After visitors to Silver Point, just south of Cannon Beach, reported a 10-foot robust clubhook squid, the Seaside Aquarium responded. Staff took a unique opportunity to examine and dissect the 90-pound squid, which had a mantle length of 4 feet. Found on the eastern Pacific, the species ranges from Alaska to California. They are also found off the coast of Japan.

Aquarium staff reported the squid had been dead for “a little while” and some scavenging had occurred. “But all in all it, was in pretty good shape,” the aquarium’s Tiffany Boothe said. “Most likely this animal died after spawning and ocean currents brought it ashore.”

The robust clubhook squid, Onykia robusta, is the third largest squid species in the world, and can reach a total length of 12 feet. Two larger species are the colossal squid and the giant squid, both of which exceed lengths of 30 feet.