by The colossal inkfish, the world’s largest squid, was caught on video for the first time in its natural habitat, according to a California ocean research organization.
According to the Schmidt Ocean Institute, this squid can grow up to 23 feet and £ 1,100 pounds up to 23 foot and £ 1,100. But the creature that the institute caught on video was a pedestrian youth.
It was taken on March 9 near South Sandwich Iceland in the South Atlantic at a depth of almost 2,000 feet, as can be seen from a press release from the non -profit organization. The squid was officially named and identified in 1925, but was not recorded alive until this case.
The squid, officially named Mesonychotuthis HamiltonIWas recorded during a 35-day expedition that aimed at finding a new marine life, the publication says. Scientists on board the Falkor research ship of the institute have recorded the video of the squid with its remote -controlled vehicle called Subastian.
The squids lose their transparent bodies when they get older, and dying adults were previously recorded by fishermen, but a colossal squid had not yet seen alive in such a depth.
“It is exciting to see that the first in -situ film material of a youthful colossal and humiliating superior is to see that they have no idea that people exist,” said Kat Bolstad from Auckland University of Technology in the publication. According to the institute, Bolstad was consulted to check the video. “For 100 years we have mainly encountered prey in whale and sea bird stomachs and as predators of harvested tooth fishing.”
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During an expedition in January, the team also recorded the first video of the glacier glass ink in the first Galiteuthis Glacialis), according to the institute. This creature has never been seen alive in its natural environment.
“The first sighting of two different ink fishing on two consecutive expeditions is remarkable and shows how little we saw from the great residents of the southern Paus,” said Jyotika Virmani, Executive Director of Schmidt Ocean Institute, in the press release.
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This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
