At 08:19 AM 4/3/03 -0600, gumbie tygress wrote: 

>whoa!
 
Indeed!

More in heaven and in earth than is dreamt of in MY philosophy, for sure!


>>Subject: Guess Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was pretty accurate . . .
 


Used to know a gal who put out a VttBotS zine; wish I had her e-mail
address now!  heehee.

>"It's been known since 1925, but no one really paid any 
>attention to it," Dr O'Shea said. "Now we can say that it 
>attains a size larger than the giant squid. Giant squid is 
>no longer the largest squid that's out there. We've got 
>something that's even larger, and not just larger but an order 
>of magnitude meaner." 

Not gonna mess wit DAT dude!

>This squid has one of the largest beaks known of any squid 
>and also has unique swivelling hooks on the clubs at the ends 
>of its tentacles. 

Egad!

>This combination allows it to attack fish as large as the 
>Patagonian toothfish and probably to also attempt to maul 
>sperm whales. 

Not terribly successfully, apparently.  But then, we don't know how many of
them have bits of sperm whale in their tummies, do we?

>"When this animal was alive, it really has to be one of the 
>most frightening predators out there. It's without parallel in 
>the oceans," Dr O'Shea said. 

I'd not like to run across it, that's for sure!

>"It's only half to two-thirds grown, 

Yike!

>"This animal, armed as it is with the hooks and the beak that 
>it has, not only is colossal in size but is going to be a phenomenal 
>predator and something you are not going to want to meet in the water."

Um, nope.  Not gonna.  No diving trips to the Antarctic!

Veloci--that sucker's BIG--raptor

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