Alec A Squid does have 10 legs.So how come this one has 39 feet? |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:04 AM (#1976039) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: MMario he didn't say "tentacles" |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:19 AM (#1976054) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Crystal So CUTE! |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:28 AM (#1976061) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Becca72 I believe there's giant, collosal, super-duper-god like and Holy f**k |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:29 AM (#1976062) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,meself Date: 22 Feb 07 - 09:46 AM "Okay, you've got your "giant squid", your "colossal squid" - if they discover an even bigger variety, what are they going to call it - your "super-duper god-like squid"?" Cthulu. |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:42 AM (#1976071) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Bee And hope to be eaten first. |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:47 AM (#1976073) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,meself "Cthulu." Hunh? Now that would be Latin for - what? |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:48 AM (#1976075) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,The Giant Squid Look, dammit, that's my cousin Abner. He ain't done nothin' to you people. Here he was, just cruising, suckin' up food, workin' over the occasional blue whale, just groovin', and some broke-dick mamaluccas drag him up and show him off to the world! This is gonna royally piss off Abner's mom. And like they say, when Momma ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy. |
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22 Feb 07 - 11:50 AM (#1976078) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,Sick Squid BASTARDSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Poor Great Uncle Henry. Wondered why I hadn't heard from him in a while. Why can't these Kiwis stick to sheep shagging? On second thoughts, maybe they were using a sheep as bait. Very partial to a sheep or two was Uncle Henry. Sometimes he ate them too. |
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22 Feb 07 - 12:00 PM (#1976091) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Rapparee Are you SURE that's not Shane McBride? |
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22 Feb 07 - 12:10 PM (#1976097) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Stilly River Sage Well at least there was no green jello. Sorry about your uncle. (I don't know an emoticon for crocodile tears. . . ) |
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22 Feb 07 - 12:12 PM (#1976098) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Alec meself, "cthulu" is an allusion to H.P.Lovecraft. Becca72, the Despair Squid from "Red Dwarf" is a good example of a Holy F**k Squid. |
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22 Feb 07 - 12:13 PM (#1976099) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Midchuck "Cthulu." Hunh? Now that would be Latin for - what? Nahhh...That's only Cthulu's head. Peter. |
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22 Feb 07 - 12:56 PM (#1976129) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Becca72 You've got that right, Alec. |
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22 Feb 07 - 01:06 PM (#1976136) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Bee If you like squid (besides for eating)PZ Myers, a biology prof, has a wonderful science blog called Pharyngula, that often features stories on squid and octopodes - he's a cephalopodomaniac. Lots of pics of cephalopods in his archives. Best squid recipe I've eaten: pot of gently simmering beer, bit of garlic and pepper; simmer squiddly bits briefly, eat with a mite of melted butter. Very very tender! But you'd want a very big pot and a lot of friends over for the OP squid. |
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22 Feb 07 - 02:35 PM (#1976228) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Don Firth The Scourge of the seven seas, a real outlaw: Billy the Squid. Don Firth |
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22 Feb 07 - 05:56 PM (#1976377) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,lox I saw a program recently that was put together by a diver who has an interest in squid. He went right down to the depths and spent a fair amount of time with them. He found that they were non aggressive and curious creatures, tactile and intelligent, and when it was time for him to go he ended up quite moved by the whole experience. The documentary was quite moving itself and he went on to explain how they are possibly endangered, though due to their elusiveness this is an unknown factor. Ultimately, he convinced me to view the kind of thing referred to in this thread as pretty barbaric. Certainly, the footage of him surrounded by hundreds of Giant squid, yet not in the remotest danger, was quite breathtaking. Just thought I'd drop that in there. |
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22 Feb 07 - 06:20 PM (#1976405) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,The Giant Squid We are cute, cuddlesome, gentle, and kind little creatures and why anyone would make a "Teddy Bear" and not a "Teddy Squid" completely escapes me. |
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22 Feb 07 - 06:49 PM (#1976434) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,meself I saw a program like that about the Hell's Angels ... |
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22 Feb 07 - 07:17 PM (#1976472) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: bubblyrat OK, so Uncle Billy Hawkins wears FIVE pairs of stockings !! |
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22 Feb 07 - 07:33 PM (#1976483) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Bat Goddess The key to cooking squid is either cook it very fast...or very very slow. Anything in between is rubbery, but not the kind of rubber squid I collect. I dunno. I like small succulent squid for eating, although I'd like to try the Humboldt squid (big but not giant) that the West Coast had a run on a year or so ago. Cuttlefish is good eatin', too. And octopus. I guess I just like tenticles. Vampyroteuthis infernalis, is probably my favorite non rubber, non dinner type squid -- "vampire squid from hell," -- it has the largest eyes of any animal. Linn |
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22 Feb 07 - 07:59 PM (#1976508) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Charley Noble Here's a link to a previous thread about giant squids which includes some ditties: Click here for a good time! Feel free to add a few more verses. I do wish the New Zealanders practiced "catch and release." It takes a long time for a squid to grow that large. Charley Noble |
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23 Feb 07 - 05:10 AM (#1976815) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Liz the Squeak The only things that New Zealanders will release are sheep. Squid and French photographers are fair game as far as they're concerned. LTS |
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23 Feb 07 - 11:14 AM (#1977035) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Geoff the Duck Squid Jigging? How do they do make all them feet keep in time with the music? Quack! GtD. |
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23 Feb 07 - 11:21 AM (#1977042) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Bunnahabhain I though squid got to that size really rather fast. All squid have a calcified structure in their body, that are though to have daily growth rings. Mature Males show ranges of 300-420 rings, and females, being larger, somewhat more, implying a life of 1-2 years. |
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23 Feb 07 - 12:36 PM (#1977110) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Little Hawk I'm not all that impressed. The squid in the movie "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" (a film about aquatic baseball) was MUCH larger than that. So was the one in "Pirates of the Caribbean II". That's just a medium-sized squid. Not collosal in the least if you ask me. |
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23 Feb 07 - 01:50 PM (#1977167) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: beardedbruce Again, LH, you confuse Hollywood with the real world. |
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23 Feb 07 - 02:41 PM (#1977215) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: frogprince "you confuse Hollywood with the real world." You mean you question the reality of Hollywood?? #%&* un-American commie pinko.... |
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23 Feb 07 - 03:51 PM (#1977293) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST You are right Lox, there are some smart-assed bastards on this Site, why did the Kiwi shit-house have to kill this innocent sea creature. |
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23 Feb 07 - 03:55 PM (#1977295) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,meself Um - I think you're putting words in Lox's mouth - don't recall him saying anything about "smart-assed bastards on this Site", or about anyone on this site or any other site, for that matter. Might've been thinking it, of course ... |
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23 Feb 07 - 04:15 PM (#1977317) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Bee I gather from the discussion on Pharyngula that the squid was caught accidentally, and they did discuss releasing it before deciding it was likely too injured to survive. There are great pictures there. The thing really is colossal. |
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23 Feb 07 - 05:57 PM (#1977375) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,lox Thanks meself, I would have said smart arsed ;-) |
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23 Feb 07 - 06:44 PM (#1977416) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Little Hawk Heh! ;-) Them commie bastards can be found everywhere. Some are even registered Republicans. Don't let their "conservative" act fool you.... |
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23 Feb 07 - 06:49 PM (#1977429) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,lox I'd really like to see a conservative act. Perhaps Dick Cheney as Kramers replacement on seinfeld. Condoleeza Rice as Mrs Cosby David Cameron as Dizzee Rascall (ha ha ha ha ha) |
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23 Feb 07 - 06:57 PM (#1977443) Subject: RE: BS: I Love My Wife, But O You Squid! From: Severn Guest GS, shouldn't that be "cuttlesome". Does Victoria's Secret make Teddys for squids? Humans have to worry about lipstick on the collar and things that can be hidden or avoided, but I'd think strange sucker marks from a clamdestine molluscan embrace would be a dead giveaway. Best for you folk to be "naughty-less, I suppose.... But for a good read on the subject, try Richard Ellis' "The Search For The Giant Squid" available from Penguin as a paperback. "The Biology and Mythology of the world's most elusive sea creature", it says. I enjoyed it, but I'd like to hear an actual squid's reaction to it, GS. |
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23 Feb 07 - 07:00 PM (#1977447) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Little Hawk Hey! Reagan acted all the time, didn't he? And then there's Clint Eastwood, Charlton Heston, and Arnold Schwarzenneger. Republicans can act. |
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23 Feb 07 - 08:16 PM (#1977524) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Gurney I contemplated removing my cookie and coming in as a Patagonian Toothfish, but then I thought again and I couldn't be bothered. All squid are predators. This one ate a LOT of fish to get to this size. Most squid only live one year, but perhaps this one lived longer. They were not fishing for it, it is by-catch. If you made squid-rings out of this one, they 'would be the size of tractor tyres' and so would need a very large plate. |
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23 Feb 07 - 08:19 PM (#1977528) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Little Hawk From what I see in that photo, the tractor would have to have very, very small tires. |
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23 Feb 07 - 08:40 PM (#1977559) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Charley Noble For an erotic look at the giant squid (WARNING X-RATED): Click at Your Own Risk! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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23 Feb 07 - 08:54 PM (#1977569) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,Observer They better be careful with it -- Fox News says Howard K. Stern is its father... |
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24 Feb 07 - 04:55 PM (#1978325) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: GUEST,lox "Hey! Reagan acted all the time, didn't he? And then there's Clint Eastwood, Charlton Heston, and Arnold Schwarzenneger. Republicans can act." well ... Clint eastwood anyway ... |
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24 Feb 07 - 05:25 PM (#1978350) Subject: RE: BS: Giant Squid From: Little Hawk LOL! I wondered who would take advantage of that straight line. |