[Biology & Species] Giant Squid News

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Giant squid washes ashore in the Cantabrian Sea; conservation plans
MercoPress
The Cantabrian Maritime Museum (MMC) in the north of Spain has concluded the conditioning for its conservation of a giant squid that was found washed ashore in a beach of Asturias and which was catalogued as an adult female of the cephalopod ...



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Mother Nature Network

Holy calamari! Elusive giant squid washes up on Spanish beach
[SIZE=-1]NBCNews.com
A giant squid, whose oversized eyes and gargantuan blob of a body make it look more mythical than real beast, washed ashore Tuesday at La Arena beach in the Spanish community of Cantabria. The beast measures some 30 feet (9 meters) in length and ...
Giant Squid Washes Ashore In Cantabria, Spain (VIDEO)[SIZE=-1]Huffington Post[/SIZE]
Rare giant squid found washed up on Spanish beach[SIZE=-1]Yahoo! News Canada (blog)[/SIZE]
Giant Squid Washes up on Cantabria Beach in Spain (+Photo)[SIZE=-1]The Epoch Times[/SIZE]
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Royal Caribbean helps transport giant squid to museum
Royal Caribbean Blog (blog)
There was one giant guest aboard a recent Royal Caribbean cruise that probably stuck out from all the other guests considering it was 6.5 feet long and tentacles. Two rare giant species of squid are on their way to the Smithsonian Institution's ...


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Yahoo!7 News​

Whale fond of giant squid
The Advocate
The squid beaks resemble parrot beaks, Mr Thalmann said. The beaks from the giant squid, which can grow to six metres in length, indicate what kind of diet the whale had. "[Giant squid] live in the depths of up to 2000 metres," Mr Thalmann said. "The ...
Sperm whale found dead on north-west beachABC Online

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Giant Squid Photo A Hoax- Did You Fall For It?
WebProNews
If you spend much time on social networks, you may have came across a viral photo of a giant squid that allegedly washed ashore along the Santa Monica coast line. The photo shows a huge squid and several people standing on the beach staring at the ...
Giant Squid Hoax - Photo of Giant Squid in Santa Monica FakeAmerican Live Wire
Giant Squid Satire: Photo of Santa Monica Giant Squid is a Hoax; Tricks SomeThe Epoch Times
Giant squid hoax, and other large creatures that aren't fakeOrlando Sentinel (blog)
Pete Thomas Outdoor -MyFox Los Angeles
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Giant Squid Satire: Photo of Santa Monica Giant Squid is a Hoax; Tricks Some
The Epoch Times
A an article showing of a giant squid with “radioactive gigantism” washed up on the coast of Santa Monica is a fake, but thousands of people shared and “liked” it on Facebook. The article, titled “Second Giant Sea Creature Washes Ashore Along Santa ...


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National Geographic​

160-Foot Giant Squid Hoax: How Big Do They Really Get?
National Geographic
An image of a monster 160-foot-long (49-meter-long) giant squid made the social media rounds yesterday, but fear not—it's a hoax. The photo of the enormous deep-sea denizen after it washed on to a beach in Santa Monica, California, accompanied a ...
Giant squid (hoax)Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Beached giant squid picture that went viral is deemed a HOAXMirror.co.uk
Giant Squid Washes Ashore in Santa Monica (Not Really)Patch.com
WebProNews -The Inquisitr -American Live Wire
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Giant squid captured off Japan, and this is no hoax
Pete Thomas Outdoor
A story published Thursday about a monstrous radioactive squid discovered on a Southern California beach was an obvious hoax. But this week off Japan, an actual giant squid was captured in a fisherman's net and died after it was hauled to the surface.


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Giant Squid Caught: Japanese Fisherman Says He's Sorry for Messing it Up
The Epoch Times
A giant squid recently caught by a Japanese fisherman made headlines this week, but the fisherman said he's sorry that he and his crew roughed up the large mollusk while trying to reel it in. “I wish we'd been able to make it more presentable ...
4-meter long live squid caught by Japanese fishermenFIS
Japanese fishermen catch live giant squid near Niigata PrefectureROCKETNEWS24
Giant Squid Caught in Japan, Rare Creature Exceeded 13 Feet in Length [VIDEO]Nature World News

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Phones Review​

Giant Squid California hoax prompts app downloads
Phones Review
If you're a fan of social media then it's quite possible that in the last few days you've seen a story about a giant squid that was washed ashore in Santa Monica, California. The story was absolutely massive and went viral, although the giant squid has ...


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