A deep-sea hooked squid, which owns the largest photophores in the natural world, was recently captured on film.
A team of marine researchers with the Minderoo—UWA Deep Sea Research Centre got a treat recently, when a rare deep-sea hooked squid mistook the crew’s baited camera for prey. The team captured the remarkable footage about 3,281 feet beneath the waves in the South Pacific, north of the Samoan Passage. In a short but mesmerizing encounter, caught on multiple cameras, the 30-inch-long squid grabs on to the end of the camera arm and quickly aborts its mission, jetting off into the depths.
The deep-sea hooked squid has two large photophores on its arms, which the squid flashes to disorient its prey. The photophores are the largest in the animal kingdom. The organs are a form of bioluminescence, which is not uncommon among deep sea creatures, especially predators. “The squid...descended on our camera assuming it was prey, and tried to startle it with is huge bioluminescent headlights,” said Heather Stewart, chief scientist of the team, in the same release.
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