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Published online 28 September 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050926-7
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Giant squid snapped in the deep
World's largest invertebrate is caught on camera for first time.
This is the first ever photograph of a giant squid in the wild. Japanese researchers snapped the eight-metre monster as it attacked their bait in the inky blackness almost a kilometre below the waves.
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