They Found the Colossal Squid by Accident

0:00 Inside the stomach of a sperm whale,

0:02 there's an alarming amount of colossal squid.

0:04 We think something like 80% of a sperm whale's diet is this gigantic animal,

0:09 which means there's got to be a lot of them in the ocean, right?

0:12 So, based on what we know about sperm whales,

0:14 we figure that these squid primarily live here, deep in the ocean.

0:17 An adult colossal squid can be up to 9 m long.

0:20 How hard could it be to find one in its natural habitat?

0:23 But here, sunlight can't reach.

0:25 It's like looking for a house fly in an arena

0:28 with the lights off using only your phone's flashlight.

0:31 Fortunately, in 2025, we got incredibly lucky.

0:35 Researchers caught this footage of a young one.

0:38 An absolutely incredible find completely by accident.

0:41 And that's like most of our deep ocean discoveries.

0:43 We have still never seen an adult colossal squid in the deep.

0:47 But what if I told you there's another way to find animals in the deep ocean?

0:52 and they're using it to try to find the colossal squid right now.

0:55 And all they need is a drop of water.