8-meter giant squid filmed in the Pacific

    A giant squid was filmed live in the Pacific for the first time. 2013 starts well for natural history. This mass predator has always been shrouded in mystery, and any attempt to immortalize a live giant squid in its natural habitat so far has gone up in smoke.



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    Filmed for the first time live a squid giant in its natural habitat and in particular in the Pacific. 2013 starts well for natural history. This mass predator has always been shrouded in mystery, and any attempt to immortalize a giant squid dal vivo in my habitat so far it had gone up in smoke.

    Man will soon be able to meet one of the most mysterious and least known creatures on the planet: a giant alive and well, captured by the cameras of the Japanese NHK network and by the Discovery Channel. The video will be broadcast Sunday January 27, although NHK has already disclosed the first images.

    What makes it so special? One dimension above all. The body of Architeuthis (this is the scientific name) is about 3 meters long and has been traced to 630 meters of depth by scientists during an expedition aboard a submarine. Not to mention the tentacles. The total length of this giant has been estimated at around eight meters, as explained by the Japanese science museum.

    8-meter giant squid filmed in the Pacific

    The team from the two broadcasters filmed the oversized squid last July while it was around 15 kilometers of the island of Chichi, in the northern part of the Pacific. The three scientists aboard the submarine followed the squid up to 900 meters from the surface before seeing it disappear from their eyes and cameras, hiding in the depths of the abyss. But the Nhk has only now released the first images of the animal. “Our crew came face to face with the giant squid,” said Eileen O'Neill, Group President of Discovery and TLC Networks.

    The video also shows its huge eyes and suckers which are 5 centimeters in diameter. That of Giant Squid it is the largest among the species of squid and octopus, even if the most majestic of all is not the one just filmed. Somewhere in the depths of the sea there should be a specimen 18 meters long. This creature could be the "model" of legendary sea monsters from around the world.



    Tsunemi Kubodera of the Japanese Museum has explained that the video is very important because it will help scientists to learn more about this fascinating creature.

    Francesca Mancuso

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