Editing Giant squid (section)

== Timeline ==
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{{main|List of giant squid specimens and sightings}}
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[[File:Alecton giant squid 1861.png|thumb|upright|[[French corvette Alecton|''Alecton'']] attempts to capture a giant squid in 1861]]
[[Aristotle]], who lived in the fourth century BC, described a large squid, which he called ''teuthus'', distinguishing it from the smaller squid, the ''teuthis''. He mentions, "of the calamaries, the so-called ''teuthus'' is much bigger than the ''teuthis''; for ''teuthi'' [plural of ''teuthus''] have been found as much as five [[ell]]s [5.7 metres] long".<ref>{{cite book |author=Aristotle |author-link=Aristotle |url=http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/history_anim.mb.txt |title=Historia Animalium |access-date=11 June 2008 |archive-date=4 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704203420/http://classics.mit.edu//Aristotle/history_anim.mb.txt |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Pliny the Elder]], living in the first century AD, also described a gigantic squid in his ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'', with the head "as big as a cask", arms {{convert|30|ft|abbr=on}} long, and carcass weighing {{convert|700|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Ellis>{{cite book |author-link=Richard Ellis (biologist) |author=Ellis, R. |year=1998 |title=[[The Search for the Giant Squid]] |publisher=Lyons Press |place=London, UK}}</ref>{{rp|11}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Pliny |author-link=Pliny the Elder |title=Naturalis Historia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/ellis-squid.html |title=The search for the Giant Squid: Chapter One |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307000803/http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/ellis-squid.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tales of giant squid have been common among mariners since ancient times, and may have led to the [[Norse mythology|Norse]] legend of the ''[[kraken]]'',<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Kraken: When myth encounters science |year=2014|doi=10.1590/S0104-59702014000300010 |last1=Salvador |first1=Rodrigo B. |last2=Tomotani |first2=Barbara M. |journal=História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=971–994 |pmid=25338036 |doi-access=free |hdl=20.500.11755/3cfbff1d-83b6-492e-b6df-c4133a84a0e6 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> a tentacled [[sea monster]] as large as an island capable of engulfing and sinking any ship. [[Japetus Steenstrup]], the describer of ''Architeuthis'', suggested a giant squid was the species described as a [[sea monk]] to the [[Christian III of Denmark|Danish king Christian&nbsp;III]] ''circa'' 1550.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/07/sea-monks-sea-bishops-and-the-mysterious-umibozu-of-japan/ |title=Sea Monks, Sea Bishops, and the Mysterious Umibōzu of Japan |website=mysteriousuniverse.org|access-date=2017-10-24 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071109/https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/07/sea-monks-sea-bishops-and-the-mysterious-umibozu-of-japan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Lusca]] of the [[Caribbean]] and [[Scylla]] in [[Greek mythology]] may also derive from giant squid sightings. Eyewitness accounts of other sea monsters like the [[sea serpent]] are also thought to be mistaken interpretations of giant squid.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Henry |title="The Great Sea Serpent", Sea Monsters Unmasked, The Fisheries Exhibition Literature 3 |publisher=London: William Clowes and Sons |year=1883 |pages=67}}</ref> Nevertheless, the historian [[Otto Latva]], who has studied the past interactions between humans and giant squid, has pointed out that many old stories about sea monsters were not associated with giant squid until the late 19th century. Latva has proposed that the giant squid was ''monsterized'' in the 19th century by natural historians and other writers. Regarding seafarers' relationship with giant squid, he explains it as being pragmatic: they did not perceive giant squid as monsters, but as sea animals that could be utilized in various ways.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Latva |first=Otto |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003311775 |title=The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture: The Monsterization of Molluscs |date=2023-05-11 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-31177-5 |edition=1 |location=London|doi=10.4324/9781003311775}}</ref>

Steenstrup wrote a number of papers on giant squid in the 1850s. He first used the term ''"Architeuthus"'' (this was the spelling he chose) in a paper in 1857. A portion of a giant squid was secured by the French [[corvette]] [[French corvette Alecton|''Alecton'']] in 1861, leading to wider recognition of the genus in the scientific community. From 1870 to 1880, many squid were stranded on the shores of Newfoundland. For example, a specimen washed ashore in [[Thimble Tickle Bay]], Newfoundland, on 2 November 1878; its mantle was reported to be {{convert|6.1|m|abbr=on}} long, with one tentacle {{convert|10.7|m|abbr=on}} long, and it was estimated as weighing {{Convert|1|ST|1}}.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11329#/summary |title=Report on the cephalopods of the northeastern coast of America |pages=15–16 |last=Verrill |first=Addison Emery |year=1882 |via=biodiversitylibrary.org |access-date=30 April 2018 |archive-date=2 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602081809/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11329#/summary |url-status=live }}</ref> Many of these specimens were not preserved, often being processed into manure or animal feed.<ref name=":0" /> In 1873, a squid "attacked" a [[Moses Harvey|minister]] and a young boy in a [[Dory (boat)|dory]] near [[Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Bell Island]], Newfoundland. Many strandings also occurred in New Zealand during the late 19th century.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

[[File:Logy bay giant squid 1873.png|thumb|left|upright|Giant squid from [[Logy Bay–Middle Cove–Outer Cove|Logy Bay]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], in Reverend [[Moses Harvey]]'s bathtub, November/December 1873]]
Although strandings continue to occur sporadically throughout the world, none have been as frequent as those at Newfoundland and New Zealand in the 19th century. It is not known why giant squid become stranded on shore, but it may be because the distribution of deep, cold water where squid live is temporarily altered. Many scientists who have studied squid mass strandings believe they are cyclical and predictable. The length of time between strandings is not known, but was proposed to be 90&nbsp;years by ''Architeuthis'' specialist [[Frederick Aldrich]]. Aldrich used this value to correctly predict a relatively small stranding that occurred between 1961 and 1968.<ref name="Ellis" />

In 2004, another giant squid, later named "Archie", was caught off the coast of the [[Falkland Islands]] by a [[fishing trawler]]. It was {{convert|8.62|m|abbr=on}} long and was sent to the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] in London to be studied and preserved. It was put on display on 1 March 2006 at the [[Natural History Museum, London#The Darwin Centre|Darwin Centre]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1720435,00.html |title=Giant sea creature goes on display |access-date=3 May 2010 |last=Jha |first=Alok |date=1 March 2006 |work=The Guardian |location=London, UK |archive-date=10 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210140144/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1720435,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Holroyd2005">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/new-squid-on-the-ice-block/2005/12/20/1135032018280.html |title=New squid on the (ice) block |access-date=31 August 2010 |author=Holroyd, Jane |date=21 December 2005 |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne, Australia |archive-date=28 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728082526/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/new-squid-on-the-ice-block/2005/12/20/1135032018280.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/feb/news_5255.html |title=Giant Squid goes on display |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420195441/http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/feb/news_5255.html |archive-date=20 April 2006 |publisher=Natural History Museum |date=28 February 2006}}</ref> The find of such a large, complete specimen is very rare, as most specimens are in a poor condition, having washed up dead on beaches or been retrieved from the stomachs of dead sperm whales.

Researchers undertook a painstaking process to preserve the body. It was transported to England on ice aboard a trawler, then defrosted, which took about four days. The major difficulty was that thawing the thick mantle took much longer than the tentacles. To prevent the tentacles from [[Decomposition|rotting]], scientists covered them in ice packs, and bathed the mantle in water. Then they injected the squid with a formol-saline solution to prevent rotting. It is now on show in a {{Convert|9|m|abbr=on}} glass tank at the Darwin Centre of the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

[[File:Giant squid melb aquarium03.jpg|thumb|The giant squid specimen preserved in a block of ice at the [[Melbourne Aquarium]]]]
[[File:Giant squid (Architeuthis sanctipauli) replica in Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France).jpg|thumb| Specimen of giant squid nicknamed ''Wheke'' [[plastination|plastinated]] from 2005 and displayed on 26&nbsp;March 2008 in the [[Grande galerie de l'Évolution]] of the [[National Museum of Natural History, France|National Museum of Natural History]] in Paris.]]

In December&nbsp;2005, the [[Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium|Melbourne Aquarium]] in Australia paid A$100,000 for the intact body of a {{convert|7|m|ft|-long|adj=mid}} giant squid, preserved in a giant block of ice, which had been caught by fishermen off the coast of New Zealand's [[South Island]] that year.<ref name="Holroyd2005" />

The number of known giant squid specimens was close to 700 in 2011,<ref name="Guerra et al. 2011">{{cite journal |last1=Guerra |first1=Á. |last2=González |first2=Á.F. |last3=Pascual |first3=S. |last4=Dawe |first4=E.G. |year=2011 |title=The giant squid ''Architeuthis'': An emblematic invertebrate that can represent concern for the conservation of marine biodiversity |url=https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/44216/1/BIOL%20CONSERV%20%2007.04.%202011-1.pdf |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=144 |issue=7 |pages=1989–1997 |doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.021 |bibcode=2011BCons.144.1989G |hdl=10261/44216 |hdl-access=free |access-date=20 March 2019 |archive-date=19 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819054504/http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/44216/1/BIOL%20CONSERV%20%2007.04.%202011-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and new ones are reported each year. Around 30 of these specimens are exhibited at museums and aquaria worldwide.<ref name="Guerra et al. 2011"/> The [[Museo del Calamar Gigante]] in [[Luarca]], Spain, had by far the largest collection on public display, but many of the museum's specimens were destroyed during a storm in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.levante-emv.com/comarcas/2014/02/04/calamar-gigante-gandia-salva-temporal/1075304.html |title=El calamar gigante de Gandia se salva del temporal del Cantábrico |website=Levante-EMV |date=4 February 2014 |language=es |access-date=12 April 2014 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617102753/http://www.levante-emv.com/comarcas/2014/02/04/calamar-gigante-gandia-salva-temporal/1075304.html |url-status=live }} <!--https://www.webcitation.org/6NsfoK9JS--></ref>

The search for a live ''Architeuthis'' specimen includes attempts to find live young, including larvae. The larvae closely resemble those of ''[[Nototodarus]]'' and ''[[Onykia]]'', but are distinguished by the shape of the mantle attachment to the head, the tentacle suckers, and the beaks.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

=== Images and video of live animals ===
{{Main|List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2001–2014)#Quest for a live animal}}
By the turn of the 21st century, the giant squid remained one of the few extant [[megafauna]] to have never been photographed alive, either in the wild or in captivity. Marine biologist and author [[Richard Ellis (biologist)|Richard Ellis]] described it as "the most elusive image in natural history".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nuwer |first1=Rachel |author-link=Rachel Nuwer |title=Elusive Giant Squid Captured on Film for the First Time |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/elusive-giant-squid-captured-on-film-for-the-first-time-540930/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine|access-date=13 October 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124011935/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/elusive-giant-squid-captured-on-film-for-the-first-time-540930/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Ellis />{{rp|211}} In 1993, [[Onykia robusta#Confusion with Architeuthis|an image purporting to show a diver with a live giant squid]] (identified as ''Architeuthis dux'') was published in the book ''European Seashells''.<ref>{{cite book |author1-link=Guido Poppe |author1=Poppe, G.T. |author2=Goto, Y. |year=1993 |title=European Seashells |publisher=Hemmen}}</ref> However, the animal in this photograph was a sick or dying ''[[Onykia robusta]]'', not a giant squid.<ref name=Norman /><ref name=Ellis/>{{rp|211}} The first footage of live (larval) giant squid ever captured on film was in 2001. The footage was shown on ''Chasing Giants: On the Trail of the Giant Squid'' on the [[Discovery Channel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.niwa.cri.nz/news/mr/2002/2002-02-28-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625030821/http://www.niwa.cri.nz/news/mr/2002/2002-02-28-1 |archive-date=2008-06-25 |title=Chasing giants: On the trail of the Giant Squid |website=niwa.cri.nz |date=28 February 2002}}</ref>

==== First images of live adult ====
[[File:Live giant squid first image.jpg|thumb|The specimen from Goshiki beach is seen here tied with a rope, its delicate skin only partially intact. Muscular constriction around the squid's eye obscures much of its surface in this image.<ref>{{cite news |author-link=Steve O'Shea |author=O'Shea, S. |date=4 October 2003 |url=http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11880&postcount=14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919124358/http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11880&postcount=14 |id=11880 |archive-date=2012-09-19 |title=Re: Living ''Architeuthis'' photo |website=The Octopus News Magazine Online}}</ref>]]
The first image of a live mature giant squid was taken on 15 January 2002, on Goshiki beach, [[Kyōtango|Amino Cho]], [[Kyoto Prefecture]], Japan.<ref>{{cite news |author-link=Steve O'Shea |author=O'Shea, S. |date=4 October 2003 |url=http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11852&postcount=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204210053/http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11852&postcount=2 |archive-date=2013-02-04 |id=11852 |title=Re: Living ''Architeuthis'' photo |website=The Octopus News Magazine Online}}</ref><ref name="Kyoto">{{cite web |date=2002-02-01 |title= |script-title=ja:巨大イカ現れる |trans-title=Giant squid appears !! |url=http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/2-topicnews/news/2002/02-02-01/mega-squid/mega-squid-01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217194915/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/2-topicnews/news/2002/02-02-01/mega-squid/mega-squid-01.html |archive-date=2005-12-17 |website=Kyoto Prefecture Web Site |language=ja}} ({{cite web |date=2002-02-01 |script-title=ja:巨大イカ現れる |url=http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/2-topicnews/news/2002/02-02-01/mega-squid/mega-squid-02.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217194940/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/2-topicnews/news/2002/02-02-01/mega-squid/mega-squid-02.html |archive-date=2005-12-17 |at=second page}})</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=ja |url=http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/daiouika.html |script-title=ja:丹後の海の生き物（ダイオウイカ） |website=Kyoto Prefecture Web Site |date=13 December 2006 |access-date=3 June 2009 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227094850/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/daiouika.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=ja |url=http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/1203640969890.html |script-title=ja:ダイオウイカが舞鶴市神崎海岸に漂着しました |website=Kyoto Prefecture Web Site |date=January 2008 |access-date=3 June 2009 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224182148/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/1203640969890.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{excessive citations inline|date=March 2024}} The animal, which measured about {{convert|2|m|abbr=on}} in [[mantle (mollusc)|mantle]] length and {{convert|4|m|abbr=on}} in total length,<ref name=Kyoto/> was found near the water's surface. It was captured and tied to a [[Wharf|quay]], where it died overnight.<ref name=Kyoto/> The specimen was identified by Koutarou Tsuchiya of the [[Tokyo University of Fisheries]]. It is on display at the [[National Museum of Nature and Science|National Science Museum of Japan]].

==== First observations in the wild ====
The first photographs of a live giant squid in its natural habitat were taken on 30 September 2004, by [[Tsunemi Kubodera]] ([[National Science Museum of Japan]]) and [[Kyoichi Mori]] ([[Ogasawara Whale Watching Association]]).<ref name=first/> Their teams had worked together for nearly two years to accomplish this. They used a five-ton fishing boat and only two crew members. The images were created on their third trip to a known [[sperm whale]] hunting ground {{convert|970|km|-2|abbr=on}} south of Tokyo, where they had dropped a {{Convert|900|m|abbr=on}} line baited with squid and shrimp. The line also held a camera and a flash. After over twenty tries that day, an {{convert|8|m|abbr=on}} giant squid attacked the lure and snagged its [[tentacle]]. The camera took over 500 photos before the squid managed to break free after four hours. The squid's {{convert|5.5|m|abbr=on}} tentacle remained attached to the lure. Later [[DNA]] tests confirmed the animal as a giant squid.<ref name=first />

[[Image:Giantsquidphoto2.png|thumb|left|One of the series of images of a live giant squid taken by Kubodera and Mori in 2004]]

On 27 September 2005, Kubodera and Mori released the photographs to the world. The photo sequence, taken at a depth of {{convert|900|m}} off Japan's [[Bonin Islands|Ogasawara Islands]], shows the squid homing in on the baited line and enveloping it in "a ball of tentacles". The researchers were able to locate the likely general location of giant squid by closely tailing the movements of sperm whales. According to Kubodera, "we knew that they fed on the squid, and we knew when and how deep they dived, so we used them to lead us to the squid". Kubodera and Mori reported their observations in the journal ''[[Proceedings of the Royal Society]]''.<ref name=first />

Among other things, the observations demonstrate actual hunting behaviors of adult ''Architeuthis'', a subject on which there had been much speculation. The photographs showed an aggressive hunting pattern by the baited squid, leading to it impaling a tentacle on the bait ball's hooks. This may disprove the theory that the giant squid is a drifter which eats whatever floats by, rarely moving so as to conserve energy. The observations suggest that the species has a much more aggressive feeding technique.

===== First video of live adult in natural habitat =====<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Live giant squid video December 4 2006.jpg|thumb|A still image from the first video of a live adult giant squid, showing the intact reddish skin of this species, which is almost always damaged in stranded or trawl caught specimens. The animal can be seen holding onto the smaller squid which was initially caught on the line.<ref name=video />{{ifdc|1=Live giant squid video 4 December 2006.jpg|log=2009 April 12}}]] -->
In November 2006, American explorer and [[Underwater diving|diver]] [[Scott Cassell]] led an expedition to the [[Gulf of California]] with the aim of filming a giant squid in its natural habitat. The team employed a novel filming method: using a [[Humboldt squid]] carrying a specially designed camera clipped to its fin. The camera-bearing squid caught on film what was claimed to be a giant squid, with an estimated length of {{convert|40|ft}}, engaging in predatory behavior.<ref name="Board">{{cite web |url=http://www.underseavoyagerproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=69 |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Undersea Voyager Project |year=2010 |access-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224011837/http://www.underseavoyagerproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=69 |archive-date=24 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="EG">{{cite web |url=http://www.exploregreen.com/bios/Scott%20Cassell%20-%20EG%20Bio.pdf |title=Scott Cassell |department=Biography |publisher=Explore Green |access-date=26 November 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233138/http://www.exploregreen.com/bios/Scott%20Cassell%20-%20EG%20Bio.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The footage aired a year later on a [[History (U.S. TV network)|History Channel]] program, ''[[MonsterQuest#Season one (2007–2008)|MonsterQuest: Giant Squid Found]]''.<ref name="EG" /> Cassell subsequently distanced himself from this documentary, claiming that it contained multiple factual and scientific errors.<ref name="ScubaBoard">{{cite web |url=http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/marine-life-ecosystems/210712-monster-quest-giant-squid-found-scott-cassells-blog.html |title=Monster Quest: The Giant Squid – found |series=Scott Cassell's Blog |last=Cassell |first=Scott |author-link=Scott Cassell |date=20 November 2007 |publisher=ScubaBoard.com |access-date=26 November 2012 |archive-date=7 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207193650/http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/marine-life-ecosystems/210712-monster-quest-giant-squid-found-scott-cassells-blog.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=July 2024}}

In July 2012, a crew from television networks [[NHK]] and [[Discovery Channel]] captured what was described as "the first-ever footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat".<ref name="NHK-press-release2">{{cite news |date=9 January 2013 |title=The Giant Squid, Captured on Camera in its Natural Habitat for the First Time Ever! Revealed on NHK and Discovery Channel |work=NHK |url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/pr/english/press/pdf/20130109.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233759/http://www.nhk.or.jp/pr/english/press/pdf/20130109.pdf |archivedate=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=7 January 2013 |title=Giant squid filmed in Pacific depths: Japan scientists |agency=Agence France-Presse |url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/giant-squid-filmed-pacific-depths-japan-scientists-060634721.html |access-date=31 July 2013 |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111101701/http://ph.news.yahoo.com/giant-squid-filmed-pacific-depths-japan-scientists-060634721.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The footage was revealed on a [[NHK Special]] on 13 January 2013,<ref>{{cite web |title=Giant Creature |url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/ocean/giantcreature/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109094955/http://www.nhk.or.jp/ocean/giantcreature/ |archivedate=9 January 2013 |accessdate=7 January 2013 |work=NHK Ocean and Planet |publisher=[[NHK]] |language=Japanese |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="oricon">{{cite news |date=6 January 2013 |script-title=ja:史上初の快挙 深海で泳ぐダイオウイカを世界初放送 |language=Japanese |trans-title=The first admirable act: The first broadcast of the giant squid which swims in the deep sea |publisher=Oricon |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2020338/full/ |accessdate=8 January 2013 |archive-date=8 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108090015/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2020338/full/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was shown on Discovery Channel's show ''Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real'' on 27 January 2013,<ref name="oricon" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Robey |first=Jason |date=12 October 2012 |title=Giant Squid Captured on Video for First Time |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/show-news/giant-squid-captured-on-video-for-first-time.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212150837/http://dsc.discovery.com/show-news/giant-squid-captured-on-video-for-first-time.html |archivedate=12 December 2012 |publisher=Discovery |url-status=dead}}</ref> and on ''Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible – Natural World Special'' on [[BBC Two]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0377t15 ''Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible – Natural World Special''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723214212/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0377t15 |date=23 July 2013 }}. BBC.</ref> To capture the footage the team aboard OceanX's vessel [[MV Alucia]] traveled to the Ogasawara Islands, south of Tokyo and utilized the ship's crewed submersibles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-12 |title=Search for the Giant Squid |url=http://www.oceanx.org/search-for-the-giant-squid/ |access-date=2019-04-01 |website=OceanX}}</ref> The squid was about {{convert|3|m|abbr=on}} long and was missing its feeding tentacles, likely from a failed attack by a [[sperm whale]]. It was drawn into viewing range by both artificial [[bioluminescence]] created to mimic panicking [[Atolla jellyfish]] and by using a ''[[Thysanoteuthis rhombus]]'' (diamond squid) as bait. The giant squid was filmed feeding for about 23 minutes by [[Tsunemi Kubodera]] until it departed.<ref>''Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real''. Discovery Channel.</ref> The technique of using unobtrusive viewing and bioluminescence luring of the squid with quiet unobtrusive platforms was described by [[Edith Widder]], a member of the expedition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transcript of "How we found the giant squid" |date=5 March 2013 |url=http://www.ted.com/talks/edith_widder_how_we_found_the_giant_squid/transcript |accessdate=2015-12-13 |archive-date=5 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105204044/http://www.ted.com/talks/edith_widder_how_we_found_the_giant_squid/transcript |url-status=live }}</ref>

===== Second video of giant squid in natural habitat =====
On 19&nbsp;June 2019, in an expedition run by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association ([[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2468/NOAA-Funded-Expedition-Captures-Rare-Footage-of-Giant-Squid-in-the-Gulf-of-Mexico |title=NOAA-funded expedition captures rare footage of Giant Squid in the Gulf of Mexico |website=NOAA Research|access-date=2019-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627194025/https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2468/NOAA-Funded-Expedition-Captures-Rare-Footage-of-Giant-Squid-in-the-Gulf-of-Mexico |archive-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> known as the Journey to Midnight, biologists [[Nathan J. Robinson (biologist)|Nathan J. Robinson]] and [[Edith Widder]] captured a video of a juvenile giant squid at a depth of 759&nbsp;meters (2,490&nbsp;feet) in the Gulf of Mexico. Michael Vecchione, a NOAA Fisheries zoologist, confirmed that the captured footage was that of the genus ''Architeuthis'', and that the individual filmed measured at somewhere between {{convert|10|and|12|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jarvis |first=Brooke |date=2019-06-21 |title=Giant Squid, phantom of the deep, reappears on video|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/science/giant-squid-cephalopod-video.html |access-date=2019-06-22 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=21 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621131800/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/science/giant-squid-cephalopod-video.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===== Other sightings =====
{{Main|List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2001–2014)#Quest for a live animal|List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2015–present)}}
Videos of live giant squids have been occasionally captured near the surface since the 2012 sighting, with one of these aforementioned individuals being guided back into the open ocean after appearing in Toyama Harbor on 24 December 2015. The majority of these sightings were of sick or dying individuals that had come up to the surface.<ref name="video">{{cite news |date=22 December 2006 |title=Giant squid caught on video by Japanese scientists |work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUST14899720061222 |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308144758/https://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUST14899720061222 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NHK-press-release">{{cite news |date=9 January 2013 |title=The Giant Squid, captured on camera in its natural habitat for the first time ever! Revealed on NHK and the Discovery Channel |publisher=NHK |url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/pr/english/press/pdf/20130109.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233759/http://www.nhk.or.jp/pr/english/press/pdf/20130109.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Giant Squid visits harbor in Japan |url=http://news.discovery.com/animals/giant-squid-visits-harbor-in-japan-151228.htm |department=News |magazine=Discovery |access-date=28 December 2015 |archive-date=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231022652/http://news.discovery.com/animals/giant-squid-visits-harbor-in-japan-151228.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 December 2015 |title=Rare Giant Squid caught on film in Japan |url=https://www.yahoo.com/travel/amazing-rare-giant-squid-caught-on-film-in-japan-203905325.html |access-date=30 December 2015 |series=Animals Amazing! |publisher=Yahoo! Travel |archive-date=1 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101115126/https://www.yahoo.com/travel/amazing-rare-giant-squid-caught-on-film-in-japan-203905325.html |url-status=live }}</ref>