Maybe its my OCD showing, but that long filament thing kinda bugs me... just doesn't seem to "go" with the rest of the animal...

... I'll be over here washing my hands over and over...

Looks delicious!

When I die, I want to go out while battling one of these

There is only one way to protect the world from the human species.

Very nice imaging system that have on that submersible. Most deep sea footage I see is terrible.

Reminds me of the alien spacecraft from that Lifeforce movie in the 80s.

I would upvote this *quality undersea footage if I could.

Invocations (quality) cannot be called by rich_magnet because rich_magnet is not privileged - sorry.

That last shot of it inverted makes me think it looks a bit like a troll doll.

It's existed unchanged for millions of years and is threatened by current warming????
One of those kind of has to be false. If it's survived unchanged for millions of years it's been through both much warmer and much colder temperatures, meaning current warming is nothing this creature hasn't already survived many times over before.

>> ^bcglorf:
It's existed unchanged for millions of years and is threatened by current warming????
One of those kind of has to be false. If it's survived unchanged for millions of years it's been through both much warmer and much colder temperatures, meaning current warming is nothing this creature hasn't already survived many times over before.


Selective hearing?

"They are threatened by ocean warming, decreasing oxygen, pollution, over-fishing, industrialization, and dozens of other changes taking place in the deep."

Perhaps he's referring to a combination of the above? Personally, I don't know enough about this matter to defend or refute any of the points.

The Monterey aquarium is awesome, if you're ever in the north of California I wholly recommend it.

I bet the Lycanoharrious Squid is pissed by all this press.

What the Vampire Squid Really Eats has been added as a related post - related requested by Mordhaus on that post.