Giant squid filmed for the first time

Japanese scientists have photographed for the first time in the wild a live giant squid, one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea.

Giant squid filmed for the first time

Japanese scientists have photographed for the first time in the wild a live giant squid, one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea.

The team led by Tsunemi Kubodera, from the National Science Museum in Tokyo, tracked the 25-foot-long Architeuthis as it attacked prey at 2,700 feet deep off the coast of Japan’s Bonin islands.

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