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.”
Why It's Weird
The natural world continues to prove that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The moderate weirdness score suggests this is unusual but not completely unprecedented.
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