To the eyes of a land mammal, the deep ocean is a strange place. The colors, shapes, movements, and animal behaviors are quite different.<\/p>\n
With that in mind, the team of the Nautilus<\/a> deep-sea submersible has a nice collection of videos and images on its website free for perusing. Here are some of the best videos — documenting the behavior of googly eyed stubby squid, other bobtail squid, flapjack octopus, dumbo octopus, vampire squid<\/a>, and snail fish, amongst others — I came across:<\/p>\n First off is a googly eyed stubby squid, spotted at a depth of 2,950 feet off the coast of California. Despite the name, the stubby squid (Rossia Pacifica<\/em>) is actually not a squid, but closer in relation to a cuttlefish. Amongst its behaviors include the hunting strategy of burrowing into the ground, eyes or eye poking out, to watch for shrimp or small fish passing by.<\/p>\n