Symbitted by: Anomalocaris42
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The giant squid, Architeuthis dux, evaded being photographed alive for the whole of the 20th century. Finally in January 2002 one was caught by chance off Japan and photographed; since then there have been half a dozen giant squid caught alive and photographed.
Here is a slideshow of all known living Architeuthis photographs. If anyone is aware of any other images, please drop me a line.
If anyone enjoyed this, please have a look at my 'Colossal Squid Gallery' for images of the giant squid's bigger cousin. I've also added a short video on belemnites which were extinct cousins of squid and only known from fossils.
For more information on these, and other cephalopods, please visit www.tonmo.com.

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Category: ANIMALS
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Are there videos of ... ( 1 year ago by Fernito69)

Are there videos of them?

hasnt anyone seen ... ( 11 months ago by vampirecephalopod)

hasnt anyone seen that video yet of the supposed architeuthis that looks to be larger than a whale? why am i the only person that has seen it? its on youtube..

oh wait,way for me ... ( 11 months ago by vampirecephalopod)

oh wait,way for me to read these comments. seems like mr transformer there has seen it. so hes the one..

thats well mad ... ( 11 months ago by danandmarie13)

thats well mad watch a doc on them the other day impressive creatures

dude. there is no ... ( 10 months ago by gurlie5654)

dude. there is no sound. Hello? not very interesting ~JAS

bastards killing ... ( 10 months ago by DjColossalSquid)

bastards killing those squids... squids kick ass. giant squid (architeuthis) are ok but colossal squid - Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni are even better. the largest ever measured was 56ft! now thats a monster...

thats the coolest ... ( 10 months ago by stewiegrifin17)

thats the coolest animal ever

theres a story i ... ( 9 months ago by enaler1001)

theres a story i read that back in WWII a sailor was fishing off his ship and he saw a green glow,he wondered and wondered what that large glow could be...when he realized it was an eye,then he realized it was a squid,he walked down the boat and the squid was just a little shorter than his boat...his boat was 175 feet long,this squid was atleast 100 feet long.

a truly beautiful ... ( 8 months ago by LTramp0)

a truly beautiful creature...

can't squids regroe ... ( 7 months ago by Bogmire11)

can't squids regroe tenticals?

the squid at 02.30 ... ( 7 months ago by nico2710)

the squid at 02.30 is over 60 ft. long! If that animal was a colossal squid the length would have been 120 ft. thats bigger than a blue whale!

vampirecephalopod i ... ( 7 months ago by nico2710)

vampirecephalopod i have seen too!

I've seen squid as ... ( 7 months ago by jordan0492)

I've seen squid as big as blue whales!!!!!

you wanna see big!? ... ( 7 months ago by jordan0492)

you wanna see big!? Go 1000 ft. under the Gulf of Mexico!

yeah.. but the ... ( 6 months ago by Niglpp)

yeah.. but the cossosol squid looked bad becuz it was like half frozen.. =\

picture 2 and 5 are ... ( 6 months ago by amerizone)

picture 2 and 5 are of the exact same squid sorry

That is the ... ( 5 months ago by DuBcItYfOo)

That is the craziest shit ever. Who knows what else can be deeper down the ocean cant wait until they discover an even bigger squid.

no u havent!!! ( 4 months ago by seanman1234567)

no u havent!!!

people should stop ... ( 4 months ago by magnacarta078)

people should stop worrying about going to mars and space travel for now all we need up their is satellites and thats it for now but what we need to worry about is what is in the ocean we no more about the moon than the ocean thats bullcrap

the squid at 2:30 ... ( 4 months ago by purplepride23)

the squid at 2:30 is actually estimated at 26 feet long from the 18 foot tentacle that broke off of it as they tried catching it.

Giant Squids have ... ( 4 months ago by CusterFlux)

Giant Squids have been known to hide in your closet and spread gossip - NEVER discuss marital issues within earshot - and if your credit cards have a slime film: cancel immediately. Also, never let one near your computer, what they can do to your face in Photoshop you DON'T want to know ...

or that is the area ... ( 2 months ago by mattismonkey27)

or that is the area that they live.

The Bacon Brother ... ( 2 months ago by WudUp28)

The Bacon Brother worte a song all about this

Oye mi´jo tu video ... ( 3 weeks ago by victorgabo)

Oye mi´jo tu video es chafa no tiene sonido, pero contiene buena información espero seas lo suficientemente inteligente para comprender estas lineas y no que seas un cerdo estadounidense carente de cerebro como lo son la mayoría.