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The colossal squid, species Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, was discovered in 1925. [14] This species belongs to the class Cephalopoda and family Cranchiidae. [49] Most of the time, full colossal squid specimens are not collected; as of 2015, only 12 complete colossal squids had ever been recorded, with only half of these being full adults. [4]
The bite tears off the shark′s fin, helped by the classic death roll. Despite her injury, the shark is still strong. Then, the shark and the crocodile collide head on; the crocodile grabs hold of the shark′s snout with his crushing bite. This time, the shark cannot fight back; the crocodile attempts another death roll. After that, they both ...
The same is true of the chitinous gladius of squid [83] and octopuses. [84] Cirrate octopods have arch-shaped cartilaginous fin supports, [85] which are sometimes referred to as a "shell vestige" or "gladius". [86] The Incirrina have either a pair of rod-shaped stylets or no vestige of an internal shell, [87] and some squid also lack a gladius ...
Colossal squid use their beaks for shearing and slicing their prey's flesh to allow the pieces to travel the narrow esophagus. One of the largest beaks ever recorded was on a 495-kilogram (1,091 lb) colossal squid. The beak had a lower rostral length of 42.5 millimeters (1 + 11 ⁄ 16 in).
This list of colossal squid specimens and sightings is a timeline of recorded human encounters with members of the genus Mesonychoteuthis, popularly known as colossal squid. It includes animals that were caught by fishermen, recovered (in whole or in part) from sperm whales and other predatory species, as well as those reliably sighted at sea.
The giant squid has a sophisticated nervous system and complex brain, attracting great interest from scientists. It also has the largest eyes of any living creature except perhaps the colossal squid—up to at least 27 cm (11 in) in diameter, with a 9 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) pupil (only the extinct ichthyosaurs are known to have had larger eyes). [18]
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]
Ellis (1999) suggested the Egede monster might have been a giant squid. There is a Tlingit legend about a sea monster named Gunakadeit (Goo-na'-ka-date) who brought prosperity and good luck to a village in crisis, people starving in the home they made for themselves on the southeastern coast of Alaska.