# Who wants Calamari, Nawleans style? LOTS O CALAMARI? Newslink

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 23, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-calamari-nawleans-style-lots-o-calamari-newslink/511290 "2009-09-23T21:00:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-calamari-nawleans-style-lots-o-calamari-newslink/511290/1 "2009-09-23T21:00:20Z")

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Giant Sqiud captured off Lousiana.

[http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre58k4of-us-usa-giantsquid/](http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre58k4of-us-usa-giantsquid/)

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> WASHINGTON, Sep. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — U.S. scientists in the Gulf of Mexico unexpectedly netted a 19.5-foot (5.9-meter) giant squid off the coast of Louisiana, the Interior Department said on Monday, showing how little is known about life in the deep waters of the Gulf.

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**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-calamari-nawleans-style-lots-o-calamari-newslink/511290/2 "2009-09-23T21:22:14Z")

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I am fascinated with the giant squid. And they’re closer than I thought! Woo hoo!

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-calamari-nawleans-style-lots-o-calamari-newslink/511290/3 "2009-09-23T21:27:15Z")

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Heh…for educational purposes, it’s good the thing was caught by scientific types. Had a cajun pulled that thing up while shrimping, they’d prolly have made one hell of a gumbo and thrown a fais deux deaux to celebrate.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-calamari-nawleans-style-lots-o-calamari-newslink/511290/4 "2009-09-23T21:27:42Z")

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I’m sorry, I’ll only be able to eat that once I have gobbled up multitudes of tacks, dominoes, bowling pins, street signs, and automobiles, thus making a 10m Calamari Damacy.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-calamari-nawleans-style-lots-o-calamari-newslink/511290/5 "2009-09-23T21:27:46Z")

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Poor beloved Giant Squid.

When I saw the show that documented the Japanese ship that caught the first not-so-dead Giant Squid I shed a tear or two for it. ☹