Squids have elbows?!

[Delphinus]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...apinna-photos/

[Phanman]

the squid was at the Perdido oil- and gas-development site in the Gulf of Mexico

Mutated Squid perhaps? lol...

[justinl]

lol magnapinna squid are pretty alien looking aren't they? in fact, do they remind anyone else of the walkers in war of the worlds?

edit: couldn't find a pic where the thing is bent down to show where the leg joints are

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by justinl

lol magnapinna squid are pretty alien looking aren't they? in fact, do they remind anyone else of the walkers in war of the worlds?

My first thought was that it looked like it came from War of the Worlds!

[fdiddy]

Probably have hip bone structures if you look close enough :P I know whales do.

[justinl]

whales are mammals though. these guys are squid (a cephalopod) and should only have a single calcareous "pen" through the length of their mantle (body). the tentacles shouldn't have bones... although we don't know jack about these guys, so if we were to catch one and find bones in there... that might make them an entirely new genus of cephalopod!