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New Deep Sea Squid

Posted by Hemos on from the where's-peter-benchely dept.

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."

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  1. The most plausible explanation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

  2. Re:If they have not cought it yet...... by JCCyC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then how the hell do they know it is a squid?

    They telnetted into its port 3128.

  3. Re:Not a squid by archen · · Score: 5, Funny

    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