What are the most dangerous animals on the planet?
In Cabo, local fishermen will tell you that
sharks are not what you should be afraid of, what actually scares them are this
creature and its known as the Humboldt squid, but to the many people that had
an unfortunate encounter with the squid, they would suitably call it the Red
Devil.
These guys are known for being extremely
predatory. They have been known to attack people, with one diver being mauled
by a Humboldt and nearly lost his arm. Another female diver got attacked by these
Red Devils and she swore that the Squid tried to remove her mask and drown her.
In 2016 Scott Cassell experienced
first-hand what these squids could do and he even caught the entire thing on
tape. Scott is an experienced diver and was diving off the coast off Bahasudd
in Mexico where he was filming a video for animal Planet.
As he was filming underwater he started to
notice shadows around the corner of his eyes circling him. It didn’t take him
long to realize he was surrounded by hundreds of Humboldt Squid. Knowing the
dangers around these creatures, Scott Immediately tried to ascend and get out
of the water, but because these creatures are extremely predatory they caught
on to this and immediately begun their vicious attack on Scott.
In screen-shots of the video you can see
that the squids were grabbing onto anything, including his camera equipment.
Then they started tackling him and ended up dislocating his shoulder. One of
the squids then wrapped around him and started dragging him underneath the
water extremely fast. Because he didn’t have any time to adjust to the depths
of the water his eardrums exploded because he was going down way too fast.
Miraculously, Scott was able to break free
and started going towards the top of the water, but the Squids were not ready
to let him go. The Squids started chasing after him, attacking him and throwing
them onto him. One of the Squids then launched themselves directly at Scott’s
wrist which ended up breaking it. In the video you can hear Scott screaming out
in pain.
Fortunately for Scott he was able to make to the surface, even though he only had the use of one hand, before being pulled to safety.
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