Researchers film giant squid in the Gulf of Mexico

Screenshot Video: Giant squid in the Gulf of Mexico

Spectacular footage from 760 meters depth Rare shots were made by researchers in the Gulf of Mexico. They managed to get a living giant squid of the kind Architeuthis dux, which was first filmed in 2005, in front of the camera in its natural habitat. Members of an expedition of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made the recordings about 160 kilometres southeast of New Orleans. The researchers have lured the animal with bait. The video shows how the animal approaches, examines the bait and quickly disappears back into the dark depths. The now filmed specimen of the giant squid is, according to the biologists, probably a young animal with a size of three to four meters. Adult giant squid can reach a size of up to five meters. The current video was created under dramatic circumstances. As if the encounter with one of the most mysterious and legendary animals of the deep sea could not be without consequences: After the recordings were in the can, a storm arose, a lightning struck the research ship and on portside a waterspout appeared... Video: https://youtu.be/Lqim34DvCrs

Screenshot Video: Giant squid in the Gulf of Mexico

he research vessel "R / V Point Sur", (c) NOAA / Dante Fenolio

From left to right: Nathan Robinson, Sonke Johnsen, Tracey Sutton, Nick Allen, Edie Aries and Megan McCall gather to watch the Giant Squid video, (c) NOAA / Dante Fenolio

The waterspout on portside of the vessel, (c) NOAA / Joshua Bierbaum