15 Creatures Discovered By Fisherman In New Zealand
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I MEAN, I GUESS THAT’S PRETTY BIG
An astounding 22 feet long. That’s how big the squid was caught off New Zealand’s Southern Island in February 2007. With massive tentacles and weighing over a ton, the colossal squid is some of the sea’s most fearsome predators.
Thought to be the inspiration for legendary sea monsters, little is known about the colossal squid other than it lives in the deep ocean and eats whatever is smaller than itself – including other squids. Images of live specimens were rare until the 2000s when deep-sea submersible craft began to come across the massive cephalopods, although rarely.
This particular specimen – the first ever to be captured – can be found at New Zealand’s Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa frozen in a block of ice.
I MEAN, I GUESS THAT’S PRETTY BIG
An astounding 22 feet long. That’s how big the squid was caught off New Zealand’s Southern Island in February 2007. With massive tentacles and weighing over a ton, the colossal squid is some of the sea’s most fearsome predators.
Thought to be the inspiration for legendary sea monsters, little is known about the colossal squid other than it lives in the deep ocean and eats whatever is smaller than itself – including other squids. Images of live specimens were rare until the 2000s when deep-sea submersible craft began to come across the massive cephalopods, although rarely.
This particular specimen – the first ever to be captured – can be found at New Zealand’s Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa frozen in a block of ice.
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15 February 2023
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