A remote - controlled underwater fomite explore the sphere around an oil colour platform off the glide of Mexico met this unknown jumbo sea beast about a mile and a half below the surface . With ten stage dangle from what look like elbow junction , it was a jolly shocking sight to the fomite wheeler dealer . They captured this footage about a year ago , and pass it around via e - mail until somebody finally explained what it was . call Magnapinna , these relatives of the calamari have only been spotted a smattering of fourth dimension by vehicle like the one that recorded it here . Four of their bodies have been recover by researchers , but were so badly damage that it was hard for scientist to figure out their anatomy . What we do know is that they can develop to about 23 feet in duration , about half the size of the bountiful elephantine calamary , and they have 10 farseeing peg ( instead of the normal squid setup of 8 inadequate legs and 2 bounteous tentacles ) . Nobody is sure why their legs have that human elbow - same crook in them , but researchers speculate that it could be to keep the leg from tangling as the creature err along catching prey in its long , long tentacles . ostensibly these creatures are quite common in the dark profoundness of the ocean below 4,000 ft , and there are perhaps four race . So maybe this is the long - lost relative of theCloverfield monster?Alien - Like Squid with Elbows Filmed at Drilling Site[via National Geographic ]
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