Ocean Exploration Time Line

Ocean Diving Begins

4500 BCE

At this time cultures like Greece and China dove for food in the oceans as an alternative for plants

First Sailing Vessels

4000 BCE

During this time, the ancient Egyptians developed the first sailing vessels. These vessels are probably only used for sailing in the eastern Mediterranean.

Deep Diving Begins

1000 BCE

The Greek poet Homer says people jump into the ocean and head to the bottom by holding on to a heavy rock. To compensate for the increasing pressure on their ears, they used to pour oil into their ears and take a mouthful of oil before diving to the bottom.

First Sea Routes

600 BCE

The ancient Phoenicians were building sea routes around the Mediterranean and into the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in search of tin and other resources. They make this up to 590 B.C. as far as Asia. By sailing along the coasts of Western Europe, they also reached England.

Treasure Diving Begins

500 BCE

In one of the many wars between the Persians and the Greeks, King Xerxes of Persia commissions a diver called Scyllias and his child named Cyana to dive for treasure.

Diving Used in Warfare

414 BCE

Throughout his narration of the siege of Syracuse, the Greek historian Thucydides writes of diving used in warfare. His writings inform Greek divers that they have been submerging to remove underwater barriers from the harbor to ensure their ships ' safety.

First Crude Diving Bell Design

360 BCE

The Greek philosopher Aristotle mentions the use of a kind of rough diving bell for air supply. Aristotle wrote that "by lowering a bronze tank into the water, one can allow divers to breathe. Obviously, the tank is not filled with water, but with air, which helps the submerged man constantly."

First Use of a Diving Bell

325 BCE

Alexander the Great made use of a crude diving bell to employ combat divers during the siege of Tyre. The diving bell contained colored glass so that the divers could see through it. The divers used the bell to clear debris from the harbor. Alexander himself made several dives with the device to check on the progress of the work.

Voyage of Pytheas

325 BCE

The Greek astronomer and geographer Pytheas sails north from the Mediterranean and reaches the coast of England. He is the first person on record to describe the midnight sun north of the Arctic Circle. He also developed methods for using the Sun and the North Star to determine latitude.

Circumference of the Earth Discovered

200 BCE

The first man to determine the Earth's diameter is the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes. To achieve a price of 40,000 km, he uses the shadow angles and the distance between Alexandria and Syene. The Earth's total circumference is 40,032 km.

Ptolemy's Map

150 BCE

The Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy produces an ancient world map that includes European, Asian, and African continents as well as the surrounding oceans. This early map is one of the first latitude and longitude lines are known to be included. Unfortunately, this map would be lost to history but in the years to come it would be rediscovered.

Salvage Diving Flourishes

100 BCE

Salvage diving operations around the Eastern Mediterranean's major shipping ports are so well organized that a payment scale for salvage work is established by law. This pay scale recognizes the fact that the dive's depth increases in effort and risk.

First Indicated Use of Goggles

200

Peruvian pottery artwork depicts divers wearing goggles and fish carrying.

Viking Expeditions Begin

900

Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland start to be settled and colonized by the Vikings. To determine their latitude, they are among the first to use the North Star.

Voyage of Leif Erikson

1002

Northern explorer Leif Erikson becomes North America's first European to land. His journey is almost 500 years before Christopher Columbus's journey. In what is now the northern tip of Newfoundland in Canada, he calls the new land Vinland and establishes a Norse settlement.

Chinese Exploration

1405

The Chinese were sending out seven trips consisting of more than 300 ships and a nearly 37,000 combined crew. These trips are designed to extend the influence of China and to impress its neighboring states. After only a short time, economic pressures back home put an end to these expensive journeys.

Ptolemy's Map Rediscovered

1410

Ptolemy's famous world map is rediscovered and re-published after the European crusades seize from the Arab peoples ancient Roman libraries.

Voyage of Christopher Columbus

1492

In search of a passage to China and India, the Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus embarks on his historic journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Instead, he discovers North and South America, leading to the colonization of these newly discovered continents in Europe.

Voyage of Vasco da Gama

1498

The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sails his ships on the southern tip of Africa around the Cape of Good Hope and becomes the first European to arrive by boat to India. The expedition later returns with a valuable rare spice cargo to Portugal.

First Circumnavigation of the World

1519

Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet are leaving Portugal for an audacious exploration trip. The fleet would be the world's first sail. To see their success, Magellan does not exist. He died from the poison arrows of the local natives on Mactan Island in the Philippines in 1521.

First True Diving Bell

1535

The first true diving bell is invented by Guglielmo de Lorena. The device rests on the shoulders of the diver and is supported by slings for much of its weight. The bell provides the diver with enough air for a one-hour dive to breathe.

First Plans for a Submarine

1578

William Bourne, an English mathematician, draws up the first known underwater boat plans. These plans require a wooden frame craft covered in leather that would be rowed from the inside. There is no evidence that this craft has ever been built.

First Submarine

1620

Dutch physician Cornelis Drebbel is designing the first submarine in the world. The boat is made of iron-reinforced wood and leather-covered. Twelve oarsmen sit six on each side inside. They row with oars to keep the water out through tightly fitting leather sleeves. Drebbel makes several trips in his submarine on the river Thames near London, 12-15 feet deep.

First Air-replenished Diving Bell

1690

The English astronomer Edmund Halley develops a diving bell in which the bell atmosphere can be replenished by sending down from the surface weighted barrels of air.

Voyage of Edmund Halley

1698

English astronomer Edmund Halley makes the first scientific journey to research the magnetic compass variability. He also makes significant contributions to the interpretation of trade winds during his journeys.

First Enclosed Diving Device

1715

A fully enclosed, the one-man diving dress is developed by Englishman John Lethbridge. The device consists of an air barrel reinforced in leather, equipped with a glass porthole for viewing and two armholes with watertight sleeves.

First Waterproof Suit

1715

Chevalier de Beauve, a French Navy officer, designs a lead shoes waterproof suit. Two leather tubes fastened to the helmet supply ventilation from the ground.

First Voyage of Endeavour

1768

Lieutenant James Cook leaves the port of Plymouth, England on a voyage to observe a transit of the planet of Venus across the Sun. During this and two voyages to follow, Cook would explore and map the Pacific Ocean. He is the first person to use a chronometer to accurately determine his longitude at sea.

First Practical Diving Helmet

1772

Sieur Fremont, a French engineer, invents a helmet-hose diving system in which water is pumped with an egg-shaped tank from the ground. By a hose attached to the mask, the water hits the diver. This system provides the diver with a constant air supply. With this device, Freminet can remain submerged for up to 1 hour at a depth of 16 meters.

Franklin's Sundry Maritime Observations

1785

Benjamin Franklin, the American patriot and inventor, writes a long letter to a French scientific colleague. The letter, known as its Sundry Maritime Observations, reports the discovery of the Gulf Stream and focuses on a wide range of maritime subjects, including ship propulsion techniques, hull construction, and causes of sea disasters.

Improved Diving Bell

1788

In the diving bell, American John Smeaton implements a number of improvements. He builds the cast iron bell and is the first to use an effective hand-operated pump to control the air supply through a hose. An air storage system and non-return valves to avoid dragging air back down the hoses when the pump is stopped.

First Diving Suit

1797

German engineer Karl Heinrich Klingert produces a system which is the first to be called a ' diving suit. ' This consists of a jacket and pants made of lightweight fabric, a porthole mask and a steel chest. It is attached to a turret with an air reservoir. The reservoir can not be replenished, so the suit has a short diving time.

The Nautilus

1800

The inventor of the steamboat, Robert Fulton, is building an early submarine called The Nautilus. This cigar-shaped vessel is made of wood over iron plates, using a horizontal rudder to guide the submarine's up-and-down motion. Still in use today is this rudder system.

U.S. Coast Survey Established

1807

President Thomas Jefferson signs the U.S. Coast Survey Act. The organization studies the east coast of the United States and returns data on a wide range of maritime subjects including tides and tidal currents, marine floor characteristics, and near-shore waters depth and physical characteristics.

First use of Scuba

1825

A self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, or scuba, was designed by Englishman William H. James. The diver wears a helmet in James ' design and carries compressed air supply in a cast-iron belt fastened around the waist. This device allows the diver to live for up to an hour underwater.

Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle

1831

Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, leaves England on board H.M.S. Beagle. The expedition's objective is to conduct a survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. At each new stop, Darwin studies the plants and animals. He finds several unique species in South America off the Peruvian coast on the Galapagos Islands. These findings lead to his groundbreaking evolutionary theory. Darwin suggests that the deep ocean can be a sanctuary for living fossils in his book, The Origin of Species.

First Practical Diving Suit

1837

Augustus Siebe, a German instrument designer, refines and enhances the models of previous diving suits and introduces the "Siebe Improved Diving Suit." This diving suit is the true predecessor of today's well-known deep-sea diving suit. The improved model allowed the diver to have greater freedom of movement and would be used for more than a century.

First Modern Sounding

1840

Sir James Clark Ross performs the first deep-water open ocean sounding at Latitude 27 S Longitude 17 W in 2425 fathoms (14,450 feet) in the South Atlantic Ocean. The sounding is carried out using the traditional method of lowering the ship's side of a hemp rope.

Darwin on Coral Reef Atolls

1842

The structure and distribution of coral reefs is published by Charles Darwin. In this article he explores how the subsidence and erosion of volcanic islands shape coral atolls.

Speculation on Deep Sea Life

1843

British naturalist Edward Forbes shares his belief that life can not occur in the deep sea under 300 fathoms (1800 feet). This assertion starts a 20-year discussion on the possible existence of an azoic region in the ocean.

Continental Shelf

1849

In support of Gulf Stream investigations, coast survey soundings lead to the discovery of the continental shelf break and the continental slope.

Discovery of Deep Sea Life

1853

When Louis F calls into question the theory of Edward Forbes on deep-sea life. De Pourtales of the United States Coast Survey examines sounding operations of the coast survey that find life indications in depths exceeding 1000 fathoms (6000 feet).

First Deep Sea Canyon Discovered

1857

James Alden, Coast Survey Steamer Active commanding officer, discovers a deep submarine valley, or "gulch," in the center of Monterey Bay off California's coast. The first known deep sea canyon, now known as Monterey Canyon, had been discovered by Alden. This canyon reaches a depth of 11,800 feet and stretches 95 miles into the Pacific Ocean.

First Chart of the Gulf Stream

1860

The U.S. is publishing the first Gulf Stream map. Survey of the sea. The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows up the North America's eastern coast, bringing warmer climate to the Atlantic Ocean's northern regions. The current can have a major impact on the area's ships that sail.

First U.S. Navy Submarine

1861

The U.S. Navy is planning to build a submarine for the French emigrant Brutus de Villeroi. The vessel was designed by the Neafie & Levy company and is made for light from iron with small circular glass plates on top. The sub is powered by 16 hand-powered paddles protruding from the sides, known as the Alligator. It was built in the Civil War for use, but has never been used in battle.

Proof of Deep Sea Life

1867

U.S. naturalist Louis F. De Pourtales conducts Coast Survey Steamers Corwin and Bibb dredging operations off Florida's southern coast. He finds abundant life ranging under 300 fathoms (1800 feet) during the process.

Deep Sea Life in Abundance

1868

Scottish naturalist Charles Wyville Thomson dredges the HMS Lightning and Porcupine ocean floor and discovers life as deep as 2,400 fathoms (14,400 feet, 4,389 metres). This evidence finally disproves the theory of a lifeless (azoic) zone below 300 fathoms (1,800 feet, 548 meters) by Edward Forbes.

Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger

1872

The H.M.S. Challenger sails from Portsmouth, England, inspired by Charles Darwin's earlier work on the Beagle and starts a four-year worldwide. Scientists are testing the salinity, temperature and density of the seawater during the journey. Data on ocean currents, sediments, and meteorology is also gathered. The crew discovers hundreds of previously unknown species and underwater mountain chains. This research is the foundation of modern oceanography.

Early Marine Survey of the Americas

1872

In a biological exploration of the Americas, Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz takes the steamship Hassler. The expedition starts on the U.S. East Coast and continues south through the Megellan Straits and on to San Francisco. The ship is equipped for sounding and dredging in the deep ocean. It collects and catalogs more than 30,000 specimens of marine life.

First Wireline Sounding

1872

An operational wireline sounding machine is invented by Irish physicist and engineer Sir William Thomson. Ultimately, changes to this machine replace the traditional methods of hemp-rope sounding. The modern wireline robots are quicker and more precise, making surveying the depths of the ocean much simpler for scientists.

Sigsbee Sounding Machine

1874

In command of the Coast Survey Steamer Blake, Commander Charles D. Sigsbee modifies the Thomson Sounding Machine. He is called the Sigsbee Sounding Machine, his new instrument. For the next 50 years, this new machine will be the basic model over wireline sounding in the deep sea.

First Oceanographic Research Vessel

1882

Steamer Albatross, the U.S. Fisheries Commission, starts operations. The Albatross is the first vessel built for oceanographic research purposes by any government. This iron-hulled, twin-screw steamer would be carrying out significant marine work for almost 40 years until it was eventually dismantled in 1921.

First Modern Electric Submarine

1888

The Gymnote was launched by the French navy. It is the first fully operational, electrically powered military submarine. A 204-cell battery is provided by the steel-hulled craft. Before being scrapped for its limited range, this completes more than 2,000 successful dives.

Marine Survey of the Pacific

1899

Swiss zoologist Alexander Agassiz is conducting several expeditions on the Albatross steamship to study the Pacific Ocean coral reefs. The crew of the boat is making soundings and gathering samples from the South Pacific islands and atolls. The expeditions will be exploring an abundance of marine life from previously unexplored remote regions over the next six years.

Scripps Institute

1912

Scripps Oceanography Institution becomes a part of the University of California. Scripps is one of the leading marine research centers in the world and is located just north of San Diego in La Jolla, California.

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1912

First Acoustic Exploration of the Sea Floor

1914

Using an oscillator, Canadian inventor Reginald Fessenden bounces sound waves between an iceberg and the sea floor. This test marks the start of the sea's acoustic exploration. Finally, the technology will lead to sonar development, enabling submarines to signal each other and allowing icebergs to be detected by ships.

Mapping the Ocean Floor

1925

The German boat Meteor travels around the Atlantic Ocean using echosounding devices to take detailed measurements of the ocean floor. Such trips reveal new knowledge about the ocean floor's shape and structure.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

1930

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is established in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Woods Hole would become one of the leading institutions of oceanographic research in the world.

First Deep Ocean Dive

1934

In a tethered sphere known as a bathysphere, William Beebe and Otis Barton embark on a deep sea expedition. They reach a depth of 914 meters off Bermuda's coast and discover a world of bizarre, luminescent creatures that was previously unseen.

Sonobuoy Developed

1935

Coast and Geodetic Survey researchers invent an automatic sonobuoy radio telemetry. This tool eliminates the need for manned station ships during navigation operations with Radio Acoustic Ranging (RAR). This instrument is considered to be the first telemetry instrument moored offshore.

Bathythermograph Invented

1937

Athelstan Spilhaus, geophysicist and oceanographer, invents the bathythermograph, a measurement machine which tracks temperatures continuously. The name of the invention is the time check and is still in use today.

Live Coelacanth Discovered

1938

Fishermen off South Africa's coast pull up a five-foot fish identified as a coelacanth, a living fossil believed to have been extinct since dinosaur days. Many live coelacanth have been found in coastal waters in Africa since then.

World War II Research

1941

Electronic navigation systems were developed for precise bombing during the Second World War. A few years later, using these systems, the Coast and Geodetic Survey carries out its first hydrographic surveys. Work during the war contributes to many new ocean exploration devices, including deep-ocean camera systems, early magnetometers, sidescan sonar instruments, and early Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) guidance technology.

The Aqua-Lung

1943

The first modern scuba system is being designed by underwater explorers Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan. To create the Aqua-Lung, they change a breathing regulator. This groundbreaking invention enables divers to remain underwater for longer periods of time and to explore the ocean realm more effectively. This unique event revolutionizes the underwater discovery research.

First Untethered Deep Water Craft

1948

In his newly designed vehicle known as a bathyscaphe, Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard dives. It is the first untethered craft to bring people deep into the oceans. His son, Jacques Piccard, will soon take the bathyscaphe to the ocean's deepest point.

Deepest Ocean Point Found

1951

The British ship Challenger II is bouncing off the ocean bottom sound waves and finding what seems to be the deepest point of the sea. About seven miles down, the Challenger Deep is later named. Situated in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Marianas Islands, the area is now known as the Marianas Trench. If you could place Mount Everest in the Marianas Trench on the ocean floor, its height would be about a mile below the surface of the ocean.

Discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1953

American geologist Marie Tharp is researching the sounding of Atlantic Ocean profiles and finding a rift valley. Later studies indicate that it is a continuous rift valley that stretches along the ocean floor over 40,000 nautical miles. This discovery is proof of the newly formed continental drift concept, now known as plate tectonics.

Untethered Submersible Dive Record

1954

The French submersible FNRS-3 sets a new record for an untethered deep sea dive as it goes down to a depth of 4,050 meters (13,290 feet). The landmark dive takes place off the coast of Senegal in West Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.

Magnetic Striping Discovered

1955

In a joint U.S. venture Navy and the Scripps Oceanography Institute, the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship Pioneer tow the first underwater magnetometer and discover magnetic striping off the west coast of the United States on the sea floor. This finding indicates that the sea floor is spreading, giving the concept of plate tectonics great validity.

Deepest Ocean Dive

1960

Jacques Piccard, son of explorer August Piccard, and two other men descend to the sea at a depth of almost seven miles, 35,797 meters. They are making the trip to the Trieste, a robust underwater vehicle known as a bathyscaphe. Piccard designed and built Trieste many years earlier. At these enormous depths, the divers encounter fish and other fascinating deep-sea life.

Tow System Developed

1961

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography begins development of the Deep Tow System. This sonar system becomes the forerunner of all remotely-operated and unmanned oceanographic systems today.

First Underwater Habitat

1962

There are several projects involving people living in underwater environments. For discovery, the researchers leave the habitat and come back for food, rest, and relaxation. The environments are supplied from the ground with compressed air. In the first such study, Conshelf (Continental Shelf) One, Jacques Cousteau and his group spend seven days in an environment called Diogenes under 33 feet of water near Marseilles, France.

First Multibeam Sounding

1963

On the USNS Compass Island, the first working multi-beam sounding unit is installed. This machine detects a variety of soundings both horizontally and to the left and right of the head of a vessel. It allows a fairly detailed map of the sea floor to be established as the ship continues on a survey route.

Deep Sea Submersible Alvin

1964

Alvin, a new deep submergence vehicle, is constructed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. It is the first U.S. deep diving submersible and the first deep-sea submersible capable of carrying passengers. Later that year, Alvin explores the Cayman Trough, the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea. Alvin becomes one of the most famous deep sea vehicles, making over 4,000 dives during its lifetime.

First Underwater Robot

1965

The Navy is building Halibut, a submarine capable of lowering miles of cables bearing lights, cameras, and other devices to spy on enemy arms and missing material on the bottom of the sea.

Deep Sea Drilling Program

1968

The Glomar Challenger deep sea research vessel leaves for a 15-year mission known as the Deep Sea Drilling Program. The boat passes the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, carrying core samples from Africa and South America. The sample ages provide solid evidence for the hypothesis of seafloor expansion, which would ultimately give rise to modern plate tectonics theory.

First Long Duration Submersible Expedition

1969

A manned underwater vessel known as the Ben Franklin spends 30 days flooding off Palm Beach, Florida's coast. A six-member crew headed by Jacques Piccard, the vehicle's designer, is researching the Gulf Stream and heading 1,444 miles (2,324 km) inland. The trip also helps to study the effects of long space flights of long-term, constant, close confinement.

NOAA Established

1970

There is creation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This U.S. government agency is responsible for all U.S. weather and climate forecasting, ocean and atmospheric data monitoring and archiving, marine fisheries and mammals management, mapping and mapping of all U.S. waters, coastal zone management, and all those areas research and development.

Hydrothermal Vents Discovered

1977

Scientists in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on board the submersible deep sea, Alvin, discover and record amazing hydrothermal deep sea vents. This discovery rocks the scientific community because an ecosystem that thrives without the Sun's energy has been found for the first time. These ecosystems thrive on chemical energy rather than relying on sunlight and photosynthesis through a process known as chemosynthesis.

Deepest Dive in Dive Suit

1979

Dr. Sylvia Earle is setting a new record in a diving suit for a deep dive. She walks unassisted at a depth of 1,250 feet (381 meters) using a new pressurized metal suit known as a JIM suit. Dr. Earle explores the waters off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii for two and a half hours with only one communication line linking her to a submersible and nothing connecting her to the planet above.

Atocha Found

1985

Famous treasure hunter Mel Fisher discovers the Atocha wreck off the Florida Keys coast. The Atocha would soon yield the largest treasure ever recovered from a shipwreck, lying in only 55 feet of water. The discovery, however, would come at a price. In a horrific boating accident in 1975, Mel loses his brother, Dirk's wife, and another crew member while looking for the Atocha wreck.

The Titanic Had Been Found!

1985

Argo Project Begins

1990

A project known as Argo is beginning to deploy 3,000 robotic samples to monitor climate, environment and sea surface height throughout the world's oceans. It is named from the tale of Jason and the Argonauts after the legendary vessel. In 2007, the last trials were successfully mounted.

Undersea Laboratory Aquarius

1993

An Aquarius-known undersea habitat starts activity off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Aquarius is like an apartment and laboratory underwater that can host six-person teams on 10-day missions. Researchers stay in the forest, eat and sleep, and work outdoors for six to nine hours a day. Aquarius works until 1996, allowing the research of coral reefs to revolutionize.

Seafloor Mapping from Space

1995

The declassification of Geosat satellite altimetry data contributes to Walter Smith and Dave Sandwell's worldwide mapping of the sea floor from space. Their observed data significantly increases precision over earlier ocean basin images

Autosub is Launched

2000

To research the oceans, the Southampton Oceanography Center (SOC) is designing and launching an autonomous robotic vehicle. The autonomous submersible, known as autosub, is equipped with a range of scientific sensors and can perform pre-programmed missions. Because if the ship is fully self-contained, it can take travel to previously inaccessible ocean areas.

Marianas Trench National Monument

2009

President George W. Bush established the Marianas Trench National Monument. The monument contains no dry land but protects 95,216 square miles of ocean in the Mariana Archipelago. This area will rare hydrothermal vents as well as some of the few places in the world where chemosynthetic communities of life have been discovered.

Census of Marine Life Completed

2010

The first ever international marine life census has been completed. Involves 2,700 scientists from 80 nations in this 10 year campaign. The census shows who, where, and how many lives and hides in marine oceans and is made available in an online directory that allows anyone to map global species addresses.

Mariana Trench Expedition

2011

Use new submersibles, an excavation team returns to the Mariana Trench. Among the new findings is a single-celled amoeba with an impressive diameter of 4 inches. Scientists also learn that trenches play a greater role than previously thought in regulating Earth's chemistry and climate.

Portable Underwater Habitat Developed

2012

Michael Lombardi, National Geographic Society / Waitt Grant, creates a mobile underwater shelter that can support decompression divers. This offers a comfortable environment for divers to decompress when they return from deep dives to the surface. The new ecosystem would allow for extended dives with minimal costs and facilities on deep coral reefs.

First Solo Dive to the Mariana Trench

2012

Hollywood boss James Cameron becomes the first man to do a solo dive down the Mariana Trench, the ocean's deepest point. Cameron dives almost seven miles, reaching a depth of 10,898 meters (35,756 feet). Until returning to the ground he spends three hours shooting on the bottom of the trench.

First Video of Giant Squid

2012

A Japanese expedition and film crew records in their natural environment the first footage of a giant live giant squid. Previously, this mysterious animal was seen only when dead specimens were washed ashore or entangled in fishing nets. The length of the squid captured in the video is only 9 feet (3 meters), which is relatively small. Giant squid can grow to a length of over 60 feet (18 metres).

Thats All!

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