“The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. It would take decades, however, before we finally came face to face with the colossal squid.
Under sombre, mausoleum lighting at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa rests a monster. Its enormous body lies in a huge glass coffin, thick tentacles trailing beneath a strange, mottled body…”
https://bbc.com/future/article/20250130-colossal-squid-the-eerie-ambassador-from-the-abyss
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