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Scientists' colossal squid exam a kraken good show |
2014-09-17 |
[Dhaka Tribune] It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface. A colossal squid: 350 kilograms (770 pounds), as long as a minibus and one of the sea's most elusive species. Datsa lotta calamari. It had been frozen for eight months until Tuesday, when scientists in New Zealand got a long-anticipated chance to thaw out the animal and inspect it -- once they used a forklift to maneuver it into a tank. |
Posted by:Fred |
#5 While swimming through salt-water bracken, Your face-mask may suddenly blacken; A beak begins smackin' That's keen to be snackin' -- Must you see to believe in the kraken? |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-17 20:43 |
#4 This looks tasty! |
Posted by: 3dc 2014-09-17 18:17 |
#3 Squid pro quo? |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-09-17 11:58 |
#2 Datso lotta calamari - clever Nice headline too. |
Posted by: Incredulous 2014-09-17 06:28 |
#1 "Lets Get <----> Kraken!" too late.... |
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel and Company5016 2014-09-17 01:44 |