Deep Sea stuff

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by yourlastmistake

National Geographic did a show on the Humboldt squid about a year ago. A team of divers wanted to study their feeding habits. They were told by local fisherman that they could be very agressive when being fished, as you said.
It was eerie to see them rise from the depths at night and go into a frenzy when feeding, not only would they attack each other, some to the point of death but a few even attacked the divers. I imagine their sharp beaks could take a nice little chunk out of you.

Yeah it is strange but would be lovely to see them rise up and feed. Hell though curiosity killed the cat right lol. These creatures have to fight to survive if they are threatened by another or something strange (humans) it is in their nature to either get away or attack in order to survive. With those sharp beaks and hooked tentacles they have realised you know what I can beat that puny human lol.

[Soloman Kane]

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[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by xperiment67

We have local legends about Catfish as big as Volkswagens in our river (Green River). I believe it too, 22lb catfish feed near the banks.. who knows how big they get down below..

As big as their surroundings (and lack of larger predators) will allow them, too...We have catfish and carp in the Ohio River "Big enough to swallow me whole!", those were the words of an underwater welder (6'2) when repairs were made on the Suspension Bridge here...The guy absolutely refused to go back down in the water without a cage...

On a side note...I've always wondered how underwater welding was possible...hmm

[The Flayed One]

Originally Posted by bloodrayne

As big as their surroundings (and lack of larger predators) will allow them, too...We have catfish and carp in the Ohio River "Big enough to swallow me whole!", those were the words of an underwater welder (6'2) when repairs were made on the Suspension Bridge here...The guy absolutely refused to go back down in the water without a cage...

On a side note...I've always wondered how underwater welding was possible...hmm

I figured you'd be the one to beat me to that story when I read the catfish quote. I've heard that story for a long time. The Ohio state record for catfish is somewhere around 76lbs, which is big enough to be scary. Things like these are the reasons I'm so majorly hydrophobic. Think I'm getting into the water with a 100lb catfish? Hell, I wouldn't swim if I knew there were 1lb catfish around. Dirty sonuvabitch probably still wants to eat me, it does!

[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

I figured you'd be the one to beat me to that story when I read the catfish quote. I've heard that story for a long time. The Ohio state record for catfish is somewhere around 76lbs, which is big enough to be scary. Things like these are the reasons I'm so majorly hydrophobic. Think I'm getting into the water with a 100lb catfish? Hell, I wouldn't swim if I knew there were 1lb catfish around. Dirty sonuvabitch probably still wants to eat me, it does!

Yeah, but the state record is based on the ones that were actually CAUGHT...No one catches those 'bigger than a full-grown man' sized monsters near the bottom...

[The Flayed One]

Originally Posted by bloodrayne

Yeah, but the state record is based on the ones that were actually CAUGHT...No one catches those 'bigger than a full-grown man' sized monsters near the bottom...

Exactly. How would you go about catching a 150lb+ catfish? Or, more relevantly, how could you possibly do your job with those things swimming about? Eck. Thinking about it almost makes me hyperventilate.

[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

Exactly. How would you go about catching a 150lb+ catfish? Or, more relevantly, how could you possibly do your job with those things swimming about? Eck. Thinking about it almost makes me hyperventilate.

Swimming about?...The catfish on the bottom are so big, they no longer swim...They just squelch down into the muck on the bottom of the riverbed, in the dark, and lay there with their mouths open waiting for stuff to swim in...Can you imagine?...I'd love to see video footage of the ones we have here...Someone should do that...Do you have an underwater video camera Flayed? ;)

[monalisa]

Originally Posted by bloodrayne

On a side note...I've always wondered how underwater welding was possible...hmm

Ya know, I've always wondered that too. :confused:

[can't get enough gore]

Originally Posted by monalisa

Ya know, I've always wondered that too. :confused:

was that sarcasm?????

[monalisa]

Originally Posted by can't get enough gore

was that sarcasm?????

No, for once I was not being sarcastic. It does happen somethimes. :)