http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6357005.stm

Enormous deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, research shows.

Taningia danae's spectacular light show was revealed in video footage taken in deep waters off Chichijima Island in the North Pacific.

video:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6350000/newsid_6358600/6358609.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm

http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking-news/biggest-squid-found-in-antarctic-waters/2007/02/22/1171733941044.html

New Zealand fishermen in the Ross Sea have caught what's thought to be the largest squid ever found anywhere in the world, weighing an estimated 450kg.

Experts are yet to examine the whopper, but if original estimates are correct it is about 10 metres long and is 150kg heavier than the next biggest specimen ever found.

The creature is a colossal squid (scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) - a very large species that's shorter but much heavier than the better known giant squid.

The squid was caught after it was hauled to the surface munching on one of its favourite foods - a Patagonian toothfish the fishermen had hooked on a longline.