Giant Squid Beached After Earthquake - Coincidence?


	Giant Squid Beached After Earthquake - Coincidence?

celestialdancer

7-17-2009 11:50 PM

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7-18-2009 3:34 AM

chestnut501

I think this "expert" is an idiot. I suspect another case of bad journalism here.

7-18-2009 11:15 AM

celestialdancer

7-18-2009 1:48 PM

tanyamm

Looks like good eating to me.

7-18-2009 2:12 PM

David Hughes

Hey 501, who said he was an expert? He's just a journalist doing his job. Anyway, you shouldn't cast aspersions on the National Geographic so easily!

7-18-2009 2:40 PM

chestnut501

Wow David, Despite this urge I have to go into an in depth analysis of this article right now, I'm on a rather tight schedule today and have several things I want to get done. Might I suggest you start following my clips as I quite often clip articles about bad science journalism.

7-18-2009 4:58 PM

celestialdancer

Tany

7-18-2009 9:52 PM

chestnut501

7-19-2009 9:25 AM

ofcapri

Rock On tanyamm

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Residents near a <A href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/places-of-a-lifetime/sandiego.html" linkindex="48">San Diego</A>-area beach awoke to find dozens of jumbo squid, also called Humboldt squid, flapping helplessly on the shore Saturday—about an hour after an <A href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/earthquake-profile.html" linkindex="49">earthquake</A> had struck off the <A href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/states/state_california.html" linkindex="50">California</A> city at 7:34 a.m.
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