ITV News – Giant squid caught in New Zealand
Giant squid caught in New Zealand
12.39, Thu Feb 22 2007
A New Zealand fishing crew has caught a huge Colossal Squid weighing an estimated 450kgs in the Ross Sea.
The mysterious marine creature – which could be the biggest of its kind – was brought to the surface on a long line that had been set for toothfish.
The crew on the San Aspiring vessel stopped fishing and hauled the squid on board to preserve as a specimen for science.
The adult sea animal which had eyes as big as dinner plates and razor-sharp hooks on its tentacles, was barely alive when it reached the surface and the crew thought it was unlikely to survive if released.
The beast was placed in the freezer below deck and filled two thirds of the 1,200 litre container.
Colossal Squid can grow up to 14m long and one expert says if calamari rings were made from this one they would be the size of tractor tires.
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Calamari Rings the size of tractor tires?!
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This is so cool. I wanna see a picture of its whole body.
I’ve read it today in our newspaper. What a giant animal … 😮