giant squid

Scientists holds the arms of a colossal squid as they examine the squid at a national museum facility in Wellington, New Zealand.

A rare colossal squid was dissected in New Zealand — and you can watch it on YouTube

September 17, 2014Science

Last summer in the southern hemisphere, a fishing vessel in the Antarctic Ocean pulled up a rare creature — a 770-pound colossal squid. Only one other such animal had been pulled up intact before, surprisingly, by the same vessel. It is thought that the giant marine beast might be the origin of legends of undersea monsters. Scientists in New Zealand froze it to preserve it and just defrosted and dissected it.