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New Deep Sea Squid
texchanchan writes: "Yahoo reports on a newly discovered species of deep-sea squid, quoting scientists as saying the creatures are very different from normal giant squids. 'New species are a dime a dozen. This is fundamentally different' in behavior and appearance -- with 10 identical long skinny arms and a jellyfish-like hunting strategy. 'We don't know of any cephalopod that has arms like that.' --Michael Vecchione of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. 'I had never seen anything like this creature,' oceanographer William Sager of Texas A&M says."
Yeah, that's neat and all. But how's the calamari?
You can't legislate goodness. Let each to his own destiny, by will of his freely made choices.
Next thing you know, the town of Miskatonik is going to be a hustling and bustling place.
Then the pods will come and duke it out with the Great Dark Lord. This is pretty cool. First, we had FotR come out this week. Now, Lovecraftian sea beings are being discovered.
At least it wasn't discovered at Innsmouth.
if at least 14 of these exist :)
US is now divided as the "Red" and "blue" states. Red States = communist countries. Coincidence? I think not
...to add the new creature to their menus. Let's have a naming contest for the new sashimi. My entry - decgu.
Mmmmmmm... forbidden squid... aarrrgggg...
Isn't it obvious what this is? It's a spawn of cthulhu! It's not a squid, but an alien monster that protects the Great Old One and works in colaboration with the Deep Ones!
;-)
I remember reading about these huge squids as a child. It's really cool to have a genuine mystery here, it's just sad that before long it'll get studied and filmed and explained and I can't hope for the Cthulhu link anymore.
Did they ever discover any unexplained ruins in the Antarctic or in central Australia?
a beowolf cluster of these babies... with some wasabi
moves like something out of the Abyss(the movie)
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What is the sound of this sentence?
we get to see this on Iron Chef?
I'll add a sig just as soon as I clean up this room...
Then how the hell do they know it is a squid?
They telnetted into its port 3128.
...These are [a] real mystery ... no one has captured one ... This is well beyond a new species ... do not act or look like other squid ... We don't know of any cephalopod that has arms like that ..."
So why are they still calling it a squid?
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They mostly come at night. Mostly...
^X^S ^X^C
It seems to me like there are a lot of people chasing their tails around about whether it's a squid or a jellyfish. Well if it doesn't really fit into either category, doesn't mean that it is something ELSE? God forbid we have to change the books.
Therefore I propose:
half squid + half jellyfish = Jellysquish
...ok, start working on those underwater bases. Somebody hire some scientists to start researching sonic rifles. I'll go and warm up the interceptors.
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
Erm... does anyone else think this thing is really scary looking?
Let's hunt them down and kill them...
``These are real mystery,'' said Michael Vecchione of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. He describes the squid in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
``They behave strangely but they also look really weird,'' he said in an interview.
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``I think those long extensions are really sticky,'' Vecchione guessed.
<mockery>
Vecchione was also heard to say, "I think those really really sticky extenstions could hold the Incredible Hulk" and "my really weird squid could beat up your stupid old giant squid."
When asked why he thought the extensions were "really sticky" and not "somewhat sticky" he replied, "well, I don't know, but wouldn't it be really cool if they were?"
</mockery>
m00.
It just seems strange that us human's have cloned sheep, yet don't even know what's out there yet.
:)
Heck, I'm more interested in octopus/jellyfish/ray animals than duplicated sheep.
I'm still waiting for them to find a nessie
"...so the lady squid says to her husband, 'Not tonight, dear, I have a haddock'..."
"Come on, people, I know you're out there, I can hear you swimming...."