Strangest Thing: Deep-Sea Squid Caught on Camera for the First Time

Some depths of the oceans remain unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored, containing great mysteries and creepy creatures swimming in the dark.

Australian scientists have published a video of a bigfin squid (Magnapinna), one of the most difficult-to-find creatures in the world.

The animal with “large fins and strikingly long arm and tentacle filaments” that can reach a length of over 8 metres (26 feet) permanently dwells in the dark depths of the ocean and has been spotted only about a dozen times. 

Bigfin squids live in the bathypelagic zone, between 1,000 and 4,000 metres (3,280 and 13,120 feet) deep. Only with the help of remotely operated vehicles and a towed camera system deployed at adepth of 946–3258 metres (3,103-10,688 feet), were the scientists able to spot the creature five times.

The survey was conducted in March 2017 as part of a large-scale research of waters off Australia’s southern coast.

Sourse: sputniknews.com