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First-Ever Footage of Juvenile Colossal Squid Unveiled

4/15/2025

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In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too) filmed a juvenile colossal squid for the first time, measuring 30 centimeters deep in the ocean near the South Sandwich Islands. This remarkable footage, captured at 600 meters, sheds light on a species long shrouded in mystery, previously only known from predator remains.

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In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too) filmed a juvenile colossal squid for the first time, measuring 30 centimeters deep in the ocean near the South Sandwich Islands. This remarkable footage, captured at 600 meters, sheds light on a species long shrouded in mystery, previously only known from predator remains.