“We had never seen anything like this”: this squid proves the deep sea still hides countless mysteries - Futura-Sciences Deep in the Pacific’s darkness, scientists captured a scene no one expected: an unknown creature, motionless, half buried in mud, blending into the seafloor. This never-before-seen cephalopod behavior...

At 4,100 m, scientists recorded a deep-sea #squid showing a never-documented behavior—upside down, buried, and blending into the seafloor.

New discoveries continue, even as pressures grow in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. #notodeepseamining #abyssalsquid #cephalopods #CCZ #abyssalecosystems