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...giant squid is "the single most fascinating mystery in the ocean, and perhaps the single most fascinating mystery in natural history," Ellis said...
...squid, which has never been seen alive by a human being, has long been the subject of ocean folklore and myth...
...Ellis explained, it was then that the first giant squid washed ashore on the coast of Newfoundland and the mysterious animal took the biological world by storm...
Since that date, more than 100 giant squid, all dead, have been found on various coastlines and in the nets of deep sea fishers. While scientists have learned much about the animal, it still remains somewhat of an enigma...
...Giant squid are assumed to live at depths of more than 4,000 feet, in the coldest and darkest parts of the ocean, he said...