A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep

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Apr 16, 2025, 11:30 am65 pts
The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted sperm whale. A century later, an international voyage captured the first confirmed video of this species in its natural habitat—a 30-centimeter juvenile, at a depth of 600 meters near the South Sandwich…

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