Giant and colossal squid
September 30, 2005Everybody’s heard by know of the footage of a real live giant squid in its natural habitat. I’ve been fascinated by giant squid since I was a child - the awareness of this vast beast lumbering through the ocean has absolutely enthralled me. Most younger readers will be aware of the giant squid via the Harry Potter books (ie. the squid in the lake). I remember them as the monsters from Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
It turns out that the last time a live giant squid was sighted, it was also the Japanese. That picture in the article awes me - especially the eyes. It looks exactly like I always imagined it would be.
And here’s a fact sheet on giant and colossal squid. Note the images of the rotating hooks. Yikes.
