*I wonder if giant ones exist and if so, perhaps they could also be the famous so-called "Kraken" of myth & lore?
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'Octosquid' Creature Found Off Hawaii
Scientists To Investigate Animal
HONOLULU -- Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will soon have a chance to investigate a creature that appears to be half-squid, half-octopus that was found in waters off the Big Island.
It appears that the creature was sucked up in a deep seawater pipeline at the Natural Energy Laboratory Hawaii Authority at Keahole on the Big Island.
The pipeline pumps cold water up from 3,000 feet below sea level. Occasionally deep-sea marine life will get caught in a filter in the line, officials said.
Workers call the latest find an "octosquid." It has the body of a squid and the tentacles of an octopus.
It is being shipped to University of Hawaii Manoa campus for closer evaluation.
Edited by Tyranos - 01-Oct-2007 at 08:13