Picture a pair of eyes the size of soccer balls peering out at you from the dark depths of the ocean. For the colossal squid, this is life. The eye size of the colossal squid has been measured to be ...
Colossal squid are considered to be the world’s largest known invertebrates. When fully grown, they can reach up to 23-feet in length. For perspective, that is nearly the size of a small fire truck.
MSN: Meet the colossal squid with the largest eyes in the animal kingdom
Meet the colossal squid with the largest eyes in the animal kingdom
This week, scientists announced that they had captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, recorded some 1,968 feet (600 m) below the ocean surface near the South ...
Smithsonian Magazine: Is This the First Recorded Footage of a Colossal Squid Living Freely?
While scientists have seen colossal squid before—like this specimen examined by New Zealander researchers in 2014—their interactions have always been with animals that were either pulled from the ...
Is This the First Recorded Footage of a Colossal Squid Living Freely?