A squid of the species Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni measuring up to 12-14m.
1The giant squid is the largest type of squid save for the colossal squid.
2Understanding the gargantuan sizes of giant and colossal squid eyes has proven extremely difficult.
3Giant and colossal squid are the most enormous cephalopods known.
4The team also took tissue samples in the hope of sequencing the entire colossal squid genome.
5Size estimates for the giant and colossal squid are at least based on comparable soft tissue.
6A recent break came in February 2007 when New Zealand fishermen captured and froze a colossal squid.
7Instead, the colossal squid floats around and uses its hooks to ensnare prey that stray too close.
8Giant squid, along with their cousin, the colossal squid, have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom.
9The colossal squid that's just taken up residence at Te Papa is already proving a very popular houseguest.
10And of course it has revamped versions of old favourites - the colossal squid and the earthquake house.
11It's quite an awesome sight. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The colossal squid defrosting at Te Papa labs in Wellington.
12A colossal squid caught last year - the largest of its kind ever found - is being examined at Te Papa.
13This morning a half tonne, 4 point 2 metre female colossal squid has been on the move.
14The 495 kilogram squid, the first ever intact adult colossal squid to be landed, was caught in February last year in Antarctica
15Not to forget a colossal squid species that grows to 14 metres long "with eyes the size of dinner plates".
16What's more, the colossal squid only lives in the Antarctic seas, so they can't have been the inspiration for the Scandinavian kraken legends.
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