3 Newsworthy Giants of the Animal Kingdom

I’m pretty sure everyone’s heard of the colossal squid that’s been in the news lately, and, well, in the animal kingdom, like in Texas, bigger is better! Here’s the colossal squid and a couple more giants that got their 15-minutes.

Colossal Squid

This gigantic, 26-feet long (that’s 8 meter sticks!), more-than-a-thousand-pounder was caught last year and is only now getting to be examined in New Zealand. The Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is being thawed slowly for proper examination begins — apparently, it’s also the animal with the world’s largest eyeballs.

You’d imagine how much calamares it’d make, (and there would have been tons!) if not for the ammonia in its flesh. (Translated, it should taste/smell like stale urine.)

Giant Killer Croc

Pictures of this humongous croc has been circulating inboxes since 2003. Apparently, in Point Noire, in the Republic of Congo, several villagers started disappearing, and nobody had any ideas where they were until they found this huge 16-foot Nile crocodile. It took the army to take down this beast, and, well, they preserved it too, to check the insides for human remains.

Obese Chinese Cat

This 33-pound cat was apparently loved so much by its owner that it was fed what’s considered to be a feast for a cat everyday. News about this cat was reported in fluff segments of news programs, but animal rights thought making this cat obese was a form of animal abuse. The cat got too fat that it can no longer support its own weight with his legs.

~ by thebiglife on May 1, 2008.