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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2011 9:33:41 GMT -6
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Post by paulette on Oct 12, 2011 9:48:19 GMT -6
Cool! I once was in Mexico (in areas now covered with Miami-like hotels) and wanted to collect shells. But the beaches were inevitably behind the reef and the waves did not wash the shells in to the shoreline. However, at low tide I noticed mounds of shells here and there in the shallow water. Wading out, I saw the odd octopus tentacle waving around from under its pile of rocks and shells - its lair if you like. Many of the shells piled up seemed to be future dinners (or just gathered recently) as they had live animals in them. I helped myself to some of these to add to my collection. This did not turn out as well as it might have as we had a car wreck and it had to be left in a garage for about 4 days. 4 hot days. The shells which I had sorta scraped out got very high and did not return with us on our drive back to Texas.
The problem with a VERY LARGE octopus is that the ones we have now die in about 5 years. At least the females do. Not sure if the males can live on. Squids - both die after mating in 2 or 3 years. So something the size of a Kraken would have to live on and on to achieve a formidable size. We do know that creatures in the Artic and Antartic seas live very long slow lives. The myth of the Kraken is a Norse myth - cold waters. But to be energetic enough to pull down ships and chase whales? Hmmmmm.
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Post by skywalker on Oct 13, 2011 18:36:18 GMT -6
Giant squids can grow to be pretty good sized and they have been reported both attacking whales and small boats. They don't always win such encounters but they put up a good fight. Nobody knows how long they live though.
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