Wonderfully weird lifeforms spotted on deepsea volcano near Am Samoa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new crowd of deep-sea weirdos and alien-like lifeforms have been captured on camera by scientists exploring the depths of the ocean around American Samoa.

![A rarely-seen whiplash squid (Mastigoteuthis) documented at (3,625 feet depth. One of the ‘weird’ lifeforms spotted on deepsea volcano near American Samoa in the latest video captured on camera by scientists exploring the depths of the ocean. The beautiful footage comes from the E Mamana Ou Gataifale II expedition by the Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA Ocean Exploration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. [photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute] A rarely-seen whiplash squid](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rare_whiplash_squid.jpeg?itok=Dhie-x_m)
![Two of American Samoa's top junior tennis players, Joella Ioane and Hermann Thomsen (holding team signs), have been selected to be part of the Pacific Oceania region team competing in the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) 12 & Under Intercontinental Team Competition in Hong Kong. [courtesy photo] Joella Ioane and Hermann Thomsen](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/4624.jpg.jpg?itok=O4_Yxx5a)



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![The decision of Royal New Zealand Navy Commander Gray to abandon ship has been praised as all 75 crew and passengers were rescued before the ship sank off the coast of Samoa. [photo: Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority] CREW AND PASSENGERS of MNZS Manawanui](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rescued_crew_passengers.jpg?itok=dR9-mFrU)

