Googly-eyed Stubby Squid | Nautilus Live

The team spotted this Stubby Squid off the coast of California at a depth of 900 meters (2,950 feet). The stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) looks like a cross between an octopus and squid, but is more closely related to cuttlefish. This species spends life on the seafloor, activating a sticky mucus jacket and burrowing into the sediment to camouflage, leaving their eyes poking out to spot prey like shrimp and small fish. Rossia pacifica is found in the Northern Pacific from Japan to Southern California, most commonly seen up to 300m deep, but specimens have been collected at 1000m depth.

Edited by: Daniel Larsh

[defaultdan]

cuttlefish: vibing

scientists: _DO A FLIP_

[affirmingtoe]

I just want a single tear to fall from the squid's eye as they're laughing, like no one understands my suffering.

[chaostheory]

I like how this little squid is having a real life UFO experience where a massive craft from a world he cant imagine controlled by eldritch creatures are shining a massive light in his eyes and the humans are like "oh look at his googly eyes!"

[FRFPlays]

Wow imagine having millions of years of evolution only to look like a children's toy while being laughed at

[TheDendran]

_"They ask you how you are, you just have to say that you are fine, when you are NOT really fine..."_

[billiboi]

"Dear diary: today a weird metal fish came up to me and started making fun of me. I don't even know what goggly eyes are."

[andyhu]

This is the equivalent of aliens pulling up just to tell us we look goofy and then returning to space 😂

[wiffywiffy]

How could something so cute look like they’ve seen horrors beyond our comprehension?

[uhoh]

Squid: If I don't move, it will not see me.
Nautilus Crew: *WHAT IS THAT*

[squeaksqueakimaknight]

This is like a group of friends doing a group commentary reaction video and I love it

[alphakretin]

I love how the whole video they’re debating over whether it’s a cuttlefish or an octopus when it turns out it’s actually a squid

[lara]

“it’s like a kid dropped their toy” leave him 😭😭😭

[ComicalConqueror]

they found this poor little dude and immediately started roasting him

[-ICITRONSI-]

>gets discovered
>mfw gets mocked

[euphonus]

"Sir, this is the most terrifying moment in my life" kind of expression.

[humanbeing]

"It looks so fake."

Squid: They tell you that you're fine but you're not really fine but they don't truly understand.

[ciaramae]

his mind: “don’t cry don’t cry don’t cry don’t cry don’t cry”

[RixoRamas]

This is insane how some marine or non marine animals look like straight up toys and or plushies. It’s sometimes weird to know something like this is a living thing.

[tregrenos]

The squid was just in shock from all the weird looking critters staring at it from inside a bigger critter. That's a look that says "Is their vision based on movement?" 🥺

[trooper_]

Imagine being discovered and then immediately laughed at