The footage shows the otherworldly animal walking slowly along the seafloor before suddenly stopping and pulsing the big fins ...

The photo showed a man in a wetsuit kneeling beside what appeared to be the large, tentacled, white-hued squid. The post had amassed more than 488,000 views as of this writing. Snopes contacted ...

The giant squid’s gullet passes through its doughnut-shaped brain. This means it cannot swallow large pieces of food. Giant squid have a parrot-like beak between their eight arms and two tentacles.

The Chilean Congress recently passed a bill regulating the catch of the giant squid and specifically banning trawling, with perpetrators facing fines of some US$ 38.000.

As the catching season seemed over for Puerto Deseado's fleet, the new finding brought relief to the squid sector and work now may continue for a while. The jigging fleet that was heading to ...