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English assassin
02-14-2007, 13:00
Proof that we all have something in common if you look hard enough.
We now have film of one of Adrian II's giant cephalopod overlords feeding, and not only are they speedy little suckers, they light up like christmas trees when they are doing it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6357005.stm
How cool are giant squid? Very cool, my friends.
Note to non-squid fans: nothing here for you, keep walking.
InsaneApache
02-14-2007, 13:09
I love calamari. :2thumbsup:
That's a lot of calamari at that.
InsaneApache
02-14-2007, 13:12
That's a lot of calamari at that.
True. :yes: But it's din-dins and I'm famished. :laugh4:
Cronos Impera
02-14-2007, 13:21
Yes, imagine a Giant Squid menu...we could make a stake, some chips, a soup and still have enough of it left to make a large calmari pizza with some baby octopus and other delicious seafood.
ShadeHonestus
02-14-2007, 13:30
This whole topic is not PETA approved and anyone who posts here is bad and a result of George W. Bush's evil policies toward squid. (posted on John Edwards official unoffical nonpaid but paid non volunteer unscrubbed but soaped down staff web site)
The BBC seems to share EA and DevDave's interest in giant squid; just following its links we have:
A captured colossal squid:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2910849.stm
A squid that resembles the aliens in Independence Day:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1723595.stm
And a rather sad squid that looks for all the world like an enormous rolled tortilla or pancake, about to be a petrel's breakfast:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/813394.stm
Venturing a little further afield, this site has some nice photos of the giant squid's "circular-saw-like sucker rings" and the colossal squid's "tentacle club with swiveling hooks":
http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/giantsquidfacts.php
And if the calamari ever ate the diner, it would be with a beak such as that shown here:
http://jwz.livejournal.com/182590.html
English assassin
02-14-2007, 13:45
The BBC seems to share EA and DevDave's interest in giant squid;
Naturally. As Sir Walter Scott nearly put it, "breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, Flipping heck, those giant squid are great"
Seriously, if anyone can think of a reason NOT to be interested in giant squid, I'd like to hear it. I can't remember if John Craven's Newsround had a giant squid correspondent (very possibly the space correspondent had to double up instead) but they should have.
Gregoshi
02-14-2007, 14:13
Of course there is also this (http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/toonroom/sponge/squid.php) unusual specimen.
Goofball
02-14-2007, 22:10
This thread inspired me. Immediately after reading it I headed to Golden Chopsticks (my favorite daytime Chinois place) for lunch and had squid with black bean sauce on steamed rice.
Deeeeeeeelicious!
Kralizec
02-14-2007, 22:18
I love squid as well.
The squid, which can measure over 2m (7ft) in length, deftly swim backwards and forwards by flapping their large, muscular fins. They are able to alter their direction rapidly by bending their flexible bodies.
....those muscular, yet flexible bodies....
did I type that or was
I just thinking it?
:thinking2:
InsaneApache
02-14-2007, 23:39
Squid have bones? :inquisitive:
:book:
Crazed Rabbit
02-14-2007, 23:43
If they want to get more kids interested in science, they need to teach more about the oldest grudge match in natural history: Sperm Whales vs Giant Squid.
How is that not totally awesome - two huge beasts going after each other deep beneath the surface.
CR
ajaxfetish
02-14-2007, 23:55
Squid have bones? :inquisitive:
:book:
Closest they've got is the 'pen,' a cartilaginous evolutionary remnant of a shell which helps provide stability and is located inside the main body cavity. AFAIK, the chambered nautilus is the only cephalopod to still retain an external shell.
Ajax
Hosakawa Tito
02-15-2007, 00:30
Squid have bones? :inquisitive:
:book:
I believe the only thing approaching bone on a squid is the beak, made from keratin, like your fingernail.
Humbolt Squid (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200607/sea-of-cortez-humboldt-squid-1.html)
I watched a program on these a couple of months ago. They have been known to attack and kill humans. The fisherman who hunt them sometimes end up on the squid's menu.
Goofball
02-15-2007, 01:09
I believe the only thing approaching bone on a squid is the beak, made from keratin, like your fingernail.
Humbolt Squid (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200607/sea-of-cortez-humboldt-squid-1.html)
I watched a program on these a couple of months ago. They have been known to attack and kill humans. The fisherman who hunt them sometimes end up on the squid's menu.
Those may well be the coolest critters in the world...
Devastatin Dave
02-15-2007, 03:36
My God that was awesome!!!:2thumbsup:
KukriKhan
02-15-2007, 05:09
My God that was awesome!!!:2thumbsup:
dammit. There must be some way to edit that.
I know: multiple exclamation points! That's inflammatory, right?
Wait. No.
Oh! My God
He's putting forward his imaginary friend over all others...
Naww. It's just his god. Harmless & not group-bashing.
Hmmmm.
"...that was..."
Ha! Stipulating that a particular time/space cel has precedence over any other.
Crap.
Gotta let it go without edit. :shame:
English assassin
02-15-2007, 11:13
If they want to get more kids interested in science, they need to teach more about the oldest grudge match in natural history: Sperm Whales vs Giant Squid.
How is that not totally awesome - two huge beasts going after each other deep beneath the surface.
CR
See? See? Peace in the backroom, all it took was squid. :yes: .
I too was fascinated by this very question when I was a kid, (I wanted the squid to win, probably because I had seen 20,000 leagues under the sea and had not seen Moby Dick :laugh4: Plus ten tentacles !! With suckers and sharp bits !! How can that not be cool?) very possibly this was what got me interested in biology in the first place.
I was very sad to find out that sperm whales pwn giant squid. :no: Ha! But then they discovered the Collosal Squid :2thumbsup: Its Whales vs Squid 2, and this time the Squid mean business....
(BTW, I hope they haven't peaked too early with the squid adjectives. For my money I bet there are bigger and bigger squid waiting to be found, and I hope they don't get lumbered with being called "Absolutely **** off huge Squid" or "Even huger than the last huge squid we found Squid". That would be silly. )
Prodigal
02-15-2007, 11:40
PETA
People for Eating Tasty Animals
Those may well be the coolest critters in the world...
More like my worst nightmare, imagine being eaten by such a thing, and it starts at your feet :fainting:
While these squid are very interesting creatures and I'd love to study them myself send a robot to have a look at them, I think octopus is a bit more exciting after I saw how one of them could slip trough a hole that was tiny in comparison to it's body size and then open a bottle to retrieve whatever was inside that bottle.
Then again, I'd really like to see such a sperm whale vs squid duel(from a distance:sweatdrop: ).
More like my worst nightmare, imagine being eaten by such a thing, and it starts at your feet :fainting:
To be honest, if you were unprotected that far beneath the surface, the squid would be the least of your issues.
ajaxfetish
02-15-2007, 17:08
While these squid are very interesting creatures and I'd love to study them myself send a robot to have a look at them, I think octopus is a bit more exciting after I saw how one of them could slip trough a hole that was tiny in comparison to it's body size and then open a bottle to retrieve whatever was inside that bottle.
Then again, I'd really like to see such a sperm whale vs squid duel(from a distance:sweatdrop: ).
Yeah, squid are cool, but I'm definitely an octopus fan myself. The intelligence, sneakiness, camouflage, and incredible flexibility is just astounding.
Ajax
English assassin
02-15-2007, 18:54
Yeah, squid are cool, but I'm definitely an octopus fan myself. The intelligence, sneakiness, camouflage, and incredible flexibility is just astounding.
Ajax
Octopuses only have 8 tentacles. Squid have 10. Therefore squid are 25% more awesome than octopuses.
Plus did you read that stuff about the Humbolt squid? Totally hardcore.
But look, octopuses are OK too. Just for octopus fans then, I give you Giant Octopus Battles Shark http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060906-octopus-video.html
But look, octopuses are OK too. Just for octopus fans then, I give you Giant Octopus Battles Shark
That shark was owned.
Crazed Rabbit
02-15-2007, 19:19
I always rooted for the Sperm whales, personally.
Thanks for that video EA - it was awesome. (though the voice-over was unnecessary).
Restores my faith in the coolness of Octopi - that one must have some really strong arms.
Crazed Rabbit
Yes, very cool video EA!:2thumbsup:
English assassin
02-15-2007, 19:56
I always rooted for the Sperm whales, personally.
Classic ! Even on the "Squid vs Whale" issue CR and I are on opposite sides ! :laugh4: Ah well, that ones more of a friendly disagreement
But you just CANNOT go wrong with a video entitled "Giant Octopus Battles Shark" can you?
Big King Sanctaphrax
02-15-2007, 20:01
I must admit I was always on the side of the sperm whale too. They just seem like the good guys. I'm sure if Disney made a film out of the conflict, it would star an adorable juvenile sperm whale.
Somewhat disapointed that this new monster squid species wasn't named 'Kraken'.
Devastatin Dave
02-15-2007, 23:04
dammit. There must be some way to edit that.
I know: multiple exclamation points! That's inflammatory, right?
Wait. No.
Oh! My God
He's putting forward his imaginary friend over all others...
Naww. It's just his god. Harmless & not group-bashing.
Hmmmm.
"...that was..."
Ha! Stipulating that a particular time/space cel has precedence over any other.
Crap.
Gotta let it go without edit. :shame:
That squid was swimming like a homo...geneous polynomial
:beam:
There ya go Kukri!!!Kukri weeps
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