Photo: Wikipedia.
No one knows exactly which creature is intended by the biblical designation “Leviathan,” but it could be the Giant Squid. Mariners and scientists have known for years that giant squids exist, but it is extremely rare that they are sighted. Mostly they show up in the stomachs of sperm whales, which eat giant squids.

Until recently, a live giant squid had never been captured on film. But FoxNews recently reported that a Japanese team of scientists caught a giant squid on film in October, 2004. They released the pictures two days ago. The aquatic beast thrashed so violently trying to get free that it actually tore its own 20-foot tentacle off. Talk about “the one that got away!” Incidentally, giant squids have the largest eyes of any known creature, more than one foot in diameter. (Source: Wikipedia)

Whether the giant squid is “Leviathan” of Biblical fame or not, this picture and others like it bring to mind these words from Psalm 104:

“O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
Here is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.”

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