Ecobreves – CUBA: Giant Squid Found

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HAVANA, Mar 17 2002 (IPS) - The discovery of a squid measuring more than a meter and a half long and weighing 18 kg caused much excitement in Varadero, Cuba's leading international resort town, located 140 km from Havana. A fisherman found the giant squid near death in mid-March off the coast, 72, who said he had never seen anything like it in his life.

The common squid of the northern Atlantic measure 30 to 45 cm, though in the last few years giant squid of five to seven meters were spotted in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.