A short clip of the eel swimming with its full stomach. (Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute) "In all our combined years of exploring the deep ocean, this was the first gulper eel for all of us ...

The gulper eel in the video is likely a juvenile, the researchers said, given its small size. Adults can reach 3 feet. Nautilus Live is the brainchild of Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic ...

"The chances of finding a large eel in Loch Ness are around 1 in 50,000 for a 1-meter specimen, which is reasonable given the loch’s fish stock and suggests some sightings of smaller unknown ...