Giant squid washed up the coast of New Zealand

A large squid with a total length of 7 meters, which lives in the deep sea, was discovered floating on the Kaikoura coast of New Zealand.

Detecting giant squid drifting the coast of New Zealand

The New Zealand Heral said yesterday that the squid is 7 meters long , with the body more than two meters and the longest tentacle is 5 meters. A man named Bruce Bennet saw a huge creature on the beach on May 13 and thought it drifted ashore the night before.

The giant squid is 7 meters long.(Photo: Kaikoura Marine Center and Aquarium)

Huge ink images are posted on the Kaikoura Marine Life Center Facebook page. The center said the eye of the squid was 19 cm in diameter. Biologist Megan Lewis said it was an adult female, but could not determine the exact age.

The ink is now taken into the aquarium and stored in a freezer with an external glass door.