The Ghost of Jules Vern would be very happy

[Mercury Hat]

I'd be more scared of jelly fish than colossal squid.

[Rkolter]

There are colossal jelly fish too you know.

[McDuffies]

I suppose jellyfishs are more dangerous too, being that squids cannot cause you painful burns just by touching you.

[[geoduck]]

Even still...that's pretty crazy. We've got pictures of the further reaches of space and yet this is the first time we've managed to photograph a giant squid...a creature right here on Earth we've known existed for hundreds of years? That's nuts.

It's a lot easier to photograph the further reaches of space, cuz there's not all this water in the way...

[Levi-chan]

Mmmmn. SQUID SEX (SFW)

[Soup Goblin]

Mmmmn. SQUID SEX

HOT.

[ManyWorlds]

Mmmmn. SQUID SEX (SFW)

....

[Levi-chan]

Also, according to TFA:

"But having such a big penis does have one drawback: it seems that co-ordinating eight legs, two feeding tentacles and a huge penis, whilst fending off an irate female, is a bit too much to ask, and one of the two males stranded on the Spanish coast had accidentally injected himself with sperm packages in the legs and body."

Youch.

[Crazy Chris]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I stopped reading.

[Sput]

Mmm. Calimari.

butbut squid isn't calimari. :(

*dries out the 2 tentacles and has enough squid jerky for a year*

[DJMayhem]

Jeez, and I told lego- "Duuude, that thing is going to grow huuuge"

But he was like "noooo, my baby will die anyways. Putting him out to sea would be the best thing for him anyways."

See what you did lego?

Hey, I'm fairly certain that's not gary...

oh come on, you saw the pictures. He still has the bowtie Maria and Michelle gave him!

[Christwriter]

Even still...that's pretty crazy. We've got pictures of the further reaches of space and yet this is the first time we've managed to photograph a giant squid...a creature right here on Earth we've known existed for hundreds of years? That's nuts.

It's a lot easier to photograph the further reaches of space, cuz there's not all this water in the way...

And then there's the whole "Squish it like a beer can on a frat boy's forehead" pressure problem. If you get a leak in a space shuttle, you can put something on top of it and the pressure plugs the hole. If you get a hole in a sub...you're very, very screwed. Especially if it involvs the words "Crush"
and "Depth".

Also, for future reference: GIANT SQUID TASTES NASTY. National Geographic reporters cooked some up out of couriosity and it tasted very bad. It has something to do with the chemical makeup of the big squids. It's also the reason why they keep on floating onto beaches.

CW

[Blackaby]

Also, for future reference: GIANT SQUID TASTES NASTY. National Geographic reporters cooked some up out of couriosity and it tasted very bad. It has something to do with the chemical makeup of the big squids. It's also the reason why they keep on floating onto beaches.

I like National Geographic's attitude to wildlife. First we photograph it. Then we eat it!

I wonder if it was a bet or peer pressure thing, and there were like two reporters going, "No man, you eat it." "No really, I totally thought of it." "Oh GO ON, it's only been dead for a week and I'm sure we can brush the sand off..."

[Prettydragoon]

Just don't think about lots of calimari. I read somewhere that these things taste NASTY.

They're full of ammonia, I understand. Doesn't do much for the taste.

That's kinda odd. Considering that ammonium chloride is yummy in candy.

[Rkolter]

Also, for future reference: GIANT SQUID TASTES NASTY. National Geographic reporters cooked some up out of couriosity and it tasted very bad. It has something to do with the chemical makeup of the big squids. It's also the reason why they keep on floating onto beaches.

I like National Geographic's attitude to wildlife. First we photograph it. Then we eat it!

I wonder if it was a bet or peer pressure thing, and there were like two reporters going, "No man, you eat it." "No really, I totally thought of it." "Oh GO ON, it's only been dead for a week and I'm sure we can brush the sand off..."

I like their attitude too. They also ate meat from one of those freeze-dried mammoths.

Talk about a dream job. "Hey Bob, look at that beautiful specimen!" "Cool, let me get a shot of it!" "You do that, I'll turn on the stove..."

[Crazy Chris]

Also, for future reference: GIANT SQUID TASTES NASTY. National Geographic reporters cooked some up out of curiosity and it tasted very bad. It has something to do with the chemical makeup of the big squids. It's also the reason why they keep on floating onto beaches.

I like National Geographic's attitude to wildlife. First we photograph it. Then we eat it!

I wonder if it was a bet or peer pressure thing, and there were like two reporters going, "No man, you eat it." "No really, I totally thought of it." "Oh GO ON, it's only been dead for a week and I'm sure we can brush the sand off..."

I like their attitude too. They also ate meat from one of those freeze-dried mammoths.

Talk about a dream job. "Hey Bob, look at that beautiful specimen!" "Cool, let me get a shot of it!" "You do that, I'll turn on the stove..."

I wonder how their exposures of African tribes end.

[Joel Fagin]

The funny thing about this is that the film of the squid was shot a year ago. Being scientists, it took them a while to actually publish their findings.

- Joel Fagin