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Sunday, April 17th, 2005 06:17 pm
colossal squid
I am now googling Colossal Squid.
I think I have a new irrational terror coming up.
I also think I have reached new depths of procrastination. You wouldn't think getting two characters to *have sex already* would be so damn *hard*.
Facts you might not be aware of with the colossal squid. They have suckers, *swiveling hooks*, and sucker rings. The term "razor-sharp" has been applied to these rings. Despite staring at comparative pictures, I am still not sure of the difference between a sucker and a *razor-sharp* sucker ring, but suffice to say, I'm quite terrified. They are bigger than sperm whales.
Does anyone but me snicker at that? Sperm whales. Hee. I am five.
Sadly, all information I can find is from 2003. I *know* on the radio something happened in the last year or so with the species, but I have no idea what. Still searching.
I think I have a new irrational terror coming up.
I also think I have reached new depths of procrastination. You wouldn't think getting two characters to *have sex already* would be so damn *hard*.
Facts you might not be aware of with the colossal squid. They have suckers, *swiveling hooks*, and sucker rings. The term "razor-sharp" has been applied to these rings. Despite staring at comparative pictures, I am still not sure of the difference between a sucker and a *razor-sharp* sucker ring, but suffice to say, I'm quite terrified. They are bigger than sperm whales.
Does anyone but me snicker at that? Sperm whales. Hee. I am five.
Sadly, all information I can find is from 2003. I *know* on the radio something happened in the last year or so with the species, but I have no idea what. Still searching.
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From:I have this innane fear of anything big and underwater. Seriously. My biggest fear in life? Animatronic creatures in water. That big pond in Disneyland that used to have the submarine ride, and now just has big mechanical sea-creatures bolted to the bottom of a murky lake? Is the stuff of nightmares, I tell you.
I would not be able to look up "colossal squid" on Google. I wouldn't sleep. I'd sit in my bed, knees pulled up and hiding under the covers, afraid that if I fell asleep squid would come eat me. Or...tentacle me. Or squish me. Or slime me. Or whatever it is squid do.
:shiver:
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From:Though a few minutesa ago, I was like, oh, they are only found around New Zealand and Antarctica! But no. Apparently? Also the Gulf.
The GULF OF MEXICO WHERE I SWIM!
*bites lip*
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From:*frets irrationally*
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From:Think. This is just supposed to be an *adolescent*.
http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2910849.stm
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From:Oh God...twice the size of a bus? Floating around in the ocean somewhere? And those TENTACLES. They look like they have feet. It could learn to walk and terrorize us all!
*will lie awake tonight thinking about bus-sized squid with FEET*
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From:Possibly more than sixty. Feet. Long.
Just--a warning? Stay away from the legends of the Colossal Squid.
*hums one-hundred-forty-five-feet under breath*
Yeah. Me and the deep ocean? Are never going to get close.
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From:I love science writers. *collapses giggling*
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