Deep-sea creature photobombs us while investigating seafloor anomaly
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On an overnight shift doing ecological surveys in the Red Sea, an OceanX technician discovers an anomaly on the seafloor. Thinking that could either be "a rock or a wreck," the team of the ship deploys the deep sea instruments to check it out, only to make an even more intriguing ocean discovery than they expected: a "giant" squid of between 3-5 meters (10-16 feet).
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