Credit: Associated Press

Here’s yet another fish story: it's about a species of squid that grows up to 46 feet long, dives down 6,500 feet and has never been seen in its natural habitat -- the deep oceans.
Scientists call this behemoth Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni. But what does everyone else call it?

The Colossal Squid.

Scientists at New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, are thawing the corpse of one of the largest  ever caught -- a 26 footer -- to examine its anatomy, remove its stomach, beak and other parts and submit tissue sample for DNA analysis, The Associated Press reports. The examination will be broadcast on the Internet and the museum plans to put it on display in an 1,800 gallon tank of formaldehyde.

Naturally, one of the first questions a reporter asks is what would it taste like.

No word on that, but the AP reports that calamari rings made from this monster would be the size of tractor tires. I’m not big on calamari myself, but some people seen to think it’s good.

You can thank your local Chilean sea bass for this example. Fisherman caught it accidentally in 2007 off Antarctica, where they were fishing for Chilean sea bass, which is the market-friendly name for Patagonian toothfish.

The fisherman froze it and eventually it was acquired by the museum.

You can read more about it here

If you want to watch the examination, its being broadcast on the Internet. But be advised, they haven’t started the work yet, so all you can see is a large black hunk of what looks like goo. The examination will eventually be posted here.