A valuable movie showing how Natsumeika carries a large amount of eggs in the deep sea will be released



Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a private non-profit marine research center in California, USA, carries eggs laid by Natsumeika, which belongs to the same squid family as bigfin reef squid, swordtip squid, and squid, swimming in the deep sea. We succeeded in shooting a valuable video that captures the situation.

Rare Deep-Sea Video Shows a Squid Mom Carrying Its Eggs For Safety
https://www.sciencealert.com/squid-mama-carries-her-eggs-for-safety-in-rare-deep-sea-video

You can play a valuable video of Natsumeika holding her laid eggs and swimming in the deep sea from the following.

Deep-sea squid mom carries eggs to keep them safe from predators --YouTube


Natsumeika swimming in the deep sea



Hundreds of eggs laid by Natsumeika are stretched around their legs.



Eggs are longer than the length of Natsumeika.



Glittering eggs are like illuminations.



Eggs are like a gelatinous film and are grouped together.



A valuable video of Natsumeika was shot 90km offshore and 1390 meters deep off the MBARI facility in Moss Landing, California, USA. The video was shot by

Doc Ricketts , a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) capable of shooting video at 4K resolution.



Most squids usually lay eggs in gelatinous masses on the seabed. However, MBARI researchers first encountered 'Natsumeika, who swims with laid eggs on her feet,' when she explored the deep waters of Monterey Bay in 2005. It is believed that such mother squids carry eggs and move through the water until they hatch, increasing the rate of hatching of the baby. 'Swimming with an egg' is a common practice for octopuses living on the seabed, but so far only three species of squid (three species of squid of the order Squid) have been confirmed. However, MBARI researchers speculate that more squids 'may be swimming with eggs' just because they have not been confirmed.

Deep-sea research is extremely difficult, and videos that give a glimpse of the behavior of deep-sea creatures are invaluable. MBARI's archive of thousands of hours of deep-sea footage has helped shed light on the largest living space on the planet. MBARI researchers are recording new species from this archived video, investigating how these organisms feed, escape predators, and breed.

in Creature,   Video, Posted by logu_ii