For the first time ever, scientists have captured an image of a living giant squid (Architeuthis)!
The intrepid team (Tsunemi Kubodera and Kyoichi Mori) got the pix of the 25 foot long beast off the coast of Japan's Bonin Islands at a depth of 2,950 feet.
"Contrary to belief that the giant squid is relatively inactive, the squid we captured on film actively used its enormous tentacles to go after prey. It went after some bait that we had on the end of the camera and became stuck, and left behind a tentacle six meters long, " Mori said.
I mean, okay, it's not like getting an 8 x 10 glossy of Nessie, but still...
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