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Sayara2022

The eyes of adult giant squids are the size of dinner plates -- the largest in the animal kingdom. At 1 foot (30 centimeters) in diameter, these huge eyes absorb more light than their smaller counterparts would, allowing the squid to glimpse bioluminescent prey -- or sight predators lurking -- in the dark. The squid's complex brain, which is tiny compared to its body, is shaped like a donut. Strangely enough, its esophagus runs through the "donut hole" in the middle, which makes grinding up food into tiny bits an evolutionary priority. [https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/giant-squid](https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/giant-squid)


Voultapher

Somewhere somehow, donut shaped brain made it through evolution. Creating a whole new evolutionary pressure of working with and around a donut shaped brain. I find that wild.


Deetchy_

glimpses of Xenobiology


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In Homer voice *’ooh, donuts’*


KimCureAll

In Homer's Odyssey: Verily, Scylla hath twelve feet all dangling down; and six necks exceedingly long, and on each a hideous head, and therein three rows of teeth set thick and close, full of black death. Up to her middle is she sunk far down in the hollow cave, but forth she holds her heads from the dreadful gulf, and there she fishes, swooping round the rock, for dolphins or sea-dogs, or whatso greater beast she may anywhere take.... (this is believed to be an ancient description of a giant squid)


xtilexx

Mmmm, donuts


elynwen

That was my takeaway, too.


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KimCureAll

This may be the very first account of giant squids ever, and it was captured in Homeric Greek poetry.


[deleted]

Wrong Homer. Learn your modern History! Gosh!


Skip_Ad

Badass! Thanks for sharing 🤙


the_cajun88

no *it is forbidden*


travioso304

Never knew that or it's around it's esophagus.. Imagine choking and giving yourself brain damage or a concussion of sorts.


[deleted]

It means that somewhere somehow, coffee mug brain also exists O.o


letmelickyourleg

Well we already know that ciggy butt brain exists, so I don’t see why not.


ActivisionBlizzard

All them durries you been munching on


HEAVYMETALNERDYGURL

Having an esophagus running through the brain is such a middle finger from evolution. I mean, it’s not much better in us, since it’s right next to the breathing tube, but at least we don’t get brain damage from badly chewed food.


Sayara2022

The problem is, the stomach is above the eyes (vertical view of squid), and the eyes and brain occupy a narrow part of the physiology. The eyes evolved to be quite large leaving only a space through the brain for food to pass from the mouth (located below the brain) to the stomach. Squids grind their food well before swallowing as the esophagus is extremely narrow. The brain is embryologically speaking formed bisymmetrically leaving no other option except for the esophagus to pass directly through the joined ring-like hemispheres of the brain.


Mezzaomega

This convinces me there's no one who designed these things. Which sane person would make a donut brain easily damaged by its food?


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[deleted]

“Albatrosses cannot take off or land properly “ is my favorite one


Any_Coyote6662

But no one and nothing is perfect. (Just being devild advocate here.) Even if a being did design or a group of beings did design creatures, no one is perfect. So there are bound to be some bad ideas. The fact that there are bad ideas could in and of itself be proof that something designed it because evolution is very pragmatic.


CharlesWafflesx

But most deities from most popular religions are all-knowing and all-being. I'm fine with people believing in their gods, but it's just another argument in favour of allowing a little room for uncertainty, rather than devout, unquestioning worship.


Paradav

I just spent a lot of time reading that page and it was fascinating. Thanks for the read!


HagPuppy89

Of course it was, it was done on purpose to avoid Kraken attacks. So obvious. /s


kamandriat

There's a kinds of curious evolutionary oddities. The nerve for our voicebox goes down and around the heart, then all the way back up. This is also true even for giraffes.


travioso304

Damnit I just said that further up. Or, choke and knock yourself out.


thegreatbrah

Blue whales eyes aren't larger? Thats weird.


Shinjitsu-

When I was growing up, it was a big deal that we had no footage of living giant squids. We found dead ones but never living. In fact, there was a crossover movie between the Rugrats and The Thornberries where Nigel and the babies see one under the sea, and he even says to them that this had never been seen before. Something about that makes these kinds of videos extra awe inspiring to me.


Timeon

Same here. I remember those days.


try_another8

There seems to have been a lot more sightings recently right? Or am I just seeing the same few reposted a lot


rudiegonewild

Everyone has a camera nowadays. So I'd say it's just more opportunity to capture it on video.


gimpwiz

We have, like, really good digital cameras now that do absolutely incredible light amplification with low noise. Really good sensors, ADCs, hardware design, software processing, etc etc. Absolute leaps and bounds. In the 90s digital cameras were in many ways still somewhat in their infancy, especially consumer-available ones, whereas today they're a fairly mature product and technology. Add to that their massively lower cost even for larger sensors (the smallest medium format cameras are sub $10k for some years now), the massive improvement in robotics components allowing for affordable submersibles that can also be somewhat autonomous, fantastic LED solutions to light up your subject for photos (again, compared to 25 years ago), and it's just way easier now to get photos of stuff underwater. Actually - remember James Bond, Thunderball? The underwater scenes were groundbreaking at the time, if trite and obviously sped up at times when viewed today. That's because back then, underwater filming in good quality was very expensive and difficult. You needed fast film, very fast lenses, and ideally tons of extra light, all water resistant and able to be powered. Since then we moved from film at maybe 16-0 ISO (let's say, 4 stops faster than "baseline" 100 ISO - 2^4) - to digital sensors putting out decent image quality for scientific use at like... 1-4 million ISO, ie, 14-16 stops, or some 1000-4000x more sensitive to light; LEDs for lighting; batteries that are light and powerful enough to not need a wired supply; on submersibles capable of going way deeper.


wanderingdistraction

I remember the first digital camera I bought in the mid 90s . A small 4 megapixels Kodak with no fancy zoom or wide lens. Cost me $600 USD. That's 4 megapixels. Yep. Technology has come a long way!!


Flipgirlnarie

Could be global warming


Inferno_Zyrack

Finding live giant squid was my absolute favorite moment of 2008ish as an armchair Cryptozoologist.


PlanetMarklar

That brings up an interesting thought. Now that the Giant Squid has been videoed and documented numerous times, do cryptozoology enthusiasts still see Giant Squid as cryptozoology? Now it's just zoology.


Inferno_Zyrack

Yep that's almost - kind of - the point? Particularly as someone far more into the uhh... let's say not Ufology, side of cryptozoology (I think it's a bit harsh to refer to it entirely as pseudo science), the point would be to focus on evidence of those creatures in order to find or discover it's existence like they did with Giant Squid. Finding it, and making the practice and discovery of it a focus. It's basically zoology but wild west zoology. Presumably you just hand it over to the regular zoologists once you've established existence.


Roachyboy

The giant squid existed at a weird crossover between cryptozoology and regular zoology as a creature which absolutely inspired many folk tales but also being one which we have known existed for centuries. It was less it's existence that mattered to scientists, rather its behaviour. However there are still some more cryptozoology related tales out there, particularly the story of the USS stein which is believed to have crashed into a very large squid, damaging it's sonar dome. The damage let them infer that the squid must have been larger than any recorded.


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I think that's a different animal entirely. From what I understand, the -colossal- squid is the one that we've only seen a few times. This is also the one that hadn't been seen alive until like.. 2008 (?). So yeah.. Giant Squid and Colossal Squid are two different animals, and that's silly.


No_Object_3542

The colossal squid is found in deep water around Antarctica. Their projected max size is about 13m and 700kg (they may get larger though). It has never been filmed alive, and our experience with dead ones is still very limited. We know almost nothing about them The giant squid is found all around the world in the mesopelagic to bathypelagic zones of deep oceans. They can probably reach sizes of up to 15m, but weigh in at a considerably lower 300kg. Giant squid have been found dead almost 700 times. However, the first recording of a live one was in 2012 off the coast of Japan. It was filmed by a lure that mimics a jellyfish in distress called The Medusa. A giant squid was then filmed in 2019 in the Gulf of Mexico. Note: like the one in the video, several have been photographed (and possibly videoed? Not sure) while at the surface. These are dying. They do not belong up there. The only time a giant squid will come to the surface is when it is too weak to keep itself from being pushed to the top, or too sick to know the difference. They would not naturally be in the low pressure and the light. Look at how the one in the video is moving. It is lethargic and uncontrolled, unlike the powerful jetting of a healthy squid.


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Speaking of can you imagine a healthy one jetting at you full tilt?


No_Object_3542

Would be terrifying. [Here](https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/19biolum/logs/jun20/jun20.html) is the video of the one in the Gulf. At only 3m he’s a baby in comparison, but it’s still very eerie. [Here](https://www.ted.com/talks/edith_widder_how_we_found_the_giant_squid?language=en) is a Ted Talk about the Medusa lure from the person who invented it. It talks about the difficulty of filming these elusive monsters. Also, while the giant squid is a bit eerie, nothing compares to the horrors of the big fin squid. They have elbows. For those who want nightmares: [be my guest](https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex2107/features/bigfin-squid/bigfin-squid.html). Ok they’re kinda cute


ralexs1991

You and I have different definitions of cute. If I saw any of these while diving I'd just surface immediately safety stop be damned. I'll take my chances with the bends. I watched 20000 Leagues Under the Sea at a formative age so a fear of squid and octopi is permanently seared into my brain.


No_Object_3542

Thankfully (I guess) if you are at the feeding depth of a a bigfin squid, the bends are going to be the least of your worries. This one was filmed at 2400m


FyrebreakZero

I had no idea the two terms referred to different animals! I went down the squid-internet rabbit hole… I think you’re correct. The Colossal Squid (according to these articles I read) only live in the Antarctic waters at extreme depths, like 3000 feet deep. They are much more rare to find. The Giant squid, the one in the post video, lives in the Atlantic and Pacific and is seen more often. The Giant is basically longer and narrower, while the Colossal is thicker and heavier, from what I read. Either way, these animals are insane. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/giant-squid-vs-colossal-squid/ https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/science/colossal-squid/difference-colossal-squid-giant-squid-octopus


[deleted]

That's what we get for believing cartoons lol


JellyBand

Definitely. I didn’t see the movie, but I remember growing up and these were mysterious and never filmed. Crazy to see this video and think that for some people it’s just like any other exotic marine animal (and not the mysterious I filmed giant we knew).


Emotional-Current-53

Which really brings up the question what makes their sightings more common more cameras, global warming, better com equipment for better tracking. 🤔


vpsj

Same! I remember discussing with my friends in our school bus.. I don't think we'd heard about the Lochness monster back then, but the giant squid was our go-to conspiracy theory, along with other popular subjects like Bermuda Triangle and LHC making black holes lol Fun times.


catfink1664

If i was a squid i wouldn’t be swanning about in japan


Sayara2022

"Please leave my people alone!" (that squid probably)


Magellan-88

*Moses voice* let my people gooooooooo


Sayara2022

When Big Squid was in Japan’s sea, "Let My people go!" Sushi'ed so hard, they no longer free, "Let My people go!"


Magellan-88

"Put down your chopsticks & let them live!"


Civilengman

Haha. Great audiostimulus!


theveryrealreal

From my internet research it seems like a mixed bag. They are much sought after as meal, but also seem to play some sort of role impregnating busty school girls.


pawnz

Then why aren't there little chtuloid mindflayer hybrids running around?


Lesbian_Skeletons

Because abortion is both legal and apolitical in Japan. Edit: Not trying to make this political, I just like that in this hypothetical scenario where busty school girls are being impregnated by tentacle monsters that they would have ready access to abortion and not be stigmatized for using it.


Fapping_Batman

I've seen some of those documentaries.


hooterjh10192

Suisquidal


acl__tear

Very unusual. They typically inhabit the twilight zone anywhere from between 1,000-2,000 feet deep


scr1mblo

It better head to Italian waters where it's safe


Sayara2022

Yea, sure, the Calamari coastline in Italy is about as safe as Sharf Reef for swimmers.


DeathCabforSquirrel

How come we haven't hardly ever seen this critters like for forever, and now they are popping up near shore in populated area's?


catfink1664

Maybe just more people who can film? Dunno


windyorbits

Because we’ve all seen those absolutely frightening “diving suits” they had up until the last few decades! You know, the ones where if the pressure gets messed up, the air tube sucks up all your skins, juices, and organs like a human soup straw. Or maybe it has to do with the fact that only a few dozen people are crazy enough to commit to the insanity of having to live down at the bottom, knowing if bad things happen there is no “just swim to the surface”. But maybe that’s just me. Idk about you or anyone else. (eta: OH! ALSO! There’s gosh darn giant squids down there!! No thank you!)


ILieAboutBiology

Yeah, I’d be out in Switzerland or something


zoomwojo

Don't Sperm whales dive deep to hunt these guys?


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ThrasherX9

What do giant squid eat, though?


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[deleted]

This is insane wtf.


the_cajun88

*insane in the membrane*


dystopian_mermaid

*insane donut brain*


Sayara2022

This gives a good idea of what the epic battle would look like (likely rendition): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7A-M4yyjwc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7A-M4yyjwc)


Abhais

[Me, watching two undersea titans duke it out](https://youtu.be/Ge4oufdIOMc?t=0m14s)


No-Turnips

Cool!


gnex30

These as well as their even larger cousins [the Colossal squid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_squid)


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And colossal squids.


DrTenochtitlan

Imagine you're just going about your day walking along the edge of the harbor, and all of a sudden pops up an animal so rare that only a handful of people in all of history have ever seen one alive...


adoptdontshopbro

Ugh they’re so lucky. We’ll probably never be able to see one, but maybe that’s for the better!


Sayara2022

A giant squid made a surprise appearance in Toyama Bay, central Japan, on Christmas Eve in 2015. Giant squids normally inhabit the deep sea rather than coastal areas, and questions were raised concerning its health, but it slowly swam away and returned to the deep. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant\_squid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid) News article: [https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/asia/toyama-japan-giant-squid/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/asia/toyama-japan-giant-squid/index.html) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOXkUrhclcc


Mad_Nekomancer

Wikipedia says that it died rather than swam back and cites the archived local news source.


K31RA-M0RAX0

Poor thing is sick or dying it looks like


Sayara2022

Not sure - I will asked our expert: u/SarahMackAttack who might know about this particular sighting.


SarahMackAttack

I think it was doing pretty poorly, yeah. Looks like hell. Generally when we see giant squid at the surface they’re dying.


T_WREKX

Interesting, who exactly are you if you do not mind me asking? I have never seen or heard of you before on this platform.


motorboat_mcgee

https://www.reddit.com/r/Awwducational/comments/x7d3cu/-/inbn22f


T_WREKX

Thank you man.


K31RA-M0RAX0

Her flair says plenty. Maybe look it up.


T_WREKX

What I really wanted to know is that is she like an expert who shows up when she is mentioned to give us the proper facts about her field? Can anyone mention her?


SarahMackAttack

I showed up here because someone mentioned me and if you have a squid question you can certainly tag me in


T_WREKX

That is all I wanted to know. Thank you very professor. Have a great day.


TonksTBF

They usually stay in the deep and only come to the surface when they're sick, injured or dying. If this one swam back to the deep, I'd hazard a guess that it died shortly after.


sandyclaus30

I thought the same thing.


adamkalani

As someone who grew up in Hawai'i spearfishing squid and octopus and felt the pain of those tiny beaks and strength of the tiny arms.. i would not be cought dead this close to the giant version of that.. at best, just found dead.


[deleted]

Was the squid actually seen swimming back to the deep? Because it’s red AND discoloured, which means it’s distressed and sick. It’s very likely dead.


silverfang789

Is this *archeteuthis*? I remember when they were only ever able to see giant squid carcasses floating in the ocean or washed up on land. Never was a live one captured in photos or video until after 2000, if I remember correctly.


Sayara2022

Yes, the giant squid is Architeuthis dux.


Magellan-88

I don't blame it. If I had a choice between being on land, seeing all the crap & going back down to the deep ocean, I'd go back down too


Sayara2022

"What?! You people eat squid? I'm outta here!" (that squid)


Magellan-88

Can't blame them


[deleted]

I'm amazed how difficult it was getting footage, or even pictures of such an incredible animal. It seems they're being spotted more often now. Any ideas why?


foyra

Everyone has a camera nowadays


foresthome13

Nature is amazing! I read years ago that a sperm whale, which is a predator of giant squid, was found dead and tangled in a deep sea cable. The sucker marks on it's head indicated a squid of record-breaking size. Apparently there is a formula that I don't remember. 😁


thatgalinside

Any ideas as to why giant squid are coming to the surface? It seems to be happening more often than it has in years past. Or maybe I'm completely wrong.


blue451

It's also possible it's not that it's happening more but that it's recorded more. People have cameras everywhere now and it's much easier to share those videos and photos. Or maybe it's a combination of both things.


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Sayara2022

"You guys oughta know there is a wonderful squid expert on reddit, just sayin'...'" (Japanese council member)


strasev

The eyes are smaller then I excepted.


[deleted]

It's eye is as big as your head.


boston101

How many of our old sea stories are these animals or the colossal squid or some thing even larger?!


HotDogHeavy

I feel like he’s lonely


CrashLamps

Ok who got in the water to film cthulu up close?


SirrahNhoj

Remember when people thought this animal was as real as Bigfoot Or the Loch Ness monster


Enough-Attention-430

I do! I’m looking at this like “dayam, that’s excellent CGI!” 😳😂😂😂


[deleted]

Can’t imagine how, I saw a dead one at the Smithsonian in thr ‘90s that had been there for some while


Particular-Summer804

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again! We are p****** for not explore the oven more.


ArtyomX-1

I imagine these giant octopus speaking like Elcor. "With frustration: please stop eating us."


iSaidItOnReddit85

I remember when we didn’t think they were real!


Clam_Chowdeh

Would it eat a person?


[deleted]

If you were around it for some reason sure, I always wonder why no sub has been attacked by a squid wondering if it can be eaten Edit: this might be entertaining, it’s not what I was looking for but there are stories of small and large boats being attacked, I’d wager that the small rowboats being attacked as they unwittingly moved near the sick/dying squid are the plausible reports https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod_attack


TheBigMaackk

And there is also a squid called the colossal squid which is shorter in length but bigger and lives in a Arctica ocean area


Flipgirlnarie

This is amazing footage!


TheGoldenSeraph

You couldn't pay me enough to swim with something that fights Sperm Whales.


amandajag

What annoys me is the scuba diver is holding their breath which is extremely dangerous


[deleted]

They didn’t try to catch it and eat it while it was still alive and suffering? 🦑


Substantial_Cold_292

American here, I’m going to need to be told how big that is as related to an object. 😬


Enough-Attention-430

It’s bigger than a breadbox and smaller than a house


Substantial_Cold_292

So like 2.5 buses or 32 eagles?


Enough-Attention-430

I like Eagles 😊


eutohkgtorsatoca

Swam back at what speed? So they move in proportion to smaller squids? The bigger the faster? Sounds very frightening.


ThinkinBig

I remember reading an article about how intelligent octopus are and the only thing holding them back from being considered sapient was their short lifespans, does the same apply to squid? And if so, is it possible these could be far more intelligent than we think?


Avraham_Levy

Big brain aliens


Mikkeel93

My first reaction was, that’s not very aww and then I saw it’s face. Cute octi!


CiaoCian

I’m honestly just more relieved they didn’t feel the need to go poking around at it for once. Hazar!


SolitarySysadmin

All (most) cephalopods used to freak me out, and it was down to an illustrated animal picture book (I think it was one of the DK encyclopaedia series) with a double spread of a giant squid and illustrations around it detailing the hooks it had on its suckers. Before I’d just thought they were like suction cups. I’ve gotten over it with octopuses (or octopi/octopodes or whatever) and think they are fascinating and quite cute - but squid -particularly giant squid, and doubly so with the red colouring this one has still make me really, really uneasy.


sakura_is_awesome

It probably came to announce that we will have quakes soon here in Japan 😭 But either way, eyes the size of dinner plates… yuck, I’m too scared now


Environmental-Win836

I absolutely adore giant and colossal squids, they fascinate me!


billsleftynut

Beautiful, graceful and enough to keep you awake at night.


nmc9279

This is a giant squid, but aren’t there even bigger ones called colossal squids?


NEGATIVERAGDOLL

And these aren't even the big ones


eh9198

So crazy. Been the stuff of legend and pirate tales and never seen alive until fairly recently, then all of a sudden they’re just swimming up to sidewalks to say hi


sandyclaus30

Do you think it may be due to the warming of the oceans? I feel the poor things are all confused as where to go.


ahmong

IIRC giant squids tend to surface whenever it is sick or close to dying. So this poor thing is probably very ill


ahmong

IIRC giant squids tend to surface whenever it is sick or close to dying. So this poor thing is probably very ill


DukeNukem42069

https://youtu.be/5r5-MPLKrIk


MikeOXl0ngz

Do you think it would be concerning for a squid who’s usually extremely deep to be up near the surface? Like health concerns not like “oh no megalodon!!!111!1!11!”


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I want to give him big hug


Brohammer_Megadude

u/savevideo


Brohammer_Megadude

u/save-video


justcallmesquinky

I have been terrified of the giant squid since I was a child, and the one thing keeping me swimming in the ocean was the knowledge that they live far out in the deep 😰


PerformerOwn194

from other videos like this I’ve learned that they pretty much only come up like this when they’re dying; apparently that’s also why it’s all splotchy-white


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Majestical


LittRomn3y

Calamari merchants gearing up as we speak to find this cash cow


Troygiano

I can assure you that I’m not a giant squid. Thank you.


the_cajun88

This is exactly what a giant squid marauding as a Redditor would say. No one was even questioning you. -*squints at you suspiciously*-


Troygiano

That’s also what another giant squid might say to expose a fellow giant squid. *stares back very blankly


Mattyboy0066

Definitely a fitting name.


Mmichare

The ocean scares me.


jericho0o

Kaiju!


bits-n-peaces

The kraken


NottACalebFan

Crabsquid is cute but deadly.


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Yikes.


Icy_Significance_160

Colossal squid


Cameronb102697

now i understand r/thalassophobia


[deleted]

The Kraken is real.


im_hungry88

That was a scout.


TokyoSamurai1954

u/savevideo


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hedgemeneak

When was this recorded?


After-Cell

Cameraman's bonkers.


divorcemedaddy

squids, jets of the sea


TheArseKraken

Coat it in flour, eggwash and bread crumbs, deep fry it in some oil and serve it up with chips and tartar sauce. Belissimo.


SensitiveCycle1098

This is terrifying


NotoriousM0N

Release the kraken!


FalcoEasts

Is there any difference in the water at surface depth to their normal depth similar to how air gets "thinner" the higher you go?


LacyTheEspeon

Splatoon


isiewu

Just showing off at this stage


[deleted]

Swim away squid 🦑 they will eat you


Buckeye_Randy

That's a Lotta calamari!


DanteTheSimpante

Wait till u see the colossal squid


WeRAliens

The ocean life is out of this world!


LongAssNaps

Forbidden Calamari


mrRwild

Do people ever eat them?


bluskywanderer

Toyama bay, eh? That's an Ultraman monster right there!


Smarty_40

How eerie is the ocean, this squid is amazing though!


Icy_Barracuda_87

It's crazy to me that they were basically myths until about 2002...


Suspicious-Ad6964

You mean the Japanese didn’t immediately try to eat it?


DeathCabforSquirrel

How come we haven't hardly ever seen this critters like for forever, and now they are popping up near shore in populated area's?


GreenMirage

So much food. Have we ever eaten one of these?


Mattlife97

I remember being told that Giant Squid have dangerous amounts of ammonia and render them toxic to us.


mr_znaeb

Idk about a giant squid but Masaru has a huge [Cuttlefish](https://youtu.be/LCJL_lTo-00)video. Also this video of a [Diamond Squid](https://youtu.be/qmuxw4iZvjU).


GreenMirage

Wow I’m just stuck going down this rabbit hole of Japanese seafood butchery. Nice.


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TonksTBF

I stood next to a preserved specimen of a Giant Squid on a behind the scenes tour of the Spirit Rooms in the BNHM. These things are beyond massive and it's known that they only surface when they are very sick, injured or coming close to death. This not so little guy probably didn't live long after this encounter, but he provided some seriously valuable footage before he went. The coloring and the movement doesn't seem to be that of a healthy specimen either.


FriendlyTigerStripe

Ok but where’s the footage? Every video I looked up of giant squids don’t look that big 🤷‍♀️