Biologists accidentally photographed a giant squid and a sunken ship

Scientists mapping the seabed in the Gulf of Aqaba in the northern Red Sea recently almost

Two interesting discoveries were made at the same time.They accidentally discovered a sunken shipwreck and a mysterious large squid circling around it. The research is being conducted by marine research organization OceanX.

The shipwreck turned out to be the Pella ferry,which sank in November 2011 - scientists found this out by sending a remotely controlled vehicle (ROV) to reconnaissance. However, it took more time to determine the type of squid. The team used ROVs and submersibles to visit the crash site three times, and each time they saw a huge squid passing by.

After consultation with Michael Vecchione, zoologistinvertebrates from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, the team finally got an answer - it turned out to be Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis, or the purple-black flying squid. The size of the giant squid exceeds 2 m; the body length with tentacles is usually 50 cm.

According to the Australian Museum, these squids areactive predators living in tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans. They live in the open ocean at a depth of about 1000 m, but often swim at night and closer to the surface to eat. What's more, these muscular and fast individuals can travel at 10 km / h (with jerks of up to 35 km / h), according to SeaLifeBase, the international center for marine research.

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