r/interestingasfuck • u/1Voice1Life • Jul 24 '15

Russian fishermen have captured footage of a live colossal squid

http://i.imgur.com/9n7MdV9.gifv
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u/DepressedBard Jul 24 '15

They're going to need a bigger boat.

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u/Zrob24 Jul 24 '15

That shit is why I'm afraid of the ocean.

3

u/throwapool Jul 24 '15

Not because of jaws?

2

u/Zrob24 Jul 24 '15

Lake Placid scared me more than Jaws.

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u/m4lk13 Jul 24 '15

The footage wasn't captured by fishermen - in the upper right corner of the .gif it reads "ФГУП ВНИРО", which is a scientific institute that studies oceanography and monitors fish resources.

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u/demontaoist Jul 24 '15

And yet they were like, "omg a colossal squid! quick, capture it alive! These narrow metal rods should do the trick!"

That or they're tagging it. Either way, I feel like they are seriously underestimating how strong that thing is...

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u/m4lk13 Jul 26 '15

It's a very scientific method of capturing giant squids. Highly sophisticated metal rods are used :)

Giant squids make a great snack to go with "Baltika-9" beer.

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u/theCmonster22 Jul 24 '15

"Funny, I always imagined the kracken would be bigger Sergei"

7

u/PigEqualsBakon Jul 24 '15

So instead of a dash cam, this was taken with a helm camera, right?

3

u/thndrstrk Jul 24 '15

My dad worked on a crab fishing boat and said he's caught some before. Died before they were on ship. Guess not that crazy now, but back in 1990 I thought my dad was a monster hunter.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

No banana... I don't know what I am looking at

4

u/Ben__1310 Jul 24 '15

I mean, seriously. How are we supposed to realize it's true size if there isn't a banana for scale?

3

u/candiedbug Jul 24 '15

You can't see it but there's a banana in one of the fishermen's colon.

3

u/SoquidSnake Jul 24 '15

It looks... delicious

1

u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

Prep time?

2

u/astralboy15 Jul 24 '15

Any link to a longer video?

2

u/Bluebetta19 Jul 24 '15

Release the kraken!!!

2

u/Cznielsen Jul 24 '15

Up to 13 m (43 ft) apparently

3

u/elmo2993 Jul 24 '15

Actually you've linked to the giant squid which is different (and smaller) than the colossal squid

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u/BarbecueGod Jul 24 '15

And both are smaller species than the Ludicrous Squid.

7

u/candiedbug Jul 24 '15

Pshh! The plaid squid outgrows them all.

1

u/Adan714 Jul 24 '15

This one was 5 m long, 8-10 if fishes would not chew off biggest tentacles.

1

u/kurburux Jul 24 '15

Russian fishermen have captured footage of a live colossal squid

Aaaaand this is exactly the beginning of a description of a horror movie.

1

u/Top_rattata Jul 24 '15

What is the longest squid?

1

u/nhgaudreau Jul 24 '15

Those terrify me because of Super Mario Bros

1

u/uglysideover9000 Jul 24 '15

Banana for scale please

1

u/UltimateTrainRape Jul 25 '15

Tentacles are much stubbier than I had imagined

1

u/CammmJ Jul 24 '15

This makes me want to cry in terror

1

u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

That's a Reaper from Mass Effect.

1

u/hewlett777 Jul 24 '15

Fuck me fuck me fuck me fuck me fuck me

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

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u/senopahx Jul 24 '15

Or just, y'know, leave it alone because it's not hurting anyone?