# Ahhh! Jumbo squid! Jumbo squid! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069 "2007-07-25T12:22:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/1 "2007-07-25T12:22:50Z")
Apparently jumbo squid are invading the waters off the west coast: [NY Times AP link](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Jumbo-Squid-Invasion.html) > [@](#): > > MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) – Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds is invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations, according to a study published Tuesday. Helllllloooooo, new predator! The best part? The co-author of the study is Dr. Zeidberg. Let the Futurama jokes begin. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/2 "2007-07-25T12:50:48Z")
Forget the Futurama jokes, this is of course the 3rd sign\* of the return of Cthulu. Fear the Old Ones. Prepare for the war to end all wars. - The first sign\*\* was of course the rise of sea water levels. \*\* The Second sign was of course the Tsunami ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/3 "2007-07-25T13:00:49Z")
Oh crap. I hadn’t considered that. Well, hopefully I’ll get killed early on. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/4 "2007-07-25T13:02:20Z")
The jumbo squid haven’t been around up until now. So what’s taken over the areas they used to be in? What are the jumbo squid fleeing? ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/5 "2007-07-25T13:04:59Z")
The Huns? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/6 "2007-07-25T13:09:15Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Forget the Futurama jokes, this is of course the 3rd sign\* of the return of Cthulu. Fear the Old Ones. Prepare for the war to end all wars. [/QUOTE] [Got it covered.](http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=%22calamari+recipes%22&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/7 "2007-07-25T13:18:13Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [Got it covered.](http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=%22calamari+recipes%22&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)😃 [/QUOTE] Good thinking. Think outside the box. Go with our strength. We can out eat these beasties, We have the numbers, we have the [weight advantage](http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/fit.nation/obesity.map/). We will eat this invasion away. Jim ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/8 "2007-07-25T13:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok] What are the jumbo squid fleeing? [/QUOTE] Not “fleeing” but following new food types as changes in upwellings have restricted their previous. That they can change what they eat is less astonishing than that they’ve moved from the warm, equatorial climes to even Arctic waters in order to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/9 "2007-07-25T13:25:04Z")
Great. Now my brain is singing “Jumbo squid! Jumbo squid!” to the tune of that _Robin Hood_ theme song. _Jumbo Squid, Jumbo Squid, riding through the stream Jumbo Squid, Jumbo Squid, with his band of Bream Feared by the Shad Loved by Cichlids Oh, Jumbo Squid! Jumbo Squid! Jumbo Squid!_ ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/10 "2007-07-25T13:44:36Z")
I’ve never been so glad I moved back East from the West Coast. (I have an irrational fear of giant squid.) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/11 "2007-07-25T13:45:21Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] The best part? The co-author of the study is Dr. Zeidberg. Let the Futurama jokes begin. [/QUOTE] It’s funny - I went to school with Lou Zeidberg, and I used to work in an office across the hall from Zeke Grader, mentioned later in the story. It’s obviously far to small a world for some jumbo squid to invade. We need to equip our childrens’ [squid launchers](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lego-8920-LEGO-BIONICLE-Ehlek/dp/B000HHJX2C) with more than two squid to satisfactorily solve this problem. What the heck are the kids playing with these days? I’d never heard of a squid launching toy before and now I’m too old to enjoy one. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/12 "2007-07-25T13:59:33Z")
If they come anywhere near me, I’ll repel them with my goat cannon. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/13 "2007-07-25T14:13:27Z")
Well, if anyone is prepared for a squid invasion, its us Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/14 "2007-07-25T14:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Well, if anyone is prepared for a squid invasion, its us Dopers. [/QUOTE] That’s the spirit. Now, I need to check our strateegery. As the invasion is by Pacific Squids, sent as “Minions” of “Cthulu” we need to invade Chad\* to keep the Squidorist[sup]TM[/sup] off our soil. Jim - or maybe the Easter Islands? They do have statuary of mass destruction ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/15 "2007-07-25T14:40:25Z")
I’m sharpening my broadsword, and my chef’s knife. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/16 "2007-07-25T14:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Well, if anyone is prepared for a squid invasion, its us Dopers. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but we’d probably be Doping too much to save the world. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/17 "2007-07-25T14:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=Rasa] (I have an irrational fear of giant squid.) [/QUOTE] I see nothing irrational about that fear. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/18 "2007-07-25T14:45:08Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] Yeah, but we’d probably be Doping too much to save the world. [/QUOTE] When did we become part of the Tour de France or MLB? Wha? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/19 "2007-07-25T14:53:38Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] I’m sharpening my broadsword, and my chef’s knife. [/QUOTE] Dare I say it?? Don’t forget the bacon salt 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069/20 "2007-07-25T15:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=Staggerlee] I see nothing irrational about that fear. [/QUOTE] Neither do I. Though it’s not so much a fear as a visceral OMG GIANT FUCKING SQUID!!! eew reaction. Which I play up for comic effect. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-jumbo-squid-jumbo-squid/413069.md?page=2)