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The Wanlorn ([personal profile] the_wanlorn) wrote2006-12-23 06:31 pm

[identity profile] katiefoolery.livejournal.com 2006-12-23 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right - it's more like a "quite large squid" than a giant one, isn't it?

[identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com 2006-12-24 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
It's a giant dwarf squid.

[identity profile] princessdot.livejournal.com 2006-12-24 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Pffffft, that truly it puny. My marine biology prof had footage of this ...thing... that had passed under some lights on an underwater rover. By estimation each appendage was large enough to bring down a whale. [Will tell you later which institute he's with in case we can hunt down some of his footage]

[identity profile] nicccc.livejournal.com 2006-12-24 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
I thought the same thing. I don't know how big normal squid run, but 12 ft long doesn't seem all that extraordinary to me.

[identity profile] chaosvizier.livejournal.com 2006-12-24 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
JUDGE ME BY MY SIZE, DO YOU?