A Shell Oil Company ROV (remotely operated vehicle) shot photos of a rare alien-like Magnapinna squid with “elbows” at the Perdido ultra deep oil drilling site in the Gulf of Mexico. National Geographic has the full story, including photos and video.
Thanks to Kevin Mathieu, RICK! and Jozef Zábojník for the tip!
image via Shell Oil Company
{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }
that squid is totally laughing at us
The super jerky camera angles are awesomely freaky.
This is CRAZY! I find it oddly fitting that almost all of our extra-terrestrial images can be found as creatures that live in the deep sea.
cthulhu fhtagn!
Damn. Imagine sitting in front of some monitors in a dark room as you guide the ROV and suddenly coming across this. It's like playing Half Life or something, only in real life. My heart would probably stop.
Oh, and video on the National Geographic site is choking.
Here is the YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPRPnQ-dUSo
DUDE that squid looks like the alein queen off independence day if i saw that i would probly faint
this is taken by one of my co-workers. The ROV is owned and operated by Oceaneering
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! that look freaky it looks like a spider or a alien bug with jimmy newtron sized head LOL
WHOA!!!!! That thing is SO creepy! Yeah, I’d have to agree with all of you on the fact that I would have a flippin heart attack seein somethin like that. But yet how cool that someone caught this rare species on tape & then shared it with the world!!!!
You must log in to post a comment.