[News]: Squid find a first for fisherman - Marlborough Express

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Squid find a first for fisherman
[SIZE=-1]Marlborough Express, New Zealand - 8 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By LUCY JOHNSTON - The Marlborough Express | Wednesday, 29 August 2007 BIG BEAK: Ted Perano and the beak of a giant squid found washed up on the beach at ...[/SIZE]



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[tonmo]

This is a second giant squid stranding in recent weeks, per Dr. O'Shea.

 

[OB]

"Giant squid (architeuthis) are the world's largest invertebrate and can move at up to 40 kilometres per hour."

And this, while te Papa is housing a half ton monster of the meso kind... It is telling, that 40 km per hour is roughly the maximum attainable speed of a London doubledecker bus, they may be in a bit of a mix-up altogether

 

[Steve O'Shea]

Where those last two statements came from I don't know, but they certainly were not from me!

Number 3 for the winter season just in; caught by a trawler a couple of weeks ago. It seems to be (based on descriptions) intact, minus one tentacle.

 

[tonmo]

Number 3 for the winter season just in; caught by a trawler a couple of weeks ago. It seems to be (based on descriptions) intact, minus one tentacle.

That is an interesting scoop, thanks Steve!

 

[OB]

Number 3 for the winter season just in; caught by a trawler a couple of weeks ago. It seems to be (based on descriptions) intact, minus one tentacle.

Maybe this is Ku's one that got away, now finally meeting its match in kiwiland

 

[monty]

Maybe this is Ku's one that got away, now finally meeting its match in kiwiland

Even if it's not, maybe will let you sew his tentacle on and make a FrankenSquid!