First Footage of Colossal Squid Shared
Most information about this elusive creature had previously been obtained from remains found in whale stomachs
By Denise Rivette
Scientists captured the first video footage of a colossal squid on March 9 while aboard a Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. The footage shows a beautiful and ethereal creature. I hope you’ll take a few moments to relax and enjoy this video.
From the Schmidt Ocean Institute YouTube page:
This is the first confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, at depth in its natural habitat. Pilots filmed the young 30-centimeter-long (one-foot) cephalopod at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands as the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely operated vehicle SuBastian descended through the water column on a dive aiming to discover new marine species, in partnership with Ocean Census during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition.