The mysteries hidden at the bottom of the sea continue to be investigated to find out how the species found there live and breathe. One of the last images that reach us from those depths is that of a giant squid who, far from what was thought, is an active hunter who conscientiously prepares his attacks.
In a video released by ‘Science Alert’, the animal can be seen stalking its prey for six minutes. The scene took place at a depth of between 557 and 950 meters in the Gulf of Mexico. The team of researchers from the Fundación Oceanogràfic València, led by Nathan Robinson, devised a way to attract the animal.
They equipped a camera on a deep water platform to which, in addition, they put a bait. That bait is a fake jellyfish, called an E-jelly, equipped with lights that mimic the intermittent blue bioluminescence emitted by a atolla jellyfishin danger of extinction.
The first encounters with these animals were in 2004 and 2005, when they were seen Promachoteuthis sloani, one meter long. The recordings continued and the Promachoteuthis adamiwith a mantle length of half a meter, in 2013. It was not until 2019 that the Doge Architeuthisthe giant squid itself, almost two meters long without including the tentacles.
Source: Lasexta
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