TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | NZ fishermen land colossal squid33 foot long, crikey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Those fishermen must be delighted - a lucky find and they're "squids in"! We just dinna ken fit's doon there! Was watching my Blue Planet DVD, the episode about "The Deep". Amazing how species have evolved and the precise ecological balance means nothing is wasted a grey whale carcass can be fed on for years there are some species of fish and crustacean-type-things that have only ever been seen feeding on the carcasses of grey whales. Most species at 1000 or so feet below sea level are transparent and they all have these weird defence/attack/evasion mechanisms involving the reflection of light, some of the weirdest looking things. It was previously thought that no life could exist on earth without the sun but it has been discovered that there are species that exist without exposure to sunlight itself or to other organisms that have been exposed to sunlight. Only 1% of the biggest known abyss has been explored by man (there are only 5 submersibles in the world capable of doing this) so imagine what else could be down there....(Please note I am not a marine biologist......) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 For a "collossal" squid, this one is a bit of a tiddler. It may be the biggest yet seen for that particular species but would be far from the biggest squid ever recorded. Indeed, there was one washed-up here late 19th/early 20th century which was around 180 feet long. I've got a photo of it kicking around somewhwere, taken from up the Mitchell Tower in Marischal College, with the squid stretched-out in the Quad below. Fully unravelled, the beast takes-up almost the entire length of the Quad & even then, that is not the biggest example as some squid-fighting marks found on the carcasses of Sperm Whales point to well-over 200' examples being part of their diet.Only 18' but this was washed-up near Newburgh in 1988:Yes, that day was a tad smelly!Keep watching those tides! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Marlin Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 there was one washed-up here late 19th/early 20th century which was around 180 feet long. I've got a photo of it kicking around somewhwere, taken from up the Mitchell Tower in Marischal College, with the squid stretched-out in the Quad below.180 feet? That would be scary as fuckI'd love to see that photo if you can put on-line somewhere, or even email it to the Evening Express - they love all that interesting old picture stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 I wanna see a fucking massive squid. I also want to go underwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 180 feet? That would be scary as fuckI'd love to see that photo if you can put on-line somewhere, or even email it to the Evening Express - they love all that interesting old picture stuff.If I can find it I will - A lot of my archive is in packing cases elsewhere due to our building renovations just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I'm keen to see the 180 foot squid as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Cthulhu is gonna be pissed now that one of his kids has been caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippinoneastereggs Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Cthulhu is gonna be pissed now that one of his kids has been caught.Best hide that necromonicon paperback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Those fishermen must be delighted - a lucky find and they're "squids in"! Right you, ootside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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