Evidence of giant squid discovered — bodacious beast is bigger than a school bus with eyes the size of a large pizza

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It’s a colossal find. Australian scientists detected signs of a super-rare giant squid during a watershed study, marking the first time the species had been recorded in the area in a quarter century. They detailed their one-of-a-kind find in a study in the journal Environmental DNA. “Finding evidence of a giant squid really captures people’s imagination,” said head author Dr Georgia Nester of Minderoo OceanOmics Centre at the University of Western Australia, Oceanographic magazine reported.

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