It was a year ago, in June 2019, when a team of scientists exploring in the Gulf of Mexico captured the first-ever footage of a giant squid in U.S. waters. The video also represents just the second time a giant squid has been observed in its natural habitat. The squid was imaged at a depth of 759 meters (2,490 feet) and looked to be 10 - 12 feet long, making it still just a baby. . . “I think we often think of the deep sea as out of sight, out of mind,” said Sonke Johnsen, a biology professor at