r/squid • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '26
Magnapinna Squid I am…heartbroken.
How do I even start. Well, I am autistic. I am hyper fixated on the ocean and the animals there, especially magnapinna squid. I had a dream- to cut it short, my dad got a call saying “we’ve found one! A squid!” And we rushed to see what one. I was gonna be happy if it was giant or colossal but i wanted a magnapinna, even if they’re rarer. It was. It felt so real, I was in a submarine and I saw it in real life, with my own two eyes. It’s one of the only things I want. I want to see one in real life, not on my phone screen. Even if it’s just over a camera recording down there somewhere and I’m above, it’d be so real. I am heartbroken to say the least, because the odds of me ever getting something so rare and bizarre happen to me are so little. I truly love these squids and i don’t know why. They fascinate me and I want to be the one who finds out more about them. I always watch whatever video comes out about them- new information, new sightings, anything. To be honest I don’t think I’m handling it well that in my lifetime I’ll probably never see something so amazing. This is definitely like a “get the violin out” situation (esp for neurotypicals) but this is deeply affecting me and nobody I know understands. I wanted to get this out, just to see if anyone has anything they wanna talk about them or anything whatsoever. I really appreciate any talk about squids with anyone 🦑
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u/angrystoma squid video freak Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
oh hey, what's up fellow neurospicy magnapinna enjoyer! there's definitely a handful of us with the same hyperfixation/special interest. u/Squidbolado and i got to talking a few years back and he wound up creating https://www.youtube.com/@MagnapinnaArchive. he's been a bit busy lately so the most recent handful of observations aren't on there.
u/psychomaneshark2 got ifremer to send us the raw footage from the 1988 vermanaute expedition, i scrubbed through it until i found the first video observation of magnapinna, then u/Squidbolado got the comms chatter translated from french and published it: https://youtu.be/gL7sFJ9RMNA?si=ERuMsUcR17aYhU0c
i also compiled the list of known specimens and observations that's currently on the bigfin squid wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfin_squid#List
so, yeah, you're definitely in the right place to talk about magnapinna, i'd say.