{"id":59079,"date":"2020-06-15T13:39:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T11:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/watch-giant-squid-stranded-20200612\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:48:10","slug":"watch-giant-squid-stranded-20200612","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/watch-giant-squid-stranded-20200612\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch giant squid stranded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"YouTube\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_048b3d4f\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gx-ETLlT4jo\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_0a1d6412\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Giant squid over 4 metres long\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10265\/03a78ec8a2484fb4a892af836de7136f.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10265\/2063edffad85432ba82bf5fc932e39aa.jpeg\" title=\"Giant squid over 4 metres long\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Giant squid over 4 metres long<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-watch-giant-squid-washed-up-on-beach\">WATCH: Giant squid washed up on beach<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A giant squid washed up on the shores of Britannia Bay beach in St Helena Bay, Western Cape, on Sunday morning. 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