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Chippewa
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Posted - 02/22/2007 :  14:35:48  Show Profile  Visit Chippewa's Homepage Send Chippewa a Private Message
It's all over the internet but here's one news source.

Curious that the story refers to Colossal squid growing to 46 feet and Giant squid growing to 39 feet. Maybe that's the maximum that's been observed?

Interesting creatures.

Hawks
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Posted - 02/22/2007 :  14:44:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Hawks's Homepage Send Hawks a Private Message
From the article:
quote:
If calamari rings were made from the squid they would be the size of tractor tires, he added.


Colossal would seem apt.
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Kil
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Posted - 02/22/2007 :  15:45:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message
That's a lot of calamari..!
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Siberia
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Posted - 02/22/2007 :  15:48:37   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Kil

That's a lot of calamari..!

Does it come with sauce?
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Neurosis
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Posted - 02/22/2007 :  15:50:05   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Neurosis an AOL message Send Neurosis a Private Message
I love Calamari..... Sorry, I have nothing relevent to say here. Pretty cool story.
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McQ
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Posted - 02/22/2007 :  17:12:12   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send McQ a Private Message
I guess this was not a catch and release operation.
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Chippewa
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Posted - 02/22/2007 :  17:50:10   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Chippewa's Homepage Send Chippewa a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by McQ

I guess this was not a catch and release operation.
Probably not. When they hauled it up, the big squid was eating the type of fish they were fishing for.

P.S. The posts here had me imagining oil drums of tartar sauce and creates of crumbs, (if you prefer breaded Calamari that is.)
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