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01-08-2013, 11:20 AM
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Location: Pennsylvania
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01-08-2013, 12:49 PM
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10 foot squid is considered GIANT? What is this one then - ginormous?
On February 22, 2007, authorities in New Zealand announced the largest known colossal squid had been captured. The specimen weighed 495 kg (1,091 lb) and was initially estimated to measure 10 m (33 ft) in total length.
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01-08-2013, 01:00 PM
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Location: New Jersey
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Pretty big squid. Deeper out there, I am sure there are even larger ones.
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01-08-2013, 01:50 PM
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That is really neat. It's become easier to film these deep-sea wonders with the technology available. That squid is absolutely amazing. I wonder what happened to its two long tentacles though.
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01-08-2013, 02:59 PM
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Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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I'm torn by this.
On one hand, it is SO. COOL. to see the wildlife that far down that we have not seen before.
On the other hand, I think, "How are the humans going to screw them up, too."
Thanks for letting us know it will be on. I'll be watching...unless I get forced OT. Blergh.
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01-08-2013, 03:24 PM
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Location: Victoria TX
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I wouldn't trust the scientific legitimacy of anything I see on the Discovery Channel.
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01-09-2013, 05:47 AM
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Location: Pennsylvania
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Yeah, Discovery Channel seems to be all about midgets and hillbillies or whatever ridiculously exploitative theme their latest 'reality' show happens to be about. That the Japanese were involved gives me pause; their record of respecting ocean life is not good.
It's a young squid; the adults are over 50 feet.
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01-09-2013, 06:00 AM
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Saw this on yahoo news I think its pretty cool.
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