A cockatoo squid has arms that resemble a bird’s plumage, and a body that looks like nothing at all. ➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: bit.ly/NGWInstagram A cockatoo squid recently captured the attention of the crew of the scientific research ship E/V Nautilus. Found in deep waters, it’s not just its habitat that makes a cockatoo squid tough to spot. Most of the animal’s body is transparent. You can make out a few internal organs, including a rod-shaped digestive gland that stays vertical as the squid moves around, minimizing its visibility from above or below. The creature’s most obvious feature is the one for which it’s named: the arms, arranged in a plume-like crest on its head. Like many cephalopods, cockatoo squid can change colors. In this case, that can include spots that seem to appear out of nowhere on its mantle. Strange Transparent Squid Filmed in Ocean Deep | Nat Geo Wild youtu.be/JICIrSz5WK0 Nat Geo Wild www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

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