Photo: Colossal Squid Has Glowing "Cloaking Device," Huge Eyes

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A technician in a lab at New Zealand's Te Papa Tongarewa museum shines a light into the eye of a defrosting colossal squid on April 30, 2008. At almost 11 inches (28 centimeters) wide, the animal's eyes are thought to be the world's biggest.

Photograph by Marty Melville/Getty Images

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