According to National Geographic, “The vampire squid can turn itself ‘inside out’ to avoid predators—as seen in a video . . . released by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to emphasize the need to protect deep-sea species from the effects of human activities.” To see more images and videos of fascinating deep-sea creatures check out this blog post via The Conservation Report: “WEIRD AND FASCINATING CREATURES: 10 extraordinary deep-sea creatures caught on video and camera.”

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