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Video: Colossal squid caught on camera in the deep sea for the first time
In a video shared by The Associated Press, squid researcher from the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, Dr. Kat Bolstad, states that Schmidt Ocean Institute captured the first live footage of a small colossal squid during a deep sea discovery expedition around the South Sandwich Islands.
The first specimens of the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) were formally described by biologists a century ago, in 1925. These deep sea dwellers, which live exclusively in Antarctic ...
so squid will be aware of our equipment long before we know they’re there—and they will stay well away,” Bolstad says. “The deep sea is a vast 3D space, and looking for specific animals ...
And in 2007, a living specimen found itself accidentally ensnared (and fatally injured) by another fishing boat, this time in the Ross Sea, near Antarctica. This 2007 squid, 30 feet in length ...
The first specimen of the colossal squid was formally ... my entire career studying deep-sea cephalopods.' In addition, SuBastian is an unmanned submersible that can dive to a depth of about ...
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