Giant squid captured — on film
Giant squid, like something straight out of Jules Verne’s novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, have been washed ashore on Tasmania’s coast many times. In fact, Tasmania is something of a hot spot for giant squid, according to David Pemberton, senior curator of zoology at The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
But to date, all the specimens seen here in Tasmania, in New Zealand and a few other places around the world, have been dead.
Until now. The giant squid above was captured on film by Japanese scientists. The carcass below was found on a Tasmanian beach.
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