Giant calamary still have a close - mythological status precisely because they are so rarely seen by human . However , this fishing crowd has caught two in the past couple of calendar month in the amnionic fluid around Ireland .
The most recent of which was enamor off the coast of Kerry and measured nearly 5.5 time ( 18 feet ) from crown to tentacle . In sum , the Cú na Mara bunch have caught a total of four during their tenure as fishermen . Luck of the Irish , I hypothesise .
" When we open up the net we could n’t believe it , that it was another one , ” Skipper Patrick Flannery , secern Irish interior broadcasterRTÉ . “ The lads were very excited . What are the chances of two in the one year ! "
" My father has two and I have two . I ’ll credibly have to charm a third now so that I can have bragging rights . ”
The reason why so many squid ( and yes , the plural can be squids ) have been take up up lately is unsung . But then again , there are many affair about elephantine squids that scientists are unsure about .
" Only seven have been recorded here since record began almost 350 years ago , ” added marine life scientist Dr Kevin Flannery “ The very first giant squid recorded in Ireland also down in Dingle , when fishermen brought one ashore in 1673 . "
As a testament to how fiddling we make love about these mysterious creature , the latest evidence evoke there is justone species of giant squidalthough it ’s previously been debated how many species have existed . There have been odd sightings of giant squid along the coasts of every continent , as well as very abstruse and far out at sea . However , they are few and far between , so their exact distribution across the world ’s seas is not known . We also know next to nothing about their behavior .
The rationality why these animals grow so big could be to do with a phenomenon calleddeep - sea giantism , just as is the case with oarfish , the Nipponese spider crab , and jumbo isopod . Scarcer nutrient resource , greater pressure , or freeze cold weewee temperature could explain why animals in the inscrutable sea are so much larger than their shallow - body of water counterparts ,
Perhaps this obscurity is why these creatures have animate so many myths , such as the story of the kraken and other sea demon , and go on to scheme mass to this twenty-four hours .
