minx Posted January 20, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 second time this winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted January 20, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielson gettin' busy. cold lampin cold cold lampin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 More exciting squid news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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catbirdseat Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Laguna Beach! My home town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harkin_Banks Posted January 20, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stemalot Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 are these good for eating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 mmmm squid sushi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Did we loose the CC.COM squid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 20, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Did we loose the CC.COM squid? I was washed up a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 dried squid is delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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