Colossal Squid!
 

Radioactive Gigantism? Giant Squid Discovered On California Coast - January 2014 | Strange Sounds


Very reliable looking source...

A pirate and a giant squid on the same photoshoped picture is a tad too much ;)

Accept nothing but the original. Stay colossal, my friends.

I bet Fukishima had something to do with this!

Not a Colossal Squid (Merely the giant variety), but this would be a nifty FOFC-themed arts and craft project:

http://build-a-diy.tumblr.com/post/6...l-need-2-yards

Never again do I want to see this phrase posted on this board.

i'll just leave this here:




*tiptoes out of room*

I hear Putin personally killed it and had it as an appetizer.

In the British Paper the Daily Mail it has this line in the story about the squid

"It is not clear if the squid featured in the video is in fact a giant squid - which is longer- or a colossal squid, which is broader and heavier."

i didn't know there are specific requirements for it to be officially a Colossal Squid, I live and learn.

Well, every squid can be "a colossal Squid". But only 1 sort of squid is "the Colossal Squid" ;)

this one does not at all look massive. There´s bigger Humboldt Squid being taken every day. And with that, my knowledge of Squid species is exhausted :)

This one of the "giant" variety:

Creature from the deep surfaces in Japanese harbor

I paid one of them (Colossal, not Giant. Fuck them Giant Squids) a visit recently:

http://i.imgur.com/CAj8CMu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/geMLZLP.jpg

Better pictures by professionals here ... The Colossal Squid | Te Papa

Not linked as image because aparently my camera makes colossal pictures.

It's back!!

"Researchers have captured what might be the first known recording of a colossal squid living freely in its natural habitat."

Visiting the Kraken at Home | Hakai Magazine

This looks important!

I went looking for the original colossal squid thread, and apparently it's from the old pre-2000 board and not available. Crazy how long that's been.

Gonna have to bump this again...

Colossal Squid - The eerie ambassador from the abyss