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	Huge squid hauled from deep - The Boston Globe
		Colossal squid, known by the scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, are estimated to grow up to 46 feet long and have long been one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.
		Colossal squid can descend to 6,500 feet and are extremely active, aggressive hunters, he said.
		Colossal squid are found in Antarctic waters and are different than giant squid found near the coast of New Zealand.
	www.boston.com /news/world/australia/articles/2007/02/23/huge_squid_hauled_from_deep (397 words)

	Colossal squid
		The Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is the largest known type of squid.
		Unlike the giant squid whose tentacles are equipped with suckers lined with small teeth, the tentacles of the colossal squid are tipped with a vicious looking mixture of suckers and swivelling hooks.
		The captured specimen is an immature female, leading to speculation that when fully grown the colossal squid may have a body length of 4 metres and total length of around 12 metres making it truly deserving of its name.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Colossal_squid.html (176 words)

	TheStar.com - News - Rare colossal squid caught
		Colossal squid, known by the scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, are estimated to grow up to 14 metres long and have long been one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.
		The first specimen of a colossal squid, a 150-kilogram immature female, was caught on the surface in the Ross Sea near the Antarctic coast in April 2004.
		Colossal squid are found in Antarctic waters and are not related to giant squid (Architeuthis species) found around the coast of New Zealand.
	www.thestar.com /printArticle/184600 (373 words)

	"The Collosal Squid" by Edward Willett
		Squids share certain common characteristics: two fins (which give them an arrow-like shape), a mantle (or body), a funnel (through which they squirt water to propel themselves), a head with two eyes and a hard, bird-like beak, eight relatively short arms, and two very long tentacles that end in broader, thicker bits called tentacle clubs.
		The new colossal squid specimen, on the other hand, had a mantle length of 2.5 metres, larger than any giant squid so far seen--and it was an immature female, only one-half to two-thirds grown.
		Giant and colossal squids lack this; instead they have a "terminal organ" (more than a metre long in the case of giant squids), which they use to implant spermatophores into the female's arms.
	www.edwardwillett.com /Columns/collosalsquid.htm (764 words)

	New Giant Squid Predator Found (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) and their even bigger relatives colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) are amongst the most mysterious and fascinating creatures in the ocean.
		The giant squid grows up to 12 m (39 feet) in length, though most of this is made up of its two long front tentacles.
		Since large squid tend to dwarf sleeper sharks, the researchers are at a loss to explain how the sharks catch such big prey.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /FISH/SHARKS/InNews/squidpred2004.html (524 words)

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		The octopus is a distant cousin of the squid and both belong to a group of animals called cephalopods.
		Squid are also thought to spend most of their time in the mid-waters while the octopus is a bottom dweller using it's arms to move from rock to rock.
		Speculation is that as a bottom dweller the colossal octopus bodies, upon death, stay on the bottom and decay leaving few clues for scientists to find.
	unmuseum.mus.pa.us /coloct.htm (855 words)

	FOXNews.com - Colossal Squid May Be Headed for Oven - Science News \| Current Articles
		A colossal half-ton squid, believed to be the largest ever caught, may be destined for the microwave oven.
		The mammoth squid could not be left to defrost at room temperature because the process would take days, leaving the outside to rot while the core remained frozen, he said.
		Colossal squid can descend to 6,500 feet and are known to be extremely active, aggressive hunters.
	www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2007Mar22/0,4675,ColossalSquid,00.html (336 words)

	Colossal squid dwarfs giants \| COSMOS magazine
		Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) are not to be confused with the giant squid (Architeuthis dux), said O'Shea.
		However, said O'Shea, the colossal squid - native to Antarctic waters - is a very heavy, short and stocky animal, with a huge spherical mantle and two enormous muscular fins that propel the animal through the water.
		Giant squid have eyes that can be as big as soccer balls, but according to O'Shea, it's thought that the eyes of colossal squid could reach half a metre in diameter - making them by far the largest in the animal kingdom.
	www.cosmosmagazine.com /node/1063 (896 words)

	dEEP sEA mONSTER (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The half-grown female colossal squid is only the second intact example of the monster cephalopod known to have been found.
		The body of the colossal squid is much bigger than the giant squid.
		The colossal squid finds food by literally glowing in the dark, deep waters to light up prey for its massive eyes -- the biggest of any animal.
	bartlebymusic.com /deeppage.htm (292 words)

	Colossal -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The captured specimen is an immature female, leading to speculation that when fully grown the Colossal Squid may have a body length of 4 meters (13 feet) and total length of around 12 meters (39 feet) making it truly deserving of its name.
		Colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) is a property of some materials, mostly manganese-based perovskite oxides, that enables them to dramatically change their electrical resistance in the presence of a magnetic field.
		Colossal Cavern is a cave in Kentucky, USA, the main entrance of which is at the foot of a steep hill beyond Eden Valley, and 14 m from Mammoth Cave.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/34/colossal.html (1143 words)

	Giant Squid \| Colossal Squid
		Colossal squid are known to inhabit the abyssal depths of the ocean primarily in the Southern Ocean that circumnavigates Antarctica.
		One of the significant morphological differences between the giant squid and the colossal squid is the existence of swiveling hooks on each of the sucker discs in the clubs at the ends of the colossal squids' feeding tentacles.
		Colossal Squid are a major prey item for Antarctic sperm whales feeding in the Southern Ocean; 14% of the squid beaks found in the stomachs of these sperm whales are those of the Colossal Squid, which indicates that Colossal Squid make up 77% of the prey consumed by these whales.
	www.extremescience.com /giant-squid.htm (879 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Super squid surfaces in Antarctic
		A colossal squid has been caught in Antarctic waters, the first example of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni retrieved virtually intact from the surface of the ocean.
		There have only ever been six specimens of this squid recovered: five have come from the stomachs of sperm whales and the sixth was caught in a trawl net at a depth of 2,000 to 2,200 metres.
		This squid has one of the largest beaks known of any squid and also has unique swivelling hooks on the clubs at the ends of its tentacles.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/2910849.stm (545 words)

	Colossal squid's true size revealed (ABC News in Science)
		Colossal squids exemplify a phenomenon known as deep-sea gigantism, which is the tendency for invertebrates, crustaceans and other creatures of the deep to grow much larger than their shallower water counterparts.
		Aside from humans, the colossal squid's only other natural enemies are the occasional large shark and sperm whales, which seem to have a real taste for the cephalopod giants because they hunt them voraciously.
		Squid beaks found in the stomachs of sperm whales have actually dwarfed the beak on the museum specimen, suggesting that even more colossal squids lurk in the cold, dark deep.
	www.abc.net.au /science/articles/2008/05/02/2233780.htm (1073 words)

	Colossal Squid to be defrosted by scientists - Telegraph
		Colossal squids - and their cousins Giant Squids - are rarely seen and little is known about their biology.
		Colossal Squids are formidable creatures, with eyes more than a foot in diameter, tentacles thicker than a man's arm and bodies so large that they could provide calamari rings the size of tractor tyres.
		The colossal squid was only recognised by science in 1925, when two tentacles were found in a sperm whale's stomach.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/28/easquid128.xml (578 words)

	Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The major distinction between squid and octopus is that the suckers of squid are armed with hooks or sucker rings (or a combination of the two), while octopus have simple suckers without secondary armature (Fig.
		There are several ways in which the size of a squid is reported (and misreported or exaggerated).
		Standard Length (SL) is the length of a squid excluding the tentacles; in Architeuthis this measure very rarely exceeds 5 m.
	www.tonmo.com /science/public/giantsquidfacts.php (1722 words)

	Brudirect.com - World Report Special
		A rare and dangerous squid with eyes the size of dinner plates and scores of razor-sharp hooks to snag its prey has been caught by fishermen off Antarctica, New Zealand scientists said on Thursday.
		A giant squid's tentacles can be up to 13 meters long, compared with five meters on the recovered creature.
		Comparisons are difficult because of the colossal squid's hostile environment and rarity.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Apr03/040403/wn01.htm (455 words)

	Time for Kids \| Magazines \| A Colossal Creature Of The Deep
		First identified in 1925, the colossal squid lives in the freezing, dark waters of the Antarctic.
		Their tentacles are shorter than those of the giant squid, but the mantle, or body, is much bigger.
		COLOSSAL SQUIDS are preyed on by sperm whales, but the whales can't digest the squids' tough beaks.
	www.timeforkids.com /TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,441436,00.html (433 words)

	Signposts - a blog about Te Ara the Encyclopedia of New Zealand » Blog Archive » Colossal squid rings
		Very little is known about colossal squid, although their hooked tentacles suggest they are aggressive predators.
		Giant squid, which are slightly smaller, are found in New Zealand coastal waters as they come to breed in deep-sea canyons just off the coast.
		The Ross Sea colossal squid is not destined to be turned into squid rings that you could walk through.
	blog.teara.govt.nz /2008/04/29/collosal-squid-rings (532 words)

	Animal Planet :: Colossal Squid!
		O'Shea said it was possible that adult colossal squid reached body lengths of up to 4 meters (13 feet), and total lengths of 30 to 40 feet.
		What sets the colossal squid apart from others in the squid family are its tentacles, equipped at the ends with rotating barbs that can inflict serious damage, judging by the condition of a sperm whale that washed up recently on a New Zealand beach with colossal squid beaks in its stomach.
		The colossal squid's arms are lined with a combination of suckers and hooks, compared with the giant squid's arms, which are lined with suckers with small teeth.
	animal.discovery.com /news/briefs/200304/colossalsquid.html (634 words)

	Reuters - Colossal Squid
		The half-grown female colossal squid is only the second intact example of the monster cephalopod known to have been found, said marine biologist Steve O'Shea of New Zealand's national museum.
		The body of the colossal squid is much bigger than the giant squid, which can weigh up to 900 kg, 2,000 pounds when fully grown.
		American marine biologist Kat Bolstad said the colossal squid was a more dangerous animal than the giant squid, the mythical monster of the deep that attacked Captain Nemo's Nautilus in Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." "This is a very aggressive animal and moves quickly.
	www.xradiograph.com /wmd/squid.story.01.htm (416 words)

	Zerotime (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fully grown, the colossal squid would be "larger than any giant squid I have seen, and I've seen 105 of them," O'Shea said.
		It differs from the giant squid "by having enormous hooks arming the tentacles and the arms," he said.
		He said the squid was caught near the surface of the ocean.
	www.zerotime.com /articles/squid.htm (264 words)

	Whale sharks are largest fish in the world
		The colossal squid in the news was 39 feet long, but the New Zealand biologist studying it believes the animal is only two-thirds grown.
		Researchers have known about colossal squid since 1925, but this recent landing is the best specimen they have had to study.
		Giant and colossal squids are the sea monsters of old, but the notion that they sink ships and eat people is fiction.
	www.susanscott.net /OceanWatch2007/mar09-07.html (533 words)

	Colossal squid rivals giant squid - Natural History Museum
		The colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is the largest living invertebrate and may be the first mature male specimen to have ever been found.
		The only other complete colossal squid specimen to be caught was an immature female in the Ross Sea in 2004 weighing 300 kilograms.
		Unlike the giant squid, most of the length of the colossal squid is taken up by the mantle (the body of the animal).
	www.nhm.ac.uk /about-us/news/2007/february/news_10729.html (560 words)

	Beware the giant squid \| MetaFilter
		April 3, 2003 12:52 AM 'A colossal squid has been caught in Antarctic waters, the first example of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni retrieved virtually intact from the surface of the ocean.
		Colossal squid, or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is an extremely aggressive squid that chases large prey such as Patagonian toothfish.
		Plep's got the giant squid lore covered, but I have also read that colossal squid and merely giant squid are believed to be coming closer to the surface because of 1) Global Warming-driven changes in Ocean Circulation and 2) New ecological/predatory niches for the squid which have opened up as a result of massive overfishing.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/24828 (1153 words)

	Giant squid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Giant squid, once believed to be mythical creatures, are squid of the Architeuthidae family, represented by as many as eight species of the genus Architeuthis.
		In 1873 a squid "attacked" a minister and a young boy in a dory in Bell Island, Newfoundland.
		In particular, the image of a giant squid locked in battle with a sperm whale is often seen, although it is now known that the squid is the whale's prey and not an equal combatant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giant_squid (1938 words)

	Colossal squid specimen is relative minnow \| COSMOS magazine
		The colossal squid has begun a two-day thaw at The Museum of New Zealand in Wellington before it is examined in more detail on Wednesday by an international team of scientists.
		However, colossal squid lower beaks previously found in the stomachs of sperm whales have been as long as 49 mm.
		The squid is so large that there was a risk the outside flesh would start to rot before the inside had thawed.
	www.cosmosmagazine.com /node/1960 (601 words)

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