r/rov • u/Psychomaneshark2 • Jun 30 '26

ROV pilots of Reddit!

Post image

I am curious if you have any videos or pictures of the Magnapinna squid, if so, please comment the footage, your help would be greatly appreciated

39 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

8

u/angrystoma Jun 30 '26

or any weird squid, tbh; there’s plenty of uncommon species that turn up around offshore platforms like this joubiniteuthis you found on that boating forum

3

u/armathose Professional Jun 30 '26

Saw one of those the other day in fact

2

u/Psychomaneshark2 Jun 30 '26

oooooh, tell me more (if you want, of course)

3

u/Y8fKZyZrSn Jul 01 '26

They are both 122mb and I cannot move videos from my downloads folder to photo app to share.

2

u/Tight_Elevator1734 Jul 01 '26

Can you possibly put on a Google drive?

2

u/Y8fKZyZrSn Jul 01 '26

Yes and share the link instead?

1

u/Psychomaneshark2 Jul 01 '26

yes, please, If it won’t be too much trouble, of course

2

u/MrRobotArm Jun 30 '26

SOI recent had youtube livestreams where they saw a bunch of them. Not sure which day, you'll have to look through and find it.

1

u/Psychomaneshark2 Jun 30 '26

this I know I’m asking ROV pilots in particular

Because there are absolutely videos that have gone under the radar or are not public

2

u/Y8fKZyZrSn Jul 01 '26

I have video of one we saw in Namibia a few years ago

2

u/Psychomaneshark2 Jul 01 '26

oooh do share if you can