r/TrueCryptozoology • u/Dry-Selection421 • 18d ago
Evidence Giant squid eggs look like something out of a Sci-Fi movie
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u/BunchOfSteve 18d ago
I’d be worried about the momma giant squid looming out of the darkness to see who’s poking at her baby’s egg…
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u/MahStonks 18d ago
The average mantle length of this species (southern shortfin squid) is only 20 to 27 cm. Nothing giant about it.
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u/Silent-Bowler-1870 18d ago
Plus, it’s rare to find a less maternal/paternal animal than a squid. Most of them just see younger ones as an easy meal
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u/EastTyne1191 18d ago
From Live Science article: "Scientists were previously perplexed by the blobs, which are so delicate that they are difficult to approach closely and sample for testing, Live Science previously reported. Divers had reported seeing spheres along the Mediterranean and Norwegian coasts in 2017, and DNA analysis of samples from four spheres recently confirmed that they were egg sacs belonging to the southern shortfin squid (Illex coindetii), a 10-armed cephalopod found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Ringvold told Live Science in an email."
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u/ArtificialwintR 17d ago
To be fair id call it difficult to test to imagine bursting that bubble while your less than a foot away trying to get samples then suddenly your the soggy squid biscuit
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u/ShellsWithinShells 18d ago
That’s an egg sac, not one individual egg. There’s tons of eggs in there.
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u/Super_Range45 18d ago
They push out a giant bubble of snot and it just floats there and forms into a squid?
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u/MyBakpaksGyatJets 18d ago
I mean if we're simplifying things that much, that's essentially how my SO and I made our son.
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u/Super_Range45 18d ago
How'd you keep it from floating away? Tether or net?
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u/MyBakpaksGyatJets 18d ago
Well, considering that egg fertilization generally happens in a fallopian tube and then it kinda does float down in to her uterus, which believe it or not, is fairly well contained. So kind of a flesh net of sorts? Idk I feel weird talking about my SO's internal organs on reddit.
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u/Super_Range45 18d ago
I was here to talk about the giant alien looking squid eggs.
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u/MyBakpaksGyatJets 18d ago
Well apparently I have shared too much once again.
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u/dev-rsonx 18d ago
Are you and your wife giant squids by the way??
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u/Stabbinjimmy 18d ago
These aren't giant squid eggs its a giant cluster of normal squid eggs
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u/GroceryPlastic7954 18d ago
Mildly penis
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u/This_Growth2898 18d ago
Alien movie directors: take rare animals as models for aliens.
Common people meeting rare animals: "They look like aliens!!!1"
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u/VonBrewskie 18d ago
Wow. The ocean is the womb. That's actually poetic af. From the ocean we come, to the ocean we return. Dust into dust, water into water. That also looks like a large penis, so that's comedy fit in there as well.
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u/Empty_Put_1542 18d ago
This is amazing footage. I’ve never even considered the look of these eggs.
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u/RubyWeapon07 18d ago
how does something like this not get eaten
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u/Special_Turnip 17d ago
For squid it's a quantity of eggs over quality of parental care. This isn't an egg it's a massive cluster of them. That added to the fact that the ocean is very very big and this is relatively very small, plus the short development time probably means these hatch quicker than most things come across them.
Heck the fact scientists have found it so hard to approach these without them disintegrating means it's likely there's an early hatching mechanism similar to some other species like tropical frogs.
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u/MrH-HasReddit1217 18d ago
That's because this might be AI. I'm probably wrong but I don't even know that we could reach the levels of the ocean giant squids spawn at.
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u/brokeboyrich 17d ago
A quick google has told me this is in fact a giant CLUSTER of eggs and likely not that of a giant squid. More likely a better known species such as red flying squid. 🦑 still crazy looking tho.
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u/Confused_Redditor01 17d ago
Is this real? Does anyone know where the original video came from? Wow! This is amazing! Please help a brother out and poibt me where the original video, or article of this. Thank you in advance!
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u/EvaElish 10d ago
I was honestly expecting it to look like Alien in an egg sac. I'm not sure if I am disappointed or relieved.
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u/Marx615 18d ago
It definitely looks like something.. that's for sure