minx Posted January 20, 2005 Posted January 20, 2005 oh no! SQUID U.S. National - AP Jumbo Squid Wash Onto California Beaches 45 minutes ago U.S. National - AP NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Hundreds of giant squid are washing up on Orange County beaches, creating a scene more akin to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" than "The O.C." The bug-eyed sea creatures, believed to be Humboldt squid, normally reside in deep water and only come to the surface at night. Why approximately 500 of them began washing up on the sands of Laguna Beach and Newport Beach on Tuesday isn't clear. Authorities said the squid — the biggest weighing 17 pounds — might have been pursuing bait fish and gotten too close to shore, or the tides might simply have carried them in. "I have heard of this happening before, but it's not a common occurrence," lifeguard Capt. Eric Bauer of the Newport Beach Fire Department said Wednesday. Quote
fern Posted January 20, 2005 Posted January 20, 2005 I am trying to decide which is more strange - Squids in the O.C. versus Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielson gettin' busy. Quote
Dru Posted January 20, 2005 Posted January 20, 2005 Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielson gettin' busy. cold lampin cold cold lampin! Quote
Harkin_Banks Posted January 20, 2005 Posted January 20, 2005 flavaflav is a mutant brought in from the mars colony you don't know about. he escaped from area 52 back in the early 80's Quote
Dru Posted January 20, 2005 Posted January 20, 2005 are these good for eating? Authorities plan to remove the squid in the next couple of days and will give at least a couple to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History for research. In the meantime, beachgoers were advised not to eat or even touch them. "They probably have bacteria on them at this point," Bauer said. Quote
Squid Posted January 20, 2005 Posted January 20, 2005 Did we loose the CC.COM squid? I was washed up a long time ago. Quote
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