File:Colossal Squid South Georgia.jpg

Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) caught off South Georgia Island on June 25, 2005. First photograph of a living adult Colossal Squid.

Source: http://www.sgisland.org/pages/main/news23.htm (South Georgia Newsletter June 2005)

Copyright: © 2005 Ramon Ferreira Gomez

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