Worlds largest octopus...

[aphex]

Sorta freaky

 

[Renob]

Cool. I like big fish.

 

[iamme]

I always imagined the world's largest octopus would be bigger......they probably need to go deeper

 

[trmiv]

Sucks for the octopus. Kinda hard to strut your stuff as the world's biggest octopus to all the lady octopi when you are dead on an examining table.

 

[Viper GTS]

<< I always imagined the world's largest octopus would be bigger......they probably need to go deeper >>



They're relatively small compared to giant squid.

Now those are impressive.



Viper GTS

 

[MeanMeosh]

<< Sucks for the octopus. Kinda hard to strut your stuff as the world's biggest octopus to all the lady octopi when you are dead on an examining table. >>




hahahahahaha

 

[pillage2001]

Everybody smile and say.......Calamari!!!!!

 

[SuperCyrix]

ANyone have pictures of the giant squid?
Has parts fron a dead one ever been caught?

 

[iamme]

<< Sucks for the octopus. Kinda hard to strut your stuff as the world's biggest octopus to all the lady octopi when you are dead on an examining table. >>




<< Everybody smile and say.......Calamari!!!!! >>



ROFL



<< They're relatively small compared to giant squid. >>



Maybe that's what I was thinking of...

 

[Goosemaster]

I also wonder how it will enjoy the fame?

Oh wait. It's been murdered.

 

[iamme]

Holy sh!t



<< The largest-known Architeuthis was 57 feet (17.5 m) long. >>



200lb giant squid

 

[Joyride]

<< Everybody smile and say.......Calamari!!!!! >>



I am pretty sure Calamari is squid

That's one huge octopussy

 

[Dacalo]

<< Holy sh!t



<< The largest-known Architeuthis was 57 feet (17.5 m) long. >>



200lb giant squid >>



Lets fry that baby for calamari tempura

 

[aphex]

hahaha

 

[Draco]

<< Holy sh!t



<< The largest-known Architeuthis was 57 feet (17.5 m) long. >>



200lb giant squid >>




Now there is an animal.

I Just watched a show on Discovery about some scientists searching for Architeuthis, and trying to keep the babies alive in captivitiy. It's amazing that the young one's they were catching were like an inch long and grow to massive lengths. They just can't keep the bastards alive in captivity... always die after a day or two.

On the same note I'm still open to believe there are some
Carcharodon Megalodon's out there too, boy would that be something. Think of a Great White 5 times as long and a mouth big enough to swallow a mini...

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

<< The esophagus runs through the brain, so the food must be in small pieces before swallowing.
>>



now thats civil engineering....

 

[Stifko]

I wonder if it would make a good salad. Boil it, cut it up & add some garlic, parsley olive oil and potatoes.

 

[iamme]

Thinking about 50 foot giant squid dwelling in the deepest parts of the oceans scares the crap out of me

Forget going to outer space......try catch one of those badasses.....

 

[deftron]

I bet megalodon's exist, too.

However, they live so deep that no one ever sees one.

 

[Nemesis77]

OK, now that they have it, what are they going to do with it? Are they going to eat it?

 

[iamme]

<< megalodon >>



Holy cow! That's it, I'm changing professions.........Call me Ismail.......who's with me to do some deep deep deep sea diving??

OMG

 

[NeoV]

A giant squid has never been caught on film alive. Measurements from the sucker-marks left on Sperm Whales has indicated that the beasts may grow to lengths approaching 100ft long, and while most of that is from the two long tentacles, that is still quite impressive.

Megalodon's aren't very likely to exist anymore, though there may have been a few left as recently as 10,000 years ago. Human's would be their only enemy, with a pod of orca's also being a possibility, but man, they would do serious damage to the populations of smaller whales, seals, etc...imagine a schoolbus with a mouth at the front of it cruising around and you get the idea of a Megalodon...


I recall reading something about partial carcass from a giant octopus, much, much larger than the one discussed in this article. This thing was giant-squid sized, if not bigger, but the remain was so incomplete that it was never officially classified..let me see if I can find it...

I have to admit, I was a "mystery animal" junkie growing up, along with dinosaurs, sharks, etc.....