Monster Squid Caught In Gulf of Mexico!
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
A rare giant squid was captured in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in decades.
The giant squid was caught by scientists July 30 off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s the first one identified in the Gulf of Mexico since 1954 but scientists figure there are a lot more out there. The creature’s capture was just announced Sept. 21.
The 19.5-foot-long, 103-pound squid was caught at depth of more than 1,500 feet in a special trawl net as part of a research cruise funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Wonder what else is down there.
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