A photo of a giant squid in Santa Monica Beach, California recently trends worldwide, but after speculations, simultaneous news reports figured out that an image of a giant squid ashore the beach is fake.
The photo which went viral is an image courtesy of The Lightly Braised Turnip. The site stated that the giant squid sizes for about 160-foot-long which is apparently opposite with the world’s largest squid measuring 9 meters long featured on National Geographic.
Based on the article of The Lightly Braised Turnip, the site claims that the giant squid was a victim of 2011 Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant radiation leak in Japan which reportedly affected marine animals.
Here’s the statements of the “experts” who told the lightlybraisedturnip.com:
“This creature appears to be deceased and even if alive only thrives in water,” Santa Monica Parks Manager Cynthia Beard said.
“These creatures give us the chance to study radioactive gigantism,” Santa Marino College biology professor Martin L. Grimm further added.
Photo Credit:enriquetalledo.com/Orginal image of the giant squid (30 feet)
Somehow, after a thorough investigation from a website urbanlegends.about.com which tackles report proving viral photo and among others are satire, the website even stressed that the so-called experts neither exists.
The world’s largest squid only measures for about 30 feet (9 meters) weighing approximately 400 pounds (180 kilograms) an endangered specie of Architeuthis dux ashore the La Arena Beach in Cantabria. The giant squid was under the custody of Maritime Museum in Cantabria.