Monster of the Deep

How the world's largest squid was caught—and the bidding war for the exclusive footage slated to be shown this spring.

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  • Posted By: browner86 @ 05/03/2008 2:56:08 PM

    i keep thinking that the total number of colossal squid that humans have killed is 2. who knows if they are even endangered maybe they are just really sneaky? what about all the people that were killed in "20 thousand leagues under the sea" by that giant squid. i think they are winning

    • Posted By: panzerfaust1945 @ 12/21/2008 4:10:05 AM

      Hey, Browner86......you're an idiot. That was a fiction book.

  • Posted By: panzerfaust1945 @ 12/21/2008 3:56:07 AM

    Hey, Ducks&Trucks.......how about if I burn a slug through your dome and then dump you down the storm drain? You can bet I would.

  • Posted By: Ducks&Trucks @ 08/21/2008 6:12:52 PM

    Every time I hear a story about peta I take one of the many cats from my ranch and burn a slug through it's dome. Just like when I hear a story from the people who tell us all we are destroying the planet, I dump several pounds of mercury and 12 gallons of used motoroil down the storm drain.

  • Posted By: Funny Stuff! @ 05/04/2008 2:55:45 PM

    Still Laughing!!! Listen the ocean is a BIG A#$ place, if a few squid get tangled it's not the end of humanity or squid!!! PHEWW!!! God I my kids have sea monkeys, I think I forgot to feed them the other day better call PETA!!!! So Funny!!!

  • Posted By: Funny Stuff! @ 05/04/2008 2:52:09 PM

    Still Laughing!!! Listen the ocean is a BIG A#$ place, if a few squid get tangled it's not the end of humanity or squid!!! PHEWW!!! God I my kids have sea monkeys, I think I forgot to feed them the other day better call PETA!!!! So Funny!!!

  • Posted By: Funny Stuff! @ 05/04/2008 2:51:02 PM

    Still Laughing!!! Listen the ocean is a BIG A#$ place, if a few squid get tangled it's not the end of humanity or squid!!! PHEWW!!! God I my kids have sea monkeys, I think I forgot to feed them the other day better call PETA!!!! So Funny!!!

  • Posted By: Funny Stuff! @ 05/04/2008 2:50:55 PM

    Still Laughing!!! Listen the ocean is a BIG A#$ place, if a few squid get tangled it's not the end of humanity or squid!!! PHEWW!!! God I my kids have sea monkeys, I think I forgot to feed them the other day better call PETA!!!! So Funny!!!

  • Posted By: softblondechicke @ 05/04/2008 1:21:17 AM

    Gee, did you catch some humpback whales too? How about a few dolphins?

  • Posted By: Anonymous101 @ 05/04/2008 1:02:34 AM

    Before people post unworthy post about how these animals are "massacred" by fishers they need to get their facts straight. Fishermen dont go out "killing" they go out to get something very valuable to our economy, FISH. They were not purposely trying to capture the squid and as stated earlier by intellegent people earlier who actually read the article, by law they had to pull the squid aboard. With this squid we could hopefully learn more about this animal and study it for future scientific benefits. With all science sacrifices have to be made in order to make advances in civilization and in this case it is the squid. It could not have been saved because of it injuries. Hopefully there will be no more unintellegent PETA crap about how the squid was "unmercifully murdered with hate and malice".

  • Posted By: Anonymous101 @ 05/04/2008 1:02:19 AM

    Before people post unworthy post about how these animals are "massacred" by fishers they need to get their facts straight. Fishermen dont go out "killing" they go out to get something very valuable to our economy, FISH. They were not purposely trying to capture the squid and as stated earlier by intellegent people earlier who actually read the article, by law they had to pull the squid aboard. With this squid we could hopefully learn more about this animal and study it for future scientific benefits. With all science sacrifices have to be made in order to make advances in civilization and in this case it is the squid. It could not have been saved because of it injuries. Hopefully there will be no more unintellegent PETA crap about how the squid was "unmercifully murdered with hate and malice".

  • Posted By: Anonymous101 @ 05/04/2008 12:53:39 AM

    So what if it died. When study of such medicines that save lives today needed to be conducted many trial medicines killed and caused side effects that without study couldn't be discovered and perfected. All you PETA supporters need to view this in perspective for once instead of just blabbing about the "murder" of innocent animals that we "massacre" because we dont understand. Science requires consequences.

  • Posted By: olfroggy @ 05/04/2008 12:31:13 AM

    This for paul, long lining is much better than trawling with a mile long net that DOES catch everything in it's path. Then there's the comments about turtles and mammals that would be caught, BS, turltles wouldn't be caught on a line and neither would mammals. Any whales that would be that deep are sperm whales and they eat the giant squid. Most all other mammals like seals and sea lions, wouldn't be out that far as they need land fairly close to rest on. The other dolphins and porpoises again don't usually go that deep but look for schools of baitfish near the surface. Do some research and don't fall for the so-called enviromentalists that use the same ignorant excuses

  • Posted By: olfroggy @ 05/04/2008 12:23:37 AM

    to paul, long lining is is the most selective way to fish. Sea turtles would not be getting caught on a hook and line, and I doubt if and sea mammals would be either. Any whales that would be that deep are mostly plankton eaters with the exception of the sperm whale which eats the giant squid. Long lining is mych better than the mile long nets that some trawlers use, which DO catch everything in it's path.. Before you start complaining, you should do some research. By the way, what do you eat for your meals?

  • Posted By: paulmila @ 05/04/2008 12:09:55 AM

    This story highlights the tradgedy of the oceans. John Bennett fishes with lines 2,000 meters long, and with 10,000 hooks on each line. That's just one line from one fisherman. Think of the indescriminate slaughter of ocean creatures from multiple lines set by multiple fishing boats. He is fishing for toothfish (sea bass), but think of the sharks, turtles, sea mammels, and other ocean life killed and discarded as bycatch. it is truly a crime against nature.

  • Posted By: Nwsrpt @ 05/04/2008 12:07:58 AM

    loonze444 or luney? you must hate PETA, guilt perhaps?

  • Posted By: misssmartypants @ 05/03/2008 11:44:47 PM

    Hahaha!!!! O'Shea said the SQUID was "one of the stupidest"???That isn't even a WORD!!! Hahahahaha. ROFLMAO.....

  • Posted By: Billy31 @ 01/13/2008 6:05:41 PM

    wow thats a bigass squid

    • Posted By: loonze444 @ 05/03/2008 10:03:19 PM

      that is indeed one BIG ass squid! if we could farm these bad boys a lot of world hunger would disapear along with over fishing. and to make sure they were raised and harvested fairly peta members could monitor the farming tanks. Im sure they would welcome the chance to free dive with such a hungery; [ oops] i mean magnificent,creature! think of what we could learn[can a peta walk on water or out swim a squid? how many petas will fit in such a squid? can a hungry squid bite a pita in half?] this list goes on and on!

    • Posted By: Burl E. Kodsac @ 05/03/2008 9:55:57 PM

      Wow!
      That is a big Squid!
      I hate to say it, but if we want to learn how to protect this species of squid, one will die. We can't study the naturtal habitat.
      Who knows, this species of squid may be Tofu intolerant. Why don't you friends of sheep give it a rest! We have to learn something about it before we can save it.
      Get out of the coffee shop and learn what the real world is all about.
      I Dare you!

  • Posted By: Funny Stuff! @ 05/03/2008 9:55:03 PM

    I just think it's funny to read these comments....about a squid! So funny thanks for the laughs!

  • Posted By: alostsoul34 @ 05/03/2008 9:40:37 PM

    As this story said, they find the beeks of these animals in the belly of sperm whales all the time. They are not indangered. They just live so deep that we cannot see or study them. They are a sperm whales favorite dish! And i didn't see in this story where they said how old it was. So if you think the poor squid is indangered you better kill all the sperm whales cause they're dining on them...........not us!!!

  • Posted By: rab015 @ 05/03/2008 9:39:19 PM

    johnchak1961,
    Take a pill and go find a comment section where you can belly ache about war and starving people

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