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monolith94

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New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:27

03-04-2003 20:28

New species of giant squid discovered! Colossal Squid!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2910849.stm

Paul Hanson

King

Dilbert
Aug 1999
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:31

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It doesn't actually look that much bigger than a giant squid, to be honest.

monolith94

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New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:27

03-04-2003 20:32

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Well, it is - it's mantle supposedly grows to 4m long, which is almost twice as long as the 'giant' squid.
Plus it has lots of nifty upgrades, like a larger beak, and swinging hooks on its tentacles!

FrustratedPoet

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Mar 2002
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:34

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quote:
This combination allows it to attack fish as large as the Patagonian toothfish and probably to also attempt to maul sperm whales.

Anything that can maul a Sperm Whale has go to be one big, bad son of a *****.

ColdWizard

King

Feb 2000
time: 00:27

03-04-2003 20:37

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quote:
Giant squid is no longer the largest squid that's out there. We've got something that's even larger, and not just larger but an order of magnitude meaner.

CerberusIV

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Oct 2002
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:37

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quote:
Originally posted by Paul Hanson
It doesn't actually look that much bigger than a giant squid, to be honest.

The scientist who examined it thinks it is not fully grown and is only half to two-thirds full size!!!

No doubt there will soon be a rash of Jaws rip-off type films based on this beastie.

Dauphin

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Caught in a tuna net
Jan 1970
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:38

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Has anyone seen a London Bus swimming the ocean deep?

Only I'm trying to image the squids' size using that chart they've given and I just can't.

Bereta_Eder

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Oct 2000
time: 07:27

03-04-2003 20:39

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It is a creature of God too

FrustratedPoet

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03-04-2003 20:39

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quote:
Originally posted by Big Crunch
Has anyone seen a London Bus swimming the ocean deep?

If you hang around out there for long enough 3 are bound to arrive at once. It's one of the fundamental laws of the universe.

monolith94

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Jan 1970
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03-04-2003 20:40

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in the graphic you'll notice that the london bus is in the white (land) area, while the fishes are in the blue area...

Bereta_Eder

Prince

Oct 2000
time: 07:27

03-04-2003 20:41

#11

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London buses roll on water

Dauphin

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Caught in a tuna net
Jan 1970
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:41

#12

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For shame that X-post.

TheStinger

Warlord

International crime fighting playboy
Apr 2002
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:42

#13

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According to the sunday sport a bus was found on the moon

FrustratedPoet

Emperor

All Glory To The Hypnotoad!
Mar 2002
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03-04-2003 20:43

#14

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I think it's amusing that to get the 'Colossal Squid' image for that picture they just vertically flipped the Giant Squid and stretched it a little bit.
It's saves time, of course, but it just struck me as funny ...

Skywise

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Jan 2002
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:45

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quote:
Originally posted by TheStinger
According to the sunday sport a bus was found on the moon

Yea and according to Rael, we come from aliens...

CerberusIV

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Oct 2002
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:45

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Anyone notice that most of the bits of this squid they have found have been inside sperm whales. Scary it might be but something else still eats it.

monolith94

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Jan 1970
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03-04-2003 20:45

#17

Tired of ads?

lol! I just noticed that!
Apparently it's mean, but dumb - it swims upside down!

TheStinger

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Apr 2002
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03-04-2003 20:46

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I tmight be that the bus was at the south pole and it was a B17 on the moon

Traianvs

Prince

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Jan 2000
time: 06:27

03-04-2003 20:51

#19

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Imagine an encounter with that beast... I' just die of fear (squids are an awful sight )

MichaeltheGreat

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Oct 1999
time: 21:27

03-04-2003 20:53

#20

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Actually, it's not a "new" species. Not even the first intact specimin (it's the second). Bits and pieces of 4 more have been found in sperm whale stomachs, so even though it can rumble with them, it's a bit lower on the food chain.

The unique thing about this find is that it was relatively close to the surface when netted, but nobody knows why.

Bereta_Eder

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Oct 2000
time: 07:27

03-04-2003 20:57

#21

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Maybe it was on vacation?

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May 1999
time: 13:27

03-04-2003 20:58

#22

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It's a kraken

Tolls

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Jan 1970
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:58

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"...but nobody knows why."

It was running away from the Even Bigger Than Colossal Squid...

curtsibling

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May 2002
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 20:59

#24

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quote:
Originally posted by paiktis22
It is a creature of God too

It is happily unaware of such human arrogance.

We should all aspire to be like that...

Boris Godunov

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Aug 2001
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03-04-2003 21:17

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quote:
Originally posted by CerberusIV

The scientist who examined it thinks it is not fully grown and is only half to two-thirds full size!!!

No doubt there will soon be a rash of Jaws rip-off type films based on this beastie.

Already been done, and by the author of Jaws himself, no less. Peter Benchley wrote a book called (oddly enough, considering your wording) "The Beast," which was about a humongous squid terrorizing a Pacific Northwest fishing village. It was then made into a really bad TV miniseries.

King

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Apr 2000
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03-04-2003 22:22

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It is happily unaware of such human arrogance.

we could wipe out them all, you know, if we just wanted to.

TheBirdMan

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Sep 1999
time: 05:27

03-04-2003 23:46

#27

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quote:
Originally posted by Azazel

we could wipe out them all, you know, if we just wanted to.

A job for the Marines!

CerberusIV

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Oct 2002
time: 05:27

04-04-2003 01:03

#28

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quote:
Originally posted by Boris Godunov

Already been done, and by the author of Jaws himself, no less. Peter Benchley wrote a book called (oddly enough, considering your wording) "The Beast," which was about a humongous squid terrorizing a Pacific Northwest fishing village. It was then made into a really bad TV miniseries.

Yes, it has been on our TV too - and it was fairly awful. This "discovery" is likely to spark more of the same.

curtsibling

King

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May 2002
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04-04-2003 01:06

#29

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quote:
Originally posted by Azazel

we could wipe out them all, you know, if we just wanted to.

Human and Squid kind locked in a battle for global supremacy...I love it!

I am getting the movie rights sorted ASAP!