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Behold, the earliest known photograph of a giant squid, taken in 1874

Popkin
Sep 30, 2025
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By Variously attributed to John Maunder (a local photographer from St. John’s), Moses Harvey (1820–1901) himself, and Messrs. McKenny and Parsons (also of St. John’s) – probably the latter; see Aldrich (1991:457). - Aldrich, F.A. (1991). Some aspects of the systematics and biology of squid of the genus Architeuthis based on a study of specimens from New…

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