![]() As they ponder this carnage, both men remember another scary fish story, Jaws -Marcus recalls ``parents refusing to let their children get their feet wet,'' while Whip proclaims, ``Whenever I hear talk about monsters, I think about `Jaws.' '' This monster, unfortunately, is not nearly as scary as the one they remember so vividly, because the reader comes to know it too intimately. By the time the protagonists-Bermuda native Whip Darling and Navy helicopter pilot Marcus Sharp-figure out what sort of beast they're dealing with, Architeuthis has killed five people. ![]() At an estimated length of anywhere from 30 to 90 feet and armed with two predatory tentacles, a huge, snapping beak and eight writhing arms, each lined with razor-sharp hooks the giant squid has been wreaking havoc off the coast of Bermuda. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, along comes Architeuthis, a giant squid, the eponymous beast of Benchley's latest tale. ![]()
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