Since then, several more colossal squid have been filmed or photographed alive at the surface. But as far as is publicly known, the colossal squid has never been observed alive in its natural, deep-water habitat, although a number of such recordings of the giant squid have been made in recent years (Dery, 2013; Frazer, 2013; though see Abe, 2019a, b; ). As such, it is the only known extant species of truly giant (>) cephalopod that has never been filmed in its natural habitat.