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      First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild.

      Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
      Animals, Body Size, Decapodiformes, anatomy & histology, pathogenicity, physiology, Feeding Behavior, Japan, Pacific Islands, Pacific Ocean, Predatory Behavior, Video Recording

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          Abstract

          The giant squid, Architeuthis, is renowned as the largest invertebrate in the world and has featured as an ominous sea monster in novels and movies. Considerable efforts to view this elusive creature in its deep-sea habitat have been singularly unsuccessful. Our digital camera and depth recorder system recently photographed an Architeuthis attacking bait at 900 m off Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific. Here, we show the first wild images of a giant squid in its natural environment. Recovery of a severed tentacle confirmed both identification and scale of the squid (greater than 8 m). Architeuthis appears to be a much more active predator than previously suspected, using its elongate feeding tentacles to strike and tangle prey.

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                16321779
                1559985
                10.1098/rspb.2005.3158

                Chemistry
                Animals,Body Size,Decapodiformes,anatomy & histology,pathogenicity,physiology,Feeding Behavior,Japan,Pacific Islands,Pacific Ocean,Predatory Behavior,Video Recording

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