HOLY CTHULHU ON A TRIKE!

Yuri Prime · Post by **Yuri Prime** » 2003-04-03 06:15am

NecronLord wrote:40Cm sucker? Fuckin 'ell

Heres a question. If we capture a live one, could we GM it to be... even larger?

I would hope so. I've always wished that the largest animal would be something cooler than a whale.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-04-08 04:48pm

Frank Hipper wrote:
Andrew J. wrote:I remember reading somewhere that some reserachers tasted the flesh of a dead giant squid they found. It wasn't very good, and I don't think the colossal squid would be much better.
It was carrion, how good did they expect it to be? Would you eat roadkill?

Actually Archeteuthis flesh is bitter because of the high ammonia content that helps it float. "Air bladders? We don't need no stinkeen air bladders!"

Morat · Post by **Morat** » 2003-04-08 05:25pm

I would hope so. I've always wished that the largest animal would be something cooler than a whale.

There is nothing cooler than a whale.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-08 06:01pm

Morat wrote:
I would hope so. I've always wished that the largest animal would be something cooler than a whale.
There is nothing cooler than a whale.

Pfft, Colossal Squid is better. Yeah, whales are badass like Orcas beating Great Whites up and all plus they're mammals, but a squid, now there's a beast.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-04-09 02:07am

Holy Shizz-nuts! You think Cthulhu is gonna be mad that these guys were snappin' softcore of his kids like that?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-04-09 02:17am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Morat wrote:
I would hope so. I've always wished that the largest animal would be something cooler than a whale.
There is nothing cooler than a whale.
Pfft, Colossal Squid is better. Yeah, whales are badass like Orcas beating Great Whites up and all plus they're mammals, but a squid, now there's a beast.

A beast whose slightly smaller cousins get eaten by Sperm Whales.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-04-09 02:34am

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Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-09 11:24am

Frank Hipper wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Morat wrote: There is nothing cooler than a whale.
Pfft, Colossal Squid is better. Yeah, whales are badass like Orcas beating Great Whites up and all plus they're mammals, but a squid, now there's a beast.
A beast whose slightly smaller cousins get eaten by Sperm Whales.

There are stories of Giant Squid raping Sperm Whales and Orcas as well though, even predators get beaten.

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2003-04-09 12:46pm

While Im still waiting for a Meg to show up, Il settle for a fucking massive squid to keep me from the sea.

I really wish someone would do some serious exploring of the Mariana Trench...there must be some weird shit down there...

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-04-09 12:49pm

DocHorror wrote:While Im still waiting for a Meg to show up, Il settle for a fucking massive squid to keep me from the sea.

I really wish someone would do some serious exploring of the Mariana Trench...there must be some weird shit down there...

Meg? That movie with the giant shark? BTW, does anyone have any info on that?

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2003-04-09 01:13pm

Yeah, I think it would be damn cool if those suckas were real. Jaws eat your heart out...

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-04-09 06:12pm

3rd Impact wrote:
DocHorror wrote:While Im still waiting for a Meg to show up, Il settle for a fucking massive squid to keep me from the sea.

I really wish someone would do some serious exploring of the Mariana Trench...there must be some weird shit down there...
Meg? That movie with the giant shark? BTW, does anyone have any info on that?

Just that they were enormous (60 foot) sharks that probably dined on whales. Their teeth look almost exactly like oversized Great White teeth, maybe a close relative?
As for the Mariana Trench, I doubt there's anything huge down there. I'm sure there's shocking discoveries waiting, but no 100 foot sharks or bus sized crabs. Not enough food for something that big that deep.
I saw an experiment off the coast of California where they weighted down and sank the corpse of a Humpback whale in a *very* deep trench.
There was still flesh on it a YEAR later, nothing big cares for dead whale that deep, or it doesn't exist in the first place.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-09 06:20pm

Maybe they only go after live stuff.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2003-04-09 06:47pm

Some squid neurons have axons over a millimeter thick. How cool is that?

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-09 07:26pm

Raxmei wrote:Some squid neurons have axons over a millimeter thick. How cool is that?

Does that mean that they have increased sensitivity? Or reaction speed? Because theoretically, more electricity can travel faster through a larger medium. You'd think that'd improve reaction time.

Maybe squids should drive funny cars.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-10 10:01am

Queeb Salaron wrote:
Raxmei wrote:Some squid neurons have axons over a millimeter thick. How cool is that?
Does that mean that they have increased sensitivity? Or reaction speed? Because theoretically, more electricity can travel faster through a larger medium. You'd think that'd improve reaction time.

Maybe squids should drive funny cars.

Increased speed, though there are limits to how thick an axon can get, the nodes of Ranvier actually mean more to nerve function than thickness.