Toyooka, Jan 12 (NHK) - A couple diving near the Sea of Japan coast have captured rare images of a giant squid.
Tanaka Yosuke and his wife Miki spotted the creature on the water surface near the Nekozaki Peninsula in the city of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan last Friday evening.
The couple are scuba-diving instructors based in the region.
They say the squid was about 2.5 meters long and that they saw it swimming while it slowly moved its long tentacles.
They say it disappeared about 30 minutes later while farther out at sea in deeper waters. ...continue reading