The man traveled along the coast, looking for the ideal diving spot.
His gaze was suddenly pulled to a strange white object in the distance. As he got closer, the diver discovered he was gazing at a four-meter-long enormous squid.
Daniel had intended to spend the weekend diving with his brothers, Jack and Matthew. All three brothers packed spearfishing equipment, but plans had to be adjusted.
The brother pointed to something near the seashore and inquired as to its nature.
« We decided to check and discovered a big squid, » Daniel explained later.
The squid was clearly larger than any of his relatives when examined up close. They took a tape measure from the car and discovered that the squid’s length exceeds 4 meters.
The local marine university’s biologist reacted to the photograph (the brothers posted the find on the net).
According to him, a representative of Architeuthis sp. was discovered on the beach, but not the largest.
« These animals can grow to be 13 meters tall. And the guys most likely discovered a young member of the species, » the researcher explained.
The squid has already been transferred to the National Water Research Institute in New Zealand for further examination.
