Tsunemi Kubodera, chief of Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Science Museum of Japan, sits behind a Giant Squid on a boat off Ogasawara Islands, Japan, on December 4, 2006. The squid, was about 3.5 metres (11.5 feet) long and about 50 kg (110 lbs), was caught at a depth of 650 metres (2132.5 feet) off the Islands. REUTERS/National Science Museum of Japan/Handout
the report says that giant squid are said to grow up to 20 metres long, but cause no problem for shipping because they hang about hundreds of metres below the surface.