creature weighing more than a baby elephant and over twice the size of a grown man, have put it in a freezer for safe keeping.
Giant squid can grow up to 43 feet long, and their terrifying size is thought to have inspired belief in the existence of the kraken, a mythological sea monster.They’re also extremely shy, having never been photographed alive before 2002, and only being filmed for the first time in 2006.But now one lucky group of beachgoers have had their own close encounter with the huge creature, finding one washed up on the shores of Britannia Bay, South Africa.Pictures from one of the group, Adéle Grosse, shows the sea beast intact with a huge cone-shaped body, enormous eyes – the largest in the animal kingdom – and eight.