Editing Giant squid (section)

==== 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]].