Rare giant squid washed up in Australia

The carcass of a giant two-metre squid, which washed up on the shores of Tasmania's Ocean Beach on Tuesday night, is seen near Strahan in this July 10, 2007 handout photo. The squid, the mantle or main body of which measured two-metres (6.5 feet) long, was found by a walker late on Tuesday on Ocean Beach, near Strahan, on the western coast of island state Tasmania. Picture taken July 10, 2007 . REUTERS/Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service/Chris Arthur