Yes–also note this line:
(She was 24 feet long, as already noted–only 2/5 the size of the longest ever)
Okay- that video? I’m only halfway through and it’s freaking me out. Those things are big, mean-looking, and scary.
breathes deeply
But it didn’t even have a giant eyeball! how is it supposed to look at you menacingly without a giant eyeball? That video makes me incredibly sad, stupid japanese boat guys only killed her secure in their knowledge that godzilla and godzuki are only a whistle blow away from saving their ass if big mama squid came after their puny boat.
Damn. Just…damn. As a minor hijack, ever seen the film of a mama capybara casually watching as an anaconda eats one of her pups after the other? Or the orcas playing ping-pong with a seal? It is my opinion that every single member of PETA should be forced (Clockwork Orange style) to watch these kinds of videos around the clock until they understand that nature is an unbelievably violent realm and not some hippie utopia of animal togetherness – if it restores just one or two to reason it will have been worth it.
Sweet merciful poo… if the video of the squid wan’t enough to scare ya, wait until the end. That 23 foot sleeper shark will give me nightmares tonight.
[QUOTE=KizarvexiusIt is my opinion that every single member of PETA should be forced (Clockwork Orange style) to watch these kinds of videos around the clock until they understand that nature is an unbelievably violent realm and not some hippie utopia of animal togetherness – if it restores just one or two to reason it will have been worth it.[/QUOTE]
True.
If animals are going to show no mercy to each other I think it’s OK for humans to behave in the same way.
Don’t put words in my mouth. I’m not excusing human brutality, towards animals or toward one another.
I’m talking about the kind of people who watch a film of a lion chasing a gazelle and demand to know why the photographer didn’t intercede on behalf of the gazelle (and I have met people like this).
I’m talking about people like the volunteer at our local zoo who rushed past all of the painted boundaries and reached through the bars to pet the jaguar. She insisted afterward that the trouble she caused, including the denial of backstage privileges thenceforth to all volunteers, was worth it – because the moment of contact “was so beautiful.”
I’m talking about the idiots who “rescue” minks and sables from furriers, only to release them in populated areas where they can attack children, kill pets, and destroy local wildlife no longer accustomed to predators.
Got it?
Sure.
Your first example describes people who don’t understand that lions need to eat. The other examples feature idiots.
You don’t have to be a member of PETA to be an idiot.
Thank you. Any lingering fear of the giant squid has now been permanently displaced by fear of Race Bannon’s swimsuit.
Nah, just feed 'em to the endangered Polar Bears.
Nice phrase, though, “some hippie utopia of animal togetherness.”
I’d like to consider it for a sig after we have a new President.
If you want to displace any lingering fear of anything by a simple burgeoning horror, try to imagine just what Dr. Quest is doing back in the sub watching his real life Race Bannon bondage porn…
More importantly, where the hell is Johnny Quest?
Is that a female person swimming to the rescue with a spear gun?
Where’s Hadji? Did it eat him first?