Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Giant squid

The next time you're laughing with a friend, or walking home, or using the lavatory at night, startle yourself with this realization: There are giant squid. Right now. They are many times the size of your body, and they swim through billions of gallons of ice-cold, pitch-black seawater. Maybe they're hunting food. Maybe they're mating. Maybe they're trying to sleep. You may never see one before you die, but they are alive and living as you go about your life under the sun they will never see.