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Your notebook item "Catch of the Century" reported on the hunt and temporary capture of an 8m long giant squid. You described how the squid finally freed itself by tearing off one of its 5.5m long tentacles, leaving it behind on the hook that had impaled it. Giant squids may not be the most likeable of creatures, but do they deserve such treatment? I think I would be somewhat "active and aggressive" too if I were forced to tear off my own limb while scientists sat back, casually making their observations. - Fergus Mahon, Kielce, Poland, Time Magazine.