[Stoat]

Comparative photos of tentacle / sucker differences.  The Colossal squid's are represented on the right and the bottom. The picture on the Left shows the tentacle of the Giant squid.

 

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  Fig. 2: tentacle club of Architeuthis, showing circular-saw-like sucker rings.

  

  Fig. 3: tentacle club of Mesonychoteuthis, with swiveling hooks.

  
  
   

  

  Fig. 4: Profile of Mesonychoteuthis tentacle club, showing hooks.

 

Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Nasty! These things were the source of all the old sailors' stories about the mythical "Kraken."

[Puddleglum]

Thanks for the facts and pics! That is one nasty, huge monster.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Nightmare stuff, hooked suckers. This is one nasty predator. Happy it never developed feet and air breathing lungs.

(I'm for the whales. Someone has to cull the squid...)

[r9etb]

I had no idea that squidology was still using tire-balance lead weights to provide a sizing scale.... I thought they'd upgraded to iPod-relative measures. ;-)

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Whoa. The Colossal Squid's testicles would rip a human apart.

[tet68]

I'm curious, why is a wheel weight in picture #4?

Oh, maybe it came from the tractor tire?

Odd.