Hydroponic squid is nearly 10 meters long, weighs 181.4kg

The giant squid that appears in Cantabria, Spain has the scientific name of Architeuthis Dux - one of the mysterious giant squid species.

On Tuesday, curious people living around Cantabria, Spain, were satisfied when they witnessed the shape of a giant "ghost squid" or " giant squid" in length. ten meters.

It is known that this giant squid is 9.14m long and weighs 181.4kg. This is one of the mysterious giant squid that scientists are still working on. It has a scientific name is Architeuthis Dux.

Enrique Talledo, a witness who is also the owner of these giant squid photos, said the squid died in the ocean environment, then drifted ashore. However, its corpse condition remained stable except for one tentacle that had broken.

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The corpses of giant ink drifted to the coast on Tuesday

In addition, Mr. Talledo described, the eyes of this giant mollusk are huge and real. Normally, the sales of each giant squid can be more than 25cm, equivalent to the size of a volleyball. Scientists believe that big eyes help them detect card objects in dark living environments.

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The eyes are as big as a volleyball

According to scientific documents recorded, giant squid species often live at a depth of 300 to 900m. Therefore, the information about this giant "sea monster" has always been a mysterious work for scientists.

The corpses of the giant squid were transferred to the Cantabria Museum of Oceanography to clean and preserve frozen while waiting for a dispute between the museum's scientific researchers and the local government.