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  2. Colossal squid - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] The colossal squid has the largest eyes of any known creature ever to exist, with an estimated diameter of 27–30 cm (11–12 in) [9] to 40 cm (16 in) for the largest collected specimen. The species has similar anatomy to other members of its family, although it is the only member of Cranchiidae to display hooks on its arms, suckers ...

  3. List of colossal squid specimens and sightings - Wikipedia

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    Since then, several more colossal squid have been filmed or photographed alive at the surface. But as far as is publicly known, the colossal squid has never been observed alive in its natural, deep-water habitat, although a number of such recordings of the giant squid have been made in recent years. [25]

  4. List of giant squid specimens and sightings - Wikipedia

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    The 55 ft (16.76 m) "Thimble Tickle specimen" reported by Verrill (1880a:191) is often cited as the largest giant squid ever recorded, [nb 10] and the 55 ft 2 in (16.81 m) (or 57 ft [17.37 m]) specimen described by Kirk (1888) as Architeuthis longimanus —a strangely proportioned animal that has been much commented on—is sometimes cited as ...

  5. Spectacular footage of squid rarely seen alive emerges - AOL

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    Researchers off the coast of Hawaii captured spectacular footage of a type of squid rarely seen alive.

  6. Explore the Mysterious World of the Glass Squid and Its ...

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    The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is the largest squid in the world, growing 33 feet long and weighing 1,000 pounds. According to scientists at MBARI, we have more insight into the ...

  7. Largest and heaviest animals - Wikipedia

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    A 7 m (23 ft) giant squid, the second largest of all invertebrates, encased in ice in the Melbourne Aquarium. Both the largest mollusks and the largest of all invertebrates (in terms of mass) are the largest squids. The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is projected to be the largest invertebrate. [241]

  8. List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2001–2014 ...

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    A frame from the first colour film of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, [nb 1] recorded from a manned submersible off Japan's Ogasawara Islands in July 2012. The animal (#549 on this list) is seen feeding on a 1-metre-long Thysanoteuthis rhombus (diamondback squid), which was used as bait in conjunction with a flashing squid jig. [2]

  9. Squid games on the high seas as U.S. Coast Guard monitors ...

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    Global demand for giant squid, the most abundant marine invertebrate in the southeastern Pacific, is increasing because of its high nutritional value and because 75 percent of the animal can be ...