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A moving gif showing a squid with a glass-like mantle, red tentacles swimming in blackness.

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A map of Antarctica showing two locations in surrounding waters where squid were collected or filmed.

"We're finally seeing confirmed footage of this animal that some of us have been studying and dreaming about for decades,"
she said.

A yellow framed boxy contraption is lifted at the back of a large boat by two crane arms above two men on the back deck.

Silhouettes comparing a tiny squid in size to a human and a large adult squid about 5 metres in length and 1 metre in width.

Close-up of sharp hook-like claws coming out of suckers in a tentacle arm being held in a human hand.

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Vertical image of a big bulbous white squid mantle flecked with red, shrunken tentacles below, all against green background.

A squid with a glass-like mantle, red tentacles swimming in blackness.

A big blue research ship on a deep blue sea, an iceberg floats in the background against a blue sky.

A bird-like beak amongst piles of pink and beige cephalopod flesh.

"The hunt continues."

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