WATCH: A Rare Look at a Real Sea Monster
The Kraken has been released.
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The giant squid may grow up to 43 feet in length, but the creatures are pretty rare–so rare, in fact, they were once thought to be a myth. A recent video made under the waters of Japan’s Toyama Bay, however, seems to show giant squids are both real and pretty spectacular.
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Citing Japanese reports, Motherboard reported the stately creature was captured on video on Christmas Eve, 2015, by a submersible camera roaming beneath boats moored in the bay.
Thing is, this could just be a baby, where these types of squid are concerned. Giant squids could even reach a length of up to 60 feet in the depths of the ocean, big enough to take on other epic sea creatures, like the whale shark.
And that’s a battle we’d stand in line to see, should it ever make it to video.