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Scary alien squid with elbows [Nov. 25th, 2008|12:46 pm]
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-giant-squid-magnapinna.html

This is some freaky-assed stuff. Shell is drilling, and this... thing... floats by.

In a few seconds of jerky camerawork, the squid appears with its huge fins waving like elephant ears and its remarkable arms and tentacles trailing from elbow-like appendages.

Despite the squid's apparent unflappability on camera, Magnapinna, or "big fin," squid remain largely a mystery to science.

Yeah... I'd nuke it from orbit to be sure...
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[User Picture]From: [info]wy
2008-11-25 06:37 pm (UTC)

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So cute!
[User Picture]From: [info]praecorloth
2008-11-25 10:10 pm (UTC)

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That's no "big fin."

Cthulhu

This foe is beyond any of you...RUN!
[User Picture]From: [info]evilpassion8
2008-11-26 06:45 am (UTC)

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Thank you for posting this. My sister, who is a driller for USGS, has fantasies of discovering something like this and getting that special elusive photograph.