Giant squid

[Tank Slapper]

Just seen [url]this|http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/giant_squid/index.html[/url]!

:yikes:

[AlexH]

That's gonna make alot of calamari...

[T5-R]

Heard on the news this morning the scientists reckoned it was 8 meters WIDE!!

That would keep you in fried calamari for a while

[timmy30]

I wonder what they eat?

[Harry Flashman]

Giant squids are cool.

Wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley, mind. A dark underwater alley that is. Don't imagine the fecker would be quite so hard in the back streets of Saarf Lahndaaahn, innit.

[Davel]

Better find a bigger plate then.............

[telecat]

timmy30 said:

I wonder what they eat?

If they are anything like the one on Deep Rising Anything they like!!!!!!!!!!!

[cotty]

"They also recovered one of the giant squid's two longest tentacles, which severed during its struggle."

I read that the suckers where still sucking even after they had got it into the boat, is when they were not attched to the squid

[Tank Slapper]

satch said:

what are they using for scale ?

They found a piece of one of the tentacles and estimated from that.

[andy mac]

There is something at the end of the line I think. maybe that is a control, and they can use that to measure the bloody thing! Either way, its a friggin monster.. I wonder how one of those would fare against a great white, or an Killer Whale?? (Purely the kiddy coming out in me!)

[thunderstruck]

timmy30 said:

I wonder what they eat?

Whales I think?

[timmy30]

andy mac said:

There is something at the end of the line I think. maybe that is a control, and they can use that to measure the bloody thing! Either way, its a friggin monster.. I wonder how one of those would fare against a great white, or an Killer Whale?? (Purely the kiddy coming out in me!)

Well given that Sperm whales eat them, I would guess that an Killer whale would still come out on top.

Versus a great white that would be interesting ( as they're only about 1/2 size of a killer whale).

I wonder what they baited it with?

[thunderstruck]

Ah, I thought they eat whales but have just seen that actually whales eat them.

[cotty]

Harry Flashman said:

Giant squids are cool. Wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley, mind. A dark underwater alley that is. Don't imagine the fecker would be quite so hard in the back streets of Saarf Lahndaaahn, innit.

Bruciebaby hasn’t been diving again has he, haven’t seen him around lately

[r988]

bbc said:

The giant squid is by no means the largest known. Several other species, including the colossal squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, are thought to grow larger.

[mr_tony]

timmy30 said:

[quote=andy mac] I wonder what they baited it with?

bag of shrimps apparently.
They got scale form the line (known length) as well as the tentacle tip they hooked.

apparrently tis a diddy one compared to what they can grow to!!!

[Zod]

cotty said:

Harry Flashman said: Giant squids are cool. Wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley, mind. A dark underwater alley that is. Don't imagine the fecker would be quite so hard in the back streets of Saarf Lahndaaahn, innit. Bruciebaby hasn’t been diving again has he, haven’t seen him around lately

He wouldn't like this as he has a thing about underwater photographers. Odd because he's such a tolerant chap in other ways.

[AlexH]

timmy30 said:

andy mac said: There is something at the end of the line I think. maybe that is a control, and they can use that to measure the bloody thing! Either way, its a friggin monster.. I wonder how one of those would fare against a great white, or an Killer Whale?? (Purely the kiddy coming out in me!) Well given that Sperm whales eat them, I would guess that an Killer whale would still come out on top. Versus a great white that would be interesting ( as they're only about 1/2 size of a killer whale). I wonder what they baited it with?

This might add something to think about on that score...

[likesbikes]

Only 25 feet?? I'm most disappointed, its hardly likely to gobble up any ships is it?

[FourWheelDrift]

timmy30 said:

andy mac said: There is something at the end of the line I think. maybe that is a control, and they can use that to measure the bloody thing! Either way, its a friggin monster.. I wonder how one of those would fare against a great white, or an Killer Whale?? (Purely the kiddy coming out in me!) Well given that Sperm whales eat them, I would guess that an Killer whale would still come out on top. Versus a great white that would be interesting ( as they're only about 1/2 size of a killer whale). I wonder what they baited it with?

Sperm whales are a lot bigger than Killer whales are are the biggest carnivore in the sea. In other words if it wanted to it could kill and eat a Killer whale for breakfast.

Sperm Whales have been seen and found with massive scars across their noses caused by the suckers and spines in the suckers of giant squid