The footage shows the rare squid latching onto a free-fall baited camera.
A rare deep-sea squid was recently captured on video at a depth of more than a kilometer underwater in the Pacific Ocean.Scientists from The University of Western Australia and Kelpie Geosciences in the U.K. captured the footage when they were deploying free-fall baited cameras north of an area known as the Samoan Passage, located in the North Pacific.
"The squid, which was about 75cm long, descended on our camera assuming it was prey, and tried to startle it with is huge bioluminescent headlights," Stewart continued. "It then proceeded to wrap its arms around one of other cameras which in turn captured the encounter in even greater detail. I think we were very lucky to have witnessed this.
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