There’s not much info out there at the moment but it’s still pretty exciting stuff!
It seems that the tenticles were badlyy damaged and the mantle itself is approximately 2 metres long.
On the Reuters website there is a short clip of the animal as it is briefly examined.
And on the News.com.au….
I almost missed the news on tv.. but fortunately a friend alerted me to the news that New Zealand fishermen fishing for the Patagonian Toothfish in the waters of the Antarctic were fortunate enough to haul in a Colossal Squid as it was after their catch… so I was able to see a few images on the breakfast news (yes, there is news on early mornings don’t you know..)
So exciting, I just love squid, particularly these mysterious giants that populate the depths of our oceans… it is very sad that we know so little about them and we don’t know whether our destructive fishing methods are causing much damage to their habit or food supplies, let along hooking them up from the depths as they go about their business…
The amazing thing about the Colossal Squid are the swivelling hooks they have on their tentacles, making them a ferocious and truly terrifying hunter - straight out of science fiction stories…
Anyhow, more photos are on the following links, I have borrowed these images one from mongabay.com
You can read more about this awesome creature on the wikipedia
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