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Old 22-02-07, 10:52 AM
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What a whopper!
New Zealand fishermen have caught what is expected to be a world-record-breaking colossal squid....

Take a read (BBC News)... BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | NZ fishermen land colossal squid

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'kin 'ell!!! Well ......... I suppose it could be a very small boat?

You wouldn't want to meet that on a night dive if it was out looking for a take away!!!
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We are going to need another jar of tartar sauce...

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Looks kinda like a huge cock cut off in it's prime !!!

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Alongside the 'what would you like to see' thread, maybe we should have a 'what would you really really not like to see (when underwater) thread. And this would be my entry.
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Seeing stuff like that caught as by-catch always makes me feel very sad, such a shame.

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Thats nothing the Dudes prodded bigger than that!!

it is big though and i wouldn't want to meet it underwater

EDIT: if you did meet that it would be the only time i clipped the SMB to me and fire all the air i had into it in the hope that there was enough helium in it to lift me from the water

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