Off the coast of Kikaijima in the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, a local fisherman caught a "giant squid" that lives in the deep sea and shot a video.
Experts say, "Images around Amami are quite rare."
The photo was taken by Kota Yonemori (28), a fisherman from Kikaijima.
Around 4:00 pm on November 6th, off the coast of Kikaijima, when I was pulling up the bait from a depth of about 450 meters, I felt an unusual response, and when I caught it, it was a giant squid.
At this time, in the video taken by Mr. Yonemori, you can see how the giant squid caught to the surface of the sea is waving its long arms near the fishing boat.
According to Mr. Yonemori, as far as I could see, it was more than 2 meters long, and it was so heavy that it was impossible to pull it up to the boat.
A friend of mine who tried it after baking it with butter and soy sauce said, "It's so salty that it's hard to chew."
Kota Yonemori said, "I don't often see deep-sea creatures, so if I could promote Amami and Kikaijima with the videos I took, I think I was able to do a good job. I was talking.
According to Kagoshima University Associate Professor Sanae Kato, who is familiar with giant squid, giant squid are often sighted in a weakened state in the Sea of Japan in winter. "Although he is weak, he is swimming and moving his arms, so I found it interesting. I think it would be very meaningful if people could draw attention to the relationship between the sea, nature, the earth, and people." I was talking to