Click on the squid image above to learn more about this amazing animal. Click on image for full size (20K GIF) Windows original

For the first time ever a living giant squid has been photographed in its deep ocean habitat! Japanese scientists found and photographed the squid at about 3000 feet (900 meters) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

As the name implies, the squid are very large, up to 60 feet long. The one found by this research team was a mere 25 feet in length. The eyeballs of the giant squid are exceptionally large. Each eyeball is larger than a person's head, about 18 inches across.

Giant squid live by themselves in the deep ocean, typically far away from land. They are Mollusks, and are relatives of smaller squid and octopus. All squid, even the small ones, are carnivores and hunt their prey, but only giant squid can hunt animals as large as whales!

The research team took more than 500 pictures of the squid. Take a look at some of them by clicking here.

Click on the squid image above to learn more about this amazing animal. Click on image for full size (20K GIF) Windows original

For the first time ever a living giant squid has been photographed! Japanese scientists found and photographed the squid at about 3000 feet (900 meters) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

You can tell from the name that this type of squid is very large, up to 60 feet long. The one found by this research team was 25 feet long. They have very large eyeballs. Each eyeball is larger than a person's head, about 18 inches across.

Giant squid live by themselves in the deep ocean, typically far away from land. They are relatives of smaller squid and octopus. All squid, even the small ones, hunt to find food, but only giant squid can hunt animals as large as whales!

The research team took more than 500 pictures of the squid. Take a look at some of them by clicking here.

Click on the squid image above to learn more about this amazing animal. Click on image for full size (20K GIF) Windows original

For the first time ever a living giant squid has been photographed! Scientists took pictures of the squid deep below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

Giant squid are very large! The giant squid that was photographed was about as long as a school bus.

Giant squid live by themselves in the deep ocean, far away from land. They are related of smaller squid and octopus. All squid, even the small ones, hunt to find food, but only giant squid can hunt animals as large as whales!

The scientists took more than 500 pictures of the squid. Take a look at some of them by clicking here.