Giant Squid Found Dead In Australia Attacked By Shark (Viral Video)

Giant squid eaten by shark (Youtube)

A rare giant squid was found dead off the coast of Australia by the team of "The Fishing Bible" author Al McGlashan recently.

McGlashan's group sailed out to sea last Friday to search for tuna and swordfish but instead they found the dead giant squid 30 miles off Jervis Bay in New South Wales.

"In all my time on the water – and I’ve spent 200-plus days out there – I’ve never seen anything like it. The giant squid must have died not that long before we found it because it didn’t smell at all and its colors were still strong. Most giant squid remains are smelly and rotten and just off-white by the time someone finds them," McGlashan to GrindTV.

While McGlashanwas filming the 15-foot giant squid, an 8-foot blue shark took advantage of an opportunity to feed. The footage of the attack has been posted on Youtube and is now a certified viral hit, attracting more than 4 million views in just 3 days.

Check out the video below:

Since the sea creature lives at such great ocean depths, spotting it is extremely rare. In fact, images of a live giant squid in the wild were not available until 2004.