Almost a mile deep off Socorro Island, we had an extended visit with a Vampyroteuthis infernalisliterally meaning "vampire squid from hell." Neither squid nor octopus, this fiercesounding cephalopod actually reels in specks of marine snow using two retractable filaments and mucuscovered suckers! Learn more about the Revillagigedo Archipelago Expedition: http://nautl.us/2zq2YFm

This close encounter was captured with both our normal ROV Hercules HD camera and a low light camera for bioluminescence designed by Dr. Brennan Phillips at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography and David Gruber at the City College of New York/Baruch College.

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