First-known sighting of living Antarctic 3 ft long deep-sea squid Gonatus antarcticus, and it’s beautiful! :)
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that’s what my gf said the first time we went deep sea diving
Very cool, but this is not a giant squid.
To explain for others that would, like me, have to look it up: this is a large squid, but it is not the species architeuthis dux that we call the giant squid. The architeuthis one is lot bigger, up to four or five times bigger than this one
How is knowing more about the countless undersea horrors a “good” thing…? I mean, I guess it’s preventing me from ever going in the ocean again, so yeah, okay.
3 feet = 0,914 metres
3 feet = 1 yard
Yes, I see it too.