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November 18, 2020: Cutthroat Eel With Squid Snack

While exploring the eastern wall of McMaster Canyon, approximately 80 miles southeast of Long Island, New York, during the Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014 expedition, we saw this cutthroat eel snacking on a recently caught squid.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014. Download larger version (jpg, 1.3 MB).

While exploring the eastern wall of McMaster Canyon, approximately 80 miles southeast of Long Island, New York, during the Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014 expedition, we saw this cutthroat eel snacking on a recently caught squid.

This was one of several predation events witnessed during the expedition, offering scientists unique glimpses into the lives and behaviors of critters of the deep. For videos of several of these predation events, check out this mission log, “Predation in the Deep Sea.”