New Bigfin Squid footage (magnapinna squid) - November 2021 Magnapinna Archive 2021-12-12 | Full HD footage courtesy of NOAA Ocean ExplorationDate: November 9, 2021Depth: 2,385 meters (1.48 miles)Location: Ridge feature off the west Florida escarpmentSupport the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive0:00 Pre radio chatter1:21 Bigfin appears3:04 Post radio chatter
New Magnapinna Footage September 2024 | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2024-09-27 | The footage is from a baited lander in the Tonga Trench where researchers are spending a month surveying the biodiversity and geodiversity of the area. Footage courtesy of Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre and Inkfish.Date: September 2024Depth: 3,300 metres (2.05 miles)Location: Tonga Trench
Magnapinna Squid from 1988 First Known Footage | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2024-06-22 | I'm happy to bring you the first known footage of a magnapinna squid, dating all the way back to 1988! Many thanks to Huge thanks to Psychomaneshark and Jeff Day for sourcing this footage.Date: September 11, 1988 Location: Mid-Atlantic Ridge (10°42.9'N, 40°53.4'W)Depth: 4735 meters (2.9 miles)Copyright: Iframer - VEMANAUTE (1988) - Nautile.
Bigfin Squid sighting 2016 | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2024-06-16 | Many thanks to Klass Meyn for facilitating this footage.Read the paper from this observation: bdj.pensoft.net/article/69955 Date: January 19, 2016Location: South East Indian Ridge - Indian OceanDepth: 3583 meters (2.2 miles)
Ultra Close Up of Magnapinna Squid 2023 | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2024-06-14 | This incredible footage shows an ultra close up of an adult magnapinna spotted in the Indian Ocean in 2023. Thanks to the quality, we are able to observe much closer the movement of the fins.Many thanks to Klass Meyn for facilitating this footage.Read the paper from this observation: bdj.pensoft.net/article/69955 Date: October 16, 2023 Location: Rodriguez Triple Junction - Indian OceanDepth: 2950 meters (1.8 miles)
Magnapinna Squid at Drilling Site NEW ANGLES Magnapinna Archive 2024-05-25 | While I was digging through the original SERPENT files, I noticed three files with similar names in the "Gulf of Mexico" section:Alien Squid 1.mpgAlien Squid 2.mpgAlien Squid 3.mpgThese are multiple video angles of the same specimen on the famous green recording.Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.00:00 Original footage00:34 Second angle01:02 Third angle
New Bigfin Squid Compilation | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2024-05-22 | HD Footage courtesy of ifremer. Thank you to Jeff Day for sourcing the material.Sighting #1Date: February 12, 2011Depth: 3,081 meters (1.91 miles)Location: Coast of CongoSighting #2Date: December 14, 2011Depth: 3,152 meters (1.95 miles)Location: Coast of CongoSighting #3Date: December 25, 2011Depth: 4,940 meters (3.07 miles)Location: Coast of CongoSighting #4Date: January 02, 2012Depth: 4,944 meters (3.07 miles)Location: Coast of Congo(C)IFREMER/Victor6000/CongolobeIfremer - WACS (2011) - ROV Victor 6000 and the DOI of the cruise: doi.org/10.17600/11030010Support the channel, become a member today!00:00 Sighting 103:10 Sighting 205:27 Sighting 305:51 Sighting 4
Magnapinna Squid: Unseen Footage at Drilling Site (2008) | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2024-02-29 | As part of our ongoing mission to document and share the wonders of bigfin squid we are thrilled to present this exclusive footage for the first time on YouTube.Very little is known about this footage, expect that it is likely an adult magnapinna. Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.Date: 2 July 2008Location: Unknown (likely Perdido Gulf of Mexico) Depth: 2,854 meters
Magnapinna Squid Multi-angle Sighting 2001 - Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2024-02-18 | New multi-angle footage has been discovered of the magnapinna squid from the JAMSTEC archive.Thank you to Jeff Day for finding this footage.Date: 4 September 2001Location: Hawaiian IslandsDepth: 2,581 meters (8467 feet)0:00 Angle 10:12 Angle 20:29 Angle 30:45 Diving exploration
Magnapinna Squid High Quality Close Up | New Footage April 2023 - Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2023-04-04 | This brand new ROV footage was captured today by @SchmidtOcean ROV SuSebastian during their Divestream 501. Big thanks to Veronica for pointing it out! This gorgeous footage shows an incredible close up of the squid, being able to see details such as the eye and the almost translucent mantle. There is also some radio chatter available which, as always, has been left in the footage. Enjoy this unadulterated new content, and make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on new bigfin squid sightings! Date: 04 April 2023Depth: 1,931 meters ( 6335.30 feet)Location: Puy Des Folles
Juvenile Bigfin Squid - NEW 2022 | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2023-02-20 | Thank you TahoeDeep for this footage. Make sure to subscribe to their channel for more deep ocean footage: @TahoeDeep In this short video we can see what looks to be a juvenile maganpinna squid floating about and minding its business. Date: 12 October 2022Depth: 1,849 meters ( 6067.59 feet)Location: Gulf of Mexico
NEW Bigfin Squid sighting - August 2022 Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2023-01-16 | I'm excited to be the first to share this new bigfin squid footage! Filmed by Shell, this is the only video sighting we currently have from 2022. Date: 22 August 2022Depth: 2150m (1.3 miles) Location: Gulf of Mexico
Mysterious New Bigfin Squid Footage - Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2022-12-04 | This observation was originally uploaded on the YouTube channel "TahoeDeep".Unfortunately, there is not much known information about this footage. Date: 21 August 2014Depth: 2,487 meters ( 8,160 feet) (not confirmed)Location: UnknownSubscribe to the channel for more Bigfin Squid sightings!0:00 Squid appears0:35 ROV loses sight1:31 Squid re-appears
Rare Bigfin Squid sighting from 2013 - Magnapinna Squid Magnapinna Archive 2022-11-04 | This mysterious footage was found on YouTube from the now deleted channel "Sea Creatures of the Deep". The audio has been edited as the original contained music. I suspect the original uploader blurred the expedition logo and added music to cover the radio chatter. After days of searching I could not find the original audio - apologies for this. The details of this observation are as follows: Date: February 23, 2013Depth: 2,391 meters ( 7,846 feet)Location: Gulf of Mexico (not confirmed). Subscribe to the channel for more Bigfin Squid sightings!
Bigfin Squid video 2001 - Magnapinna Squid JAMSTEC Magnapinna Archive 2022-09-26 | This footage is from JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) captured by their submersible KAIKO. Date: 13 September 2001Location: Hawaiian IslandsDepth: 3890m
Bigfin Squid footage 1998 - Magnapinna squid Magnapinna Archive 2022-09-19 | This footage is one of the earliest known recordings of the bigfin squid, taken the very same year the family was described.Footage by JAMSTEC, and special thanks to Jeff Day for helping source this material. Date: 1 November 1998Location: Southwest Indian RidgeDepth: 2340m
Mysterious Bigfin Squid Sighting - Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2022-09-12 | This mysterious footage seems to be a mobile phone recording from a TV screen. Unfortunately due to the nature of this, the quality isn't the greatest, and there is a massive lack of information on this observation. I found it on an abandoned YouTube channel called "The Admirals Channel" (link below) and have attempted to contact the owner several times to get more information regarding this. It could be that the original uploader is an ROV operator, and this footage is from his "personal collection". I could not identify the camera layout due to cropping, and the original upload offers little to no information regarding date, location or depth of the dive. If you recognise this footage or know more information, please get in touch via email, or send me a message on twitter: twitter.com/MagnapinnaArchiOriginal video: youtube.com/watch?v=zXXwxKXKSzU
Bigfin Squid spotted in 2013 (magnapinna squid) Magnapinna Archive 2022-09-05 | Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.Location: Walker Ridge 95Depth: 1,5784 meters (5,855 feet)Date: 10 Jul 2013
New Bigfin Squid UNSEEN footage (magnapinna squid) Magnapinna Archive 2022-06-20 | Magnapinna squid spotted in 2003 in an unknown location in the Gulf of Mexico. This bigfin is likely an adult.Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.Location: Gulf of MexicoDepth: 2,593 meters (8,509 feet)Date: 08 June 2009
Bigfin Squid Upclose November 2013 - Magnapinna footage Magnapinna Archive 2022-06-17 | This is an extended version of my last upload - you will notice a quality change at around the 15 second mark. This is because this footage was processed as two files with different cuts. I've managed to line these up in my editing software, but you will notice some footage is still missing if you watch the clock at the top of the overlay. This one also includes radio comms. Enjoy! A short clip from the Gulf of Mexico, specifically the Alaminos Canyon. This may be the earliest close up of the magnapinna squid we have with good quality. Unfortunately, the bigfin squid seems to get caugh in turbulance and disappears from the camera view, making this sighting a rather short one.Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.Location: Alaminos Canyon 951 (Gulf of Mexico)Depth: 3,049 meters (10,004 feet)Date: 26 November 2003
Bigfin squid upclose - magnapinna squid Magnapinna Archive 2022-05-23 | A short clip from the Gulf of Mexico, specifically the Alaminos Canyon. This may be the earliest close up of the magnapinna squid we have with good quality. Unfortunately, the bigfin squid seems to get caugh in turbulance and disappears from the camera view, making this sighting a rather short one.Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.Location: Alaminos Canyon 951 (Gulf of Mexico)Depth: 3,049 meters (10,004 feet)Date: 26 November 2003
Bigfin Squid spotted in Gulf of Mexico in 2013 - NEVER BEFORE SEEN (Magnapinna) Magnapinna Archive 2022-04-25 | A small bigfin squid spotted in the Mississippi Canyon 525 Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.Location: Mississippi Canyon 525 (Gulf of Mexico)Depth: 1,784 meters (5,854 feet)Date: 29 July 2013
Bigfin Squid Observation 2009 Magnapinna Archive 2022-02-21 | Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.In this older footage we can see a rather large specimen of a bigfin squid. The lighting is overexposed and the ROV operator tries to fix this halfway through the footage but not much detail can be seen from this magnapinna due to the poor quality. Location: Alaminos Canyon Block 258 (Gulf of Mexico)Depth: 2,453 meters (8,050 feet)Date: 16 January 2009Support the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive0:00 Approaching squid1:03 Light switches3:26 End card
Magnapinna Squid ORIGINAL FOOTAGE at Drilling Site Magnapinna Archive 2022-02-16 | This is the original video footage of the magnapinna squid filmed at the Shell drilling site in Perdido in the Gulf of Mexico. This is probably the most famous bigfin squid video of all time, likely due to the eerie feeling by the odd green light. I'm really happy to have received this original footage - you will notice many re-uploads of this across YouTube but this is by far the best quality and longest version as it comes from the original VHS tapes.We can see the magnapinna in it's famous "T-pose" or "elbow pose". The purpose of this is not yet known, though experts speculate this is used for food gathering. Date: 11 November 2007Depth: 2500 meters (1.5 miles) Location: Shell drilling site - Perdido (Gulf of Mexico) Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.Support the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive
Magnapinna squid up close (bigfin squid) Magnapinna Archive 2022-02-09 | Footage courtesy of Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University and the SERPENT Project/Gulf SERPENT.In this incredible footage we get to see a bigfin squid very close up in detail. As far as I'm aware it has never been published publicly before. This new magnapinna observation shows a new angle of the squid in it's famous "T pose", before getting disturbed by the camera and swimming away. Unfortunately I do not have many details of this sighting, other than it possibly taking place in the Gulf of Mexico. Support the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive
Bigfin Squid Up Close - Magnapinna from 2017 Magnapinna Archive 2022-02-04 | Footage courtesy of Jürgen Guerrero KommritzThis is the first ever known observation of a bigfin squid in the Colombian Southern Caribbean region. Captured by a ROV during exploratory drilling by the "Old Purple Angel Well". This specimen appears orange/brown in colour and is missing one of it's fillaments on its arm/tentacle. It's size is approximately 2.3 meters longAs far as I am aware, this footage has never before been released to the public, so I'm very happy and honoured to be able to share this with you.You can read Jurgen's paper "First observations of the bigfin squid Magnapinna sp. in the Colombian Southern Caribbean" below: bdj.pensoft.net/article/24170Date: February 14, 2017Depth: 1,884 metres (1.17 miles)Location: Colombian Southern CaribbeanSupport the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive
RARE Bigfin squid (magnapinna) Gulf of Mexico 2012 NOAA Magnapinna Archive 2022-01-28 | Full HD footage courtesy of NOAA Ocean ExplorationThis rare footage is from a 2012 expedition to the Gulf of Mexico. I could not find this footage anywhere online when searching for "NOAA 2012 Gulf of Mexico magnapinna observation" but I had read official notes on the NOAA website about this sighting. After emailing NOAA, they kindly provided the original raw footage - from two different angles! This squid appears orange/pink in colour, with a very translucent mantle. The filaments in their arms/tentacles vary in length, with one arm completely missing it's appendage and another very short. It appears that this is a juvenile specimen. Once again, many thanks to NOAA for their full cooperation in releasing this video.Location: Keathley Canyon (oil field) Northern Gulf of Mexico Depth: 1,961 meters (6,434 feet)Date: 2012Support the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive0:00 Approaching squid1:08 Close up shot2:15 Second angle
Multiple Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna) observations in the Great Australian Bight Magnapinna Archive 2022-01-24 | Thanks to Deborah Osterhage et. al for the footage in this video. This compilation includes five different magnapinna observations from 2015 - 2017 in the Great Australian Bight (GAB). Sightings 1 and 2 are relatively low quality, whereas 3, 4 and 5 are much more higher quality. Due to footage being interlaced some detail is lost. More information on each sighting below:Sighting 1:The squid is observed in a horizontal position just above the seafloor. Its colour appears brown/orange and due to distortion it is hard to estimate the size of this squid. Date: 15 November 2015Depth: 2,178 meters (1.35 miles)Location: Great Australian BightSighting 2: Much harder to spot, I added a red circle around the squid. This magnapinna is also horizontal just above the seafloor and appears stationary. It is estimated to be the smallest magnapinna of this batch and unfortunately due to the distance and quality, it is difficult to make many comments on this squid. Date: 16 November 2015Depth: 2,110 meters (1.3 miles)Location: Great Australian BightSighting 3: This squid appears lighter in colour, though due to camera overexposure and general blue cast, it is hard to assess athe true colour of this squid. It was spotted 5.3m from the seafloor and seems to be missing a single filament on one of its arms/tentacles. Uneven arm/tentacle lengths varied from 536mm to 1626mm Date: 24 March 2017Depth: 3,060 meters (1.9 miles)Location: Great Australian BightSighting 4: Orange/brown squid with slightly translucent fins. Only seven arms/tentacles of the squid possessed distal filaments. Date: 25 March 2017Depth: 3,002 meters (1.8 miles)Location: Great Australian BightSighting 5: In this brief sighting, the squid was caught in the ROV's thruster turbulence, spinning in a vortex current before leaving the camera’s field of view. Due to the rapid changing viewing angles, describing this squid is rather challenging. This turbulence effect suggests that magnapinna filaments are poorly muscularised. Date: 25 March 2017Depth: 3,056 meters (1.9 miles)Location: Great Australian BightIf you enjoyed this observation, please take some time to read Deborah Osterhage et. al. "Multiple observations of Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna sp.) in the Great Australian Bight reveal distribution patterns, morphological characteristics, and rarely seen behaviour"journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241066#pone-0241066-t002Support the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive0:00 Sighting 1 0:14 Sighting 20:31 Sighting 33:48 Sighting 44:30 Sighting 5
Bigfin Squid Spotted 2020 (Magnapinna Squid) Magnapinna Archive 2022-01-21 | HD Footage courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute This bigfin squid appears to be orange in colour with somewhat translucent fins and mantle. Though hard to tell due to camera settings, it appears this squid has all arms and tentacles present. We can observe at around 1:07 a pulling behaviour of one of the arms, however the camera does not capture the cause. It is speculated that this magnapinna is a juvenile. Date: January 28, 2020Depth: 3,000 meters (9842.52 feet)Location: Bremer Canyon, AustraliaSupport the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive0:00 Approaching the Squid0:39 "Elbow" pose1:59 Swimming
Magnapinna Squid up close, swimming - Bigfin Squid 2021 | Magnapinna Archive Magnapinna Archive 2022-01-18 | Full HD footage courtesy of ROPOSIn this footage we can observe the squid close up in its 'elbow pose' where the speciment stands still with its tentacles and arms spread outwards. It is believed that this position is a form of "fishing", though we have never observed how the magnapinna feeds. Rather interestingly we can see some arm/tentacle movement at 1:51 and 2:04 seemingly a pulling motion. Sadly, the camera does not capture what could have caused this.Similarly to the recent observation from NOAA, this squid appears orange/brown in colour, however this particular speciment does not seem as translucent. Only nine arms/tentacles display the long white filaments. As common with magnapinna, the filaments are uneven in size. Previous observations suggest the big fin squid have two extra long filaments believed to be from the tentacles. Where this particular speciment seems to have only one longer filament, we can assume the missing filament was from one of its tentacles. We can also observe the flapping motion of the fins to aid in swimming. Date: November 2021Depth: 3,000 meters (9842.52 feet)Location: Central Indian OceanSupport the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive0:00 Squid standing still2:00 Swimming3:34 Arms opening to stand still
Rare Bigfin Squid sighting from 2013 (Magnapinna squid) Magnapinna Archive 2022-01-16 | This mysterious footage was found on YouTube from the channel "Sea Creatures of the Deep". The audio has been edited as the original contained music. I suspect the original uploader blurred the expedition logo and added music to cover the radio chatter. After days of searching I could not find the original audio - apologies for this. The details of this observation are as follows: Date: February 23, 2013Depth: 2,391 meters ( 7,846 feet)Location: Gulf of Mexico (not confirmed). Support the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchiveSubscribe to the channel for more Bigfin Squid sightings!
Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna squid) Spotted in 2019 Magnapinna Archive 2022-01-14 | HD Footage courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute Date: September 3, 2019Depth: 1,092 meters (3,582 feet)Location: Central Pacific Ocean, Mid-Pacific Mountain #5Support the channel: patreon.com/MagnapinnaArchive
