Submission + - Giant Squid washed ashore in Australia (yahoo.com)
twofish writes: Yahoo News is reporting that the carcass of a giant squid, nearly 8 meters in length, has washed ashore in Australia.
"It's a whopper," Tasmanian Museum senior curator Genefor Walker-Smith told local media on Wednesday. "The main mantle is about one meter across and its total length is about eight meters."