Thread: Colossal Squid Caught (Bigger than Giant Squid)

I saw this earlier, pretty kew.

Mmmmm Calamari

So there's a normal squid, then giant, then colossal. What happens when they find a bigger species of squid? Won't they run out of adjectives?

Originally Posted by Spud

So there's a normal squid, then giant, then colossal. What happens when they find a bigger species of squid? Won't they run out of adjectives?

Originally Posted by Spud

So there's a normal squid, then giant, then colossal. What happens when they find a bigger species of squid? Won't they run out of adjectives?

Big F'n Squid I belive is next.

This leaves us wide open for a Lochness Mosnster Thread.

Originally Posted by Spud

So there's a normal squid, then giant, then colossal. What happens when they find a bigger species of squid? Won't they run out of adjectives?

No, they will call it half of a Vieope penis squid.

Originally Posted by Vieope

No, they will call it half of a Vieope penis squid.

Obviously you have multiple pages open with your browser and responded in the wrong thread.

Let me see if I can find that any thread for you.

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Obviously you have multiple pages open with your browser and responded in the wrong thread.

Let me see if I can find that any thread for you.

Obviously you have multiple pages open with your browser and responded in the wrong thread.

Let me see if I can find that any thread for you.

Squids and octopusi are fucking awesome. Period.

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Mmmmm Calamari

That flesh of that species of squat tastes of ammonia.

Originally Posted by Spud

So there's a normal squid, then giant, then colossal. What happens when they find a bigger species of squid? Won't they run out of adjectives?

They could use ginormous or hugantic or gargantuan...

Originally Posted by DOMS

That flesh of that species of squat tastes of ammonia.

MMMMM

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Squids and octopusi are fucking awesome. Period.

Yeah... until you're 20k leagues under the sea and one of those 50 foot long things is hungry.

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Squids and octopusi are fucking awesome. Period.

Octopuses, rock!!!

Octopuses are one of the few tool using animals on the planet. Their intelligence is thought to by (by some) on par with that of chimpanzees.

From Wiki:

"Octopuses are highly intelligent, probably more intelligent than any other order of invertebrates. The exact extent of their intelligence and learning capability is much debated among biologists,[1][2][3] but maze and problem-solving experiments have shown that they do have both short- and long-term memory. Their short lifespans limit the amount they can ultimately learn. There has been much speculation to the effect that almost all octopus behaviors are independently learned rather than instinct-based, although this remains largely unproven. They learn almost no behaviors from their parents, with whom young octopuses have very little contact.

An octopus has a highly complex nervous system, only part of which is localized in its brain. Two-thirds of an octopus's neurons are found in the nerve cords of its arms, which have a remarkable amount of autonomy. Octopus arms show a wide variety of complex reflex actions arising on at least three different levels of the nervous system. Some octopuses, such as the Mimic Octopus, will move their arms in ways that emulate the movements of other sea creatures.

In laboratory experiments, octopuses can be readily trained to distinguish between different shapes and patterns. They have been reported to practice observational learning, although the validity of these findings is widely contested on a number of grounds. Octopuses have also been observed in what some have described as play: repeatedly releasing bottles or toys into a circular current in their aquariums and then catching them. Octopuses often break out of their aquariums and sometimes into others in search of food. They have even boarded fishing boats and opened holds to eat crabs.

In some countries octopuses are on the list of experimental animals on which surgery may not be performed without anesthesia. In the UK, cephalopods such as octopuses are regarded as honorary vertebrates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and other cruelty to animals legislation, extending to them protections not normally afforded to invertebrates.

A common belief is that when stressed, an octopus may begin to eat its own arms. However, limited research conducted in this area has revealed that the cause of this abnormal behavior, called autophagy, may be a virus that attacks the octopus's nervous system. Thus this behavior may be more correctly labeled as a neurological disorder."

Originally Posted by DOMS

That flesh of that species of squat tastes of ammonia.

You eat squat? Better not tell Jodi that, because if you eat barely anything how are going to grow?

Originally Posted by maniclion

You eat squat? Better not tell Jodi that, because if you eat barely anything how are going to grow?

I like any type of Squat so much that I'll even it.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

Why are they showing its bunghole?

Originally Posted by maniclion

They could use ginormous or hugantic or gargantuan...

"A team of revered scientists are undergoing research on the elusive Hugantic Squid, Chiroteuthidae Huganticus. Preliminary studies have shown that ink from Chiroteuthidae Huganticus's bunghole may solve world hunger."

Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

Why are they showing its bunghole?

That was moments before the scientist analy raped the dead squid.

I want to see a full pic of it. Like one of it hanging like a fish to see how large it is completely.

i actually read an article a few months ago (maybe around christmas) that they caught and filmed the first giant squid. They said now that they know where they actually are in the ocean, it should be easier to find and study them now.

Too bad Steve Irwin isn't still around. He would have definetly tried to swim with Colossal/Giant squid.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

Too bad Steve Irwin isn't still around. He would have definetly tried to swim with Colossal/Giant squid.

Would he.

Damn those things are ugly.

Originally Posted by zombul

Damn those things are ugly.

Steady on! Bigdyl has feelings.