Quirky Piglet Squid in Hawaiian Waters | Nautilus Live

There are few sea creatures as quirky as the piglet squid (Helicocranchia pfefferi)! Our Corps of Exploration spotted this individual around 980 meters deep while at the top of the South Point Pinnacles seamount exploring geological features near Moku 'o Keawe (Hawai'i Island). Semi-translucent with big eyes and large tentacles, this tiny animal only grows to about 8 or 10 cm. Piglet squids descend to the mesopelagic zone as they mature and exhibit diel vertical migration like many other zooplankton and animals in the ocean’s twilight zone.
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[@fokkerdude]

Just learned my new thing for the day - The Piglet Squid. Nature never ceases to amaze.

[@theanimalkid7]

Never heard of it thanks for sharing!

[@spmoran4703]

There are so many creature in the ocean that we are only just beginning to know.

[@babalonkie]

It's looking at you in curiosity as much as you are looking at it.

[@douglasstruthers8307]

Amazing! Fantastic video footage. Thanks, as always for sharing.

[@susansuarez343]

I want ALL the squid 🦑 & Octopus 🐙 in our Oceans be protected forever! I love ❤️ them so much! They are the most intelligent cephalopods of the Ocean 🌊 I can’t believe that I found out that people eat them alive! 😭🥺😢 NO! I WISH THEY WOULD STOP! PLEASE 🙏🏼 Thank you for sharing your find with us all, it’s so adorable, so cute & so beautiful creature! Susan from Toronto Canada 🍁🇨🇦💋♥️🐙🦑 1:26

[@dax8753]

Im always watching for the token shrimp

[@pefiofpersia2492]

I love the title! Quirky little boi

[@pattiwhite9575]

Isn't our world amazing

[@DonutHolestien]

Yes it is!

[@spmoran4703]

Fascinating creature .

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

The antenna are for WIFI. 😁 Lexy, piglet on the geico commercial.

[@alveolate]

chat coming thru with the positive ID good job chat!

[@miadaorerk1681]

it looks like it's seen a lot

[@kevinph1318]

Any chance you’ll be swinging past the I400 wrecks

[@趙子宏-p4e]

✨🤓✨

[@ThuậnHòa-p2t]

Biglet squid🎉

[@lauraschleicher7315]

Are you guys actually underwater or observing above??

[@Jukajobs]

they're observing above, on a ship. the submarine is controlled remotely

[@miyaoberman3755]

💞💞💞

[@SHARKBiTE-]

silly creature

[@Racc_Oon]

creechur...

[@ИванФедосов-в4й]

♾☁😶‍🌫 благодарю ✨ 🐳🦈🦭🐙👍