A species of deep-sea squid has the world’s biggest light-producing organs

That must be Taningia of course... yep. I found a few in the pelagic cetaceans. Big animals, as tall as a man.

A cool animal that can appear relatively close to the shore in Europe, Japan or US. Looking at two big oblique "cat-eyes" glowing in the pitch black deep sea and blinking at you must be a terrifying sight.

Making a subscription dialog with the same look as cookie consent dialog is brilliant and evil at the same time.

Pretty sure there have never been “230-foot-long” sperm whales.

> They placed the squid in a shipboard aquarium and turned the lights off. After their eyes adjusted to the dark, one of the scientists gently stirred the water with his hand. FLASH! A second of “brilliant blue-green light,” as they described it, was followed by the squid wrapping their tentacles around a finger and delivering a tiny-beaked bite.

Poor guy. I hope they let it go after that. Be nice to the weird little squiddy thing.

That was a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing!

That seal video chasing the squid was so captivating given the context of the article.

I sincerely hope for them they're inedible.

Fascinating. I really enjoyed that.

Is it a squid or a k̶i̶d lamp?