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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Photo: Largest Squid Ever Caught Is "Giant, Gelatinous Blob"


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Fishers haul up an accidentally caught colossal squid off Antarctica on February 22, 2007. The biggest squid ever caught, the giant female was dissected at a New Zealand museum in April 2008.

In August 2008 a scientist involved in the examination announced that the squid was far from a sea monster, but rather a lethargic "blob" filled with "many, many thousands of eggs."

Photograph from New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries via Getty Images