Giant Squid

LonnieAllen · Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 174 Location: Denver, CO

Not really related to comics, but still http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/giant_squid/index.html

Squid Works · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 621 Location: Denver, CO

Cool! Ron keeps e-mailing me stories like this, but he should post them here!
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Ellen · Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 48 Location: Aurora, Colorado

Dang that's one big squid. I can't believe they accidently ripped off some of his tentacles. Those zany scientists.

LonnieAllen · Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 174 Location: Denver, CO

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7004909622962894202&pr=goog-sl

Squid Works · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 621 Location: Denver, CO

Wow! That's cool, Lonnie -- not exactly "Squid" related, but I'd be really curious to find a similar video with a Squid attacking something like that -- I'm sure Squids are just as viscious if not more -- they've got those deadly whips, you know.
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Smallhead · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 45

Don't worry. The tentacles grow back.
Also in the seas near Japan

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1910322,00.html

Giant Jelly Fish.
We are gonna get a real Godzilla out of this yet.

Smallhead.

Squid Works · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 621 Location: Denver, CO

Have you had jellyfish salad? It's spicy and delicious!
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Smallhead · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 45

No I haven't. It sounds good.
I love sushi. I will have to try it

Squid Works · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 621 Location: Denver, CO

Actually, it's not sushi -- it's not raw. The only time I've had it was during a wedding banquet. I'm not sure if it was Chinese or Korean, but it was in a spicy sesame dressing. It was probably the most "normal" dish at that banquet. I wasn't crazy about the duck tongues.
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Smallhead · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 45

Ok. Duck tongue sounds nasty. Or a band name.

Squid Works · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 621 Location: Denver, CO

Taste-wise, the duck tongue wasn't unusual, but there wasn't much meat (there's actually a bone or cartilage inside) and it was an unmistakable shape of a duck beak -- I just couldn't help but imagine a bunch of beakless ducks out in front of the restaurant shaking tin cans.
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Squid Works · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 621 Location: Denver, CO

Ray Frenden posted this great squid illustration on TCJ messageboard:

You can see more of his incredible illustrations at http://frenden.com/
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Ellen · Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 48 Location: Aurora, Colorado

Wow that's a beautiful squid!

Sorry I was reading the thread and did someone mention jellyfish salad?

The only jellyfish salad I constantly eat is at a dim sum place like Empress. It's a cold dish with cilantro and duck meat. It's really good!

I've never had one that had duck tongue lol.

I think it's a Chinese disch, but I could be wrong. A lot of Asian dishes have different variations form different regions. I watch too much PBS.

Squid Works · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 621 Location: Denver, CO

Well, it's the first time I had duck tongue. As far as the jellyfish salad I had at the banquet, it was JUST jellyfish sliced in strips (like coleslaw), served cold with a spicy sesame dressing -- delicious! As far as whether it was Chinese or not... beats me, but I had never eaten these dishes before in my life.
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LonnieAllen · Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 174 Location: Denver, CO