Real Sea Monsters; The vicious giant Dosidicus gigas, the Humboldt squid, seems to be finding a new home right off our shores.

From: Monterey County Weekly | Date: March 10, 2005| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

There is an alien intelligence residing deep within the Monterey Bay, a bizarre life form that appears to be proliferating by the thousands in cold black waters far below the surface. It resides within creatures that have three hearts, primate-like stereoscopic eyes, blue blood and brains large enough to suggest they are among the smartest creatures on earth. They are giant raptorial predators with a taste for flesh. Growing up to seven feet long and occasionally bigger-possibly much bigger-t...

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