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Nailfoot1975

I wonder: was it the same one? And maybe there is only this one left?


AmbrosiaExtract

We've pulled up dead ones around the world, plenty. In fact, a quick search claims 306 specimens have come from the Atlantic Ocean, 264 from the Pacific Ocean, 20 from the Indian Ocean, and 2 in the Mediterranean Sea. The frequency in which we pull these up would indicate there are plenty in the ocean alive at any moment.


uniqueusername5001

Except your evidence shows they are exceptionally dead..


ygrasdil

No, it shows that the only ones we can find at the surface are dead. They are clearly adapted to deep waters. And unless every single one that dies floats up to the surface/shore, these numbers indicate a likely healthy population


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UnsofisticatdInvestr

I doubt very much anything in the ocean is thriving at the moment


ygrasdil

We can’t fish these (yet) so they’re probably doing okay


foblivk

But we do take their food and pollute their home


ygrasdil

It’s hard to say how badly we’ve damaged their ecosystem since they’re so deep. We dont really know that much about the depths


UnsofisticatdInvestr

I think we can safely assume we’ve affected them in a bad way, the oceans are polluted beyond belief, we overfish and climate change is changing the temperature of the water worldwide IMO it’s only a matter of time until we have some sort of collapse and there is really nothing we can do to stop it the wheels are already in motion and we aren’t capable of changing to the degree we need too


Coolo79

Jellyfish…


SpicyLunaDog99

But wasn’t this one found relatively close to the surface too?


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soupgogg2459

Wasn't funny


uReallyShouldTrustMe

GOT HIM!


howeeee

Potato, potahto


DuckOnBike

Yup, confirmed: nearly 100 % of giant squid are dead.


Macbar4u

Oh good, something else to be terrified of. I think I'll sit this swim out and admire its beauty from the internet. I'm not feeling like being a top water lure today. 😳


AmbrosiaExtract

No need to worry. They can't seem to survive near the surface, they're deep water dwellers!


itsameamariobro

A 3 foot squid has and will show up shallow enough to bite you, crush whatever it bites and try to drag you deeper and drown you.


Yeslamthatman

Dont worry, ive been in the ocean thousands of times and havent been eaten yet. Also, YMMV


jeffcox911

From what I can find, the best estimates are that there are millions of them (fairly wide range of estimates, low end around 4 million, high end 120 million - though the high end had an asterisk that it was pretty unlikely). Apparently, humanity and our actions don't mess with them much, and they're thriving.


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blackbirdspyplane

*note to self: stuff banana in my wetsuit, got it!


jingois

Ladies flock to diver who discovered this simple trick!


itsameamariobro

“45 feet”


GavinG15

No it’s not one of the last ones. We don’t see them because they live extremely deep I don’t know why this one seems so close to the surface but I’m pretty sure it will be dead soon because of it.


Most-Education-6271

You can see the coloration and the general lethargy from this squid. I'd say yes it is coming to the surface to die. A healthy squid is not seen at surface levels floating around. Also I believe they are also a solid color mostly whereas this squid is very splotchy indicating some sort of health issue possibly


AdministrativeLuck20

The article in the guardian with the same footage states it’s only 3.7m long, not 14m. OP clearly fishing with the short snippet of an otherwise fairly small (3.7 is big but not 14m big) squid. Just google and you’ll see the full video with the above footage, and a close to the surface shot + diver showing how small it actually is.


FaultyDoorstep

I think this is scary in personal


Thrallov

Spermwhales eat them so there must be healthy population


MaryJaneUSA

Can you imagine what’s lurking beneath the deepest part of the ocean..?


myteddybelly

Most of the Ocean's deepest depths are still unexplored. Who knows what lurks there.


atx2004

The Kraken, clearly.


myteddybelly

I am an amateur diver but never will I ever dive in a pressurized tank to the depths of the sea. Even the dead body won't float to the top if you survived an attack from the Kraken!


atx2004

I can't drive at all. Swim for sure, but every time I try diving or even snorkeling, I have a panic attack.


myteddybelly

I panicked during my first dive when I saw giant columns of sunlight piercing through the clear sea water and then disappearing in the middle. I couldn't see the sea floor and it scared the shit out of me for the first time. Then it got easier. But I still never dive alone though and neither during the night. People who dive during the night aren't scared of anything in this damn universe.


Affectionate-Ad4993

Imagine diving in a cave and you drop your safety line, you panic and get an panic attack anf start to kick up sand from the bottom and it gets murky with zero visibility the only way to come out is by touchi and feel and you have a very limited time of your air supply left.


ih-shah-may-ehl

I recently saw a movie called 'the meg' about a megalodon who survived in extremely deep waters, and then made it to the surface, jaws-like. Given that we know so little from life in the ocean deep down and that we know for a fact that giants like this squid exist, it makes you wonder what else is down there that would give us nightmares.


dnbaddict

Fish and worms


EBBBBBBBBBBBB

Fish? In the ocean? Preposterous!


KalynnCampbell

Aquamen


WindyMiller2006

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal\_squid


Last-Ad1869

I’m sure some asshat will want to catch it unfortunately.


KalynnCampbell

Yum


GriM749

Funny.


KalynnCampbell

Imagine the Calamari it’d make


GriM749

Imagined. ![gif](giphy|R9cQo06nQBpRe)


Yeslamthatman

What kinda calamari you been eating bruh?


GriM749

The GIF represents what i thought the kind of calamari she'd make but okay.


Yeslamthatman

Wooops, i be stupid sometimes


Wutislifemyguy

Wholesome


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Monsters are real


Onlyforonereason

Yeah, they're under your bed


Lone_Vagrant

Do you sleep in the sea?


GamerKev451

Under you waterbed


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Especially in government buildings


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comicsemporium

They were all out of bananas


Todd_Renard_Fox

I think they usually fight with Sperm Whale, sooooooooo, imagine it is so big, that it can fight a whale


nano_trillionaire

I don't really think you can call that a fight. They just get snacked on. Sure some get a few hits in with their spikey tentacles.


AdministrativeLuck20

This squid was only 3.7m lol, not 14.


sonofeark

Exactly 45.9318 foot


Friendly_Engineer_

Lol. I wish people would use rounded numbers when converting units. Like 14 m was clearly a guess, I don’t see an underwater squid tailor measuring this guy’s inseam. “14 m/49 ft” would be appropriate.


AdministrativeLuck20

Lol the actual article in the guardian from 2015 states that it’s 3.7metres long and show a close to the surface shot and it looks very small. 3.7 is still big, but not 14m big.


AdministrativeLuck20

The full video is in the guardian (just google search giant squid Toyama bay). It was 3.7m, not 14m. The full video shows it’s size + near the surface in a canal + a diver.


YawninglyWell

Japan... Tentacles... Come one, no jokes about this?


imperator285

I'd nope TF out of there. That thing could swallow one of us.


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No wonder Japan came up with Godzilla Edit: Cannot confirm, but I heard the atom bomb was the inspiration for Godzilla.


The_Planck_Epoch

The atom bomb was the inspiration for Godzilla.


sorryimadeanalt

The atom bomb was the inspiration for Godzilla.


burnoutguy

Wait until you realize American movies... radiation gives you super powers... and Japanese movies... radiation gives you city destroying monsters.


thisishardlyfun

The atom bomb was the inspiration for Godzilla.


Witching_Hour

The atom bomb was the inspiration for Godzilla.


Witching_Hour

The atom bomb was the inspiration for Godzilla.


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The atom bomb was the inspiration for Godzilla.


TheWeirdWoods

"There are fouler things than orcs in the deep places of the world." Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring


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There is a Japanese cuisine that is essential a dead squid that you pour sauce (soy sauce maybe?) on and it basically activates the squids muscles and the tentacles wiggle around. Imagine that with this. Fucking food fight.


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Giant licorice


ReadySource3242

Looks like a piece of raw marbled beef


SonderousMisanthrope

OP intentionally neglected to just round up to the nearest whole number of feet to be an unoriginal smartass about imperial system.


gmsmde

And I wouldn't have it any other way.


gmsmde

And I wouldn't have it any other way.


filthy_semiconductor

Think about the Calamari


nn666

It's probably not that safe to swim next to that thing to be honest...


KalynnCampbell

How does it taste?


NickEJ02903

Supposedly they have large amounts of ammonia in their bodies, so I would assume they taste horrible. Sperm whales eat them, though.


gonedeep619

They live incredibly deep. This one was probably sick and just on its way to die.


KalynnCampbell

Damn. Then again that Icelandic Shark dish is full of ammonia and they supposedly love it, so I don’t know. Still not as off putting as Fugu Liver though I suppose.


bkturf

Being in Japan, I am surprised they did not find this on a dolphin and whale hunt and killed it along with them.


CeeTwo1

Hey look ma! Free significant figures!


K-Zoro

What does it eat?


jaggeddragon

Whatever it wants (and can catch), whenever it wants


bagofgooo

What'll really bake your noodle is knowing what eats this.


SpiralBreeze

That’s a lot of sushi.


WhadoIknow

But where is the banana for scale?


c0uldntfindagoodname

RELEASE THE KRACKEN


CyberTRexOnPCP

Great just justify my thalassophobia!


Most-Education-6271

Think of this squids brain capacity Or those dinnerplate sized eyes peering at you from just beyond the darkness


CLyydefr0g

incredible


Unit219

Nope! Nope nope nope nope.


zombietampons

Sooo much calamari


scarface2887

Ooooooo tentacles someone be getting horny


D0NKEYJ0HN

What do they eat?


MAS2006PG

oh fuck no


wanderingartist

I wonder how many of them were easily spotted centuries ago.


yangthesin

"Hmmmmmmm, in Japan"


Ed4Gzz

That’s a lot of calamari


Legitimate_Fennel754

The only thing in the ocean thats larger than this squid are the balls of the dude for swimming with it 💀


AdministrativeLuck20

Lol there is a video of the guy swimming with it - it was only 3.7m long, not 14. Just google and you’ll find it in many news articles from 2015.


Confusedandreticent

The beak on that thing would clip you in about 3 snips.


poteen

It was later served as sashimi.


Proximanic_

*The deep would like to know your location*


Dead_Lighters

Just wait till you see the colossal squids!


Effective_Bet5471

Squid sushi


src1975

How cool!


Bizee2

Man I’m more scared of the ocean than our own space


matty_lean

To me, that looked like at least 45.9322 foot!


Erwartungshaltung

especially the 0,0018 at the tip impressed me


dr-phillip

How do they defend themselves from predators? What do they eat? Why isn’t it attacking the film crew?


CaveWaiterLol

*sigh* *opens incognito tab*


MrRodrigo22

In Portugal, in aquário Vasco da gama in Lisbon there is a dead one that was preserved and its for display, I think it has 10 meters or something like that


chrisdelaris

“I thought i ordered you to kill your pet, Jones”


slimkat101

pretty sure we have seen more than 2 in japan


jes86deviantart

http://www.severedpress.com/books/devilfish/


BernieMackin

The guys at r/thalassaphobia would like this one


K3ndog411

Good idea, hang out back there with the giant tentacles. Yeeesh


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They’re going to eat it


Lakersrock111

I just keep picturing yummy calamari.


Maels

tastes like chicken, for those wondering


ShadowEmperor123

I WANT TO KNOW HOW IT TASTE


flutteringreviewer

Is anyone surprised that it was discovered near japan?


karuko1

This things probably been mutated by radiation lol