NARRATOR: Further south,
down the Pacific coast
of the Americas, ancient
volcanoes tore out a deep chasm
which is now the Sea of Cortez.
The Baja Peninsula
shelters this deep abyss
from the mighty Pacific Ocean,
home to a true sea monster.
When the sun goes down,
it emerges from the deep.
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El Diablo Rojo,
the Red Devil, also
known as the Humboldt squid--
tonight, an army of them
rises from the deep to hunt.
Up to 1,000 strong, each one
can grow as long as a person
and weigh up to 100 pounds.
Surprisingly intelligent, they
communicate with each other
by flashing messages
with their skin.
The messages are
received with eyes
the size of billiard balls.
10 limbs lined with
hooks and suction cups
drag victims to their
raptor-like beak.
[music playing]
These squid show no mercy
even for their own relatives.
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They're cannibals.
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A defensive squirt of ink
is too little, too late.
[music playing]
Daybreak calms their
frenzy, and they
retreat back into the deep.
