Wait, They Actually Filmed a Colossal Squid Alive? 🤯🦑 #science #rare

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]For over 100 years, the colossal squid was a deep-sea [music] legend that no human had ever filmed alive until 2025. [music] Scientists finally captured a juvenile colossal squid swimming freely nearly 2,000 ft [music] below Antarctica's frozen waters.

[00:00:21]And what shocked experts most was how calm and ghost-like the creature [music] looked in complete darkness. This animal can grow longer than a bus and weighs more than 1,000 lb in adulthood. Unlike giant squids, [music] colossal squids have rotating hooks on their arms that can rip into prey instantly. Some scientists believe these predators [music] battle sperm whales in the deepest parts of the ocean. Before this footage, most colossal squids were only discovered dead inside fishing [music] nets or whale stomachs. That's why this single recording became one of the rarest deep-sea discoveries ever captured on camera. And experts say the deepest oceans may still hide creatures even larger than this waiting to be [music] discovered. If the ocean still hides monsters like this, subscribe to Deep Ocean Secrets before the next discovery surfaces.