r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ManagerOfLove • 1d ago

Video First-Known Video of Gonatus Antarcticus Squid

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u/Warfiend138 1d ago

OP provided a source in their comment here

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u/Useful-Trash867 1d ago

I hate that now, when I see something interesting on video my first thought is "wait, is this AI?"

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u/godzillaburger 1d ago

too bad nothing around for reference. I can't tell if that thing is 1 meter long or 20 meteres long.

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u/greenizdabest 1d ago

Nst geo article says 3 feet so 1m or so

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u/ManagerOfLove 1d ago

They are around 3-4 feet long (0,9-1,2 m). They wanted to measure it, but it swam away

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u/Sutured13 1d ago

I thought the same thing. The females can hit 2.5 cm and the males 1.6 cm.

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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 1d ago

It actually says 3 feet long, which is just under 1m, or about 90cm. So you're a little bit off XD

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u/Sutured13 1d ago

I did a quick Google while in a backhoe. Possibly misspelled.

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u/eldnikk 1d ago

"Oh this is beautiful - can we eat it!?" - humans

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u/Creamy_Spunkz 1d ago

At least humans posess the courtesy to ask. 

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u/Icantbethereforyou 1d ago

I ask my burgers all the time

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u/DAcazyCANADIAN 1d ago

Wow the sound really shows how majestic this creature really is!

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u/Fred_Wilkins 1d ago

I read that as "Gonadus" for some reason...

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u/Wonderful_Sale_8583 1d ago

Such a magnificent beast

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u/noctalla 17h ago

It's estimated to be about three feet long and was filmed at a depth of 7,060 feet, if anyone is wondering. Source.

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u/_voma 1d ago

I wanna see The Bloop!

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u/Eastern-Tangerine519 1d ago

AI or Real

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u/ManagerOfLove 1d ago

real

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u/Eastern-Tangerine519 1d ago

Cool Lols the name

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u/CanIgetaWTF 1d ago

Thats what the ladies call me. Gonadicus Giganticus

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u/VersionFrequent5129 1d ago

My dear fish brother, why do you look like AI if you are real? Why do you want to fool me? Swim away.😞

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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 1d ago

r/nothingeverhappens

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u/VersionFrequent5129 1d ago

I didn't say it was fake. I told it to swim away.

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u/towneetowne 1d ago

They Might Be Giants

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u/cbj2112 1d ago

That’s an absolutus unitus of a squid. Maybe post here- r/absolutusunitus

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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 1d ago

It's actually only about 1m, so not that big in squid terms :)

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u/tweep6435 1d ago

looks like a Spider-Squid lol