Cephalopod attack

It is a tough structure made of chitin and marks the beginning of the cephalopod's digestive system.

Colossal squid use their beaks for shearing and slicing their prey's flesh to allow the pieces to travel the narrow esophagus.

The largest beak ever discovered in this way had a lower rostral length of 49 millimeters (1+15⁄16 in), indicating that the original squid was 600 to 700 kilograms (1,300 to 1,500 lb).

Estimates of the number of recorded fatalities caused by blue-ringed octopuses vary, ranging from seven to sixteen deaths; most scholars agree that there have been at least eleven.

The artist responsible admitted it was "a multimedia art project and social experience – not maliciously – about how gullible people are".

The most common question that arises about giant squid is whether these huge animals attack humans or pose a threat to ships.

We can assume that the hull of the ship could have been viewed as the body of a Patagonian Toothfish, as the places they tried to bite into were where the brains are located.

An artistic illustration: Giant octopus attacks ship
Another artistic illustration: Giant squid attacks boat
A human hand holding a colossal squid beak, the beak is significantly larger than the hand.
A colossal squid beak.