Squid beak for sale on ebay

[cuttlegirl]

Look what's for sale on ebay... It's a Humbolt squid.
http://cgi.ebay.com/GIANT-SQUID-BEAK-VERY-RARE-MUST-SEE-NR_W0QQitemZ6584701776QQcategoryZ15915QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Maybe Steve can fund his research this way...

 

[Jean]

Current bid US$172.50 (with 3 and a half days to go!)

I wonder if I could sell some warty squid beaks???????? Or Arrow squid????? I have a wee few


J

 

[main_board]

16 bids, $172 for a common species, Wow is right! Of course, it is being marketed as GIANT-SQUID-BEAK-VERY-RARE-MUST-SEE! Who could resist that...

Neat find though, all and all!
Cheers!

 

[Steve O'Shea]

That's not Architeuthis!!!!!

Someone write online that it isn't, and say that I said so - they're being conned. (I'm not an ebay member, wouldn't know how to and don't want to be).

 

[Phil]

Crikey. I wonder what a real Architeuthis beak would go for?

 

[Steve O'Shea]

Oooops, just read, Humboldt; sorry

 

[PSLee]

Shouldn't the beak be displayed with the larger portion as the lower beak, while the smaller portion being the upper beak. The opposite of a parrot's beak.

 

[Jean]

Shouldn't the beak be displayed with the larger portion as the lower beak, while the smaller portion being the upper beak. The opposite of a parrot's beak.

Nope! The longer portion is the upper beak and the short robust one is the lower.

And Steve, I thought the same as you, they've very conveniently hidden the Humbolt part well, and made the GIANT part stand out. I wonder how many of the bidders made the same mistake and think they're getting an Archie beak????????????

J

 

[Paradox]

omg i have a million of those!!!

 

[Jean]

omg i have a million of those!!!

Well you're sitting on a treasure trove...think of all that lovely$$$$$$$ you could make

j

 

[Steve O'Shea]

omg i have a million of those!!!

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm. We have none here. What would an exchange be worth? Have you a wish list?

 

[Paradox]

PMed ya..

 

[Steve O'Shea]

Cheers ears
O

 

[monty]

the only squid beak I have is the one I removed from my "squid with spicy salt" in a Chinese restaurant. I wonder how much I could get for that on ebay...

 

[cuttlegirl]

OMG, it went for $610.01!