The first photographs of a live giant squid – one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean – suggest it is a more active creature than previously thought. Until now the only information about the behavior of the creatures has been based on dead or dying squid washed up on shore or captured in commercial fishing nets. calamari octopus giant large big huge fishing line cought in the ocean


This photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, an 8-meter (26-foot)-long Architeuthis attacks a prey hung by a white rope, left, at 900 meters (yards) deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo, in the fall of 2004. The camera was operated by remote control. * This is a photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, showing a 6-meter (20-foot) tentacle that belonged to Architeuthis when it was photographed for the first time at 900 meters (yards) deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo, in the fall of 2004. The tentacle was left after it became stuck with a bait. *



This is a photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, showing a 6-meter (20-foot) tentacle that belonged to Architeuthis. The tentacle was left behind after it became stuck with a bait. Researchers ran DNA tests on the tentacle and found it matched those of other giant squids found around Japan.
This is a photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, showing a 6-meter (20-foot) tentacle that belonged to Architeuthis. The tentacle was left behind after it became stuck with a bait. Researchers ran DNA tests on the tentacle and found it matched those of other giant squids found around Japan.
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This is a photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, showing an 8-meter (26-foot) long Architeuthis attacking prey hung by a rope, white line at left, at 900 meters (yards) deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo, in the fall of 2004.
This is a photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, showing an 8-meter (26-foot) long Architeuthis attacking prey hung by a rope, white line at left, at 900 meters (yards) deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo, in the fall of 2004. *


his is a photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, showing an 8-meter (26-foot) long Architeuthis attacking prey hung by a rope, white line at left, at 900 meters (yards) deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo, in the fall of 2004. *



Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum, speaks to The Associated Press about a giant squid his research team photographed in the wild for the first time at the museum in Tokyo.
Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum, speaks to The Associated Press about a giant squid his research team photographed in the wild for the first time at the museum in Tokyo. *



Japanese researcher Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera smiles as he shows a giant squid on display at the National Science museum in Tokyo.
Japanese researcher Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera smiles as he shows a giant squid on display at the National Science museum in Tokyo. *

Japanese researcher Dr Tsunemi Kubodera shows on his laptop picture taken for the first time of a giant squid, the 26-foot Architeuthis, at the National Science Museum in Tokyo.
Japanese researcher Dr Tsunemi Kubodera shows on his laptop picture taken for the first time of a giant squid, the 26-foot Architeuthis, at the National Science Museum in Tokyo. *
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apanese researcher Dr Tsunemi Kubodera points to where a giant squid takes a bait of the common squid, as he shows on his laptop photographs taken for the first time of the 26-foot Architeuthis in the wild, at the National Science Museum in Tokyo. *