Watch This Giant Squid Get Gnawed on by Blue Shark

Australian well-known big-game fisherman Al McGlashan found something rare on his last fishing trip: a dead giant squid that had probably been killed by a sperm whale; while they watched, a blue shark came up and started noshing on the 13-foot-long animal.

Author:
ICT Staff
Updated:
Sep 13, 2018
Original:
Jun 6, 2012

It all started when rock star big-game fisherman Al McGlashan went out seeking tuna and swordfish. Instead he found the rarely seen, apparently fresh carcass of a giant squid.

"In all my time on the water—and I've spent 200-plus days out there—I've never seen anything like it," McGlashan told GrindTV of the deep-sea animal that is thought to have originated the concept of sea monsters.

It's also unusual to find a recently deceased squid, he told the Daily Telegraph, as they normally are rotting and smelly by the time they are discovered. This one, however, appeared to have had a recent run in with what was probably a sperm whale, he said.

"Most giant squid remains are smelly and rotten and just off-white by the time someone finds them," McGlashan told the newspaper.

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