Tusoteuthis was a giant squid nearly equal in size to those that ply the oceans today—with their tentacles stretched out, the ancient cephalopods may have measured 25 to 35 feet (8 to 11 meters ...

Tsunemi Kubodera, 71, an honorary researcher at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, was the first ever in the world to successfully shoot video of a living giant squid in 2006.