Thursday, April 3, 2003

hey kids, it's Kracky the colossal killer squid To think I almost passed this piece by, But I'm a sucker for giant squid stories. My favorite parts here are, of course, the swiveling razor sharp tentacle hooks . And of course the fact that even as it was being brought out of the water in the net it was still attacking the other fish in the net. From this group of urls I followed the New Zealand Herald link. I think metafilter has a thread going on this as well New huge squid specimen caught in Antarctic waters. Ananova - Fishermen off New Zealand have made an extremely rare catch: a Colossal Squid with eyes as big as dinner plates and razor-sharp hooks on its tentacles. Sighting raises fear of giant killer squid Stuff.co.nz Giant sea monsters are real Stuff New Zealand Herald - BBC - Canton Repository - CNN Asia - and 28 related » [Google News] 9:30:56 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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