'Headless Chicken Monster' caught on camera

For the first time a swimming sea cucumber was caught on camera in the waters off east Antarctica.

The creature had only been filmed once before in the Gulf of Mexico.

It was nicknamed the "headless chicken monster" because it looked more like a swimming chicken than a cucumber.

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New technology captured the creature in the southern ocean off the southwest corner of Australia.

Researchers hope the rare footage will help in the effort to create a new Antarctic conservation zone.

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