I'll Have The Calamari Super-Sized, Please
I couldn't believe that Joe waited nearly an hour after I had gotten home from work to mention, "Oh, did you see that they have pictures of a live giant squid now?"Avid amateur marine biologist that I am I had to leap into cyberspace to google up some 411, and lo... one of many photos taken (above) show the miracle that is.
It makes me shiver just looking at it. Holy Mother of God.
In case anyone didn't know, there has never been any real substantial evidence of a living giant squid. The only way that we even know of their existence were the highly rare samples of corpses washing up onto shores, dying ones caught in fishing nets, and those old fantasy novels of Jules Verne. We know nothing of their way of life or how it may differ from any other normal-sized squid in the world.
Second only to the megamouth shark, the giant squid holds the most intense fascination for me. Seeing something like this now, in my lifetime, it's just... whoosh.
Some days you just wake up and before you know it, something miraculous occurs.
posted by Melissa at 7:10 PM
6 Comments:
I mentioned it as soon as I saw the story about it on the news-
It's not the size of the squid that counts, you know.
Coolest news story of the month, hands down!
Giant Squid!!! w00000t!!!
it's true that the size of the squid doesn't count, but when you have that kind of personality, every last tenticle counts, man.
-emily
Cpg pointed out that there is nothing else in the photograph to compare it size-wise, so for all we know this could just be another average sized squid. Those hacks! And I betcha just one of those tentacles is about as long as my shoelace!
And I bet it drives an SUV, too! To compensate for its... inadequacies.
yes. luxury car drivers have "little" luxuries in other ...um...ways..yeah...ways.
-emily
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