(New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries/AP Photo)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand Feb 22, 2007 (AP)— A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday.
The squid, weighing an estimated 990 lbs and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said.
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I didn’t read the article, but you would think they may have considered throwing it back into the sea.
YUMMY!
Richmond,
I hear you.
Paula,
Better get a bigger freezer.
Sandra,
And how.
Orieyenta,
It would be something.
Geez – imagine how frightening that would be if you saw that while scuba diving!
That is one big friggin’ calamari.
Lunch!!!!! I lurve calamari. 🙂
And somehow I *still* don’t find calamari appetizing. Go figure…