WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday.
The squid, weighing an estimated 990 lbs and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said.
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shaolingrrl, sad for the squid. The fishermen didn't go after it intentionally, at least. And I do think we should be looking for them alive, in their natural environment, with robots and submarines and stuff. And, hey, stop looking at me like that, I didn't kill it, it was that way when I found it! I don't even eat calamari!)
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And yeah, I do feel bad for the squid. I almost always feel bad for the animal in any animal-human altercation.
Okay, obviously I couldn't see the look, but I know it was there.
I wonder if anyone anywhere does a squid-style martial art. I've heard of Polynesians who do a crab-style.
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I haven't heard of a squid style. It'd be cool. "My octopus style will beat your squid style!" "No, my squid style will beat your octopus style!"
"Let's fight!"
No cephalopods involved, but might I recommend Zebraman as well? One of my personal wacky Japanese movie faves. Don't let the fact that it's by Miike scare you. It's a complete 180 from Ichii the Killer.