5.10.08

South Pacific

I am staying away from the South Pacific (that is around the Tropic of Capricorn and below). It is simply not safe. The Chironex fleckeri (a type of jellyfish, the most venomous of perhaps any creature in the world), stonefish, blue-ringed octopus, yellow-bellied sea snake, great white shark, and giant squid all live there.

Now, Lora will get all excited about the giant squid, but I don't think she knows about the colossal squid. This guy is huge, and I purposely didn't use the phrase "this sucker is huge" because instead of suckers, it has tiger-like claws all over it tentacles. *squeal*

And fisherman have actually seen them alive; it was captured on video (thanks to Russell for the Discovery link).

Sure, they don't have a big eye, but there is more to squids than just eyes. Like razor-sharp claws.

Oh yeah, they are down south too. *shiver*