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Remotely operated vehicles exploring the vast, mysterious depths of the ocean, have made a new discovery about the unique reproductive strategies of deep-sea squids. A team of scientists, led by Henk-Jan T. Hoving from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, along with collaborators from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the University of South Florida made a striking observation. They saw a female squid carrying exceptionally large eggs — twice as large as those of other known deep-sea squids. In March 2015, a team running remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in the G…

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