8.9K views · 85 reactions | STUNNING! Mesmerizing video of a rarely seen bigfin squid was recently released by scientists in Australia. The video shows the elusive creature slowly swimming with its long, dainty tentacles trailing behind. STORY: https://tinyurl.com/y53f8waf | FOX 35 Orlando | Facebook

The bigfin squid is the deepest dwelling squid in the entire ocean, having been filmed at an incredible depth of 6,000 meters. This alien-looking creature is also the size of an orca, has no suckers, and its tentacles jut out like "elbows". Bigfins are very rare and unique cephalopods, with much still unknown about how they hunt or reproduce. Finding and studying these deep living creatures is difficult, but important. The more researchers know about these squids' habitats and population sizes,

36K views · 171 reactions | This elusive deep-sea bigfin squid with 8 metre long spaghetti-like strands has been spotted in Australian waters for the first time. Five of these weird and wonderful creatures were captured 3,000 metres below the surface in the Great Australian Bight. 撚撚撚撚撚 Before the sighting by researchers from CSIRO and Museums Victoria, only around a dozen bigfin squid had been reported worldwide! https://ab.co/2Ip3AUO | ABC Science | Facebook