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Breaking the Squid Barrier

Posted by timothy on from the calimari-for-the-5000 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dr. Steve O'Shea of Auckland, New Zealand is attempting to break the record for keeping deep sea squid alive in captivity, with the goal of being able to raise a giant squid one day. Right now, he's raising the broad squid, sepioteuthis australis, from egg masses found in seaweed. This is a lot harder than it sounds, because the squid he's studying grow rapidly and eat only live prey, making it hard for them to keep the squid from becoming prey themselves. If his research works out, you might one day be able to visit an aquarium and see giant squid."

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  1. A simple plan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Raise giant squid
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

    I think #2 could easily be "open chain of squid restaurants" or "conquer the world"

    1. Re:A simple plan by biryokumaru · · Score: 4, Funny

      pen chain of squid restaurants

      Or sell the meat to an already popular franchise...

      McCalamari? McSquid? No... I've got it!

      McKraken!

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    2. Re:A simple plan by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

      "open chain of squid restaurants"

      You know, in Japan, parents tell their children that chicken "tastes just like squid".

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    3. Re:A simple plan by Talarohk · · Score: 2, Funny

      One problem: giant squid flesh has a high concentration of ammonium ions, and so probably tastes like urine-soaked diapers.

  2. Meanwhile by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    Giant squid are trying to break the human barrier: to tes how long they can keep human beings alive at great depth. Currently the record stands at 120 seconds.

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    1. Re:Meanwhile by Elky+Elk · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's part of the scientific exchange program, done on a squid pro quo basis.

    2. Re:Meanwhile by MichaelSmith · · Score: 3, Funny

      done on a squid pro quo basis.

      Aghhhh!

      I am having a brain MRI tomorrow morning and if it shows abnormalities it is all your fault.

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  3. Easy headline to misread by davidwr · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first thing that came to my mind was proxying web servers.

    The second thing was a row of squid (the living kind) being used as a barricade.

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    1. Re:Easy headline to misread by niftyguy · · Score: 2, Funny

      First thing that came to my mind was a new type of photon torpedo capable of penetrating the hull and shielding of a calamari cruiser.

    2. Re:Easy headline to misread by outsider007 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's ok, I thought it was about gays in the military.

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  4. cuttlefish are not quite squid... by myc · · Score: 4, Funny

    nonetheless, trying to raise giant squid may not be a good idea:

    http://xkcd.com/520/

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  5. Re:Squidcam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    To keep it awake at night?

  6. Re:Squidcam by sg_oneill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Java also gives the web designer a more broader pallette of techniques for crashing the users browsers that work cross platform just as god intended.

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  7. Re:Squidcam by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Saying Java is better because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is better because it works on all genders.

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