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07/12/2007: "Calamari, Anyone?"
We arrogantly assume that, as the apex predators on this planet, we know all and control all. Every once in a while, nature reminds us otherwise - which, frankly, is refreshing.
Giant squid are our equivalents in the deep ocean - the big dog, the head cheese. We very seldom see them - so seldom, in fact, that until quite recently they were considered to be more myth than fact. Only through the occasional washing up on the beach of a squid carcass do we get to see just what a mammoth beast it really is.
One such animal wound up on a beach on Tasmania's western coast yesterday. Measuring 26 feet long and weighing in at 560-lbs, you gotta think it can hold it's own against anything it might encounter in the seas - including you and I.
I know what you're thinking, but forget it. Giant squid maintain a high level of ammonia in their mantle to aid in buoyancy, which would leave quite an aftertaste in your mouth ... 
