“A French yacht taking part in the Jules Verne round-the-world sailing trophy has been attacked by a giant squid in the mid-Atlantic, its skipper announced by radio link… The giant squid, Architeuthis dux, is the world’s largest invertebrate and can reach 18 metres in length, but it is also highly elusive, with only about 250 sightings officially recorded — most of them of dead animals on beaches.” Sydney Morning Herald