Japan Scientists Capture Giant Squid

Japanese scientists followed whales
to find the giant squid's habitat.An amazing first.

This is the first time that a human has seen a living giant squid with the naked eye.

The research team, led by Tsunemi Kubodera, videotaped the giant squid at the surface as they captured it off the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo earlier this month. The squid, which measured about 24-feet long, died while it was being caught.

The length of 24 feet means that this was just a junior-sized squid, with squids that are double that size being fairly common.