Comments on: B.T.W. – it’s a girl

By: Animals=amazing

Animals=amazing — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:09:47 +0000

@ comment 4, Sarah:

It would probably not be reasonable to think that judging by the other types of squid out there. In the case of the giant squid, for example, the female typically grows larger than the male. Thus, this might be the case for the colossal squid as well.

By: squidfan

squidfan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:24:38 +0000

right now for science im doing a project on this squid. PLEASE FIND MORE INFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: jadenmiler

jadenmiler — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:22:53 +0000

How many squids have you cautht

By: huriyyah

huriyyah — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:36:50 +0000

wow! the squid is so large! it is quite a confusion for me why eggs can’t be any bigger?

By: A Post Where Craig Pontificates About the Colossal Squid | Deep Sea News

A Post Where Craig Pontificates About the Colossal Squid | Deep Sea News — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:31:12 +0000

[...] of these was the 495kg giant caught over a year ago by fisherman in the Antarctic (oh yeah…she’s a girl!). Seeing the media consistently confuse the two species greatly saddens me. But hey if the media [...]

By: chrispaulin

chrispaulin — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:04:40 +0000

Fortunately this means there is no chance of either species becoming “commercial” – they are simply not edible

By: Chris Paulin

Chris Paulin — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01:08 +0000

The colossal squid, with its huge tail fin, seems to be a much more active swimmer than the giant squid. As Jean notes, the giant squid is thought to ‘hang’ in midwater and therefore requires the ammonia to maintain neutral bouyancy. The ammonia level is higher in the mantle (which is the part that ‘squid rings’ are made from) as the squid hangs with the tentacles downwards

By: Deep Sea News: colossal squid vs. giant squid « Science Notes

Deep Sea News: colossal squid vs. giant squid « Science Notes — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:35:48 +0000

By: Janice Munsinger

Janice Munsinger — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:43:27 +0000

Thank you Jean. So I assume the smaller squid have less ammonia, and thus scant traces of same.

By: Jean McKinnon

Jean McKinnon — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:03:02 +0000

Giant squid have ammonia in the tissue for buoyancy control. Ammonia is less dense than sea-water so the squid doesn’t sink, it remains neutrally buoyant and can hang in the water column and not expend too much energy.

The colossal squid I think is a much more active animal and perhaps doesn’t “hang out” so much