Researchers in the South Atlantic have filmed a colossal squid in its natural habitat — the first time since the species’ discovery 100 years ago, according to an April 15 news release from the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Scientists aboard the Falkor Too, the institute’s research vessel, recorded the juvenile cephalopod near the South Sandwich Islands, using an underwater drone called SuBastian.
The squid was more than five inches long (13 centimeters), and was found at depth of 1,968 feet.
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While dying adult colossal squids have been recorded by fishermen, the species had never been filmed in its natural habitat at depth, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
“It’s exciting to see the first in situ footage
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