Four giant squid, one of which is said to be the length
of a bus – 12 metres long – have been washed up on
the northern Asturias coast of Spain. Spain’s marine
agency believe that naval exercises have been causing shock
waves that have contributed to their deaths, although the
Spanish navy deny this. Giant squid, as in the monster that
attacked Captain Nemo’s Nautilus in the Jules Verne
adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, is the world’s
largest invertebrate and lives at depths of up to 2,000
meters (6,562 feet).