Giant squid “taking over the world.”
Actually, what surprised me most about this was learning that giant squid seem to live less than a year. I always assume large animals have longer life spans than ~200 days.
Nothing else insightful to say, but I thought I’d share.
I, for one, welcome our new squid overlords.
somebody had to say it
But if they’re predators, overfishing will surely affect them as it does New Bedford fishermen, so the population should even out after a while.
In the meantime, think of all the happy happy sperm whales!
Good. Good.
So, Tentacle Monster, what are your aims after you and your kind have achieved world domination? 
First, they’re going to hire a cadre of Libertarian lawyers to contest the deeds to everyone’s land…
I’m not sure how I feel about this.
Be worried, Softbody…
I always thought that large squid moved around rather slowly and gracefully underwater. Then, I watched a documentary about a researcher that went down in an anti-squid cage off the coast of Australia. The squid he studied were a large species but not the giant squid.
I have never seen anything so terrifying in my life. The squid were fast, viscious, and evil. They had pure death in their eyes as they tried to find a way to penetrate the cage over and over. Seeing someone in a shark cage is positively mild compared to that.
glances nervously at a map
notes that New Jersey is much closer to the ocean than New Mexico
In less than a month, I’ll be safely back in the desert. Far from the ocean and the multi-tentacled evil that lurks in those depths…
carefuly edges a few feet further west
Squid tastes good. I am not worried.
Tenacles! Why is it always tentacles?
:: Sunspace looks around, notes that he is far from the ocean (although not far from Lake Ontario). ::
I don’t live anywhere near the ocean, but just to be on the safe side, I’m looking into recipes for calamari. Can’t be too prepared.
Robin
They’ll come up the Susquehanna and build a canal from Harassburg to Hershey. You’re toast with a hometown chocolate topping, lady…
I found a site with some videos of giant squid.
Those are creepy.
Don’t get too cozy, mate…
…there are–things–in Lake Ontario. shivers and gets out her pots and pans for squid smoothie deluxe
Sunspace has ecchi issues. 
I say we cut them off before Harrisburg maybe near the Mason Dixon line, with tanker trucks full of clarified butter made from the milk factory @ Hershey and garlic salt from McCormick. Then we can fill Raven Stadium with boiling oil and have fried calamari with a nice garlic butter sauce. There should be enough for the inhabitants of both PA and MD to have the biggest seafood roast evar! I’ll call Guiness Book, we have to get credit for this. Someone can have my share though, I’m allergic to shellfish.
Is Delaware invited to the feast? Pretty please? We never get invited to the big state’s parties anymore.
:: pout ::
Well…
Something like that.