Rare colossal baby sea creature caught on camera for the first time

Researchers person made a singular find heavy down successful the waters of the Atlantic Ocean disconnected the seashore of the South Sandwich Islands.

While searching for caller oversea life, the Schmidt Ocean Institute announced it's discovered a colossal squid, according to The Associated Press (AP).

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The juvenile squid stretches astir 1 ft successful magnitude astatine a extent of 1,968 feet.

Once afloat grown, big colossal squids tin scope lengths up to 23 feet oregon astir the size of a tiny occurrence truck, the AP said. 

A babe colossal squid (pictured) was caught connected camera for the archetypal clip successful the waters of the Atlantic Ocean disconnected the seashore of the South Sandwich Islands. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute via AP)

The colossal squid, oregon Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is "the largest invertebrate connected Earth," according to Oceana. 

"It besides has the largest eyes of immoderate animal, larger adjacent than those of the large whales."

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Oceana notes the taxon is "likely people rare."

Kat Bolstad, Auckland University of Technology squid researcher, helped corroborate the species. 

Once afloat grown, big colossal squids tin scope lengths of up to 23 feet oregon astir the size of a tiny occurrence truck.  (Credit: ViralPress/yosuke_tstyle)

"I truly emotion that we person seen a young colossal squid first. This carnal is truthful beautiful," Bolstad said, according to AP.

She added that researchers are investigating antithetic cameras successful hopes of catching an big colossal squid.

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The babe squid has bladed arms.

It's astir wholly transparent.

Researchers drawback a babe colossal squid connected camera (not pictured) for the archetypal time. (iStock)

When the squid ages, it volition suffer its glassy quality and crook an opaque acheronian reddish oregon purple. 

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.