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3 days ago · Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them. Jenny McGrath. Apr 15, 2024, 12:10 PM PDT. In 2014, a fishing vessel caught a colossal ...
4 days ago · The largest cephalopod specimen ever recorded: a 495 kg (1,091 lb) colossal squid. Squids are the largest living cephalopods in terms of each of mantle length, total length, and mass, with the largest species by at least two of these measures being the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni.
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1 day ago · A fisherwoman in Quang Tri, Vietnam, was amazed after a squid she caught started flashing. According to studies, squid skin is full of pigment-containing cells called chromatophores that are controlled by minuscule muscles. When squid die or are rendered deeply unconscious, these cells relax, making the chromatophores shrink to their smallest size.
1 day ago · 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.
3 days ago · In 2014, a fishing vessel caught a colossal squid, which New Zealand researchers dissected. Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images. Kolossal hopes to film a colossal squid in its natural habitat, the waters around Antarctica. The squid is large but elusive and difficult to study since it lives thousands of feet underwater.
