by A colossal squid was first caught by an international team of researchers in the deep sea in the camera that steer a remote -controlled diving alley.
The sighting was announced on Tuesday by the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
The filmed inkfish was a youth who was about 1 meter long at a depth of 1.968 feet (600 meters) in the South Atlantic. Adult adult colossal inkfish that scientists have discovered from the bellies of whales and seabirds can reach lengths of up to 7 meters (almost as large as a small fire engine).
The squid was spied on last month near South Sandwich Islands during an expedition to search for new sea life. The researchers waited to verify species identification with other independent scientists before releasing the film material.
“I really love that we first saw a young colossal inkfish. This animal is so beautiful,” said Kat Bolstad, an inkfish researcher at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, who contributed to confirming this.
Researchers test various cameras in the hope of catching an adult colossal inkfish, said Bolstad.
The young squid is almost completely transparent, with thin arms. As adults, the ink fish lose this glassy appearance and become an opaque dark red or purple. When they are fully grown, they are considered the world’s largest known invertebrates.
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AP video journalist Mustakim Hasnath contributed to this report.
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