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Jason Abbadon
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2661691.stm

While the story is intresting, I'm skeptical that these french sailors were taking part in the Jules Verne Trophy.
A bit too convienent methinks.

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WizArtist
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Maybe it was an ad campaign by TurboSquid for new meshes.

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AndrewR
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I wonder if they have intelligence of some type... squid (smaller varieties) are relatively smart... I was watching a doco and it showed how put in a maze the squid could activate levers to get through doors etc. or something to that effect.

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Jason Abbadon
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Cool: smart giant squids.
Mabye they were attacking the french racers to avenge their good name: it was the Jules Verne Trophy race after all.

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Styrofoaman
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The French sailor says the squid released its grip when he stopped the boat.

So there is no proof. No photos. Just a bunch of French in a boat. Hmmmm.....

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
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Oh, gosh, maybe it's just me, but anyone would think you lot had something against the French, I can't possibly imagine what. . .

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The359
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FUCK THE FRENCH!!!11

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And the China.

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Jason Abbadon
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"The" China?
So two billion chinese share some kind of collective mind?

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Siegfried
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They are the Borg.

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deadcujo
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Too bad the only live giant squids ever captured were babies and died. I'd love to one day bring my kids to a zoo and watch the bus-long squids do whatever it is they do. Maybe they can teach them to open giant jars, eh?

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