In 1925, scientists first described the colossal squid, the largest invertebrate on Earth. Exactly 100 years later, in March 2025, this elusive sea creature was caught on camera in its natural habitat for the first time ever. While specimens have been spotted at the surface of the ocean by fishing boats, nobody had ever seen a colossal squid in the deep sea until a remotely operated submersible captured footage of a juvenile about 2,000 feet below the surface near the South Sandwich Islands. Whi
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In 1925, scientists first described the colossal squid, the largest invertebrate on Earth. Exactly 100 years later, in March 2025, this elusive sea creature was caught on camera in its natural habitat for the first time ever. While specimens have been spotted at the surface of the ocean by fishing boats, nobody had ever seen a colossal squid in the deep sea until a remotely operated submersible captured footage of a juvenile about 2,000 feet below the surface near the South Sandwich Islands. Whi
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