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Uploader comment: A very large species of squid, this one was mistaken for a live giant squid.

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#26 Posted by mr rainbow on 28 June, 2011, 21:23

dude, these are real. i watched documentary bout them a while back

#25 Posted by Timonthy on 3 January, 2011, 13:46

Mmm I feel like some calamari rings now...

#24 Posted by wraithgod on 14 October, 2007, 0:27

"I like the little circular design on it back." ... That's a ripple. Or the eye. I'm not sure just how... erm... blind you are. This makes me kinda upset... the eye looks frightened. Poor little sweetie.

#23 Posted by utahraptor on 15 September, 2006, 11:14

Ya these guys are also EXTREMLY territorial. They have been know to kill many divers and fisherman of the Baja peninsula.

#22 Posted by ziggen on 13 August, 2006, 10:30

I've heard of the humboldt squid.. apparently they can be quite dangerous in a feeding frenzy. i had no idea they got that big.

#21 Posted by bystanderr on 1 May, 2006, 1:34

its scary..

#20 Posted by aghimacrazyduckofdoom on 29 April, 2006, 1:32

That thing is awesome...

#19 Posted by samael on 2 April, 2006, 23:06

Cool. I hate squid eyes...they're just...*shivers*

#18 Posted by avitus on 8 February, 2006, 21:13

That site ain't working for me, any other place with more pics? And it was alive? What about the fairly recent discovery of the first live giant squid ever seen, that wasn't this one _

#17 Posted by mournblade1 on 5 February, 2006, 5:58

One last thing--there were about a half dozen photos of this squid taken. It was still very much alive when the snapshots were taken, but it died shortly thereafter. And yeah, that eye IS creepy--gives me nightmares, I tells ya! Dr. Steve O'Shea stated that its shape is from the eye contracting.

#16 Posted by mournblade1 on 5 February, 2006, 5:57

I believe this squid (actually, an immature giant squid) was dragged to an inlet by a Japanese fishing boat. The Humbolt squid, on the other hand, IS a rather big squid (up to 10+ feet in length), but lives in the Sea of Cortez south of Baja, Mexico (south of California).

#15 Posted by mournblade1 on 5 February, 2006, 5:55

Actually, this is not a Humbolt squid. It actually IS a true giant squid (Architeuthis dux). I originally came across this photo at www.tonmo.org which is a site dedicated to cephalopod stuides. Dr. Steve O'Shea (the world's foremost giant squid expert) confirmed it as Architeuthis.

#14 Posted by sharm on 4 December, 2005, 11:34

it's dead?

#13 Posted by rayray on 26 November, 2005, 1:07

yeah what kinda thing would you get eaten by personally i dont want to be eaten by anything but that is a huge ass squid

#12 Posted by ihatethelight_76 on 3 November, 2005, 9:27

theres no way in this hell or the next would i be standing that close to that thing...i dont want to be eaten by a thing like that

#11 Posted by trandoshan on 6 October, 2005, 2:48

Weird Eye...

#10 Posted by urisk on 26 July, 2005, 21:51

Wedge, that's a ring made by a splash of water, dude.

#9 Posted by ihatethelight_76 on 3 July, 2005, 0:28

MAN THE EYE LOOKS creepy

#8 Posted by jeenuh on 29 June, 2005, 7:39

Woah, creepy. My boyfriend loves stuff like this but he'd probably never do marine biology or whatever because big things scare him. :]

#7 Posted by nou on 12 June, 2005, 8:28

thas pretty big, bbq my place yall

#6 Posted by wedge on 16 May, 2005, 5:09

I like the little circular design on it back.

#5 Posted by alienplayalolz on 15 May, 2005, 22:48

Your mom was mistaken for a live giant squid.

#4 Posted by soulstar_82 on 15 May, 2005, 15:58

this pic is AWESOME!!!

#3 Posted by threeplustuesday on 15 May, 2005, 3:09

Yay, squid! When I grow up (excuse that cliche phrase), I want to go into marine biology because the deep sea is AWESOME, and I'm determined to help find a live giant squid or die trying. But seriously, that squid is huge. It scares me a little.

#2 Posted by marcin t on 15 May, 2005, 0:38

uff what an eye !!!

#1 Posted by hypodermic on 14 May, 2005, 22:34

a large squid was mistaken for a giant squid? umm ok..

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