02/26/2024
Canuckle #652: SQUID 🦑
The Canadian fishing village of Glover's Harbour, Newfoundland (formerly known as Thimble Tickle) claims to be the "Home of the Giant Squid." It earned this distinction in 1878, when a living giant squid was discovered stranded offshore. Now enshrined in the form of a "life-sized" sculpture, the world's largest squid is the subject of an annual festival, and in 2011, the sculpture was featured on a Canadian postage stamp.
📷: A "life-sized" 55-foot sculpture of the Thimble Tickle giant squid of 1878, long regarded by Guinness as the largest specimen ever recorded. Part of the Giant Squid Interpretation Centre in Glover's Harbour (formerly Thimble Tickle), Newfoundland and Labrador. (Photo by Julie Potton)