Giant Squid Caught on Tape for First Time for Discovery Channel's 'Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real'

Discovery and NHK captured the legendary giant squid on film deep in the Pacific Ocean.

[RJLiams]

Remember these use to be considered nothing but myths.

[HughGRection]

Of course it's the Japanese looking for a giant squid

[Brancovtn]

A legitimate sea monster in the flesh. Truly remarkable.

[plottwist]

the nightmare of japan's schoolgirls

[pinio]

Wow... That's taller than my house. You know what I would do if I saw this swimming? Drown myself before it got to me.

[haloofthesun]

yeah im really scared of a creature that is 3000 feet below water. The chances of me running into it are so big that im practically already dead. That is the power of THE SQUID OF LEGEND

[Chocolatino]

Round of applause to those dedicated scientists who finally brought this footage to us.

[Lazydragon]

I wonder what it's saying to the camera...

"I'm squidward! I'm squidward! I'm squidward squidward squidward!"

[TheGranolaForce]

Neither the news reporters nor most of the commentors appreciate how amazing this actually is.

[ivantheterrible]

Now that is a monster! After all this time we fianally have an image of a giant squid alive and in it's natural habitat. I never thought they'd pull it off.

[jayvinandsavannah]

Saw that documentary 2 days ago. It was amazing

[ShanesOpinion]

I love how right after he finishes describing how Japanese film crews had to make HUNDREDS of attempts at depths over half a mile deep to just get a glimpse of this thing, he begins talking about being cautious about taking a swim in 15 feet of water. As if being snatched up by a giant squid in any body of water has a high probability.

[TerrifiedKaggy]

Well it's a squid but it ain't definitely a kid

[Torrmac]

wow, this was just the most amazing in-depth coverage of the latest prehistoric discovery!

[nicorizzo]

I remember when it was still debated whether or not giant squids actually exist.

[Hacobo]

This is why I've chosen to get a degree in Marine Biology, the waters on our planet are some of the most mysterious and magnificent places holding secrets that no one has ever even thought to conjure up in their imaginations!

[hanzanders]

I love how this dude TELLS us how deep the squid lives and then goes on to say how he is going to rethink taking a "morning dip" in the Miami beaches.

[TheGleasonMan]

Thanks! Now that you mention it I only recall snapshots of it feeding, not a full length clear video like this one.

[glacierwin]

Amazing...I can't wait until we find something that is just an absolute monster.

[Kittee]

You're absolutely right. Hopefully there will be more details in the Discovery presentation. :)