Friday Squid Blogging: Deep-Dwelling Squid

2021-12-31 22:03

We have discovered a squid - - that lives at 6,000 meters deep.

":They're really weird," says Vecchione.

"They drift along with their arms spread out and these really long, skinny, spaghetti-like extensions dangling down underneath them." Microscopic suckers on those filaments enable the squid to capture their prey.

The squid that Jamieson and Vecchione saw in the footage captured 6,212 meters below the ocean's surface is a small one.

That could mean, says Vecchione, that this bigfin squid was a juvenile.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.

News URL

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/12/friday-squid-blogging-deep-dwelling-squid.html