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2019-06-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Giant squid spotted in U.S. waters for first time

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Posted by Fred 2019-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I'll say it again. He's coming.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-29 06:49|| 2019-06-29 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 To answer the Moderators question; no one has ever eaten one. Actual specimens were all found dead, or died shortly after capture. Capture has generally been accidental and by fishing trawlers. I've heard that the species has a strong ammonia smell. My information is all from second and third hand sources, I have no actual experience with the species.

Posted by Black Charlie Cheper6841 2019-06-29 07:03|| 2019-06-29 07:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Kind of. This could be an Architeuthis.

Not to be compared to the badass unknown squids (as reported from 16th & 17th century ship logs) could have been a hundred feet long. Not the "43' (females)" currently being estimated.

Colossal squids, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, which may have a mantle nearly twice as long. Several extinct cephalopods, such as the Cretaceous vampyromorphid Tusoteuthis, the Cretaceous coleoid Yezoteuthis, and the Ordovician nautiloid Cameroceras may have grown even larger.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-06-29 08:07|| 2019-06-29 08:07|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-29 09:08|| 2019-06-29 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Posted by DarthVader 2019-06-29 09:29|| 2019-06-29 09:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Whew...lots of diphthongs and few vowels.

Posted by DooDahMan 2019-06-29 09:30|| 2019-06-29 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 For DarthVader

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-29 11:38|| 2019-06-29 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Might smell of ammonia, but at least you know it's not pork bung.

Posted by Don Vito Snairt5217 2019-06-29 22:04|| 2019-06-29 22:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Might smell of ammonia, but at least you know it's not pork bung.

Anyone who has ever shopped at a Vietnamese grocery can appreciate this.

Posted by SteveS 2019-06-29 22:32|| 2019-06-29 22:32|| Front Page Top

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