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Joe Hadden

FOUND: Colossal squid filmed alive for first time since its discovery a century ago - What They Never Told You

The juvenile colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean (Schmidt Ocean Institute/PA) - (PA Media)

A colossal squid has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time, 100 years after the species was discovered.

The rare footage was captured on March 9 by Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely operated vehicle SuBastian, at a depth of 600 metres off the South Sandwich Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

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