巨大的魷魚首次在深海拍攝

一支國際研究人員團隊首次在深海中捕獲了少年巨型魷魚

An international team of researchers has filmed a colossal squid for the first time in its deep-sea habitat.

一支國際研究人員在深海棲息地首次拍攝了巨大的魷魚。

The sighting was announced Tuesday by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The squid was a juvenile about 1 foot in length spotted at a depth of 1,968 feet in the South Atlantic Ocean. Full-grown adult colossal squids, which scientists have uncovered from the bellies of whales and seabirds, can reach lengths up to 23 feet — almost the size of a small fire truck.

施密特海洋研究所周二宣布了目擊。烏賊是在南大西洋的1,968英尺深處發現約1英尺長的少年。科學家從鯨魚和海鳥的腹部發現了成年的成年巨型魷魚，可以達到23英尺的長度，幾乎是一輛小型消防車的大小。

The squid was spied last month near the South Sandwich Islands during an expedition to search for new sea life. Researchers at the institute and the University of Auckland waited to verify the species identification with other independent scientists before releasing the footage.

上個月，魷魚在南三明治群島附近被窺視，以尋找新的海洋生物。研究所和奧克蘭大學的研究人員在發布鏡頭之前，等待與其他獨立科學家進行驗證。

“I really love that we have seen a young colossal squid first. This animal is so beautiful,” said Kat Bolstad, a squid researcher at the Auckland University of Technology in New

“我真的很喜歡我們首先見過年輕的巨型魷魚。

output: An international team of researchers has filmed a colossal squid for the first time in its deep-sea habitat.

輸出：國際研究人員在深海棲息地首次拍攝了巨大的魷魚。

The sighting was announced Tuesday by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The squid was a juvenile about 1 foot in length spotted at a depth of 1,968 feet in the South Atlantic Ocean. Full-grown adult colossal squids, which scientists have uncovered from the bellies of whales and seabirds, can reach lengths up to 23 feet — almost the size of a small fire truck.

施密特海洋研究所周二宣布了目擊。烏賊是在南大西洋的1,968英尺深處發現約1英尺長的少年。科學家從鯨魚和海鳥的腹部發現了成年的成年巨型魷魚，可以達到23英尺的長度，幾乎是一輛小型消防車的大小。

The squid was spied last month near the South Sandwich Islands during an expedition to search for new sea life. Researchers at the institute and the University of Auckland waited to verify the species identification with other independent scientists before releasing the footage.

上個月，魷魚在南三明治群島附近被窺視，以尋找新的海洋生物。研究所和奧克蘭大學的研究人員在發布鏡頭之前，等待與其他獨立科學家進行驗證。

“I really love that we have seen a young colossal squid first. This animal is so beautiful,” said Kat Bolstad, a squid researcher at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, who helped confirm it.

“我真的很喜歡我們首先看到了一隻年輕的巨型魷魚。這只動物是如此美麗。”新西蘭奧克蘭理工大學的魷魚研究員凱特·博斯塔德（Kat Bolstad）說。

Researchers are testing different cameras in hopes of catching an adult colossal squid, Bolstad said.

博爾斯塔德說，研究人員正在測試不同的攝像機，以期抓住成年巨大的魷魚。

The young squid is almost entirely transparent, with thin arms. As adults, the squids lose this glassy appearance and become an opaque dark red or purple. When full grown, they are considered to be the world’s largest known invertebrates.

年輕的魷魚幾乎完全透明，手臂薄。作為成年人，魷魚失去了這種玻璃狀外觀，並變成不透明的深紅色或紫色。當充滿種植時，它們被認為是世界上最大的無脊椎動物。

AP video journalist Mustakim Hasnath contributed to this report.

AP視頻記者Mustakim Hasnath為這份報告做出了貢獻。

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