giant squid

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"This is the first record of a giant squid detected off Western Australia's coast using eDNA protocols and the northernmost record of A. dux in the eastern Indian Ocean," Dr. Kirkendale said.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

A giant squid was washed up dead at nearby Newburgh in 1998, but the suckers on the Forvie arms did not have teeth like a squid's.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Mr. Ellis spent much of his life traveling to exotic locales, where he bobbed around on boats and went diving in search of giant squid, great white sharks and other fantastical, elusive deep-sea creatures.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

Hitler boasts about his performance on a cognitive function test; a giant squid appears to save the day.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022

As I watched, the entire sea around her was sucked into the void—sharks, schools of fish, a giant squid.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan