A fisherman’s camera caught a giant squid doing something science has never documented. The crew was hauling lines in deep water when the creature surfaced, and what it did next sent shockwaves through the vessel.
In December 2025, a fisherman off the coast of southern Japan filmed two giant squid at the ocean surface in daylight, with one apparently feeding on the other. The footage, posted online under the handle Yon Morikota, was notable because healthy giant squid almost never appear at the surface, and observing one actively feeding is rarer still.Giant squid have been known to science for centuries wi…