04-04-2003, 06:28 PM
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This is one Collossal squid for sure!!
Imagine what it would look like fully grown! The scientist involved with the study of this particular creature thinks its an immature female and could quite possibly have grown to twice its size if it had lived its life normally.
Being free gaffed into a ship by the crew of the fishing boat isnt exactly a everyday occurance for a huge squid afterall. It simply followed the huge fish they were bringing in to snatch a feed easily when the crew spotted it and collected it.
Unfortunately this and most other large (species that grow over 1.2m mantle length) are inedible because they don't have kidneys to remove ammonia from thier bloodstream, so thier flesh is in fact terrible and toxic as well.
If you guys really wanna learn lots about these giant squids or have a question to ask the scientists specializing in squid and other cephalopods take a good look at
www.tonmo.com look in the forums section for science and biology and you will find Dr Steve O'Shea there most nights.
mangajack.
Btw, this story was first told to tonmoers several days prior to the media and we have been hearing from the scientists hinting about it for a month or more now.
' />This is one Collossal squid for sure!!
Imagine what it would look like fully grown! The scientist involved with the study of this particular creature thinks its an immature female and could quite possibly have grown to twice its size if it had lived its life normally.
Being free gaffed into a ship by the crew of the fishing boat isnt exactly a everyday occurance for a huge squid afterall. It simply followed the huge fish they were bringing in to snatch a feed easily when the crew spotted it and collected it.
Unfortunately this and most other large (species that grow over 1.2m mantle length) are inedible because they don't have kidneys to remove ammonia from thier bloodstream, so thier flesh is in fact terrible and toxic as well.
If you guys really wanna learn lots about these giant squids or have a question to ask the scientists specializing in squid and other cephalopods take a good look at
www.tonmo.com look in the forums section for science and biology and you will find Dr Steve O'Shea there most nights.
mangajack.
Btw, this story was first told to tonmoers several days prior to the media and we have been hearing from the scientists hinting about it for a month or more now.