Yes, a colossal squid has been landed!!!! It weighed 990lbs and according to the article, the calamari from this guy would be the size of tractor tires! It was only 10 meters long though I want to see a bin one, just not up close when it's still alive, unless there is some seriously thick glass inbetween, hehe

Here is the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6385071.stm

Now that is interesting!!! 33ft - hmm would also like to see bigger and believe there ARE much bigger ones...

still, this is a find

Cool pic
this used to be a cryptid right?

Its a pity we only get to see them when they are dead.

Yikes, things are starting to look a lot less mysterious...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_...olossal_squid_4

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OOPS! I thought this was recent but was caught last December.. however, it's not official yet as being the biggest.

The article is dated today...

Celumnaz, it never was a "crytpid", just a rare species we always found dead and washed up on the beaches.

Nope, they where known from beaks found inside sperm whales stomachs and ones that had washed up.

Silly Kraken you figment, remove your name from history.

I would NOT want to mess with that thing.

This is quite marvelous! Doctor O'Shea must be going ballistic with this specimen.
The age of the Colossal can generally be assumed by how large it's hooks have gotten, i'd like to see some pictures of those. 33 feet is utterly massive really. I'm quite delighted with this news, thank you for posting it.
Alas, they'll probably never haul a living creature like this onto a ship, the methods used are too damaging and besides, it cannot live on the surface of the water or out of it.

I knew you would be interested Burnside. I remember you posting on a similar post.

Not sure if this has been posted or old news, but I found it interesting and thought I should share it with you folks.

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/ra...S00010000000001

I was waiting for Burn to show up! I know he loves this stuff.

My God that's a big squid. The second picture is awesome. S'wider than the giant squid, like the colossal description claims.

How awesome.

Still waiting for the mile long kraken, though.

I hope to be on a ship studying these very creatures one day myself. I'm taking Natural Sciences in University and majoring in Marine Biology, naturally. Ah what a dream it would be to look over the deck and see such a marvelous beast, it's eye fixed on you, the largest in all the animal kingdom. What a sight!

I diddn't see anything in those pics that had "rings the size of truck tires".....granted, that's a HUGE squid and a great find, but unless there's some pic's or images that haven't been published, that statement is incorrect.

Topic has been posted, with some great pictures of the beast.

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...c=88858&hl=


The actual article posted here claims that the Squid would have 'Calamari Rings the size of Truck Tires' not actual rings.

That is one huge animal....wow !!!!

I am going to merge this with another duplcate...

Thanks for clearing that up, Burns.

33 feet is just over 10 metres, to be precise. So, yeah. it's big. I think it's thrashing would also be a reason for not pulling it on board, as well. If it's 10 metres, it must be pretty strong, so you wouldn't want to get on the wrong end of one of its tentacles, provided that it's capable of lifting without the support water provides.
One of the major problems with hoisting heavy creatures out of the water is that, without the support that water provides, the creature's lungs can't take the body's weight and the animal suffocates.

I wonder how they taste... One of this critters could feed a whole starving Sudanese village for weeks

imagine to be swimming and that thing happens to be around and hungry, could it be possible to be eaten by it?? interesting stuff

I'm sure it could eat one - Burnside, what do you think???

My reports say it was 39 feet long! So, how long are the tentacles?

Of course! With significant ease.
However, a Giant or Colossal Squid has never been observed fully while hunting or eating something. We've only really had one proper glimpse of a Giant Squid in the water, and the footage clearly shows the tentacles ascending from the deep and attacking a baited camera, it's actually a little scary to consider that the Squid would probably have attacked a fish or indeed a swimming person in the same way. That is to say, if they ever hunt on the surface of the water, which is extremely unlikely. In my opinion, these creatures are deep to medium sea depth dwellers, they very rarely would come to the surface unless they are dying.

However, if one of these beasts were to fix it's massive eye on a person swimming in the water, it would be an extremely terrifying and painful death. If we're talking about the Colossal, firstly it would stretch out it's arms and wrap you with it's clubs, dragging you towards it. When close enough for the tentacles to touch you, well. The Colossal Squids tentacles are each covered with hundreds of swivelling revolving hooks, each about the size of your finger if you make a little hook shape with it. These hooks would pierce deep into your flesh and swivel around as to get a grip no creature would be able to break free from. Then it would draw you into it's large beak, and well, you probably wouldn't be alive at that point fortunately, but the rest is just as nasty. Not a way i'd like to go.

you paint a pretty picture there burny

it could, just not for very long

What about a fully grown bull Sperm Whale, I wonder if any of these have become victims of Colossal Squid? I think not! But it would be interesting to see one up against a couple of Killer Whales. I was disappointed to see that the BBC only put the Sperm Whales as being 15m, this surely and under estimation, I thought that the males were around 18 metres, and in the past they used to be bigger, until all the whaling caused the larger ones to be hunted to extinction. Though I suspect that there must be some larger ones around somewhere.?

I think 15m is the average rather than the max. I think a fully grown collosal squid qould be more than a orca could handle. They los the no.1 tactic for large prey for a start because they could not drown a squid.