First-Known Sighting of a ‘Massive’ Antarctic Squid is Caught on Camera During Nat Geo Expedition

First-Known Sighting of a ‘Massive’ Antarctic Squid is Caught on Camera During Nat Geo Expedition

First-Known Sighting of a ‘Massive’ Antarctic Squid is Caught on Camera During Nat Geo Expedition First-known sighting of living Antarctic squid Gonatus antarcticus , spotted by researchers on the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Expedition in the Southern Ocean – Credit: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute Researchers have recorded a video sighting of a three-foot-long deep-sea squid species that’s never been filmed nor seen alive. Gonatus antarcticus squid, an elusive squid found only in the frigid waters around Antarctica, was discovered on Christmas Day by the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel, the R/V Falkor (too) , in a surprise moment caught on camera via the research vessel’s remotely operated vehicle,  SuBastian . Prior to the astonishing discovery, the species was only known from carcasses in fishing nets or when the squids’ beaks were found in the stomach of fished marine animals. Footage of the squid shows the animal with scratches on its arms and fresh-loo…