21.   Reading Captain Nemo and watching Kirk Douglas fight the giant squid.

22.   Roper has studied the giant squid for decades but, like all other experts, has never seen one alive.

23.   Roper said he expected that eventually even the giant squid would come under scientific scrutiny and give up some of its behavioral secrets.

24.   Researchers have found that the penises of giant squid can measure up to three feet in length.

25.   So the reasoning is that a Crittercam attached to a sperm whale could lead us to a giant squid.

26.   Soon, the submarine and its crew were battling a swarm of giant squids and their writhing tentacles.

27.   That changes soon enough, and the team is bombarded with killer jellyfish, a giant squid and some freaky gelatin eggs that seem to serve no purpose whatsoever.

28.   The American Museum of Natural History has unveiled in its Hall of Biodiversity, the first giant squid available for public viewing in New York City.

29.   The giant squid, a cephalopod, has image-forming peepers bigger than basketballs.

30.   The giant squid, Architeuthis, has never been seen alive in its natural, deep-sea habitat.