{"id":4509,"date":"2010-09-01T00:37:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T18:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=4509"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:51:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:51:27","slug":"giant-squid-kill-fishermen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/09\/giant-squid-kill-fishermen\/","title":{"rendered":"GIANT SQUID KILLS FISHERMEN!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Monster squid have for centuries been the stuff of legend, but for fishermen and marine biologists along 10,000 miles of coast from Chile to Alaska, the myth has become a terrifying reality as the Express<\/a> has reported that millions of killer giant squid are not only devouring vast amounts of fish they have even started attacking and killing human beings.<\/p>\n

Like a story that once would have been relegated to the annals of BEYOND MYTHOLOGY<\/a>, two Mexican fishermen were recently dragged from their boats and chewed so badly that their bodies could not be identified even by their own families. Leaving little wonder why the Humboldt giant squid — named after the 18th century German explorer — are called \u201cdiablos rojos\u201d or “red devils” by the locals.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Since 2002, Humboldt giant squid have been spreading their tentacles and depleting fishing stocks by moving from their traditional tropical hunting grounds off Mexico and laying claim to a vast sweep of the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Hunting in 1,000-strong packs of SEA MONSTERS<\/a> can out swim and out think fish. Even more frighteningly, scientists believe that these aquatic predators coordinate their vicious attacks by using pigment cells to communicate.<\/p>\n

The creatures have another eight \u201clegs\u201d for grasping and swimming and can reach speeds of more than 15mph. A single female is believed to be able to lay 30 million eggs, each one capable of becoming a giant killing machine.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Marine biologists wear chain-mail to protect themselves from creatures that can measure 8ft, weigh 100 pound and carry an armory of more than 40,000 fearsome teeth along two \u201cattack\u201d tentacles. Former US special forces diver Scott Cassell has put his life on the line to study the squid. He described his terrifying encounter:<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin five minutes my right shoulder had been pulled out of its socket. I had 30 big marks on my head and throat and one squid hit me so hard I saw stars. They then grabbed on to me and pulled me down so fast that I could not equalize and I ruptured my eardrum… they are the most opportunistic predators on the planet. They eat everything in their path.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monster squid have for centuries been the stuff of legend, but for fishermen and marine biologists along 10,000 miles of coast from Chile to Alaska, the myth has become a terrifying reality as the Express has reported that millions of killer giant squid are not only devouring vast amounts of fish they have even started attacking and killing human beings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[351,1121,352],"class_list":{"0":"post-4509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-giant-squid","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sqid-attack"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/giant_squid21.png?fit=706%2C461&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10269,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509\/revisions\/10269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}