First giant squid caught on camera
Tsunemi Kubodera and Kyoichi Mori have caught a giant squid on camera for the first time ever. Using a set of dangled hooks coupled with a Japanese common squid and chopped shrimp as bait, the duo was able to catch an Architeuthis when it wrapped its tentacles around the bait, catching one of its tentacles on the jig.
Over the next four hours, they took more than 550 pictures of the squid as it tried to free itself. The squid was finally able to break free, but only after leaving a 5.5m tentacle attached to the hook. When it was retrieved, it was still functioning, sticking to the deck of the boat and Dr. Kubodera’s fingers.
This is the first time a giant squid has been caught on camera, and it shows that Architeuthis is not a sluggish hunter as had been thought. The 13m giant squid is not the largest type squid. Larger “Colossal squid” are thought to exist that are perhaps twice as large, though none have ever been seen.
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