It would take decades, however, before we finally came face to face with the colossal squid. Under sombre, mausoleum lighting at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa rests a monster.
The 450 kg squid was barely alive when it reached the surface and the vessel's crew thought it would be very unlikely to survive if released. Only a handful of colossal squid have previously been ...
One of these mysterious entities is the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). It is believed to live in the Southern ...