The first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in its natural habitat shows a delicate and graceful animal – far from the “monster” narrative we see all too often.
  • TheHalifaxJones@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    It doesn’t say how big this particular squid is in the video. Anyone have a guess? At a glance it seems so very small but without a reference, it’s impossible to tell.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    531·
    6 days ago

    the first confirmed video of this species in its natural habitat – a 30-centimetre juvenile

    For my fellow Americans that is about the length of a $5 sub from subway height of two soda cans on top of a tuna can.

    at a depth of 600 metres

    This is ~6 1/2 football fields.

    Colossal squid can grow up to seven metres

    7 70 10 standard washing machines in width

    and weigh as much as 500 kilograms

    55 watermelons

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      14·
      7 days ago

      Most deep sea animals are glowy! Makes sense I think, there’s not a lot of light down there.

      Fun fact - the first forms of photosynthesis were by red colored algaes and plankton - not green, because different colors of light penetrate the ocean to different levels.

    • mmddmm@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      Looks to me like only the tentacles are glowy, and the body and eyes are just reflecting the camera’s light.

  • Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    Yoooo!! Finally!!! I remember seeing the scars on a whale from their hooks as a kid, and being amazed that something like that could exist. Finding out no one had ever seen one alive devastated little 2nd grade me lol