Colossal Squid is Nowhere Near as Cool as You'd Hoped Ravi Somaiya ยท 05/07/10 09:15AM Scientists now think that, instead of being a huge, whale-hunting badass, the 45-foot-long collosal squid โ a mass of giant eyes and be-toothed arms โ is probably just a slow, ambush and scavenge predator. [BBC]