A team has succeeded in filming the giant squid in its natural habitat for the first time.
A team has succeeded in filming the giant squid in its natural habitat for the first time. |
The footage was captured by NHK and Discovery Channel with the help of Japan's National Science Museum. The giant squid was spotted at a depth of 630 meters using a submersible in July, some 15 kilometers east of Chichi Island in the north Pacific Ocean. The deep-sea creature was about three metres long.
But a squid specialist said he estimated it could be as long as eight meters including the squid's two long arms.
The giant squid, known as "Architeuthis" to scientists, is sometimes described as one of the last mysteries of the ocean and has been little explored.
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