Fortunately for those who have devoted their lives to searching for " Architeuthis ", this was only an aberration, a case of mistaken identity ."
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According to the Natural History Museum, giant squid, or " Architeuthis dux ", can reach in length; they have been known to attack ships.
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Unlike the flesh of its smaller, edible squid cousins, Architeuthis's is saturated with ammonium chloride, which causes it to taste like a mouthful of household cleaner.
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Amongst the more exotic species found off the Outer Hebrides, is the giant squid ( " Architeuthis " )-specimens are occasionally washed up on the islands.
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Project Architeuthis, created for the U . S . Navy as a recruiting device for its cryptology division, won numerous awards, including the 2015 Warc Grand Prix for Social Strategy.
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They used a camera attached to the body of a sperm whale, Architeuthis's nemesis, which produced spookily mesmerizing footage of the backs of whales as they dived to stupendous depths.
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Undaunted, Ellis, the author of " Imagining Atlantis " and other books, has compiled what little we do know about Architeuthis, and just about everything we can surmise.
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The literature on cephalopod size has been further muddied by the frequent misattribution of various squid specimens to the giant squid genus " Architeuthis ", often based solely on their large size.
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The giant squid ( genus " Architeuthis " ) was filmed off the Ogasawara Islands for the first time in the wild on September 27, 2005, and was captured in December 2006.
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This "'list of giant squid specimens and sightings "'is a comprehensive timeline of recorded human encounters with members of the genus " Architeuthis ", popularly known as giant squid.
