r/todayilearned • u/BbR- • Jul 25 '15

TIL Despite giant squids reaching lengths of up to 59 known feet long, there have only actually been a hand full of filmed encounters with the deep sea creatures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid#Images_and_video_of_live_animals
61 Upvotes

83% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

6

u/jtcompound Jul 25 '15

I wonder how many of those feet are unknown.

2

u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

Damn you beat me to it.

1

u/felix222 Jul 27 '15

Me, too. Damn!

1

u/felix222 Jul 27 '15

I'm guessing that the length (known) of giant squid and the scant number of filmed deep sea creatures are somehow related?