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Marine biologists in New Zealand studying the carcass of a colossal squid say they've measured its intact eye at eleven inches across, making it the largest animal eye on earth. (April 30)

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actually it's a ... ( 8 months ago by tepapamuseum)

actually it's a colossal squid. More information about it can be found on Te Papa's website.

who wants calamarie ... ( 7 months ago by anythingandnothing)

who wants calamarie rings?

sweet ( 7 months ago by Jawshh2)

sweet

lol this is nothing ... ( 6 months ago by kenanlambo)

lol this is nothing only 26 feet long, After many investigations I found out that in the middle of the atlantic ocean when you go about 9km (that is the ground) you will see there squids whith a size of 2 schoolbuses some squids even bigger so they are there about 70 feet long :p

colossal squids ... ( 6 months ago by LifeIsACookie9)

colossal squids have the biggest eyes..awesome..

yeah? no. ( 6 months ago by Aubreyy67)

yeah? no.

i know.... huge im ... ( 6 months ago by Aubreyy67)

i know.... huge im scared

Thats true.the ... ( 5 months ago by SgtToni)

Thats true.the giant squids(their name IS Giant Squid)are living in deep oceans and the Rumor of Kraken is come when vikings saw this Giant Squid surfaced or found it dead at coast.Vikings had a little light weight ships so Squids like that can easily wreck ship of Vikings...

I believe they were ... ( 5 months ago by Valter1223)

I believe they were referring to the size of the squid's body (disregarding the enlongated tentacles). Unfortunately, there has never been any scientific documentation of a giant squid measuring 70 feet long. In fact, the largest squid ever discovered measured a total of 43 feet in length, including the tentacles. Typically, the mantle (body) of giant squids averages around 7 feet long, with the tentacles accounting for most of the length (usually around 16 to 20 feet long).

its dead -_- ( 5 months ago by DPStickMaster)

its dead -_-

its way small ... ( 4 months ago by colashanacogh)

its way small compared to recent photos

Actually, I believe ... ( 3 months ago by pantheras54)

Actually, I believe this is a Colossal squid. It's another subspecies, very similar to the Giant squid, only larger. Colossal squids are estimated to grow between 39 - 46 ft [including tentacles]. Giant squid reach sizes of 33 - 43 feet[also including tentacles], depending whether they're male or female. Of course, there are always undocumented reports of larger sizes, so these are just estimates.

I think that Female ... ( 3 months ago by SgtToni)

I think that Female are bigger thn male,like lots of others species of fish too...

You can feed a ... ( 3 months ago by afiqer93)

You can feed a thousand people with that..

one ugly fucker ( 3 months ago by theslyfox1988)

one ugly fucker

Wow I wish I could ... ( 3 months ago by Zanmatt2g)

Wow I wish I could see it.

its not a giant ... ( 3 months ago by s4fer)

its not a giant squid its a colossal squid

"its not pretty" ( 3 months ago by andrewthebestes)

"its not pretty"

w8 this is dead ... ( 3 months ago by lidoflower)

w8 this is dead right? cuz in the water it still looks like its alive and moving

its not a female, ... ( 2 months ago by xurbition)

its not a female, there were looking for a separate arm a small tube "penis" a.k.a After doing more research on the Colossal Squid (which it is) because it has sharp hooks rather then suckers, and can swivel 360 degree. they found the small tube and is in fact a baby male. And it predicted that the females are twice as big as this one. Source of Evidence: SciFi channel and was on discovery channel 2hrs. Which I should have recorded.

Ah Dammit, I can't ... ( 2 months ago by Zynnical)

Ah Dammit, I can't find the actual clear shot of the eye pic anywhere. I remember watching the whole documentary thing on this, and when they showed the eye it looked bluish-green, and really nice, almost just like the human eye. The thing is though, I cant seem to find a place that actually has that shot. Anyone happen to know where exactly I can find it if its actually up here?

I found out today ... ( 1 month ago by OlleLindestad)

I found out today that one of the tutors on my animal physiology course was there, as an eye specialist, studying the squid. I'm quite sure he's in there at 0:50 (center right). So that's neat.

okay? ( 1 month ago by RobRob515)

okay?

WOW!! ( 1 week ago by 12066634jonatcoodt)

WOW!!