Watch an Elusive and Ethereal Bigfin Squid Float Above the Seafloor Off Central California
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“Scientists on a marine expedition captured footage of a rare bigfin squid near underwater mountains off the coast of Central California. This marks the first time the creature has been observed alive in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.”
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