Sky News reports: “The elusive giant squid is proving an illuminating subject of study for Japanese scientists. Footage, which for the first time captures the creature in its natural deep-sea realm, shows Taningia danaes emitting a dazzling display of light.” Click here to read the rest of the article.

Update: A New Zealand fishing crew caught another giant calamari

From the San Francisco Chronicle:


A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday. The squid, weighing an estimated 990 lbs and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said.

I think we can blame the giant calamari appearances on global warming. Maybe it’s too warm down there and they’re all swimming about trying to find a cooler place to live and bang! They run into Japanese scientists and New Zealand fishermen.

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