Wierd animals and you!

[Super Grendel]

Perhaps one of the most strangest animals I have heard of is the Giant Squid. It was believed to be little more than a figment of sailor stories until dead squids began washing up on the beach reaching a wopping 50-70 ft.!
My concern is, no one seems to have filmed a living one, but people have deffinetly seen them before (where would the stories have come from) which means they have surfaced before, scince no one has seen a living one in so long they were considered a myth (until now). I guess what I am asking is, why would these dwellers of the deep rise to the surface of the ocean, and why did they stop?

[Super Grendel]

You don't nessesarily have to reply to my question, this topic is about wierd animals, whats your favorite?

[victor]

Coelacanth

[MrMistery]

What's that?

[Sabby]

Actually, Archaetuthis was filmed recently by some Japanese biologists. Google it.

[Sabby]

Oh, my favorite animal... mewtwo

[amoebapower]

angler fish & gulper eels pwn all other freaky animals. i mean they are just so cool! viper fish are also really nifty

[Super Grendel]

Oh please, I think the platapus takes the cake here

[MrMistery]

Actually the platapus is a relicve of evolution, like the cangaroo

[amoebapower]

other animals that are fascinating are hagfish, giant squid, and poison dart frogs. those things are deadly