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Delphinus 12-01-2008 08:50 PM

Squids have elbows?!
 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...apinna-photos/

Phanman 12-01-2008 08:57 PM

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the squid was at the Perdido oil- and gas-development site in the Gulf of Mexico
Mutated Squid perhaps? lol...

justinl 12-01-2008 09:39 PM

lol magnapinna squid are pretty alien looking aren't they? in fact, do they remind anyone else of the walkers in war of the worlds?

edit: couldn't find a pic where the thing is bent down to show where the leg joints are

http://www.gamewithabrain.com/wp-con...ds_trailer.jpg

fishoholic 12-04-2008 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by justinl (Post 364629)
lol magnapinna squid are pretty alien looking aren't they? in fact, do they remind anyone else of the walkers in war of the worlds?

:lol: My first thought was that it looked like it came from War of the Worlds!

fdiddy 12-04-2008 05:12 AM

Probably have hip bone structures if you look close enough :P I know whales do.

justinl 12-04-2008 04:03 PM

whales are mammals though. these guys are squid (a cephalopod) and should only have a single calcareous "pen" through the length of their mantle (body). the tentacles shouldn't have bones... although we don't know jack about these guys, so if we were to catch one and find bones in there... that might make them an entirely new genus of cephalopod!


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