DIVER ENCOUNTERS RARE DIAMONDBACK SQUID EGG MASS<br />WITH VID <br />BY SALONI MATHUR <br />Simone Mainetti, a scuba diving instructor from Queensland, Australia, came across something very rare. <br />On a regular dive, Simone encountered a rare mass of Diamondback squid eggs, floating in the Atlantic Ocean. <br />The egg mass often looks like a long, glassy pinkish ribbon or cylinder drifting underwater.<br />Inside the clear jelly are thousands of tiny eggs arranged in neat rows, giving it a dotted or honeycomb-like appearance. <br />Simone said: “In this video, you can see me approaching the egg mass and trying to capture it from different angles. <br />“There are only 108 confirmed sightings documented in the last 200 years.<br />“Diamondback squid spend their entire lives in the deep ocean.<br />“And like many squid, the Diamondback reproduces once in its lifetime and dies soon after.<br />“This sighting is a rare bridge between the mysterious deep-sea world and our world on the surface.”<br />ENDS
