Documentation of Rare Alien-Like Magnapinna Squid With “Elbows”
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
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on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 9:09 am
that squid is totally laughing at us
on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 9:38 am
The super jerky camera angles are awesomely freaky.
on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 10:21 am
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.
on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
cthulhu fhtagn!
on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
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.
on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Oh, and video on the National Geographic site is choking.
Here is the YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPRPnQ-dUSo
on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 6:44 pm
DUDE that squid looks like the alein queen off independence day if i saw that i would probly faint
on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 7:32 pm
this is taken by one of my co-workers. The ROV is owned and operated by Oceaneering
on Sunday, December 7th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! that look freaky it looks like a spider or a alien bug with jimmy newtron sized head LOL