- Giant squids are so rare that a live one wasn't captured on video until 2004.
The photos amassed over 6,800 shares and show one of the brothers laying next to the giant squid. "My brother said 'what's that over there?' and pointed it out," Metro.uk quoted Daniel Aplin as saying in New Zealand Herald. He added, "It was right next to the track so we pulled over and we were like: 'It's a big squid'. It was pretty clean, nothing major on it."New Zealand's Department of Conservation confirmed that the creature was a giant squid which is the largest known cephalopod in the world and, likely, the largest invertebrate ever known to exist. Giant squids can range from three to nine meters in length and are so rare that a live one wasn't captured on video until 2004.
Marine scientists have also speculated on the existence of a species of squid called a 'colossal squid' that could measure up to 14 meters and live in the freezing waters around Antarctica. The giant squid discovered by the three brothers is currently with New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research for its examination.
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