The squid that looks like an alien:
How the Magnapinna squid is easily the most exciting deepsea creature we know of
#MarineBiology #Fascination #Magnapinna #Squid #Scary #DeepSea #STEMThe very first footage circulated only among oil industry workers.
It was only later, when marine biologists got access to the video, that the pieces began to come together.
It was a recoding from 2000 reached marine biology student Heather Holston.
She forwarded the footage to teuthologist Michael Vecchione at the
Smithsonian Institution. Upon examination, Vecchione identified the specimen as a member of the Magnapinnidae family.
Prior knowledge of the species was limited to juvenile specimens that were obtained.
They published a paper in 2001 in Science, marking the first live description of a Magnapinna squid in the wild.
Scary and magnificent at the same time
PS: The original footage from 1988 is not included but you can find it on YouTube :)
