Nature & Environment

Live giant squid filmed off coast of Japan

By T.K. Randall
December 27, 2015

Image: Giant squid - Museum national d'histoire naturelle
Credit: Mgiganteus1 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) An enigma of the ocean's depths, the giant squid is so elusive that the first photograph of a live specimen wasn't obtained until 2002 when one turned up off Goshiki beach in Japan.

Even today trying to view one up close - especially a live one - has proven to be extremely challenging and we still know next to nothing about how they behave in the wild.

Last week however a rare opportunity presented itself when an underwater camera in Japan managed to pick up rare footage of a four-meter giant squid swimming near boat moorings.

The impressive video has since appeared online and can be viewed in the news report below.


Source: Vice.com

Tags: Giant Squid, Japan