What is the size of the largest giant squid on record?
Three fisherman were working not far off shore when they noticed a mass floating on the ocean they took to be wreckage. They investigated and found a giant squid had run aground. Using their anchor as a grappling hook they snagged the still living body and made it fast to a tree. When the tide went out the creature was left high and dry. When the animal died, the fishermen measured it and then chopped it up for dog meat. The body of the squid was twenty feet from tail to beak. The longer tentacles measured thirty five feet and were tipped with four inch suckers. Despite numerous attempts rarely has anyone ever seen a giant squid in the deep sea, so it is very hard for scientists to know much about how they live. One ambitious effort led by Clyde Roper in 1997 tried to capture pictures of a live squid in it’s natural habitat by employing sperm whales. A “crittercam” was attached to the back of a whale with the lens looking in the same direction as the nose of the animal. It was hoped th
