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This is the first ever footage of a giant squid in its natural habitat.
It took decades and a lot of creative engineering.
Step one: remove all the sound.
Scientists removed all the motors off of their camera and they let it just float in place.
Step two: remove all the lights.
But that's really hard when you want to get footage.
They need some form of light.
So scientists looked at other deep sea creatures like this vampire squid and they noticed they're not black, but red.
Red wavelengths are very long and they're quickly swallowed up by water.
It's why the ocean appears blue.
So scientists put red LED lights on the camera, making that light invisible to the animals down here.
But you need something familiar to lure in a sea monster, like a bright, blue lure.
And it worked.
Within hours, a giant squid appeared out of nowhere gripping onto the device.
It was the first time we had ever seen an adult giant squid in its natural habitat, but now there's another way to find animals in the deep sea.
To see it, you got to follow along.
How they found the giant squid…
This is the first ever footage of a giant squid in its natural habitat. It took decades to get this footage. And some creative engineering.
The further down into the ocean you go the darker it gets, so when scientists make their way down there with ROV’s or subs the lights and motors typically cause animals adapted for cold, dark isolation to flee.
In 2012, one scientist got creative and finally caught some incredible footage of a deep sea creature we’d never seen before in its natural habitat. For more, subscribe!
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