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Faked photo of a giant squid supposedly found In California.
160-Foot Giant Squid Hoax: How Big Do They Really Get?
The largest giant squid recorded by scientists measured 43 feet (12 meters) long, according to Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Jane J. Lee
National Geographic
Published January 10, 2014
An image of a monster 160-foot-long (49-meter-long) giant squid made the social media rounds yesterday, but fear notit's a hoax.
The photo of the enormous deep-sea denizen after it washed on to a beach in Santa Monica, California, accompanied a satirical article on the website The Lightly Braised Turnip this week.