The several stories of monstrous giant squids have attracted scientists and common man alike. The hovering curiosity has made scientist to find out ways and means, which could help them to know more about these mystifying creatures. Also those Carcasses found offshore have been studied and very well preserved for the people to admire this enormous and most powerful predator.
France’s National Museum of Natural History has a huge squids hanging from the ceiling for the people to view. Likewise Paris’s Museum National d’histoire naturelle has a 21.5 foot plastinated giant squid. All the fluids have been removed from the body and replaced with polymer to prevent the squid for decay. This giant squid is the gift to France by the country of New Zealand.
Delaware Museum of National History can actually give you an experience of how it feel being with this giant. You can see the first ever footage of giant squid caught on video, examine and observe the real giant squid beak and suckers and compare your height relative to giant squid and much more.
It is a rare treat to see a complete giant squid which has been made possible by the London’s Natural History of Museum who have displayed 8.62m (28 ft) of giant squid which was caught off the coast of the Falkland Island by trawler.
Melbourne Museum got one step ahead by organizing a giant squid public dissection where people an actually see a giant squid’s outer as well as inner appearance. This little known and rarely seen deep sea creature was dissected publicly to bring greater awareness and better understanding among the people.
