# Colossal Squid Recovered **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 4, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585 "2007-01-04T21:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/1 "2007-01-04T21:19:57Z")
![http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39045000/gif/_39045759_colossal_squid2_203inf.gif](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39045000/gif/_39045759_colossal_squid2_203inf.gif) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2910849.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2910849.stm) If those size estimates are accurate… DAMN. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/2 "2007-01-04T21:28:32Z")
20,000 leagues under the see wasnt to far off. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/3 "2007-01-04T21:39:13Z")
Mmmm calamari ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/4 "2007-01-04T22:04:16Z")
EDIT: nevermind its still young ---
**Author:** ![Vile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vile/32/7595_2.png) [@Vile](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vile)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/5 "2007-01-05T00:03:31Z")
did u see the date of that article? ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/6 "2007-01-05T09:10:51Z")
lol wow almost 4 years ago. still very large ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/7 "2007-01-05T12:38:27Z")
there’s soooo many lifeforms that we have no idea about at the bottom of the ocean it’s amazing ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/8 "2007-01-05T12:58:02Z")
Weird - the deeper you go, the bigger things get. One would think it would be the opposite due to all that deep-ocean pressure… ---
**Author:** ![jballz86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jballz86](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jballz86)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/9 "2007-01-05T13:23:37Z")
I think it really is amazing how different life is underwater, it truly is a completely different world. It;s just weird to think about that since the beginning of time we have been surrounded water, yet we know so little as to what is really down there. ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/10 "2007-01-05T13:52:10Z")
that would make some good calamari ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/11 "2007-02-22T08:52:10Z")
Bump for the biggest one yet. 🙂 39 feet long and 990 pounds. “Calamari the size of tractor tires.” [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/colossal.squid.ap/index.html?eref=rss\_topstories](http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/colossal.squid.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories) ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/12 "2007-02-22T08:52:53Z")
[quote=“brent\_strong,post:3,topic:22585"”] Mmmm calamari [/quote] ohh my favorite. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colossal-squid-recovered/22585/13 "2007-02-22T09:34:31Z")
[quote=“JoesTypeS,post:7,topic:22585"”] there’s soooo many lifeforms that we have no idea about at the bottom of the ocean it’s amazing [/quote] :word: There are some pretty freaky lookin creatures down there. I agree though, It really is amazing that with the amount of people in this world and exploration they do, we are still finding massive numbers of new creatures all the time. I dunno…I think it’s interesting.