Yes, This Adorable Googly-Eyed Stubby Squid Is Real

It might look like a creature looking closely at the sea's relief, but this cute underwater specimen is on the ocean floor, there is no Pixar animation.

Friendly Rossia pacifica, or "short squid" - similar to octopus and squid, but in fact it is more closely related to squid

As they mature, these greedy creatures grow to about 6 cm in length, and because male and female die after mating, they can live only for 2 years. According to Cephalopod Page, adults mainly eat live shrimp and produce a lot of mucus forming a thick protective "Jello" jacket.

This video was captured by a remotely operated submarine and sent to the ocean floor by a scientist working at the Marine Exploration Vessel E / V Nautilus

According to the Nautilus team, Rossia pacifica is located in the North Pacific from Japan to Southern California, usually about 300 meters deep. However, small animals were found at 900 meters and researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Laboratory (MBARI) claimed that samples were found at a depth of 1,300 meters.

They have extensive experience in researching underwater creatures, but when a submarine encounters this creature, the scientists are clearly excited because they hear "as his eyes look blurred". Very fake! "

The so-called Rossia pacifica is a kind of squid native to the North Pacific. These lovely marine creatures have been found to have a depth of 4,260 feet (1,300 meters) to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but the area from Japan to Southern California, usually about 984 feet (300 meters) of the ocean floor ) In depth. Laboratory (MBARI) Huge eyes of rough squid, "looked painted", the scientists are satisfied with the exploration vessel (E / V) Nautilus. In the live broadcast of Nautlius Undersea Adventure, one researcher said that the squid who did his eye saw "like a child dropped his toy".

Like other short cuts (mackerel), this species has no whorl and has a rounded basement from squid. They have 8 arms and 2 tentacles, which may seem octopus for many people. As seen in the pictures and videos below, most seeds are quite small. Short squids swim in a way similar to squid - with feathers and jet propellers. Interestingly, they are in symbiotic relationship with the bioluminescent bacteria (Aliivibrio fischeri) found in the special luminescent organ of the animal mantle. These symbiotic bacteria eat sugar + amino acid solution provided by carp. In return, they "hide the contours of the squid from the bottom by matching the amount of light hitting the mantle."

A big expression of that pretty eyes? "We may have encountered a squid once, I do not want to see a 5,500 pound underwater robot move to it." "Scuba divers actually encountered these squids at the depth of diving," She They said that they are not so purple all the time because of a successful trick involving the activation of "sticky sticky jacket". This means "cobblestone, sand, whatever the type of cave it adheres to the jacket, giving them an extra layer of camouflage." "Every time a small fish or shrimp got over it, it actually slid out the muzzle jacket and slid down from the bottom to drill a hole in the next meal," they waited.