I know it, and now you know it! Colossal is mesonychoteuthis. Giant is architeuthis. Four people so far have emailed me this story – thanks to each and every one of you. And now I’m passing it on to you!
Colossal squid may be biggest ever caught
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* February 22, 2007NEW Zealand fishermen in the Ross Sea have caught what’s thought to be the largest squid ever found anywhere in the world, weighing an estimated 450kg.
“if calamari were made from the squid the rings would be the size of tractor tyres”
Yummy!