Why did it take so long to find giant squids?

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Anna Rothschild |

TED-Ed

• September 2024

In 1873, fishermen glimpsed what they thought was a shipwreck. But when they probed the mass, it moved— and huge, serpentine appendages soon besieged their boat. One fisherman took an axe to the animal, and it disappeared in a cloud of ink, leaving behind definitive evidence that giant squids were more than mythical monsters. So, what do we know about these creatures? Anna Rothschild investigates. [Directed by Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action creative agency, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].