>Dear friends,
>
>Just received an e-mail about a super giant squid, Mesonychotheutis
>hamiltoni, which was recently caught in Antarctic waters. It is
>supposed to attain a larger size as Architheutis dux, the "well
>known" gialnt squid, so this one is baptised "colossal squid".
>A quote:
>
>"The specimen, which was caught in the past few weeks in the Ross
>Sea, has a mantle length of 2.5 metres. That is a larger mantle than
>any giant squid that Dr O'Shea has seen and this specimen is still
>immature, the NZ scientist believes."
>
>This is not small, isn't it?
>
>Any news on this specimen?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Gijs

I just caught the end of this on the TV news. The animal was laid out
on a bench, and had a longer mantle than any known Architeuthis (if I
heard correctly). The total length was about 6m (from memory!) and it
was estimated that it would have grown to at least twice this length.

That is one big animal.
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