Researchers from the Nautilus exploration vessel cruising along the deep sea floor off California’s coast discovered a bright purple creature with giant, stuffed-animal –like eyes, resting on the sea floor, 2950 feet deep. Even though it looks like a cross between a squid and an octopus, the stubby squid is actually more closely related to the cuttlefish. They bury themselves in sand and mud with just their eyes exposed to find prey. The squid (Rossia pacifica) is small, growing to a maximum of 2 inches by 4.3 inches, and living on an average up to two years before mating, laying their eggs in batches, and then dying.
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