NZ fishermen catch more than they bargain for

Fishermen off New Zealand have made an extremely rare catch: a Colossal Squid with eyes as big as dinner plates and razor-sharp hooks on its tentacles.

The 330lb, 16ft immature female “Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni” was caught on the surface of the Ross Sea, Auckland University of Technology research fellow Steve O’Shea said today.

Only one other Colossal Squid specimen is known to have been caught before, although beaks of others have been found in the stomachs of the sperm whales that prey on them.