Ha! Take that, Squid Skeptics!
Jules Verne’s 20,00 Leagues Under The Sea occupies a special corner of my childhood imagination. I love the idea of gigantic monsters sliding through the deep, far from human eyes and I’ve been known to hold forth on the existence of giant squid after a few flagons of grog. These stories are usually greeted with disbelief and comments like “Joe, you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet.” But now mateys, here is documented proof from the uber-reliable pages of National Geographic!
Japanese scientists found this 25 foot monster squid in the North Pacific and managed to snap quite a few lovely pictures.
Hey! The North Pacific! Maybe she could slide over the Puget Sound, wrestle with some submarines and say hello. That would teach those doubting landlubbers a thing or two.
Now if I could just find that Fark article about the evil, brain-eating cephalopods of New England. Grumble, grumble…I’m not crazy, I’m not!
National Geographic News - Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant
(via Boing Boing)
September 27th, 2005
September 28th, 2005 at 8:38 am
Joe, no one doubted your belief in large squids. It was the stories large squid that put their tentacles up your nose that we had trouble buying.
September 28th, 2005 at 9:30 am
They’re real, I tell you! Cursed skeptics.
September 28th, 2005 at 11:30 am
Now on to the Colossal Squid! Also know as Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni. It’s even bigger and probably meaner. What a great day for cool shit coming true. Now they just need to find bigfoot!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2910849.stm
November 10th, 2005 at 4:50 pm
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