Jumbo squid invade San Diego shores, spook divers

Science | 206761 hits | Jul 17 7:01 pm | Posted by: Hyack

SAN DIEGO -- Jumbo flying squid -- aggressive 5-foot-long sea monsters with razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles -- have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, spooking scuba divers and washing up dead on tourist-packed beaches.

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by GreenTiger
Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:57 pm
Any specials on Calimari this week?
by raydan
Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:06 am
When life gives you squid, make calimari.
by llama66
Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:21 am
Humboldt are nasty customers, I don't blame the divers for being spooked, these things have killed before.
by ShepherdsDog
Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:32 am
I saw a program on them on either Nat Geo or Discovery. They attack in packs, and scientists are still out to lunch on just how smart they are. Octopi, rank somewhere between cats and dogs and these squid are fairly similar.
by Lemmy
Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:16 am
I once saw a shark eat an octopus, diving off Belize. I was about 40 feet away, in about 15 feet of water. It was a 6 or 8 foot Caribbean reef shark; a pretty big reef shark. They're pretty creepy because they look like movie-sharks like from Jaws. Now, you may have seen some crazy shit in your day, but you ain't EVER seen ANYTHING quite as objectionable as seein' an octopus get eat'n. (that rhymed ) Sharks don't just swim around the reef gobbling down octopi at will. No, no, no. Octopi fuckin' fight back...FIERCE. I mean balls-out, swing-like-Mickey-Mantle fighting. Picture Mike Tyson plus Muhamed Ali plus 4 more arms. FIERCE!!! I'd sooner have an octopus back me up in a bar fight than just about any of my buddies.

So, yeah, octopi are cool, eh?

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