Rare Encounter With Piglet Squid Leaves Deep Sea Explorers Speechless

That's an accurate description of the piglet squid, which is also known for its siphon that looks a bit like the nose of a young pig. Piglet squids, like all cephalopods, have radically different bodies from animals of all kinds that we're used to seeing on land. Instead of having their limbs and head all connected to a central, organ-holding body as Sy Montgomery explained in her book, The Soul of an Octopus their body (or mantle) and limbs stick out of a central head.