Showing posts with label Mystery Squid Sea Of Cortez 2800 Foot Depth Red Horns April 21 2018. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mystery Squid Sea Of Cortez 2800 Foot Depth Red Horns April 21 2018. Show all posts

Saturday, April 21, 2018

[U] In The... "What are THOSE?!" Department: Marine Biology Mystery Edition


From almost 2,800 feet under the Sea of Cortez, off the coast of Mexico. . . this is a lovely NOAA.gov mystery.

What is that? It is demon red -- complete with "horns". . . and it is likely folded up, to shield its eye from the blazingly bright undersea camera lights -- the video is jaw slacking; do watch it:

". . .The strange squid was captured on April 17 by the crew of NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer during a scientific voyage studying an ocean area never explored before. The mission has been conducting both scientific research and capturing images of deep-sea habitats in the western Gulf of Mexico that likely found nowhere else. . . ."



Yes I do love me some. . . life science. Onward, to a water workout now, myself. . . smile.

UPDATED Sunday @ 8 AM EDT, Courtesy Google: Earth Day 2018:



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