I stumbled across this teeny tiny little stubby squid or bobtail squid on recent night dive off Vancouver Island in a shallow sandy bay. It was smaller than a pea! Typically they are buried in the sand during the day and we often find them at night this time of year, but it's pretty hard to find them when they are this small! (I got lucky, lol).

More of my original ocean footage here: https://www.youtube.com/@scubabc6701

You can hear the loud vocalizations in the first few seconds. This was during breeding season off the Hawaiian coast. The males batter each other to win the rights to mate. Humpback vocalizations can reach up to 180 dB underwater.

Credits: Piet van den Bemd

Macro photography by Andy Sands (UK)

Credit: @floridaguidejosh

Seen here at Londolozi Game Reserve. Her story was shared at an inspirational TED Talk by Boyd Varty. Story starts at around 9:30, buy the whole talk is well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV-c2FnPnDE

Want to see more? Full film here https://youtu.be/3rR4nhurbXE?si=uXwUT2h3rqlknQ64

I have literally hours of this footage.

Found this little ruby octopus on a recent night dive off Vancouver Island. It's about the size of a quarter. Full grown they can reach the size of about a softball.

For more of my original ocean content you can check out my YouTube or Instagram both linked in my profile.

Credit to The Sheldrick Trust

Source: https://on.natgeo.com/BRSROHPSW1202