Gorgeous Underwater Footage of Squid Changing Colors During a Graceful Mating Ritual

In a gorgeous underwater clip from the BBC Earth series The Blue Planet narrated by David Attenborough, a beautiful bioluminescent squid perform a magnificent color changing mating ritual. The cameras also captured rare footage of a walking handfish

Strange and unusual life inhabits the plankton rich seas of the underwater kelp forests. Watch this short video from BBC natural history series The Blue Planet to see the mating habits of amazing colour changing squid and the weird movements of the aptly named hand fish

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.