Simply AWESOME!

[Frimost]

I just found out about this now even though the article came out last Monday. However, I don't remember seeing any threads around here then mentioning it otherwise I would have clicked on them in a heartbeat to read it as I find Giant Squid to be one of the most interesting things around ever!

'New species' of giant squid found

Look at this monster that washed-up on an Australian beach in Tasmania!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38150000/jpg/_38150684_scientists_300ap.jpg

COOL huh?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38150000/jpg/_38150682_squid_afp150.jpg

And not only that, but I missed yet ANOTHER Giant squid story apparently that happened earlier this year!

Giant Squid netted off UK's coast!

Look at the this beast that a Scottish trawler caught!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1755000/images/_1759230_jan02giant300.jpg

 

[Raina]

There was also a new species of centepede found in New York. I thought of you when I read about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/24/bc.science.centipede.reut/index.html

Sorry, no pics.


Oh, and the squid is really cute. I'm kidding!

 

[Frimost]

Yeah, I know, I actually made a post about it here when the story first broke.

So you wanna see WEIRD, do you?

Look at this from 3-miles down!

'Mystery' squid delights scientists

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1720000/images/_1723595_sq300.jpg

Looks like some kind of alien, dosen't it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1720000/images/_1723595_sq150b.jpg

Who knows what other freaky things live down there!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1720000/images/_1723595_sq150a.jpg

 

[Raina]

Okay, those pics of the squid look really cool. (not cute, but cool)

 

[HeavyStick]

Giant Squid netted off UK's coast!

Look at the this beast that a Scottish trawler caught!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1755000/images/_1759230_jan02giant300.jpg

That Scot looks undersized ... throw 'em back

 

[Frimost]

cool, kool, kewl

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/635000/images/_639191_squid33.jpg

Scientists reveal monster secrets

Scary stuff, huh?

 

[Frimost]

HeavyStick

That Scot looks undersized ... throw 'em back

lol
Naw, looks trophy-size to me, stuff him and mount him on the wall!

 

[Shaq]

Calamare over pasta anyone?

 

[Frimost]

Holy Crap; Look at that!

Look at the size of that fucking thing! That is an octopus, a new world record!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1895000/images/_1898313_octo300.jpg

What a monster, they all thought it was just another giant squid.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1895000/images/_1898313_octo150.jpg

That beast was found off of New Zealand...

Giant octopus puzzles scientists

 

[Frimost]

amazing

Australian museum gets elusive giant squid

A museum in Australia has taken possession of a near-perfect specimen of one of the world's most elusive creatures -- a giant squid.

The two-hundred kilo animal, now dead and preserved in a special fluid, was caught by commercial fishermen off south-west Australia last week.

A Melbourne Museum scientist, Mark Norman, said little was known about giant squid as none had ever been seen alive.

Mr Norman said the sperm whale was the giant squid's only predator and had to dive for up to an hour to catch them in water as deep as fifteen-hundred metres.

He said the find was exciting because the oceans at such depths were almost an unknown frontier. Joking with reporters, Mr Norman said the squid could provide giant calamari rings the size of car tyres, but they'd taste like floor cleaner.