New footage posted on social media purportedly showing a giant squid in the jaws of a sperm whale.

[thom]

As the title says, there is some absolutely wild headfootage going around at the moment on social media. It shows a sperm whale with a very large squid in its jaws. I am unsure of the species, but it sure does look like it could be a giant squid.

Here's the link to it on instagram

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And here's a link to it on bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccarhelm.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lzmbpz3vhs2a

Any opinions on this? My first instinct was to wonder whether this is even real imagery, but i am not an expert on that at all.

 

[tonmo]

Thanks! I'd seen this (I think Octobot picked up on it in our News area) but I initially thought it was the same coverage from a few years back. This footage is much better quality, but I forgot to follow up with a distinct thread for it. Thanks for sharing, @thom!