Chromodynamic wrote:"Giant Boy Detective"

DrAwkward wrote:
Something is up and i want to know what it is. Global Warming? Atlantis rising from the ocean floor? The marinara trench has finally become too filled with tomatoey sauce to sustain life?

Or are the squids planning a surface invasion?

Evolving.

Octosquid? I think squictopus sounds better.

I wonder how that thing would taste on the grill with some garlic, lemon and olive oil...

My favorite giant flower, the Amorphophallus.

"...emits a scent of decaying flesh, in order to attract insects..."

The capybara, the world's largest rodent. They live in the Amazon basin and grow about as big as a medium-sized dog.

Because of it's aquatic nature this fuzzy little guy has been the green light for eatin' during Lent. I hear it also aquires a fishy flavor when dried. Bon Appetite.

A capybara figured prominently in one of my favorite episodes of The Tick.

Some giant things in Chicago and vicinity:


Giant hotdog couple
Superdawg, Devon & Milwaukee, Chicago, IL



Ramses The Great
The "Onans' Gold Pyramid House" in Gurnee, IL
(I suppose when your surname is a reference to an infamous masturbator in the Bible, you'd want to create something, anything else to distinguish yourself)



Giant Baseball
Thillens Stadium, Devon & Kedzie, Chicago, IL



Giant Axe-wielding Frankenstein
Haunted Trails miniature golf course in Bridgeview

Ty Webb wrote:A capybara figured prominently in one of my favorite episodes of The Tick.

Speak!

I cannot believe I missed the giant Ramses when I have been in Chi. Putting it on my list.

World's largest hole in the ground

Which leads to trucks used there:

Colonel Panic wrote:Octosquid? I think squictopus sounds better.

I wonder how that thing would taste on the grill with some garlic, lemon and olive oil...

I'd see a band called Octosquid.

I imagine they would sound a bit like Captain Beefheart.