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~Star~Crash~ All & Everything
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I'll take a line from a character in an old TV show, " I know Nothing." When it comes to the universes origins.
It's too big a question for my mind, hey, I got scalloped potatoes with ham in the oven and some squash. That took all my thinking just to get that done right.
that is a damn fine flatfish! wow...
and also grossly full of parasites by the time they get that big...chickens are the best size,30-40 lbs for halibut...the meat is almost translucentView attachment 19097973 View attachment 19097974 View attachment 19097975 View attachment 19097976 Halibut can get gigantic
As nasty as it is, parasitism is a highly successful method of life (going back 500 million years to the Cambrian ) … parasites can be found almost literally everywhere in one form or another… life is weird
look at Washington DC...they do quite well there.
Interesting that lots of giants start out like tiny larva plankton sized things (like the “colossal squid” for example) .. not to be confused with a giant squid… only thing bigger than the colossal squid is the above the top shelf squid
As long as they don’t take away my health carelook at Washington DC...they do quite well there.
i wouldn't count on having anything in four years from now.
health care will be like justice in a courtroom. you can have all that you can afford to buy.
There really is something called the colossal squid by the way they know it exists. not much photographic evidence though….
Not to be confused with Giant squid.
The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is the world’s largest squidspecies and the world’s largest mollusc. It belongs to the Cranchiidae family, that of the cockatoo squids or glass squids. It is sometimes called the Antarctic cranch squid or giant squid (not to be confused with the giant squid in genus Architeuthis) and is believed to be the largest squid species in terms of mass.[3] It is the only recognized member of the genus Mesonychoteuthis and is known from only a small number of specimens.[4] The species is confirmed to reach a mass of at least 495 kilograms (1,091 lb), though the largest specimens—known only from beaks found in sperm whale stomachs—may perhaps weigh as much as 600–700 kilograms (1,300–1,500 lb),[5][6] making it the largest known invertebrate.[3] Maximum total length has been estimated between 10 metres (33 ft) and 14 metres (46 ft) but the former estimate is more likely.[7][8] The colossal squid has the largest eyes of any known creature ever to exist, with an estimated diameter of 27–30 cm (11–12 in)[9] to 40 cm (16 in) for the largest collected specimen.
The species has similar anatomy to other members of its family, although it is the only member of Cranchiidae to display hooks on its arms, suckers and tentacles.[10][11] It is known to inhabit the circumantarctic Southern Ocean.[3] It is presumed to be an ambush predator, and is likely a key prey item of the sperm whale.[12][13]
Colossal squid
Not to be confused with Giant squid.
| Binomial name | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Conservation status | |
| Colossal squid | |
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| Depiction with an inflated mantle | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Superfamily: | Cranchioidea |
| Family: | Cranchiidae |
| Subfamily: | Taoniinae |
| Genus: | Mesonychoteuthis Robson, 1925 |
| Species: | M. hamiltoni |
| Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925[2] | |
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| Global range of M. hamiltoni |
The species has similar anatomy to other members of its family, although it is the only member of Cranchiidae to display hooks on its arms, suckers and tentacles.[10][11] It is known to inhabit the circumantarctic Southern Ocean.[3] It is presumed to be an ambush predator, and is likely a key prey item of the sperm whale.[12][13]
All the more reason to enjoy the time we have right nowi wouldn't count on having anything in four years from now.
eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die...
Mine but was a fluke.View attachment 19097973 View attachment 19097974 View attachment 19097975 View attachment 19097976 Halibut can get gigantic
Killed a tick on the back of my hand today.
Just crawling around.
As long as you get it out within 24 hours, you don’t need antibiotics (that’s standard procedure if it’s actually a deer tick as opposed to a wood tick…Lymes disease is nothing to take lightly . It’s fucked me up really bad. last year been having to avoid the urge to walk around the trails or the woods too much. Pulled one off just yesterday. Fucker was crawling around my arm.
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