Caught on Video: Giant Squid

In 2006, this female giant squid attacked bait suspended beneath a Japanese research vessel off the coast of Japan in the Ogasawara Islands. This screenshot resulted when the research team pulled the 7-meter (24-foot) squid to the surface and videotaped her. It was the first time a giant squid was filmed alive. In 2012, researchers were able to capture video of a living giant squid in its natural habitat for the first time. 

Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Museum of Nature and Science of Japan/AP

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How About the Video?

We need to see the video of this creature, not just a screen shot.

Submitted by FormCritic (not verified) on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 1:50am.

Here is the video!

You are right about that! I added a link to the video in the caption, but here it is again.

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Submitted by Ocean Portal Team on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 10:25am.

But where is the film? all I

But where is the film? all I see is a jpg.

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:32pm.

I never saw a squid

I never saw a squid

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 02/20/2011 - 7:32pm.

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