What is it with giant squid and the antipodes? This one, captured in Victoria, is six metres long and weighs 230 kilograms.
(Either that guy in the picture is looking for something, or he's trying to make the squid smile. It's odd either way.)Fisheries Victoria says the creature is being kept in a freezer and will be transferred to the Melbourne Museum.
The museum is yet to confirm whether it will be used for scientific research or put on display.
Bob McPherson of the local sport and Game Fishing Club says it is not the first squid netted off Portland, but it is the largest.
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