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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:06 PM
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San Diego menaced by jumbo squid (CNN)
Scuba divers off the Californian city of San Diego are being menaced by large numbers of jumbo squid.

The beaked Humboldt squid, which grow up to 5ft (1.5 metres) long, arrived off the city's shores last week.

Divers have reported unnerving encounters with the creatures, which are carnivorous and can be aggressive.

One diver described how one of the rust-coloured creatures ripped the buoyancy aid and light from her chest, and grabbed her with its tentacles.

"I just kicked like crazy," diver Shanda Magill told the Associated Press news agency.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155417.stm




More accurate headline: Divers, not in their natural environment, feel "menaced" by squid in theirs.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:09 PM
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1. (shrug) If you're hanging out with critters who view you as food, you have 3 choices...
1) Leave.
2) Kill them.
3) Get eaten.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:09 PM
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2. Hoola-Hoop sized calamari rings on the menu n/t
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:09 PM
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3. Feed the hungry.....free calamari.
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Sal Minella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:10 PM
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4. Yes. Indigenous squid manage to repel noxious invasive species.
Edited on Fri Jul-17-09 05:46 PM by Sal Minella
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:12 PM
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5. Squid are the rats of the sea...
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 09:52 PM
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22. What does that make jellyfish?
:shrug:
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-18-09 04:10 PM
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24. The deadly mosquitos of the sea?
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:12 PM
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6. Misread that
Thought it said grabbed her tits ...........
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:16 PM
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9. "Squid Sexually Harasses Diver...ACLU represents diver, PETA represents squid."
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:27 PM
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12. Squid said in its defence
I could see there was something wrong with them - they were not in my mouth.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:13 PM
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7. OMG! Don't tell the children that Squidward has gone POSTAL.
:silly:
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:14 PM
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8. I love these stories.
"Man who lived with bears killed....by bears"

"Snorkeler who swam with seals eaten by shark"


People who don't realize that we're only at the top of the food chain when we're in our little hermetically-sealed created environment kinda deserve what they get.
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:36 PM
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16. Like Chris Rock said about Roy's (Siegfried & Roy) attack:
"That tiger didn't go crazy. That tiger went TIGER!"
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:20 PM
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10. We await next summer's blockbuster...
...Tentacles!

:eyes:
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:21 PM
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11. ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD....23 Miles 23 miles 22.5 miles...
Could it be one more warning our Planet is undergoing changes?
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:28 PM
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13. The article tiptoed around the question of global warmin, but ...
GW has been proposed as the cause of the Humboldt squid migrating northwards. They were washing ashore in Oregon a couple of years ago -- previously these waters were regarded as way too cold for them.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:58 PM
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18. Our Leaders have Sand in their eyes due to being burried 1/2 Stone Deep....
WTF are they waitin for? ...Sand bags round Fla? Extreme Famines?

This is NUTS
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Sal Minella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-18-09 09:08 AM
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23. A scientist on NPR matter-of-factly said the squid are following as the
warming waters move northward, but not a whisper about human activities causing the warming.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:31 PM
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14. These giant squid are a major motivating factor in my plans to eventually
retire FAR from the West Coast, lol.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:32 PM
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15. mmm, squid
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:42 PM
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17. Expect wall-to-wall coverage of this hot story for the next week, including several tape loops. n/m
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 06:04 PM
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19. has the Governator been swimming in the San Diego surf?
A large creature with no backbone, hmm...

Is it squid or is it Arnold?
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chaplainM Donating Member (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 06:27 PM
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20. Divers should be prepared
...with skillets, oil, and garlic.
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Yunomi Donating Member (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 07:29 PM
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21. Yeah, I saw this report on TV
a little while ago. Problem was, first animal they showed was an octopus, not a squid. My SO wanted to know if the sqiddies were out walking around on the beach. If not, why's everbody worried? For real, though, Humbolt Squid'll eat ya.
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Nihil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-20-09 05:58 AM
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25. Hmmm ...
Previously unknown algal blobs ...

Increased rate of methane release from clathrates ...

Squid attacking humans ...

Anyone read "Swarm" recently?

:yoiks:
:scared:
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