When you read the title you probably thought that this squid was a Giant Squid, Architeuthis, but then you, like me, would be wrong. This squid is said to be a different kind of squid called a Colossal Squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni. These squids are capableof growing larger then Giant Squids, up to estimated lengths of 46 feet long.
This record breaking Colossal Squid was caught by New Zealand fisherman fishing for Patagonian toothfish. As they were bringing up a Toothfish the squid attacked the fish. This squid weighed in at anestimated 990 pounds!
To put this into perspective, "if calamari rings were made from the squid they would be the size of tractor tires."
