The sea is one of the most unexplored and strange places on planet earth. Despite the fact that it covers most of the globe, humans only know a small percentage of species and the territory that is hidden under the oceans. One of the strangest creatures is the Giant squid which was only sighted a handful of times and now a Japanese couple came across one while diving in the Hyogo region.
Source: (Accuweather)
Yosuke Tanaka and his wife Miki, owners of a diving company in the city of Toyooka, were at sea where they were alerted to this cephalopod by a fishing equipment salesman who saw it in a bay. “When we arrived, he was there, he was a Giant squid”, affirmed the man who was surprised by how he moved. “We didn’t see the agile movements that other marine creatures have, their tentacles and fins were very slow,” he remarked.
Animals of this type They live near the waters of Tokyo and from time to time they end up on the shores after fighting against sperm whales and other types of carnivorous whales that are their main predators. Despite seeing the giant squid alive is an experience that very few people lived because there are very few known specimens and they usually live at great depths.
“We could see how the tentacles were moving and I thought how dangerous it would be if I grabbed you with one and took you to the depths,” said the Japanese diver.. He also confirmed to AFP that he was impressed by his immense size, not only his body but also his eyes, as well as the strength that he imagined he had to fight against his predators.
similar sighting
These animals, although they are more sighted in the vicinity of the Japanese islands, seem to live in all the world’s oceans, although usually more hidden. However, in 2021 one of these creatures surprised the world by appearing in a small video.
It is that the company OceanX, which studies the deepest parts of the oceans, was recording a video in a sunken ship 850 meters in the Red Sea when suddenly a Giant squidwho appeared to be larger than a person, appeared for a few seconds in front of the camera.
