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Fishermen snag giant squid tentacle
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| 16 Aug 2006
| AP
Posted on 08/20/2006 9:04:01 AM PDT by Marius3188
SANTA BARBARA (AP) - A tentacle and two arms of a giant squid about 20 feet long were snagged by a sport fisherman off Santa Cruz Island.
"We just saw something odd floating. We were just kind of stunned, but I saw it and thought, 'We better bring this thing in,'" said Bennett Salvay.
The squid parts were found by Salvay, his son and nephew about eight miles off the island on Aug. 11.
Salvay, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Tarzana, said they grabbed and pulled at it and it kept "coming and coming.... We kind of piled it up and folded it into a cooler," he added.
Eric Hochberg, a squid expert at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, said the rest of the squid might have ended up in the stomach of a sperm whale or orca.
The tentacle, reaching about 13 feet, was about the diameter of a broomstick and bore suckers only on its end. The arms were about four feet long and were covered in suckers, the largest about the size of a nickel.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: calamari; cryptozoology; giantsquid; kraken; marinebiology; nottesticle; squid; tentacle; yargh
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To: Marius3188
Calimari for 500 coming right up...
To: Marius3188
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:19:10 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Nathan Zachary
Small calamari, about 2 inches long, battered and fried and dipped in marianra sauce are tasty. Try some at a decent Italian family restaraunt. If you enjoy seafood you'll like it- I promise.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:19:31 AM PDT
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, mega-calamari. EXACTLY my first thought!!!!!
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:19:48 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Marius3188; Recovering Hermit
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:19:49 AM PDT
by
restornu
(Steadfast as we move into troublesome days ahead: “We do not take counsel from our fears.”)
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To: Calpernia
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:21:26 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Nathan Zachary
I love it. Anyway it comes...I'll eat the squid. mmmm...
I especially enjoy grossing out my older brother by leaving a tentacle with suction cup on it hanging out of my mouth!
Best Calamari ever... Henry's End Restaraunt - under the brooklyn bridge.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:21:30 AM PDT
by
KeepUSfree
(WOSD = fascism pure and simple.)
To: Gabz
I've been reading a lot about fisherman catching very large squid off the coast of CA.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:24:28 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: ffusco
I do like seafood. I just can't imagine eating anything with little suction cups on it. I guess I'll have to give it a try some day. It helps to know how it's supposed to be cooked, thanks.
Holy Crapola! Never seen anything like that before.. Wow...
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:26:59 AM PDT
by
BigTex5
To: Marius3188
Cleaning and prep are the 'devil in the details', IIRC. lol.
To: Calpernia
My husband is realy funny about squid.......he has this thing about eating bait.......My attitude is that if we don't catch anything, we can always fry up the leftover bait for dinner.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:30:02 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Nathan Zachary
I just can't imagine eating anything with little suction cups on it. Then you don't want to try scungilli....whole baby octopus.
Properly cooked calamari does NOT have suction cups on it.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:32:11 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Gabz
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:32:49 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Marius3188
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:33:56 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
To: Fresh Wind
That's just plain GROSS..........
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:37:03 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: KeepUSfree
Mmmmm..Henry's...they do have the Wild Game Festival there also.
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:39:45 AM PDT
by
Marius3188
(Happy Resurrection Weekend)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
"SANTA BARBARA (AP) - A tentacle and two arms of a giant squid about 20 feet long were snagged by a sport fisherman off Santa Cruz Island. "
Has PETA come out with a statement condemning the fisherman and George Bush?
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:48:53 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
("If you liked what Liberal Leadership did for Israel, you'll LOVE what it can do for America!")
To: Nathan Zachary
I'm with you on that!Lived very near the port of Olympia WA.Some of the 'things' pulled out of the water was some nasty looking stuff.The water was nasty by itself,let alone,eating what grew in it.I recall seeing my first gooey duck[sp].Sea food being a main fare in the local restaurants,I looked at the price and it was $17.00 for a serving of it!All I could think of,it reminded me of a large garden slug.I am allergic to sea food,so I am safe.Wife likes a lot of the 'strange food'.Frog legs.alligator tail,and other french type foods.I did try some prawns once,and became very ill.Twenty four hours of extreme sickness came upon me.I never knew the human body could do certain multiple functions at the same time!
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posted on
08/20/2006 9:50:28 AM PDT
by
xarmydog
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