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Collosal Squid Has World's Biggest Eyes

Posted Apr 30, 08 7:27 PM CDT in Science & Health 

(Newser) – With eyes bigger than dinner plates and orange-sized lenses, a colossal squid being dissected by New Zealand scientists boasts the biggest peepers of any animal—and larger relatives could lurk in the deep, the Telegraph reports. It's "certainly not the largest specimen out there," said one marine biologist, who believes a fully grown colossal squid could weigh in at 1,650 pounds.

Scientists say the largest could reach 46 feet in length and would be quite deadly, with hundreds of sharp hooks on its tentacles as well as a large and powerful beak. "It's endowed with a killer arsenal," another scientist commented. "Everything about it."

Source Daily Telegraph (UK)

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