Boy Giant squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) filmed vividly in the environment by a team of marine biologists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (Too) in waters off the Southern Sandwich Islands.
Giant squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural habitat. Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Also known as the Antarctic Crunch Squid or Giant Squid, the Giant Squid is a member of the Glass Squid Family Cranchiidae.
The species can be up to 10-14 m long and weighs up to 500-700 kg, making it the heaviest invertebrate on the planet.
Little is known about their life cycle, but in the end they lose the see-through look of the boy.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, a researcher at Auckland Institute of Technology, said:
“For 100 years, prey remains in the stomachs of whales and seabirds, and we mostly encountered them as harvested teeth predators.”
A giant squid with a long 30 cm larvae was videotaped at a depth of 600 m by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Subathian March 9, 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzpog9h8hlo
“It’s incredible that we can leverage the power of taxonomic communities. R/V Falkor (Too) “The University of Essex researcher, Dr. Michelle Taylor, and the expedition chief scientist, said:
Furthermore, on January 25th, 2025, the previous team Folcole (too) Photographed by the expedition First confirmed video of Glacier glass squid (Galiteuthis glacialis) in the South Ocean near Antarctica.
Galiteuthis glacialis is another glass squid species that has never been seen lively in natural environments before.
“One of the most distinctive features of the giant squid is the presence of a hook in the center of the eight arms. Galiteuthis glacialis said Dr. Aaron Evans, an independent expert in the glass squid family.
“If not, then the boy’s giant squid and Galiteuthis glacialis It is similar, with a transparent body and sharp hook at the end of two long tentacles. ”
Dr. Jyoticavilmani, executive director of Schmidt Ocean Institute, said:
“Fortunately, we caught a high-resolution image of these creatures so that world experts who weren’t on board could identify both species.”
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