Monster squid captured on video

Published: Nov. 8, 2007 at 8:22 PM

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- An upcoming episode of the new U.S. cable series "Monsterquest" features an image that could be that of the largest squid ever caught on video.

"Monsterquest: Giant Squid Found" is slated to air Nov. 14 on The History Channel.

A squid researcher and a team of filmmakers set out last year to videotape a monster-sized squid in the wild, the cable channel said in a release. Previously, large squids have only been videotaped when they were caught on hooked lures or in nets.

Led by explorer Scott Cassell and filmmaker Doug Hajicek, the expedition found and filmed a squid -- estimated to be between 50 feet and 100 feet long -- at a depth of 1,000 feet in Mexico's Sea of Cortez.

Using a technique developed by Hajicek, the team attached a small camera to a large Humboldt Squid, and then released it into the depths, so it could record the footage, some of which can be seen at History.com.

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