A photograph shows an unusually large squid carcass in Indonesia.
A photograph shows an unusually large squid carcass in Indonesia.
In May 2017, a photograph showing the corpse of a large creature in the water off the coast of Indonesia wasÂ shared on social media, along with the claim that it shows a giant squid: < The species of this animal is not yet known, andÂ local residents do not recognize it. However, the size isÂ more than 22 meters with a width of four meters. > This creature is far too large to be a squid of any type.Â According to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the giant squid has an estimated maximum length of thirteenÂ meters, nearly tenÂ meters shy of the animal that was found in Indonesia. The colossal squid, the precisely named worldâ€™s largest squid, is also too small to be the pictured animal, as it only reaches an estimated maximum length of around fourteenÂ meters, or 45 feet. Â So what is it? On 11 May 2017, Indonesian outletÂ Tribun NewsÂ reported that itÂ was a whaleâ€™s carcass, not a squidâ€™s:Â < â€œAt first people thought it was squid, but after being examined it isÂ a whale carcass because it is more similar to whales,â€ he said. > Â
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