Did global warming kill giant squids

Reuters ^ | 10-11-02

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Squids in the Balance

[Voltage]

I hope so. They attack submarines! At least in the movies.

[ChadGore]

Did global warming kill giant squids . ..can't be, Nadler is still around.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It is the cow farts that are killing the squids.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I almost put Nadler's mug on this post ...

[WaveThatFlag]

Imagine a world without giant squids...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I think global cooling is what killed the squid. The earth is heading towards another Ice Age. We must do everthing in our power to keep it warm.

[Desdemona]

Ummmm...not to dunk this theory in cold water, but is this only happening in the North Atlantic or is it happening in the southern parts of the Pacific, too? That's the only place scientists have found ANY alive. And they were larvae.

[VOA]

bump

[patriot5186]

ah...some more ecologist guessing..."could be"?
maybe the lack of males depressed all those females so they offerred themselves up to the spanish calamari gods.

[Ben Bolt]

Red tide? Anybody know a missing overheated giant squid?

[Larry Lucido]

Oh, the humanity! Um, I mean, the squiditity!

[Dick Bachert]

[DiamondDon1]

Is anyone collecting these giant squid? Properly prepared they can be tasty...

DD

[Brian Mosely]

...and all this time I was blaming Kirk Douglas...

[Notforprophet]

I'll oblige!

[yoe]

When was the one caught in the picture posted? :)

Over fishing is one main cause. Global Warming is a myth. Nature is simply doing what she has always done and I don't think the squid is being effected; more like competition for food and the needed space from humans...elephants are having the same problem.

[El Sordo]

We know virtually nothing about these creatures other than the fact that some whales think that they're yummy.

It's a bit early for this kind of speculation.

[js1138]

Lots of dead giant squids are found every year. No one has ever been able to document sighting a live one.