{"id":871,"date":"2003-01-17T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2003-01-18T07:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/17\/suckers\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:35:27","slug":"suckers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/17\/suckers\/","title":{"rendered":"Suckers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15462,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.smh.com.au\\\/articles\\\/2003\\\/01\\\/17\\\/1042520761702.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20161127135747\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.smh.com.au:80\\\/articles\\\/2003\\\/01\\\/17\\\/1042520761702.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.smh.com.au\\\/articles\\\/2003\\\/01\\\/17\\\/1042520761702.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:40:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:40:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15463,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov\\\/OCEAN_PLANET\\\/HTML\\\/squid_20000_leagues.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260211011744\\\/https:\\\/\\\/seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov\\\/OCEAN_PLANET\\\/HTML\\\/squid_20000_leagues.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 18:51:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:416},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:40:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:416}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:40:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:416},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15464,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cobbers.com\\\/am\\\/archives\\\/000096.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050418062850\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.cobbers.com:80\\\/am\\\/archives\\\/000096.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 18:51:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:40:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:40:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>How absolutely mindblowingly perfect is this? A French yacht taking place in a round-the-world sailing race was attacked by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/articles\/2003\/01\/17\/1042520761702.html\" title=\"Giant squid attacks boat\">a giant squid<\/a>. The perfect part? The trophy they&#8217;re going for is the <a href=\"http:\/\/seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/OCEAN_PLANET\/HTML\/squid_20000_leagues.html\" title=\"In search of Giant Squid\">Jules Verne<\/a> around-the-world sailing trophy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;The squid was pulling really hard, so we put the boat about and when we came to a stop the tentacles let go. We saw it behind the boat &#8211; and it was enormous. I have been sailing for 40 years, and I have never seen the like,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>  Crew member Didier Ragault, who spotted the creature through a port-hole said \\&#8221;the tentacles were as thick as my arm wearing an oil-skin, and I immediately thought of the damage it could do.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;When we saw it behind the boat it must have been seven, eight or nine metres long,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cobbers.com\/am\/archives\/000096.html\" title=\"G'day Cobbers: Giand squid leaves its mark\">G&#8217;day Cobbers<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How absolutely mindblowingly perfect is this? A French yacht taking place in a round-the-world sailing race was attacked by a giant squid. The perfect part? 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