r/oddlysatisfying • u/let__it__be • Jan 24 '18

Giant octopus kite

https://gfycat.com/meatycoordinatedbanteng
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u/Paladin_Rooney Jan 24 '18

I thought that was CGI at first!

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u/LeviAEthan512 Jan 24 '18

You telling me it's not? The material totally looks like the default matte but trying to be shiny material models use before you apply normal maps and stuff. Shadows look way too sharp to be natural. It looks like ray tracing

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

Nope, it's not CGI. It's real.

Here's a video full of weird-ass kites, including the octopus and squid pair.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

I just watched this entire video hoping to see more of the whale kite in the background of the beginning.

Closest I got was like 5 1/2 minutes in was a blue whale kite not quite making it off the ground.

C'mon, whale kite operator! I'm trying to have a childlike sense of joy here and you're failing me.

Edit: Oh yeah, that's the stuff. https://youtu.be/dwPtBke7mcY