Voracious 7-foot long jumbo squid invade California waters

[English assassin]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...n173436D76.DTL

Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds is invading central California waters

The jumbo squid used to be found only in the Pacific Ocean's warmest stretches near the equator. In the last 16 years, it has expanded its territory throughout California waters, and squid have even been found in the icy waters off Alaska, Zeidberg said.

Yeah, yeah, I know what you are thinking, yadda yadda squid, yadda yadda 110 pounds, OK, its big, but I could take one if I had to. But the true squid watcher has a sense of history. This from 2005: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4193409.stm

Jumbo squid wash up in California

Hundreds of dead large squid have been washing up on beaches in Orange County, California, puzzling scientists.
The creatures - which can reach 1.8m long (6 feet) and weigh up to 7.7kg (17lb) - normally inhabit deep waters and only come to the surface at night.

"These things are invading, and we don't know what's going on," an oceanography professor said

You see? Two years ago, wave one, six feet long, 17 lbs, dead. Two years later, wave two, 7 feet long, 110 lbs, alive. See where this is going?

Memo to Californian Orgahs: move to Montana, now, while you still can. Y' all don't want to be around when the 500 lb amphibious squid hit the beaches in 2009. I mean :

"These things are invading, and we don't know what's going on," an oceanography professor said

How much clearer does the warning have to be??

[Marshal Murat]

I would like to greet our new Squid over-lords.
Now we can get quality movies!

[drone]

I'm not so sure the squid are the problem. They are just proxies of the evil Octopi. It has recently been determined that the Octopi have been funding their operations by selling archaeological artifacts on the black market.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6915941.stm

As more and more evidence piles up, I'm beginning to think the Great Old One is behind all of this.

[Whacker]

I thought we warned Dave to keep his pets on leashes.

[Csargo]

:o They're coming.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I don't see the problem, squid is quite tasty, and if each giant squid weighs in at 110lbs that's quite a bit of meat.

[Csargo]

I don't see the problem, squid is quite tasty, and if each giant squid weighs in at 110lbs that's quite a bit of meat.

You will surely be eaten when our overlords arrive.

[spmetla]

You see an invading species of squid while I see potential for profit. Those Japanese would undoubtably go crazy for kalamari this big!