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New Zealand divers were searching for a spot to dive when they happened upon an impressive, and kind of creepy-looking, giant squid:
"After we went for a dive we went back to [the squid] and got a tape measure out, and it measured 4.2 meters [13 feet] long," one of the divers, Daniel Aplin, told the New Zealand Herald.
A representative from the New Zealand Department of Conservation told the Herald that the divers most likely found a giant squid (Architeuthis dux) and not a colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). [Photos of the Stunning Deep-Sea Squid Feeding]
Both species of squid are formidable sea creatures, with giant squid typically reaching 16 feet (5 m) long, according to the Smithsonian, and the colossal squid reaching over 30 feet (10 m) long, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/63444-mysterious-dead-giant-squid.html
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @02:53PM (1 child)
Ludicrous Squid, NOW!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @03:00PM
They've gone to plaid!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @03:04PM
It came from sea and tastes like fish.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @03:17PM
Peter Jackson
(Score: 3, Funny) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Wednesday August 29 2018, @03:53PM (1 child)
This is a really good story. Absolutely Kraken.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @04:25PM
ROFL you're kraken me up!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @05:59PM
Poor squid wanted to go to Japan, but failed his Knowledge check…
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday August 29 2018, @07:31PM
Won't you guys reconsquider these jokes?
(and no, shameless stolen from the Interwebs. I just wanted to give you ten tickles. They'll sue me asquidiously and I can't say it was an acksquidental use.)
This sig for rent.
(Score: 1) by easyTree on Wednesday August 29 2018, @08:16PM
Now let's have a photo of a large knob of butter, sack of garlic and chilli and gigantic pan.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday August 29 2018, @08:28PM (1 child)
Those divers are a pretty tough bunch. They're diving in the Cook Strait, the gap between the two main islands of New Zealand. One of the trickiest stretches of water anywhere. I wouldn't dive there, especially in the winter.
Also, they got Paua which you might know as abalone. It's kind of like rubber, but with a seafood flavour.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 30 2018, @12:04AM
Paua is only like rubber if you cook it, much more tender if eaten raw
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday August 29 2018, @09:05PM (5 children)
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Wednesday August 29 2018, @10:02PM (3 children)
This story is absolutely full of great quotes.
The NZ Herald reports, apparently seriously, that
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday August 29 2018, @10:45PM (2 children)
And yet, not enough for a dept. line.
Anyway, it's 42 decimeters long, that should certainly answer something. But only for metric people, bad luck for imperialists with their 13 feet. ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday August 30 2018, @12:38AM (1 child)
whats-that-over-there?
it's-a-big-squid?
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday August 30 2018, @06:04AM
From the tentacles dept.
Formally accurate, but generates associations.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday August 30 2018, @12:35AM
Sharks are very very scary. I think it would be nice if they all died. Very nice if that happens. Unfortunately, sharks are very tough. Great White Shark, that's one tough customer, believe me. But, one got eaten, they called it Shark Alpha. And many people say a tremendous Squid ate it!!!! youtu.be/Z_QyGANCUJI [youtu.be]