Tentarcticles (Mesonychoteuthis / Colossal Squid)

maybe tomorrow you should announce that the penguin-eating squid is a completely new species, and name it for burgess meredith....

WAA WAA WAA.... (its hard to spell out that noise he made on batman)
 
"This squid is a really nasty aggressive sort of squid . . . a gelatinous blob with seriously evil arms on it. If you fall in the water, you're history."


Soooooo.......Don't ya love the press???


Carol :mrgreen:
 
From the pictures in the Giant Squid Fact Sheet, it appears that the tentacle club on mesonychoteuthis has two rows of hooks fairly close together. Would (or are) the scars on the sperm whale be double, or do the hooks form a single line as they are drawn across the skin of the whale? Or are they alot farther apart than they look?

Just wondering, and pondering

:nautilus:
 
Totally amazing!!! And to think....we got teased with it first!!!!! The pictures are amazing! And the hooks...

Really makes you think about these seamonster stories. Hope they don't like New Jersey......


Carol :mrgreen:
 
from an interested ignoramous

always been a bit of a squid fan since snorkelling with them as a kid... caught the Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni news on BBC website this morning... fascinating.... glad i found this website for the whole story.... love the media hype though, step aside Steve Irwin, here comes Steve O'Shea!!!
 
Hi all; I'd just like to stress that we are talking adults (as in 2 known prior to this one; one caught by a Russian trawler in the 70's, and one as reported by Rodhouse & Clarke '85). The juveniles have been caught before and are widespread in distribution; intact/entire adults are, however, extraordinarily rare in collections (this should be the 2nd or 3rd reported specimen in collections - (the 2nd/3rd business as we do not know the fate of the Russian specimen)). There are a few preserved arm crowns out there (ex sperm whale stomach contents).

Out
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Scott, have you checked out the 'giant squid fact sheets' online (on Tonmo)? There's a lot more information contained in there than has been printed in popular press so far.
Kindest
Steve and Kat
 
i had a question about the swiveling hooks....do we know how they're controlled? (individually, in groups, or all at once)
 

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