Belinda Bauer, of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, packs up the giant squid found on a Tasmanian beach.

A giant squid washed up on Tasmania’s west coast has scientists in a frenzy.

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery senior curator of invertebrate zoology, Genefor Walker-Smith, leads a team of scientific experts who will investigate the find at Ocean Beach, near Strahan.

Curiously, of the four known giant squid to have washed up on Tasmanian shores (1986, 1992, 2002 and 2007), all have been found in the month of July.

news.com.au reported:

They will take samples from the massive creature, which has been identified by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (TPWS) as giant squid Architeuthis.

The officers have moved the remains above the high water mark to preserve it before being analysed.

The hood of the squid is about two metres long and the body a couple of metres long.

A TPWS spokesman said the tentacles have been badly mangled so their length could not be measured.

Strahan senior ranger Chris Arthur said it is the first time that a giant squid has washed up on the beaches of the west coast, although the giant squid is known to be a food source for sperm whales, which have frequently stranded on the coast.