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The ___1___
'Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni' may not be
familiar to you. How about the Colossal squid ?
There have been many shows about the Colossal squid ___2___
shipping vessels. So does this creature actually
exist ?
This species of squid was ___3___
identified in 1925 after two of its tentacles were
recovered from the belly of a sperm whale. Due to
the ___4___
size of the tentacles, one could only begin to ___5___
the size of the whole squid. The discovery sparked a
lot of imagination in the minds of sea ___6___
as well as movie directors. however, it was not
until 2003 that the first live Colossal squid was
brought to the ___7___
of the waters.
The 10-meter-long male squid, weighing about 500
kilograms, was the largest ever captured. However,
what would be even more ___8___
is to imagine how much larger the female would be,
as scientists, from their ___9___
of cephalopods, understand that the females would
definitely be significantly larger than their male ___10___
!
Living in the deepest oceans, it is hard to
imagine that the giant squids can be food for
others. Although it is hard to believe, the squids
are actually food for the Antarctic ___11___
whales. No wonder the sperm whales are not in danger
of going hungry any time ___12___
!
Do you know how big the eyes of the Colossal
squid are ? Well, you would be surprised to know
that their eyes are bigger than any other living
thing on earth ! Their eyes can be as big as beach ___13___
!
However, this Colossal squid remains largely a ___14___
to scientists despite being the biggest invertebrate
on Earth as their deep-sea ___15___
makes them very difficult to study. |
