The Japanese restaurant by my office only sells the finest stale piss and ammonia infused flesh.Versuvius said:
Paleontologist Discovers "Giant Kraken Lair"
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Well I remember that there were sharks a few million years ago that were about 20 meters.
Awww yeah
Awww yeah
to be honest, no, that wasn't my first thoughts. my first thoughts were of this old arcade game where you're treasure hunting in the ocean i think, and you go through all the 7 seas, and in each sea, they had a legendary monster you had to kill. the first level you had to kill a giant octopus. that game was fucking amazing and scary as hell. did anyone else here play that game? it was kind of like a rail shooter.Scorched_Cascade said:
OT: i really hope that the person has more evidence than what we have been given in the article. if they don't, they really don't have much of a case. i don't think it's that far fetched to have giant octopuses in the past, considering in the past most creatures were pretty damn huge anyway, and i really am doubting that creatures like the octopus are so recent a creature that they would only really have existed in their current state through their entire existence.
Ninja'd. Should have seen it coming. D8binnsyboy said:
What's with people trying to prove the existence of mythological creatures? About an hour ago, I read that story about some guy trying to prove the Yeti exists. What's next? Godzilla?
And hey, don't get me wrong! If this could be possible, I'd be the first one getting exited about it. But...it's not. So there ya go.
Thats what hes suggesting, a giant squid, a kraken is very much just a giant squid or octopi.Satsuki666 said:
Is that a real movie? WHERE CAN I FIND IT!Crazy_Dude said:Well I remember that there were sharks a few million years ago that were about 20 meters.
Awww yeah
Now that I have that out of my system, I like this. Granted, I don't think they have quite enough evidence yet, but it would be cool if his theory is true.
There was a good line in the Sherlock Holmes movie about "Shaping facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts"
To find this movie and equally ridiculous movies of this nature, watch Syfy on Saturdays.Aprilgold said:
Yes, but it's mythical, therefore, people refuse to believe it's exsistance for the sake of not wanting to believe it's exsistance. Perhaps at one point, giant squids were more aggressive, but natural selection made them more docile. Let's face it: even at sea, humans are hard prey, and the crew of the attacked ship would likely have caused all sorts of wounds before they died, right? It's risk vs. reward, and humans just aren't worth it.Iron Lightning said:
My understanding of the little research of the two, the colossal squid is believed to be a much more aggressive and active hunter than the lighter, but longer giant squid.trophykiller said:
As for the story I'm not sure you'd ever see either a Giant or Colossal Squid fighting a ship if their on the surface their dieing not hunting.
Pics or it didn't happen. As much as I want this to be real, there's far too much conjecture in that press statement. If there was ANY shred of physical evidence-beak marks, sucker hooks, anything-I would be telling everyone I met this. The article above points all this out better than me. Bloop is much more interesting. Octupi die after mating. So this thing would spend how many years growing to 100 feet across, before it was sexually mature? Not a sound genetic investment plan. If you're going to extrapolate extinct animals from living ones, you have to take the good with the bad. A squid could theoretically get big enough to take down Shonisaurs, but squid don't fit into this guy's strange arranging theory.Jabberwock xeno said:
