Point and laugh at Skeptics: Giant Squid photographed in the Wild

Yep, there it goes... "Oh, there wern't really any skeptics before." Uh-huh.
 
Well I have to admit that this forum has never really had a "Giant Squid" thread before, so I can say that I haven't seen anyone suggest they didn't exist.

as Shaman_ suggested, they have been found dead on beaches before, I wouldn't be suprised if the Japanese study it just to get an idea of breeding supersquids for Calamari. (someone will make money out of that, I just feel sorry for any poor chief trying to wrestle a 26 foot Squid)

Might stop Whaling though, if they are chasing large squids instead.

Well you could ask if their is skeptics for "Giant Jellyfish", since they are known to exist to.
 
Xevious said:
Yep, there it goes... "Oh, there wern't really any skeptics before." Uh-huh.
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lol no one has been denying the existence of giant squid. Many carcasses have been examined.

These new photos are exciting because they are the first to be taken of a live one I think.
 
Yep, there it goes... "Oh, there wern't really any skeptics before." Uh-huh.
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Of course not, not since the beginning of the 20th century anyways.
You can go and see one in the Museum of Natural History in London.

I suggest you do more research before posting,
otherwise it just shines incompetence and quite limited knowledge base.
 
Actually it would taste awful, because

they use ammonia (in the form of ammonium chloride) in the fluid of their flesh throughout their bodies. This makes the giant squid unfit for human consumption, although sperm whales seem to be attracted by (or at least tolerant of) its taste.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid

p.s.
The giant squid is by no means the largest known. Several other species, including the colossal squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, are thought to grow larger.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4288772.stm
 
Saw the thread title and had to stop in - we've known of the existence of this creature for quite some time. Who was denying it?

Oh well I guess that crypto zoology's next task is to find the rare and elusive squid skeptic.
 
You find a single word closely associated with the Giant Squid throughout many of the articles one does find online: MYTH. Be realistic. That word would not be associated with the Giant Squid unless it at one time was thought to be in the same category as things like Nessie, Bigfoot, Yeti, and at the time a few hundred years ago, the Giant Squid shared this same category with things like Ball Lightining, Meteorites, and quite a few other things we take for granted now.

So why am I laughing? It shows you how much of an about face skeptics and scientists do when something from myth and legend turns out to not only be partly, but ENTIRELY true. The reactions of the "skeptics" here on Sciforums only reinforces what I've said for years about "skeptics". How amusing it is...
 
Xevious said:
You find a single word closely associated with the Giant Squid throughout many of the articles one does find online: MYTH. Be realistic. That word would not be associated with the Giant Squid unless it at one time was thought to be in the same category as things like Nessie, Bigfoot, Yeti, and at the time a few hundred years ago, the Giant Squid shared this same category with things like Ball Lightining, Meteorites, and quite a few other things we take for granted now.

So why am I laughing? It shows you how much of an about face skeptics and scientists do when something from myth and legend turns out to not only be partly, but ENTIRELY true. The reactions of the "skeptics" here on Sciforums only reinforces what I've said for years about "skeptics". How amusing it is...
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On the subject of the giant squid there were no skeptics and there was no 'about face'. :rolleyes:

Clearly you had not done any research before starting this thread...
 
So why am I laughing? It shows you how much of an about face skeptics and scientists do when something from myth and legend turns out to not only be partly, but ENTIRELY true. The reactions of the "skeptics" here on Sciforums only reinforces what I've said for years about "skeptics". How amusing it is...
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What do you think skeptics are? People who pick one set of beliefs and stick with them through thick and thin in contrast to another set of beliefs?

No, we reserve judgement on that for which there is no evidence. However, in the face of an unsupported belief that has a large hold on a lot of people, we are more likely to try to point out how unsupported the belief is, in order to help people try to see more clearly and think more rationally.

Skeptics then accept the existence of things for which the evidence becomes available. So, if a skeptic ever said "I don't believe in giant squid because there's never been any incontrovertible proof of it" and the proof actually turns up, then the skeptic is maintaining perfectly his record of rationality by saying "I believe in giant squid since there is now proof of their existence."

There's no reason to laugh at a skeptic that rightly and properly changes his or her opinion according to the available evidence. That is, in fact, the proudly kept hallmark of the skeptic!

The Cryptozoology list at The Skeptic's Dictionary: http://skepdic.com/ticrypto.html Giant Squid not being in this list, they aren't a credible item to brand skeptics with. No-one here is "changing their story", probably because none of them were previously aware of any mythology surrounding Giant Squids in the first place.
 
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