Photos of 8-foot giant squid seen in the Sea of Japan will surprise

A diver swam with an 8.2-foot-long squid (Photo: Dive Resort T-Style)

A giant squid was detected near the surface in the Sea of Japan. A diver approached the squid and swam with it for about half an hour. The diver also took pictures of this giant squid, which are surprising. Scientists told that this squid is in the last stage of its life.

In Japan, near Toyooka city in Hyogo Prefecture, a diver Yosuke Tanaka had a chance to swim with a giant squid. Tanaka came face to face with a squid bigger than himself, that is, about 8.2 feet long.

Tanaka runs a resort named T-Style for divers with his wife in Toyuka City. A local ferry operator told Tanaka that a large squid was swimming near the surface in the Sea of Japan. They reached there and got a chance to see and swim with this giant squid.

Giant squids live in the deep sea and can only be seen when they wash ashore after death or when they get caught in fishing nets.

Tanaka says that he was scared to see the squid because it was so big. Squids can usually be 40-45 feet. The special thing is that considering their size, their life span is very short. Squid's life is only about 5 years.

Giant squid live in deep water (Photo: Dive Resort T-Style)

Their main food is fishes or small squids. Many times they have also been found in the stomach of whales. That is, they are also hunters and often become prey as well. Very little is known about squid.

Their life span is only 5 years (Photo: Dive Resort T-Style)

Japanese zoologist Tsunami Kubodera reported a large number of giant squid in the coastal waters of the Sea of Japan between January and March. In a 2016 study, Kubodera and colleagues reported finding 57 giant squids in those three months, of which 28 were alive.

Squid biologist Sarah McAnulty, executive director of Skype a Scientist, says that the squid seen in Tanaka's video is very clumsy. Seeing it clearly shows that this squid is in the last phase of its life. The skin of a healthy giant squid is red, smooth and shiny.

Tanaka says that he swam with this squid for about half an hour. The squid was swimming slowly, but trying to get past them.