The video, which lasts less than 30 seconds and was taken about 100 miles southeast of New Orleans, shows a giant squid in U.S. waters.
Shown in stunning and rare footage, researchers in the Gulf of Mexico filmed a giant squid in the deep sea as part of an expedition to document elusive marine animals.
"What were once monsters to be feared are now curious and magnificent creatures that delight," the team of researchers wrote in a mission log after viewing the video Wednesday. The researchers say it's the first time a giant squid has been spotted in U.S. waters, and Edie Widder, one of the leaders of the group, told the Washington Post it was"one of the more amazing days at sea I’ve ever had."
The Medusa, a camera that employs red lights invisible to most creatures at those depths, was used to lure the animals with its attached"e-jelly" display, which mimics the bioluminescence of a deep-sea jelly fish.Researchers were reviewing Medusa's footage last week when they caught the first glimpse of the squid's long tentacles.
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