# Colossal squid found in Antarctic

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colossal-squid-found-in-antarctic/166070 "2003-04-02T22:45:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colossal-squid-found-in-antarctic/166070/61 "2003-04-04T20:56:08Z")

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Won’t somebody please think of the children?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colossal-squid-found-in-antarctic/166070/62 "2003-04-04T21:52:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by photopat \*  
> \*\*Won’t somebody please think of the children? \*\*

Why, are the squid eating them?

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colossal-squid-found-in-antarctic/166070/63 "2003-04-04T21:56:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \*  
> \*\*Why, are the squid eating them? \*\*

If so, maybe we’ve found a way to capture a live specimen. We’ll just need a really big hook…

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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colossal-squid-found-in-antarctic/166070/64 "2003-04-04T23:54:45Z")

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This thread is the coolest.

I know what the next group of seafaring adventurers in my D&D world will face.

BWAAH-HAAAH-HAAAAAAH-HAAAH!!!

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**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colossal-squid-found-in-antarctic/166070/65 "2003-04-05T05:34:24Z")

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That’s definitely a way cool squid. When I walk past our local Chinatown and admire all the dried cuttlefish and flourescent orange octopi hanging in the windows, I’ll think of one of those colossal’s sneaking into the harbour one night, worming its way through the storm sewers and pulling down the occasional passing shopper with those reversible razor sharp hooks.

However, for me the coolest sea animal is still the Whale Shark. It’s the largest known shark (by far) yet eats by filter feeding. So far as I know, they have no natural enemies and just regally cruise the oceans - occasionally getting it on with other Whale Sharks I suppose but otherwise pretty much just passing through.

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