Godzilla, avenge your people, for crying out loud. Japanese researchers have captured yet another deep-sea creature on film for the first time–Tanigia danae a seven-foot squid that uses bioluminescence to hunt and can move at speeds clocked at up to 8 feet per second, a far cry from the “slugs o’ the deep” rep our tentacled friends once had. The BBC has the scoop, while Nature has the unbelievably cool-looking footage. (Hat tip: Clive Thompson.)
And while we’re on the sea monster tip–octopus vs. shark!
And Vampyroteuthis infernalis–the vampire squid!
(Hat tips: Cookie Jill and Carnacki.)