No, this isn’t a belated April Fools joke. We’ve known about the kraken for centuries, through myth, sailor’s tales and the odd bit of actual evidence, but now they’ve actually put their hands on one. Too frigging cool. Can you imagine if one of these things actually attacked a boat you were in?
(link from the sometimes excellent metafilter)
Dave's Place/Metamusing 
I notice that the scientific name is:
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
any relation, Dave?? 🙂
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Ha! My cover is blown. Damn! World domination by the hamiltoni squid is no longer in the cards. Back to the drawing boards.
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