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AUT Squid Squad
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Deep-sea research group in Aotearoa NZ, focusing on squid ecology & systematics www.aut.ac.nz/alces
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quick test print 🐡 ...
have to do some corrections
July 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Glass squids including colossal are tougher than they look. Some of the transparent pelagic octos are really delicate but the squids are a little more robust.
June 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Dr Kat Bolstad (@autsquidsquad.bsky.social ) worked with glass squid expert Dr. Aaron Evans to help confirm this observation; she narrated this video. Read the full Schmidt Ocean Institute announcement here: schmidtocean.org/first-coloss...
First Confirmed Footage of a Colossal Squid—and it’s a Baby! - Schmidt Ocean Institute
One hundred years after its discovery, the colossal squid has been filmed alive in its environment for the first time by a team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too) in waters off the So...
schmidtocean.org
April 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM