QUOTE : An indisputable event, my gallant Ned. Accordingly, people have proposed naming this devil fish Bouguer's Squid.<br /><br />And how long was it? the Canadian asked. Didn't it measure about six metres? said Conseil, who was stationed at the window and examining anew the crevices in the cliff.<br /><br />Precisely, I replied<br /><br />Wasn't its head, Conseil went on, crowned by eight tentacles that quivered in the water like a nest of snakes?<br /><br />Precisely.<br /><br />Weren't its eyes prominently placed and considerably enlarged?<br /><br />Yes, Conseil.<br /><br />And wasn't its mouth a real parrot's beak but of fearsome size?<br /><br />Correct, Conseil.<br /><br />Well, with all due respect to master, Conseil replied serenely, if this isn't Bouguers Squid, it's at least one of his close relatives!