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Giant Octopus
texchanchan writes "Yahoo reports that the first adult specimen, dead unfortunately, of a very large octopus species has been brought in by fishermen. '[A] very big octopus, the size of a fully mature male giant squid,' says a marine biologist. It is described as 'extremely deep... extremely large...'"
I am never going in the water again!
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i remember seeing this photo from somewhere around the 20's of men standing next to this massive tentacle that washed ashore...it was like 7ft in diameter. When is someone gonna find one of those monstrous creatures? oh yea...first post!
I thought the plural was octopi.
But it'd make a hell of a nice first course
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Amazing.
Just goes to show how little we truly know about what lives in the ocean. I'll be interested to see what their analysis is after they examine it.
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All I need to do is genetically modify it to be smarter, and then strap on a mind control device, and presto: my plan to conquer the world will be complete!
It is described as 'extremely deep... extremely large...'
Reminds me of my prom date! Ah.. memories better left at the bottom of the ocean..
So, is Sam Jackson going to play you in the movie?
--Jimmy has fancy plans; and pants to match.
I watched this thing last night about O'Shea trying to catch Archetoothus (sp?), the giant squid. After pulling up all sorts of random deep-sea creatures, he caught several larval ones, but they all eventually died.
I laughed, I cried, I ate a box of Fig Newtons. It was great.
Aw c'mon, you've got to post the CNN link, where a reporter under so much pressure to deliver a visual aspect to America's short-attention-span audience pasted a picture of a giant squid captured 8 years ago onto a story about an octopus.
Finally the Old Ones have returned to cleanse the Earth from those pesky nests of human beings.
I was beginning to lose hope.
Sure it's big, but can it be thrown onto the ice during a detroit red wings hockey game? That is the true test of how great an octopus is.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
What are the differences between Squid and Octopus?
13 feet? That barely registers on my giganto-meter. 13 meters, maybe. 13 feet, nah!
Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
The BBC also has a article on this story.
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
wasn't there something about a Giant Octopus duking it out with a giant squid in 20,000 leagues under the sea?
Screw cock-fights, now that we know such creatures exist, who wouldn't pay to see them go at it?
Many, many years ago, I read a library book on Unexplained Phenomena, and in it, there was the tale of some large, dead animal that had washed ashore on some beach somewhere. The thing looked sort of like a giant octopus, but it was too decayed to really make a comparison.
Most people thought it was a just giant squid, too long decayed, but some scientists took tissue samples and preserved them in alcohol.
Many years later, once microscope technology had improved, the sample was re-examined, and they discovered that it was HUMAN FLESH!!!!!
Oops. I mean, they discovered that it was octopus tissue.
So it turns out that sometimes, these wierd unexplained tales aren't quite so implausible after all.
Now excuse me. I need to sign up for anal probe insurance.
It's delicious!
>>"The frightening thing is that we are getting an animal like this newly reported in New Zealand waters today...so new and large, you've got to sit down and ask yourself 'What is it we know about the deep sea environment?'," O'Shea said.
The frightening thing is that we've been (people have been) fine-net trolling those depths and deeper, cleaning out species we know little about in an environment we know less about.
Um, I'll have the orange roughy please, extra tartar sauce.
The largest octopus reported in scientific literature was 32 feet from arm tip to arm tip and weighed 300 lbs. It was an unusual looking octopus. The biggest one that I've ever seen was found in the waters around Vancouver Island, and was 22.5 ft. from arm tip to arm tip and weighed 156 lbs. (Jim Cosgrove, RBCM)
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