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     Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/photogalleries/squid-magnapinna- photos/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Can't believe nobody wants to look at pictures of creatures so far below the surface of the ocean that they've gone and grown elbows just because nobody's looking. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Frank, those of us based in the UK will soon have the opportunity to meet such creatures at Fantasycon. Every convention bar has them. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
 I believe it to be so, Joel, indeed I do. | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.9.142.11 |
I can honestly say that the giant squid was my nightmare creature as a small child. Probably owing to two movies - REAP THE WILD WIND and 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. For years, I couldn't think of anything more frightening that I might genuinely encounter in the real world. But, as Joel says, Fantasycon came along and changed that pretty smartly. Now I know that there are lots more frightening creatures, and all much closer to home (i.e. in Nottingham). | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.182.156.45 |
Oi, stop talking about me behind my back! Frank, I looked at the picture on that link when you posted it yesterday - creepy stuff! | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
What makes squids really scary is that underneath that soft, flabby exterior is a horny parrot-like beak the size of a man-trap that once it has a grip never lets go until the prey has been drunk dry. Couple that with needle-sharp teeth inside each and every sucker on each and every tentacle, eyeballs the size of a football and fucking intelligence comparable to that of an octopus like Paul(!!), and you got one beastie you don't want to run into in your swimming trunks! I love 'em!! | ||
| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 217.39.88.148 |
In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming !! | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.209.217 |
On a lighter note... (forgive the shameless, but still squid-related, pluggage) http://www.darksmile.co.uk/Mp3/MapandSteads/4%20-%20Squid%20in%20the%20sink.mp3 At least I've spared you the link to the sequel, 'Map and Steads and the Calamari Ring'... |