Scientists catch deep-sea squid prey for the first time

A research team from the Oceanographic Foundation has developed a deep-sea platform equipped with a camera that can capture deep-sea squid prey. work published In the journal Deep Sea Research.

Because the giant squid’s eyes detect short wavelength blue light, they used long wavelength red light, which doesn’t bother the squid, to see the animals in the video.

They added a bait to the platform: a fake jellyfish equipped with blue-flashing bioluminescent-mimicking lights to attract the squid.

As a result, at depths between 557 and 950 meters in the Gulf of Mexico and the Exuma Strait near the Bahamas, the team recorded several encounters with the large squid.

Before the attack, the squid followed the platform for about six minutes. After that, he attacked the fake jellyfish. Previously, scientists assumed that the squid attacked the victim from an ambush, but the squid turned out to be an active predator.

Scientists will continue to study the behavior of squid.



Source: Gazeta

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