Underwater Camera Captures “Headless Chicken Monster“

In the darkest ocean depths surrounding Antarctica lurks the majestic “headless chicken monster“. This swimming sea cucumber, Enypniastes eximia, was first caught on film in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017. Our researchers got a surprise recently when another one popped up on camera in the Southern Ocean for the first time, at a depth of three kilometres. The cameras were designed in partnership with the commercial longline fishing industry to assist in fisheries management. Learn more: