Originally published at: Massive kraken washed ashore in South Africa | Boing Boing
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I don’t want to appear ungrateful, but 14 foot doesn’t seem like a lot.
I mean, I wouldn’t want to get in a fistfight with it but…
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Police are asking any merfolk, Deep Ones or aquatic alien visitors with information to come forward.
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14ft is 4.3m, for those of you who, like me, found it hard to visualise.
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So. It begins…
Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
(Tennyson)
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Misread as Karen. Pretty big for a Karen.
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The attack of the 14ft Karens?
And that guy in the video said it was unusual to see two so close together, so there’s been another in SA recently, I guess.
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So it is a bit of a damp squid for you?
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Yet somehow “the Kraken” is not nearly as annoying, even though these things emit quite an offensive, ammonia odor when decaying.
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Never had a kraken call the cops for nothing or demand to see the manager
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There was something distinctly…invasive feeling about those guys were doing on video to that squid. I don’t know if cephalopods feel shame or a desire for privacy, but they are rather intelligent, and you never see them just flashing their beaks around.
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Yep, “Massive Kraken”?
Clickbait.
Although, if you used it as bait, just imagine what you could catch!
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You all flashed to this when you saw the headline.
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Now we can all breath a bit easier knowing the kraken they released is in custody.
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