Scientists send robot two miles deep and find rare bigfin squid off California

Two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, in a world of near total darkness and crushing pressure, a remotely operated vehicle glided silently through the water. Its cameras were scanning the deep for the strange and the seldom-seen when something extraordinary appeared on its screen. Long trailing arms and a ghostly body drifted into view: a bigfin squid, a species rarely seen alive. For the research team on the ship above, it was a moment of pure wonder. It was the first confirmed live sighting of a bigfin squid in the North-east Pacific, the Los Angeles Times reported, and gave scientists a rare glimpse of one of the ocean’s most elusive inhabitants.