Giant Squid Found

The giant squid: it has been the thing of myth for hundreds of years. In ancient days, sailors feared the "Kraken" as a boat-eating monster. Now, we know that the giant squid does not attack boats, but that is about all that we know about this mysterious creature. We know of the existence of the giant squid because sometimes a corpse will wash up on the shore, but until recently, scientists had never seen the creature alive and in its natural habitat. The one shown on the right is an immature female on display at the National Marine Aquarium. She is about 3.3 meters, and the scientists who studied her estimate that missing tentacles could've added another four meters to her length. She was not yet grown to full size.
In September, a group of Japanese scientists finally photographed a giant squid in its natural habitat. The squid photographed was approximately 8 meters (25 feet). Read the full story here.
There is less known about the sea than there is about outer space. How do you feel about the fact that we barely know our own planet?