jamiemaher85 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 A giant squid was been caught in New Zealend. Its 33ft long. Thats one big squid. An expert said- "If you were to make calamari rings from it, they would be like tractor tyres" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6385071.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Thats pretty big news. I couldn't imagine catching something almost 1000 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 fuckin hell thats massive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny the Blue Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 That could possibly be the scariest thing ive seen lol. It's a big'un though! Bet they were friged after pulling that in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 There are probably loads of large cephalopods in the antarctic regions, some experts think that beneath the icey surface there are air pockets the size of Anglessey and predict that many undiscovered species live. Some loons also beleive they could be distant cousins of Nessie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 My eldest lad is abso msytified by this Giant Squid. ( We spent ages together researhing etc yday) Sposed 2 be a video, couldnt find though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Desperately trying to work the "Here's the sick squid I owe you" joke into this but can't think how to do it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 lol mike, the thing is, isn't there a type of squid bigger than a giant squid? Its called the colossal squid. Its not the same diagram I saw but its similiar... I definately think theres loads of other big(ger) species than these in the depths. We put so much effort into exploring space yet there are loads of places in the oceans that have and will remain unexplored for ages. Not sure whats the deepest we've explored but I'm sure the rift in the Pacific ocean (the deepest one in the world) would be a hell of a lot deeper than we can explore. We haven't even explored all the rivers yet, sure I watched a programme about new creatures being found in the Amazon which included a different type of cat fish never seen before. And that was a few metres below the Amazon river, never mind the massive openess of the ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 did anyone see a thing on the news, probably about a year ago now, about some marine biologist who were just making routine underwater recordings and just by chance filmed... and when they announced this on the news i thought it was the coolest news story ever to be broadcast.... anyway they filmed a giant squid fighting a sperm whale.... FIGHTING... its like something out of a horror movie... so cool... gonna see if i can find an archived news story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) ok cant find that but here is footage from last year of a live giant squid filmed for the first time ever. 6203199.htm Edited February 23, 2007 by jamiemaher85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Well isn't the giant squid dinner for a sperm whale? So not surprised he was fighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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