Colossal Squid Update
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The fishermen were fishing for Patagonian toothfish in deep Antarctic waters when the squid - which was eating a toothfish - was caught in mid-February.
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At the time of its arrival, Mr O'Shea said calamari rings made from it would be like tractor tyres - although would taste of ammonia.
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There may be a sufficiently large microwave for the dethaw. (the problem with thawing it at room temperature is that by the time the center thaws, the skin will be rotting)
Nguyen Tran, a professor in microwave engineering at Melbourne's Swinburne University, said he had made a machine large enough to take the 495kg colossal squid.
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Vote about whether you think it could take a walrus:
http://community.livejournal.com/whodwinafight/15758.html
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The brain of a 275-kilogram giant squid is only about 20 grams and shaped like a doughnut, he says, “There’s not a lot of comprehension going on up there.” Might the colossal squid be brighter than its smaller cousin? “Doubtful,” says O’Shea. “In all likelihood, it’s one of the stupidest creatures in the sea.”
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International law requires that anything caught in Antarctic waters must be kept onboard and documented to guard against overfishing. So Bennett really didn’t have a choice but to haul in the squid. “We decided to get him onboard in as good a condition as we could,” says Bennett. “If we’d released him, he wouldn’t have survived.”
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This was a male squid, females tend to be 50% bigger than males. so a 1 ton squid is definitely possible. (this one was half a ton)
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Dolan, the Ministry of Fisheries observer, remembers being surprised at how docile and sluggish the squid was. “It really didn’t put up much of a fight,” he says. “Its tentacles were moving back and forth, but that’s about it. It certainly wasn’t grabbing crew members and pulling them back into the sea.”
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There is video footage of the squid. There was a camera on board to make some boring ass footage for a documentary for a NZ tv station about fishing for chilean sea bass (aka patagoinian toothfish), but then they caught this fucking squid...so.
This footage has been sold for a lot of money to some blokes who'll make a documentary with it and release it in april or something. look for some total shite that will be very popular.
The fishermen were fishing for Patagonian toothfish in deep Antarctic waters when the squid - which was eating a toothfish - was caught in mid-February.
2
At the time of its arrival, Mr O'Shea said calamari rings made from it would be like tractor tyres - although would taste of ammonia.
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3
There may be a sufficiently large microwave for the dethaw. (the problem with thawing it at room temperature is that by the time the center thaws, the skin will be rotting)
Nguyen Tran, a professor in microwave engineering at Melbourne's Swinburne University, said he had made a machine large enough to take the 495kg colossal squid.
4
Vote about whether you think it could take a walrus:
http://community.livejournal.com/whodwinafight/15758.html
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The brain of a 275-kilogram giant squid is only about 20 grams and shaped like a doughnut, he says, “There’s not a lot of comprehension going on up there.” Might the colossal squid be brighter than its smaller cousin? “Doubtful,” says O’Shea. “In all likelihood, it’s one of the stupidest creatures in the sea.”
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International law requires that anything caught in Antarctic waters must be kept onboard and documented to guard against overfishing. So Bennett really didn’t have a choice but to haul in the squid. “We decided to get him onboard in as good a condition as we could,” says Bennett. “If we’d released him, he wouldn’t have survived.”
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This was a male squid, females tend to be 50% bigger than males. so a 1 ton squid is definitely possible. (this one was half a ton)
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Dolan, the Ministry of Fisheries observer, remembers being surprised at how docile and sluggish the squid was. “It really didn’t put up much of a fight,” he says. “Its tentacles were moving back and forth, but that’s about it. It certainly wasn’t grabbing crew members and pulling them back into the sea.”
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There is video footage of the squid. There was a camera on board to make some boring ass footage for a documentary for a NZ tv station about fishing for chilean sea bass (aka patagoinian toothfish), but then they caught this fucking squid...so.
This footage has been sold for a lot of money to some blokes who'll make a documentary with it and release it in april or something. look for some total shite that will be very popular.