Giant squid caught and videotaped by Japanese
Earlier in December, Japanese researchers captured a 24-foot-long squid. It is considered this was the first time anyone has successfully filmed a living giant squid. The sea creature died in the process of being caught.
Researchers said it put up quite a fight. It took two people to pull it in, but injuries killed it. Researchers said the female squid was not yet full-grown and was relatively small by giant squid standards.
This photo released by the National Science Museum taken in the North Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo shows a specimen of a deep-sea giant squid on December 4. Japanese scientists have released what they say could be the first live video footage of the elusive giant squid, exposing some of the creature's underwater secrets.
This giant squid was not the largest ever recorded. A specimen was found in 1887 that measured 60 feet that is equal to the height of a six-story building.
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A giant squid attacking a bait squid is pulled up by a research team off the Ogasawara Islands, south of Tokyo, on December 4. |
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