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Bird Squid

This bird squid (Ornithoteuthis antillarum) is holding its tentacles close to its body, a likely defensive posture assumed in response to our presence in its deep-sea home during Dive 06 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration.

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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration.