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.

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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