A rarely seen giant squid, dubbed an "amazing ghost creature", was found washing up on a beach.
A giant creature was spotted washing up on the shores of Scarborough Beach in South Africa's Western Cape on Tuesday.
The giant squid's tentacles and large eyes can be seen in photos and videos posted on social media, and marine biologists have revealed the dead cephalopod's sharp black beak.
His beak is comparable to that of a parrot because of its shape. This beak is used by animals to bite fish and ingest prey and other food during deep-sea hunting.
Giant squid are one of the most elusive creatures on the planet, living at depths of 300 to 1,000 meters and are rarely seen above the surface.
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Tim Dee / SWNS)Bristol-born author Tim Dee has been birdwatching in the area and has seen this creature. After it was posted on the website, I decided to go see it. A local community group earlier in the day.
Mr Dee said: "I am a birdwatcher and always see the beaches and coast here in Scarborough. It is only a few miles north of the Cape of Good Hope, the southwesternmost point of Africa.
"All sorts of sea monsters appear, both dead and alive. The giant squid was first spotted by people walking their dogs early in the morning.
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Tim Dee / SWNS)“They posted a photo on the village wildlife board that we shared.
"They were amazing ghostly creatures. I knew they were seldom seen alive. And they lived in very deep waters."
"And when this squid looks up at the Scarborough sky, I knew I couldn't see anything, and seeing the squid's arms and tentacles and its strange mouth jointed together was the strangest thing of all. "Alien" came to mind, the nesting tooth in the middle of the monster's head and that alien on the beach just beyond my garden.
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Tim Dee / SWNS)"All yesterday there was a pilgrimage to stranded animals. The IZIKO Museum in Cape Town came to collect marine specimens. A collection of vertebrates.”
Giant squid are said to grow to “tremendous size,”According to National Geographic, it remains a great mystery to scientists despite being "the largest invertebrate on Earth."
The largest of these rare giants ever discovered, measuring 59 feet long and weighing nearly a ton, has been found dead in oceans around the world, though its exact extent is unknown. has been discovered.
