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Teuthida
12-22-2006, 09:02 PM
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-12-22T133726Z_01_T148997_RTRUKOC_0_US-SQUID-GIANT-JAPAN.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-C2-NextArticle-2

Some more photos:
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/squid-1275

So it's a young giant squid...kinda takes the "pow" out of it since we're supposed to be amazed by its size over all else. Though isn't it great to capture the rare species only to kill it in doing so. And people wonder why Nessie hides.

Typhoid
12-22-2006, 09:32 PM
And people wonder why Nessie hides.

Because Nessie is kickin' it with Sasquatch and the Yeti.

Krypton
12-26-2006, 12:39 AM
ama-za-zing