4/4/2003: Colossal squid - Page 2

gossard187 · 07-03-2003, 10:48 PM

Can't imagine the smell....

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2003, 01:40 AM

I'm not doing the blind lesbian joke.:p

Leus · 07-04-2003, 04:20 PM

Yeah, it's big.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2003, 11:55 PM

It was really a piece of Sperm Whale. Nevermind

zippyt · 07-12-2003, 12:50 AM

HEEEEEEEE HE SAID SPERM HEEEEEEEEE

Chris MC · 07-21-2003, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
It was really a piece of Sperm Whale. Nevermind

Which bit of a sperm whale? ... Looks like 'THE ROCK' in StarTrek original series to me!

Chris.

Griff · 07-21-2003, 07:15 PM

Whale bits?

richlevy · 07-21-2003, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Griff
Whale bits?

Is that anything like Bacon Bits? Yum.

wolf · 07-22-2003, 12:38 AM

I think you would have to have an awfully large salad to use those. I mean even bigger than the ones at Applebees.

chrisinhouston · 02-28-2006, 12:10 PM

There back!!!

Giant squid grabs London audience
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4756514.stm
There is a video clip, too.

dar512 · 02-28-2006, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I think you would have to have an awfully large salad to use those. I mean even bigger than the ones at Applebees.

Have you been following the Doonesbury comic at McFriendly's?

capnhowdy · 02-28-2006, 03:50 PM

This is yet another reason to spend more of our tax dollars exploring what is on our planet instead of others. We don't even know what's here yet. IMO let's learn about Earth amd THEN move on to another star........

dar512 · 02-28-2006, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

This is yet another reason to spend more of our tax dollars exploring what is on our planet instead of others. We don't even know what's here yet. IMO let's learn about Earth amd THEN move on to another star........

I don't understand the either-or mentality. Why not do both? Scientific investigation allways pays off.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-28-2006, 08:23 PM

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The squid now resides in a glass tank, filled to the brim with preservative solution, and is one of 22 million specimens that can be seen as part of the behind-the-scenes Darwin Centre tour of the Natural History Museum.

Seems they make you buy the E-ticket to see this sucker(s).

Electrophile · 03-11-2006, 01:53 PM

Here's another strange sea-creature that just popped up. My wife thinks it looks like it's wearing chaps.

Also, a quick comment about Juju's old, old post regarding fossil hunters faking data.

The professor was wrong in stating that no one would ever do that; I can think of three cases within the last two months of biologists faking data (one a cloning researcher who submitted fake pictures, one a psychologist(?) who invented a fake population of people and fake answers to questions, and one who lied about some RNAi experiments). The good news is that they were all caught. The proof of science is that other scientists go back and repeat (or in these cases, do not repeat) the experiments. The VAST majority of scientists are honest about their results and have come up with a good system for verifying the work of others to the point of sharing their DNA and cell lines with competitors. Fossil dating is a good example of this. Say you have one fossil which can not be dated except by the soil above and below it. Eventually someone will find another fossil of the same type which can be dated. If the new date is different from the old date, they'll wait until a few more can be dated and a firm conclusion can be reached. Eventually, if corrections are required, they'll be adopted.

07-04-2003, 01:40 AM	#17
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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It was really a piece of Sperm Whale. Nevermind __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:08 PM.

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07-21-2003, 07:15 PM	#22
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Whale bits? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-03-2003, 10:48 PM	#16
gossard187 Caste-Away Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Palo Alto Posts: 48	Can't imagine the smell....

07-22-2003, 12:38 AM	#24
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think you would have to have an awfully large salad to use those. I mean even bigger than the ones at Applebees. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-28-2006, 12:10 PM	#25
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	There back!!! Giant squid grabs London audience http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4756514.stm There is a video clip, too.

02-28-2006, 03:50 PM	#27
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	This is yet another reason to spend more of our tax dollars exploring what is on our planet instead of others. We don't even know what's here yet. IMO let's learn about Earth amd THEN move on to another star........ __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-11-2006, 01:53 PM	#30
Electrophile Jotter of Notes Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 11	Here's another strange sea-creature that just popped up. My wife thinks it looks like it's wearing chaps. Also, a quick comment about Juju's old, old post regarding fossil hunters faking data. The professor was wrong in stating that no one would ever do that; I can think of three cases within the last two months of biologists faking data (one a cloning researcher who submitted fake pictures, one a psychologist(?) who invented a fake population of people and fake answers to questions, and one who lied about some RNAi experiments). The good news is that they were all caught. The proof of science is that other scientists go back and repeat (or in these cases, do not repeat) the experiments. The VAST majority of scientists are honest about their results and have come up with a good system for verifying the work of others to the point of sharing their DNA and cell lines with competitors. Fossil dating is a good example of this. Say you have one fossil which can not be dated except by the soil above and below it. Eventually someone will find another fossil of the same type which can be dated. If the new date is different from the old date, they'll wait until a few more can be dated and a firm conclusion can be reached. Eventually, if corrections are required, they'll be adopted. Last edited by Electrophile; 03-11-2006 at 02:05 PM. Reason: HTML error

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