A squid with shiny, bioluminescent "spotlights" tipping two of its arms and what look like waxy red lips shared a close encounter with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in deep ocean waters near Hawaii.
The deepwater star of the video is estimated to measure between 3 and 7 feet (1 and 2 meters) in length. Broad, flexible fins extend from the squid's mantle; as they furl and flap, these fins steer T. danae through the water.
While the Dana octopus squid may lack a squid's trademark trailing tentacles, it makes up for them in spectacular lighting equipment, with two of its muscular arms ending in lidded light organs called "photophores." About the size of lemons, these photophores are the largest known light-producing organs in the animal kingdom, said Mike Vecchione, a zoologist at the NOAA National Systematics Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution and a curator of cephalopods at the National Museum of Natural History, both in Washington, D.C.
Also noted was how bright these photophores are, showing up on video with the already bright lights of the ROV.
(Score: 1) by TrentDavey on Sunday December 13 2015, @05:18PM
"Flasher" the twin-beamed Dana octopus squid?
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
You know Dasher and Dancer
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The most famous reindeer of all?
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Had a very shiny nose
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You would even say it glows
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Used to laugh and call him names
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Play in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
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Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
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