A colossal squid is caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea

By CHRISTINA LARSON
A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible.The sighting was announced Tuesday by the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
The squid filmed was a juvenile about 1 foot in length at a depth of 1,968 feet in the South Atlantic Ocean. Full-grown adult colossal squids, which scientists have uncovered from the bellies of whales and seabirds, can reach lengths up to 23 feet &mdash