Roughly a dozen sightings of bigfin squid (Magnapinna sp.) have been confirmed worldwide. So, when we imaged an adult bigfin squid an #Okeanos Windows to the Deep 2021 off the West Florida Escarpment in the Gulf of Mexico, it was quite an exciting moment! Learn more: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex2107/features/bigfin-squid/bigfin-squid.html | NOAA Ocean Exploration

Incredible Video of Two Bigfin Squid Mating!

The bigfin squid is the deepest dwelling squid in the entire ocean, having been filmed at an incredible depth of 6,000 meters. This alien-looking creature is also the size of an orca, has no suckers, and its tentacles jut out like "elbows". Bigfins are very rare and unique cephalopods, with much still unknown about how they hunt or reproduce. Finding and studying these deep living creatures is difficult, but important. The more researchers know about these squids' habitats and population sizes,