Friday, June 27, 2008

*shudder* Giant squid found off California coast

Remains of a rare giant squid turned up off the coast of Santa Cruz, California yesterday. According to researchers from the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation, this specimen was probably 25 feet long and weighed hundreds of pounds when alive. Only one giant squid has ever been caught on video alive. From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:

A flock of gulls feeding on the carcass alerted the crew to the remains. Their first thought, said crew members, was that the animal was a seal but after motoring closer to it they recognized the chewed-up squid...

(Giant squid expert and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History curator Eric) Hochberg said there's likely several squid along the California coast, but because the animal swims at depths of thousands of feet, it's almost never seen and difficult to study...

"The animal is just so big and so rare ... it's very easy for people to get a little nervous about what it is, and the stories go from there," Hochberg said.

5 comments:

Johnny Sweatpants said...

Let's just hope that it's not the first of thousands of giant squids washing ashore...

On the other hand I wonder what one of those tree-trunk-size slabs of squiddy deliciousness would taste like grilled?

DKC said...

Giant squids are totally cool.

JPX said...

You're totally cool, DCD!

Octopunk said...

Fry that sucker up!

DKC said...

Well, thank you! (Even if it was said with a hint of sarcasm)

Malevolent

 2018  ***1/2 It's 1986 for some reason, and a team of paranormal investigators are making a big name for themselves all over Scotland. ...