Giant Squids

How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum in Washington, DC, USA? Call in the Navy! Find out how Operation Calamari unfolded and how the museum managed to put their new Giant Squid on display. Photo Credit: Glenn Rankin, Smithsonian Institution Download a transcript of this podcast read moreDuration: 3:33Published: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000

Architeuthis dux, largest of the three known species of giant squid, may reach 16 meters (50 feet) and weigh nearly a ton

Cephalopods. Archieuthis harveyi

Giant Squid NASA

Giant Squid. Architeunthis princeps, Verrill

This female giant squid, caught in a net by a Spanish fisherman in 2005, is on display in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall

Cephalopods. Architeuthis harveyi; Head and Arms, Body and Caudal Fin

Recovered off the coast of Spain, this male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

Cephalopods. Architeuthis princeps V; Sthenoteuthis pteropus V side; caudal fin

The Museum's 8.62-metre-long giant squid specimen in its tank in the Darwin Centre.

This female giant squid, caught in a net by a Spanish fisherman in 2005, is on display in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall

Cephalopods. Architeuthis princeps V

Architeuthis princeps. Verr., E.America.