of biggest squid ever caught may be a minnow

Biggest squid ever caught may be a minnow: It weighs 495 kilograms (1,090 pounds), has eyes the size of dinner plates and is estimated at up to 10 metres (33 feet) long.[photo link]

But scientists say that the colossal squid on display at The Museum of New Zealand in Wellington is small compared to others still lurking in the depths.

The size of the lower beak of the catch was measured to be around 43 to 45 millimetres. Colossal squid lower beaks previously found in the stomachs of sperm whales have been as long as 49 millimetres.