Monster squid goes viral after it washed up in New Zealand

foxnews.com ^ | 8/27/18 | Chris Ciaccia

[ColdOne]

An enormous 14-foot squid has washed up on the shores of Wellington, New Zealand, prompting images of the colossal cephalopod to go viral.

Three brothers, Dan, Jack and Matthew Aplin, stumbled upon the find on Saturday. Dan is a member of the Ocean Hunter Spearfishing & Freediving Specialists in Wellington, which posted several images of the impressive squid to its Facebook page.

"Wellington team member Dan had an interesting find in Wellington this morning!" the Ocean Hunter Spearfishing & Freediving Specialists captioned the images. The post had been shared almost 6,000 times as of Monday morning.

[JimRed]

Giant squids are inedible because they concentrated ammonia in their tissues.

Shark also has ammonia, but marinating it in a lemon juice based liquid neutralizes it.

[rlmorel]

Lay down with squid, wake up with...?"

Something that smells like the door jamb of a Tuna Boat?

[gundog]

Can’t take down a Sperm Whale without being a monster

[gundog]

It may have tangled with a whale, or other predator, and lost.

[daler]

[lee martell]

The Neptune Law of Survival; no matter how big you are, there is always something even bigger.
Squids can’t do much to defend themselves other than constrict and squeeze something like a python.
No teeth, no spikes, no venom.

[lee martell]

...But her hair, was perfect!

[DCBryan1]

Squid picture is my favorite until satanic sculpture appeared in Little Rock and someone photoshopped this:

[Kartographer]

Only 14 feet? I was thinking it would be a lot bigger like the one that attacked the USS Stein

[Reily]

That beak though would make a macaw envious!

[lee martell]

Ah, yes! That Beak is made for tearing,
and that’s just what it’ll do!

[gundog]

They’ve got a hell of a beak, though. They are the only serious predator of adult Sperm Whales. Grab them and drown them.

[Red Badger]

More realistic.................and truthful...................pizza.................

[Red Badger]

Yes, I smell rotten squid whenever we go fishing................

[DCBryan1]

This squid is huge. It would grab a full grown man and start pulling tennis ball sized chunks out of you....skin, bones, muscle ALL go into the beak. Good luck as it pulls you under to consume.

[Flaming Conservative]

Octopi have a rounded body; squid have an elongated body. At least in the cartoons, where I got most of my knowledge, as a kid.

[Slyfox]

How about them hairy cankles!

[Kommodor]

Got butter?

(yecch)

[Defiant]

I ike that one, too.