[Encounters] Googly-eyed stubby squid with a sticky mucous jacket - Cosmos

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Googly-eyed stubby squid with a sticky mucous jacket
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The stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) is more closely related to cuttlefish than squid. While its brilliant purple hue makes it stand out in this video, it exudes mucous and burrows into the sediment to camouflage, where it waits for prey such as shrimp ...

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