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Waxman Staff Writer May 14, 2015 9:19 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 14, 2015 9:19 PM UTC A New Zealand aquarium has shared photos of a giant squid that washed up on a beach in Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand on Tuesday. The Kaikoura Marine Centre and Aquarium has put the sea creature in a freezer with glass windows that is on display for visitors. The mantle is about 6.5 feet long, while the longest tentacle is about 16 feet long. Parts of it will be donated to Auckland and Otago universities for research, according to Facebook posts. ### See The Best Biology Photos Of The Year  Two Bisons on the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Lukas Gawenda  A spider at sunset in Predel, Bulgaria. Krasimir Matarov  Parasitoid wasps building clay pots in Borneo, Brunei. Thomas Endlein  Siblings watering newly planted seedlings in Rizal, The Philippines. 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And [00:07] Ground Zero for that issue is Florida, and especially [00:10] south Florida's Everglades. The hospitable tropical [00:13] climate and proximity to the port of Miami makes it a [00:16] popular place for an array of invasive animals and [00:18] plants, more than 500 in all. This lizard. Becoming [00:22] more invasive. On the hunt for a new breed of python. [00:25] The menace called, the lion fish. Here are some of the [00:27] worst. Good [00:36] morning, Department of Agriculture. [ NOISE ] Oh [00:40] my goodness. This is a big [00:44] snail, a very big snail. Giant African Snails are native to [00:47] Africa, no surprise there. It first appears in Florida as a [00:51] pet. The snail can grow longer than seven inches. Tens [00:55] of thousands of snails have been confiscated in [00:57] airports around the US. Which means they are like a [00:59] farm ware in the wild. Don't see any, just don't see [01:03] any. These snails have five hundred host [01:07] plants. If they were to become established, it could [01:09] devastate Florida's agriculture. They like to eat the [01:12] stucco off the sides of the houses, because it contains [01:16] calcium, and the calcium helps to build their shells. [01:19] They also carry a parasite that can cause meningitis in [01:21] human beings. Local authorities are trying to detect [01:24] and remove the snails, as well as prevent more of [01:26] them from coming into the U. S.. But, given the fact that [01:27] they can lay 1200 eggs a year, that won't be very [01:30] easy. The [01:35] Brazilian pepper tree is native to South America. It was [01:38] actually imported legally in Florida, in the mid 1800s [01:40] as an ornamental plant. The problematic because they [01:43] produce a dense canopy that shades native trees. So [01:44] this is This is the one right here the Yeah, this one with [01:48] these things. They can grow and just completely, you [01:50] know, dominate an entire area. This little piece I cut [01:54] out. It's Brazilian pepper. Hm- mm You look some [01:57] places where this plant has been established for a few [01:58] years. And it's the only species you'll see. And if you, [02:01] you know if you stop trying to control them what [02:03] happens would, would they just sort of begin to, to [02:04] spread. They would just take over again become a [02:06] spread, and that beautiful prairie you see out there in [02:08] a few years without management and your gonna end [02:10] up with again just one gigantic mass of an invasive [02:13] species. Importation to plant is now banned in Florida [02:15] and wild life officials have tried uprooting and [02:18] destroying existing trees. But it's been laborious work. [02:23] Cuban tree frogs were accidentally brought to Florida [02:24] in the 1820s as hitchhikers in cargo ships. And they're [02:28] problematic because they eat at least five different [02:30] species of native frog, as well as lizards and small [02:32] snakes. They've also been known to cause outages by [02:36] chewing on power lines. Wildlife official are trying to [02:39] remove the frogs that are found, but they've [02:41] established themselves well in the Everglades. [02:43] [ MUSIC ] Green iguanas [02:48] hail from Central America and they're bought in the [02:51] U. S. as pets. They're prized for their bright colors. But [02:52] they thrive in the Everglades in South Florida, where [02:55] they've been able to push out native lizards and [02:57] insects. For three days they can lay more than 20 [03:00] eggs. They've been known to live more than 20 years. [03:05] There have been efforts to control them, the iguanas [03:07] have been known to fight back. Whipping their tails at [03:11] people, even biting. [ MUSIC ] Burmese [03:24] python hails from South and Southeast Asia and can [03:27] grow up to 18 feet or more. They were likely [03:30] introduced by pet owners who accidentally or [03:32] purposely released their pythons into the wild. [03:34] [ MUSIC ] Pythons pose a danger [03:39] to the Everglades because they're wiping out smaller [03:41] mammals. One [03:45] paper said the pythons could be eating 99 % of the [03:48] raccoons in the park area. And has even gone after [03:51] native alligators. And there doesn't seem to be an easy [03:54] solution. Finding the pythons is incredibly hard, they [03:57] can hide in the ground and don't need to eat for weeks [03:59] or even months. You can see why it's difficult to catch [04:03] them. They'll get into cover like this and disappear. We [04:06] just wont, we won't see them. The detection rate of [04:10] these things is incredibly small. The [04:15] Everglades remain one of the most invaded places in [04:17] the country and that's not likely going to change. But [04:20] those parts of the wetlands that haven't yet been [04:22] developed yet by human beings are still vibrant echo [04:24] systems. The biggest challenges the Everglades will [04:26] face in the future will be rising sea levels from climate [04:29] change, the ever present threat of development, the [04:32] onslaught of invasive species won't help. [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3859459/giant-squid-washed-up-beach-new-zealand-kaikoura/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3859459/giant-squid-washed-up-beach-new-zealand-kaikoura/"},"headline":"This Giant Squid Will Haunt Your Dreams","datePublished":"2015-05-14T21:19:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:34.978Z","description":"Do these pictures gross you out? 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