# Giant squid on camera
Reported a few weeks back; the first pictures of a live giant squid, taken by Japanese scientists in the Pacific. An 8 metre long squid is a big-ass critter, and dead specimens up to 18 metres in length have been found.
It's incredible that despite how much of this planet we've charted, measured, studied and Google-mapped, the deepest recesses of our oceans are still unreachable, and we have absolutely no idea what's down there.
It's incredible that despite how much of this planet we've charted, measured, studied and Google-mapped, the deepest recesses of our oceans are still unreachable, and we have absolutely no idea what's down there.
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