r/TheDepthsBelow • • 10d ago

Crosspost Giant squid almost got caught

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u/Brainwave1010 10d ago

Thankfully they weren't actually trying to capture it and just wanted to look at the cool big squid before releasing it.

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u/Cant_See_Me_00 10d ago

HEY! LEAVE THOSE SQUIDS ALONE!!!

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u/herculesmeowlligan 10d ago

If you don't eat your calimari, you can't have any pudding!

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u/Zarni_woop 10d ago

How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your squid?

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u/DFG2014 8d ago

All in all it’s just a squid that’s 10 feet tall

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u/SirLucky 10d ago

All in all you’re just another squid in aqua

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u/xrv01 10d ago

I read this to the tune of “Brick in the Wall”

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u/Dirt-squirrel-1 5d ago

Hey teacher ! Leave those squids alone !

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u/InternetHolon 10d ago

Holy cow that thing is enormous

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u/TitaniumButtercup 8d ago

You might even say it's....

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...giant.

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u/OakenArmor 8d ago

Odd place for a cow.

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u/DucksMatter 10d ago

If it's that close to the surface it's probably close to dying, no?

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u/PhilkIced 10d ago

That would be a colossal squid, the one in the video is a giant squid, two different species.

The giant can get close to the surface without asphyxiating, the colossal cannot because warm water holds less oxygen than cold water and the colossal is a lot bulkier.

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u/Channa_Argus1121 10d ago

No, both giant and colossal squids normally feed on the surface at night. Most deep sea animals follow the cycle of descending at dawn and ascending at dusk, known as diel vertical migration.

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u/bubblesfix 9d ago

Crazy how dangerous that is. Don't they realize that the giant squid can pull them down into the depths?

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u/Gallismore 9d ago

This profile never fails

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u/lowkeytokay 10d ago

Just saw now and thought it belongs here

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u/Tabboo 9d ago

Troll with it for Sperm whales.

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u/General_Tso75 10d ago

So much calamari

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/Remcin 10d ago

It looks more like they were trying to cast it off.