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     • The massive, sucker-covered carcass of a giant squid washed onto the rocky shore of Scarborough Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday (Aug. 16). The beast, which measured nearly 14 feet (4.3 meters) long, was the second giant squid to crop up on a beach in the region this year, according to the South African news site news24.
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   How long is a giant squid carcass?

   • This giant squid carcass is over 16 feet long. NASA Giant squid, or the Architeuthis, might be the most mysterious beasts in the ocean, if not the world. In June, a NOAA expedition captured the first footage of a giant squid in American waters. It comes over 150 years since the first scientific documenting of them.

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   What makes a giant squid so big?

   • It’s the long, long tentacles and arms that make them so giant. If you can imagine eight arms and two giant tentacles all floating in the ocean in all directions—you can get the sense of how immense they are. The largest giant squid ever recorded by scientists was almost 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have weighed almost a ton.

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   How long do giant squid live?

   • Evidence from statoliths (a small mineralized mass that helps squid balance), which accumulate "growth rings" and can be used to measure age, suggests that giant squid live no more than five years -- which means each squid must grow incredibly quickly to reach 30 feet in just a few years!

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   How did a giant squid die?

   • When the current dragged the giant squid toward a Spanish beach in October 2016, the creature was already near death. Wounded and suffocating, she stayed alive in the shallows—far from the deep, frigid ocean she came from—long enough for a tourist to snap some photos. Then she died and washed ashore.

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   Based on this new method scientists believe the giant squid could reach lengths up to 66 feet (20 meters) long, making it potentially larger than the colossal squid, however, a real-life squid of this size has never been documented.

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   Aug 18, 2022 · For comparison, the largest giant squid ever seen measured a whopping 43 feet (13 m) long, and some studies suggest that the creatures could potentially reach 66 feet (20 m) long,...

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   News. Why giant squid, the once mythical kraken of the deep, are still mystifying scientists 150 years after they were discovered. James Pasley. Oct 19, 2019, 8:11 AM PDT. This giant squid...

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   Aug 31, 2021 · By Angus Dalton • August 31, 2021. Between roughly 1870 and 1890, a record number of giant squid corpses washed up on the beaches of Newfoundland, accelerating our understanding of the squid’s anatomy. Image credit: Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo. Reading Time: 8 Minutes • Print this page.

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   Mar 6, 2018 · A few days after the squid washed ashore, Guerra donned a smock and rubber boots and cut into its carcass. She was an immature female weighing in at 105 kilograms, or 231 pounds. Her mantle—the...

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   Oct 19, 2019 · NASA. This giant squid carcass is over 16 feet long. Giant squid, or the Architeuthis, might be the most mysterious beasts in the ocean, if not the world. In June, a NOAA expedition captured the...

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    Jun 26, 2019 · If you can imagine eight arms and two giant tentacles all floating in the ocean in all directions—you can get the sense of how immense they are. The largest giant squid ever recorded by scientists was almost 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have weighed almost a ton. Where does the giant squid live? Giant squid live deep underwater—in the ...