Seriously dead predator of the deep in preparation for the New Zealand Calamari Festival.
This Colossal Squid, caught in 2003, has been thawed and is being professionally dissected by The Society of Professional Squid Dissectors (TSPSD). Video is promised by the second link below.
Tentacle clubs with swiveling hooks.
Mid-arm suckers and hook.
Squid Beak.
Prolly capable of cracking macadamia nuts if it wanted to.
[Appropriately enough, the source is Inky Circus; Images and captions in italics from The Museum of New Zealand. Related cephalopod posts here and here. Oh, yeah, and here, too.]
Tags: beak, calamari, cephalopod, colossal squid, giant, squid, tentacles
Sunday, 17 August 2008 at 10:47 PM
Yeah, baby! That’s what I got into blogging for. Bring on the Cthulhoid vengeance!
Sunday, 17 August 2008 at 11:45 PM
Rain–
I thought of you when I saw it: “Gawd! Rain’s gonna love this!”
I also thought of hats.
Monday, 18 August 2008 at 1:58 PM
Well, naturally!
Tuesday, 19 August 2008 at 12:26 PM
The Society of Professional Squid Dissectors…Keeping amateurs out of the cryptozoology business since 1902.
Thursday, 21 August 2008 at 7:46 AM
I never realised they actually had beaks. I mean, I’ve heard them called beaks but I never imagined it was like a bird beak. Like a puffin but with limb severing capabilities. That’s terrifying.