Colossal squid

Colossal Squid,is also known as the Giant Cranch or Antartic Squid.Measuring longer than a school bus it measured around 26 feet (8 meters) long and weighed about 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms), but scientists believe the species may grow as long as 46 feet (14 meters),Sporting tentacles covered in razor-sharp hooks, the colossal squid is the stuff of nightmares. However, new research suggests the enormous sea creature may not be the fierce hunter of legend.Colossal squid lives some 3,000 to 6,000 feet (914 to 1,830 meters) beneath the Antarctic sea.

Squid is a effective predator:-The colossal squid is a predator, and it hovers in the dark depths of the ocean looking for prey. We know that colossal squid eat toothfish the squid on display was hauled up on a toothfish, still attached to the fish it had been eating. Toothfish caught on longlines often show signs of squid damage. Adult toothfish can grow up to two metres long, so the colossal squid is clearly a capable hunter, even in the dark.



Eye:-Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said that they had measured its eye at about 11 inches (28 centimeters) across—bigger than a dinner plate—making it the largest animal eye on Earth.with a lens as big as an orange, was found intact as the scientists examined the creature while it was slowly defrosted at New Zealand's national museum.

Feeding:-The colossal squid's beak is essentially its mouth. It is at the center of the ring of arms and tentacles.The beak has an upper part and a lower part, like that of a parrot, but with the lower part overlapping the upper one (kust like the parrot's is the other way around).The strong, sharp beak slices through the prey's flesh, reducing it to small pieces that pass into the buccal bulb,a mass of muscle that operates the beak. The food is further shredded by the rows of teeth on the radula, and the teeth that line the palatine palps.The chopped-up food goes through the narrow oesophagus (throat) which passes through the doughnut-shaped brain, then it goes into the stomach and caecum, where it is digested.One toothfish may sustain a colossal squid for several days.