See the creepy deep sea squid Magnapinna

These mollusks live at depths of 1 to 4 km and remain some of the most elusive creatures in the world.

A feature of these squids is a large fin and tentacles, they canreach a length of more than 8 m, which is many times greater thanthe length of their bodies. 

Australian scientists note that they obtained unique video materials as a result of observations of Magnapinna squid in their natural habitat.The survey will allow us to expand our understanding of this unusual species. 

In particular, the hypothesis of the widespread distribution of Magnapinna was confirmed.

These observations, which were the first in Australian waters, confirmed the hypothesis of cosmopolitanism (a wide distribution of the species) and indicated a local cluster distribution of squids in close spatial and temporal proximity to each other.Other. 

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