In March, a large squid image was shot alive near the Himekawa fishing port in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.

The person in charge of the Niigata City Aquarium Marinepia Japan Sea is thought to be a giant squid that lives in the deep sea, and says, "The images that capture the living state are valuable."

The large squid was photographed by Tsutomu Sagawa of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, who was visiting Itoigawa City.



According to a man, when he visited the vicinity of Himekawa Port in Itoigawa City before dawn on March 16, there was a crowd on the shore, and a huge squid floating in the sea was seen ahead.



In the shot video, you can see the scene where a huge red squid blows out water.



According to a man, the size of the squid was about 4 meters in length including his legs when he took the picture.



The men tried to bring the squid to land, but it was too big to lift.



Hiroyuki Imura, Deputy Chief of the Exhibition at Marinepia Sea of ​​Japan, said, "I don't think there is any other squid of this size in the Sea of ​​Japan other than the giant squid. I think it's valuable. "

"Squid" is ahead of the crowd

According to a man in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, who posted a video on NHK, a crowd was formed when he visited Himekawa Port in Itoigawa City before dawn on March 16, and when the man looked beyond it, "squid" floated in the sea. It means that it was.



The men tried to pull it up, but it was too big to lift.



The man said, "I was surprised to see the giant squid for the first time."

The man who shot the video said, "I was going to pick up the firefly squid, but I was surprised because there was a giant squid. The squid was sucking and spitting water with great momentum. It wasn't suitable. I'm very happy just to see a living giant squid. "