Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux)
While often a character of horror movies, the giant squid is very much real. There’s a lot scientists don’t know about these creatures, but the expedition that captured the image above informed much of what we know about its behavior today. In June 2019, as part of the Journey Into Midnight expedition in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of researchers captured footage of a giant squid. It’s only the second time the deep-sea giant has been captured live on camera.
Because they hide thousands of feet under the sea, most sightings of these animals have been dead squids that wash up onshore. When studying an animal though, science requires some live action. This squid appeared to be some 12 feet long. That’s 12 feet of terror in my book.
