Re: Fw: Dinamations Exhibit

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/8/99 6:34:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
majestic_cheese@yahoo.com writes:

<< 
 Could this have possibly been _Architeuthis dux_, the
 giant squid, an *extant* life form? Or could it be one
 of those extinct giant squid known, predictably, only
 from its (big) beak?  
 
 (Someone please reply to this so Darren will see it
 and give input!)  
  >>

  O.K. Actually most of the giant squid material consists of the pen which 
supported the body. They run up to six feet long in the Pierre Shale, so 
we're talking big squid here. It makes you wonder if the seaway wasn't just a 
froth of thrashing, biting carnivores of every description. Mmm...I'm going 
into a theme song here. DV.