Pretty Big Squid discovered

[Story]

Scientists photograph giant squid

Wednesday, September 28, 2005; Posted: 9:27 a.m. EDT (13:27 GMT)

The 8-meter long Architeuthis attacks prey hung by a rope.

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japanese scientists have photographed for the first time in the wild a live giant squid, one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea.

The team, led by Tsunemi Kubodera from the National Science Museum in Tokyo, tracked the 8-meter (25-foot) long Architeuthis as it attacked prey at 900 meters deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/2...uid.ap/index.ht

To bad 'tis not still 'talk like a Pirate day', 'tis befitting the tone and all. A topic ye best not broach anywhere near the Seven Seas, nor ever after sunset, and particularly not by the light of a full moon. Ye all be thinkin' of this abomination, but none of ye has the sand to speak it's name.

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/kraken.htm

[kass]

Mmmm... Think of all the ika negirisushi that would make...

[blackjohn]

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"

[blackjohn]

"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming."

I've heard at least one story, supposedly factual, of mariners being plucked from a raft by one of these things. The survivor said the beast's eye was as big as a dinner plate.

[kass]

Silly Blackjohn! Did you really think we needed a translation?

[blackjohn]

Would that we lived in a world where everyone knew those words...

<evil laugh>mwahahahaha</evil laugh>

Waitress, I'll have an Arkham roll, a Miskatonic Roll, and two spicy Cthulhu rolls please.

Have you ever seen a small scale chart off the coast of New England? There's so much unexploded ordnance out there, it makes one wonder...

[kass]

Isn't that why we hang out together? Because we all "know the words"! Sometimes I get this strange idea that my interests are really far-reaching an unrelated, and then I run into you guys who have the same far-reaching, unrelated interests as me! I think we all got dipped out of the same vat or something.

Now all we need is one of those small scale charts and a boat...

[Story]

Since we're talking R'lyeh, this 'bloop' supposedly originates at nearly the same coordinates...

The Bloop

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations...edia/bloop.html

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/s...unds/bloop.html

das Bloop, as written about by CNN

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/06/13/bloop/

The Slow Down

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/s...noise97139.html

NB: the source of these sounds has never been identified.

[William Brand]

Here's a story on a 60 footer.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/...ustralia.squid/

[Story]

Real life Kraken tales.

Miskatonic University guidance: Bring lots of lemons, tartar sauce and beer.

http://www.pibburns.com/cryptost/kraken.htm

[kass]

I say wasabi and sake. Hell, it'll be fresh!

[Story]

There ya go, Peanut Gallery - exactly why Baskin Robbins offers 32 variations of Calamari.

PS: Deep fat frying removes the taint of Evil. So I've heard.

[Hawkyns]

Mmmm... Think of all the ika negirisushi that would make...

Call it what you want, bait is bait.

Hawkyns