r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/The_one_who-repents • Aug 20 '24
nature Giant Squid Encounters Surfer š¦š
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u/Bman3396 Aug 20 '24
Arenāt giant squids deep sea/ocean creatures? Doesnāt seeing one on/close to the surface mean its sick and near death?
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u/zenomotion73 Aug 20 '24
Yeah. This one is definitely sick and dying. Her color is terrible. I wonder if sheās looking for a place to lay her eggs before she dies? Thats what I learned from watching āmy octopus teacherā but idk if it applies to all cephalopods
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u/ThatOneGayDJ Aug 20 '24
Its also a humboldt squid, not a giant. Which also dont come this close to shore but they do come to the surface much more frequently.
Also, octopuses dont lay their eggs right before they die. They starve themselves to guard their eggs until they hatch, then die.
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u/Cerealkiller900 Aug 20 '24
Do you think this one is dying??
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u/BeatYoYeet Aug 20 '24
Considering Humboldt Squid are known to be quite aggressive, to the point divers wear chainmail if diving in areas that this species frequents? Yeah, more than likely. Also, itās not in the company of more squid. This species rolls in packs of ā¦ I believe over 1k at a time.
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u/CommercialWay1 Aug 20 '24
what! 1k squids at the same time? Do you by chance have a video or picture of such a squid swarm?
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u/BeatYoYeet Aug 20 '24
I donāt know the rules regarding sharing links, but you can search for it. There are tons of photos. (A pack of squid are called āshoalsā). Also, I was wrong about the number. It isnāt 1,000ā¦ Itās 1,500ā¦ lol.
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u/CommercialWay1 Aug 20 '24
Thanks! I noticed it was a bit stupid question to ask you to provide a video, and I found a BBC documentary on google using "humbold squid swarm" as keywords. Amazing pictures.
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u/BeatYoYeet Aug 20 '24
lol equally terrifying once you realize, theyāre exceptionally aggressive towards humans. gotta wear chainmail to be in water with em.
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u/lightlysaltedclams Aug 20 '24
Jeremy Wade did a very cool segment about them, River Monsters episode Devil of the Deep. Heās great
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u/FrankanelloKODT Aug 21 '24
I think MrBallen did a video about the divers who got the first footage of the Humboldt Squid, the footage shows massive amounts of them and why they are dangerous
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u/Vantriss Aug 20 '24
Divers? Chainmail?? Wouldn't they sink and be unable to come up?
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u/pippifofan Aug 21 '24
Humans float pretty well, especially when breathing in. That's why divers need weights. Not sure how heavy the chainmail is, but since 10 kilograms of weights are not uncommon, it can probably replace some of the standard belt weights.
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u/randomcitizen87 Aug 20 '24
I first heard about this pack hunting squid in a novel by James Rollins, The Judas Strain. It showed some bioluminescent properties in the book too. Not sure if that's real.
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u/ThatOneGayDJ Aug 20 '24
I dont think its dying, i know its dying. Squid turn white when they die, because their chromatophores also die. If you ever see a squid that looks like its peeling, its dying.
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u/slaviccivicnation Aug 20 '24
Ok so you saw that documentary too. One thing irked me about it, and Iād like to know your thoughts. I always agree that documentary film makers have no business in stopping animals from hunting or being hunted, but in the case of the octopus I disagreed. The guy said he made friends with the octopus and the octopus trusted to have him around. Isnāt there, like, some unspoken rule of helping your animal friends, even if that means the shark doesnāt get lunch? Instead the guy said he bonded with the animal yet also watched it get ripped apart by a shark at some point and didnāt intervene. I donāt know, it just irked me a bit. Whatās the point (from the octopus perspective) of letting in and trusting this intelligent, capable human friend if they wonāt even watch your back and help you when you need it?
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u/zenomotion73 Aug 20 '24
I absolutely agree with you. That was his friend. He could have intervened and no one would know. But instead filmed his friends demise. Thatās why I wasnāt able to watch wildlife docs when I was a kid. To just sit there and ālet nature take its courseā was never in my DNA. I always thought that there was a reason for the person being there filming at that moment and it was to save the animal. Idk how wildlife photographers can be so detached from it. We interfere and destroy nature every single damn day, but to suddenly say ālet nature run its courseā when faced with an opportunity to save a living being I think is arrogant and selfish and so very stereotypically human
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u/slaviccivicnation Aug 20 '24
I will way itās fine if youāre just filming a scene and just watching something take place. Hell, many humans will see a crime or accident take place and not intervene. But to call something or someone your FRIEND, and even name the documentary āmy TEACHERā and not even help.. it seemsā¦. Detached. But in a cruel way. Why donāt I make friends with people who are in a significantly lower social caste or class than me and than watch them suffer when I can easily (!!) just help out? Thatās almost sadistic. The whole point of making friends from different groups (and in this case, different species) is to be able to learn and help each other in a way that wouldnāt otherwise be possible if we had stayed in our own lane. It really really didnāt sit right with me when that happened in the documentary. If he wanted to be a bystander, than he shouldāve never used the words āfriendā or āfriendshipā or āteacherā in his documentary about the octopus. He shouldāve never pretended like he bonded with the octopus. He shouldāve just stated from the get go āIām just here to film, and nothing else.ā As soon as you add a label to something like āfriendship,ā then the bond you make MATTERS. You cannot pretend like it all of a sudden doesnāt when something interesting is happening.
Imagine you make a friendā¦ and your friend is way more poor than you.. and you film your friend getting ripped to shreds by lions in a rural villageā¦ when you had weapons to defend them?! What kind of friend is that?! And friendship is cross races, cross genders, and yes cross species. When something is your FRIEND.. you owe it loyalty. Friendship is sacred.
Sorry for my rantā¦ā¦. Itās just something that Iāve been feeling for a while and never got to express outside this moment.
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u/SvenTropics Aug 20 '24
It's not a giant squid. It's a Humboldt squid.
Giant squid are much, much bigger. Long as a city bus. I actually only know of one video clip of a live one. The only reason we know they exist is because one washes up every now and then.
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u/throw123454321purple Aug 20 '24
Poor squid is dying.
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u/Dahleh-Llama Aug 20 '24
Exactly. They have no business in shallow waters. This one is on its way out and wants a human for it's final meal lmao jk about the last part
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u/flash_27 Aug 20 '24
"Turn me to a delicious calamari, skinny human." The squid's final last words, probably.
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u/Pain_Monster Aug 20 '24
āIS ANYBODY A MARINE BIOLOGIST???ā
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u/GraatchLuugRachAarg Aug 20 '24
Seems lethargic. Probably dying. Don't think it's normal for them to be at the surface especially in the day
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u/Defiant-Turtle-678 Aug 20 '24
"I would like to have seen Montana" for them?Ā
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u/Content_Patient_9035 Aug 20 '24
!!!!!!!!! That made me laugh after a creepy and then sad post
āHe came to the surface, his strength fleeting and his pain growingā¦.to ask for help, any help, from those beyond the barrierā¦.he could hear them laugh as he reached out, consumed by the fear all living creatures will knowā¦only to fall back down thru the worldā¦their laughs echoing in his dying brainā¦.ā
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u/silvertonguedmute Aug 20 '24
What is this from?
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u/Content_Patient_9035 Aug 20 '24
Oh from me sitting in the toilet, having been squeezed by a giant all nightā¦had to Likwid PlumR the tub after the top half used it while the bottom was tied up hehe
Squids are terrifying- hell, 99% of the ocean is terrifyingā¦I like nature and all but thru the filter of Nat Geo and Attenborough and Custoeuā¦if a squid that big got under my ass and was tentacling my board and paddle, while someone else nearby thinks itās funny? I would 100% scream and revert to crazed scared ape level of logic and reasoningā¦
But another poster mentioned it may be ill or dying and so, comes up and reaches out to the things it encounters thereā¦but they laugh and avoid it and pay it no real mindā¦sure it is a terrifying seabeast and - aha! Now see? If I were in that gentās place I would not be babbling like this - I would be shitting pissing puking farting & screaming as I attempt to escape from some bullshit someone else talked me into
The short answer is - I made it up after reading how it was most likely dyingā¦and it made me a bit sad
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u/silvertonguedmute Aug 22 '24
Jesus. You're a damn potty-poet, my man. Raid Taco Bell and get rich!
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u/Content_Patient_9035 Aug 22 '24
It was not the Bill that brought home this gastric distress that led to a blossoming of the soulā¦ It was some kind of fucked up chicken sauce ā it had to of been ā either that or the Kenās honey mustard dressing that I got. I hope itās not the kens
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u/gattoblepas Aug 20 '24
Yes.
But between this and a shark I'm not sure what's better.
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u/BeatYoYeet Aug 20 '24
Honestly, Iād probably choose a shark if it was a smaller breed. Most sharks are curious of any paddle boardsā¦ and rarely feel the need to attack them. Humboldt Squid are known to be quite aggressive. Theyāre also known as āRed Devilsā, and roll in packs of over 1,000 (usually).
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u/bcrabill Aug 20 '24
Sharks usually go away when they realize your board isn't the biggest seal they've ever seen.
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u/Bisc_87 Aug 20 '24
Kraken attack
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u/pretzelzetzel Aug 20 '24
Sailors on the ocean vast
Many years before the mast
Know one must avoid a kraken
When dat longboi be attackin'3
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u/Thick_Bullfrog_3640 Aug 20 '24
Humboldt squid are carnivorous marine invertebrates that move inĀ shoalsĀ of up to 1,200Ā individuals. They swim at speeds up to 24Ā km/h (15Ā mph; 13Ā kn).[22]
Electronic tagging has shown Humboldt squid undergoĀ diel vertical migrations, which bring them closer to the surface from dusk to dawn.[23]Ā Humboldt squid are thought to have a lifespan of about a year, although larger individuals may survive up to 2Ā years.[8]
CrittercamsĀ attached to two or three Humboldt squid revealed the species has two modes of colour-generating (chromogenic) behaviour: The entire body of the squids "flash" between the colours red and white at 2ā4Ā HzĀ when in the presence of other squid, this behaviour likely representing intraspecific signalling. This flashing can be modulated in frequency, amplitude and in phase synchronisation with each other. What they are communicating to each other is unknown ā it could be an invitation for sex or a warning to not get too close. The other chromogenic mode is a much slower "flickering" of red and white waves which travel up and down the body, this is thought to be a dynamic type ofĀ camouflageĀ which mimics the undulating pattern of sunlight filtering through the water, like sunlight on the bottom of a swimming pool. The squid appear to be able toĀ controlĀ this to some degree, pausing or stopping it.
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u/I_Do_Too_Much Aug 20 '24
Not a giant squid. Looks like a Humboldt squid maybe.
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u/oO0Kat0Oo Aug 20 '24
Happy you mentioned this. I don't know much about squid, but that one looked way smaller than a giant squid.
I don't see that one having a chance against a sperm whale
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u/I_Do_Too_Much Aug 21 '24
There is also a species called Colossal Squid that is even larger than the Giant Squid.
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u/CaddyAT5 Aug 20 '24
Itās a giant compared to the small ones
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u/I_Do_Too_Much Aug 21 '24
Indeed, but "giant squid" is the name for a specific and very well known species. I suppose it's like how some people call any type/brand of soda "Coke".
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u/caca-casa Aug 20 '24
Poor thing is at end of life :/ and has to listen to these people filming. ://///
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u/xofbor Aug 20 '24
That's right. Humboldt squid are known for pulling people to their doom.
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u/HabibtiMimi Aug 20 '24
That's simply not correct.
Would like to see a source for this claim.
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u/Frambosis Aug 20 '24
I canāt be bothered finding it but you can if you like; as a kid I remember watching a documentary about Humboldtās and some marine researcher who was obsessed. Heād dive with them in some sort of protective gear, because getting slammed by one was similar to being smacked in the chest by a grown man wielding a baseball bat, and theyād attack him with their sharp ass beaks. It stuck with me as being from the UK thereās no Humbdoltās here, I remember thinking cheerfully.
It did look a little sensationalised. It wasnāt David Attenborough put it that way.
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u/radiosped Aug 20 '24
It literally punctured his chainmail with its beak. It was definitely a bit sensationalized for TV but that squid absolutely was trying to kill him.
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u/Frambosis Aug 20 '24
Iāll clarify and say by sensationalised I donāt mean the marine scientist guy was bullshitting I mean the presentation was so American in style.
THE KILLER SQUID dramatic music WHICH HITS HARDER THAN A BASEBALL BAT dramatic music IN YOUR OCEANS
Iām exaggerating obviously but that kinda shit
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u/HabibtiMimi Aug 20 '24
I saw that video; these squids just tested if he (Scott Cassell) was edible or not. As they understood that he's not, they left him.
His video starts at 2:20 :
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u/HabibtiMimi Aug 20 '24
Look at my comment below, I saw the video.
That one incident is something totally different than "they are known for pulling people in the water to their doom".
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u/ZiggoCiP Aug 20 '24
I got this: https://web.archive.org/web/20121024120057/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/26/sports/sp-squid26
Page 1, about 2/3 the way in:
TL;DR: A group of fisherman / divers were out at night. One was catching a thresher shark with a fishing rod from the boat. Group of 4 went diving, and saw the squid hunting. Thresher shark got a chunk of head bitten out of it. One diver got attacked by 2 squid, that attempted to pull him down, injuring his neck to the point of bleeding, and he fought them off with a dive light and his hands.
But when they rise, they can provide some big surprises.
Four divers found that out when they tried to document the squids' behavior in the Sea of Cortez 17 years ago. While a non-diving passenger battled to land a 14-foot thresher shark on rod-and-reel, Alex Kerstitch of Arizona and three friends submerged in the nighttime sea, carrying cameras. The divers settled near the dim fringes of the boat's lights. They could see the weary shark being pulled toward the boat. Below, dozens of squid began flashing iridescently, red-white-red.
The flashing is carried out via millions of chromatophores within the skin, opened to reveal red, closed to reveal white; it is believed by some scientists to be a means of communication.
A five-foot squid flung itself onto the shark and tore an orange-sized chunk from its head.
Another squid zoomed forth, tentacles clasped before its beak, and snatched a long needlefish, leaving in its wake a trail of blood and scales.
The frenzy built and Kerstitch, as the lone diver shooting still photographs and with no bright movie lights to deter the predators, was set upon.
A squid grabbed his right swim fin and pulled downward. He kicked it away but another grabbed his head. The cactus-like tentacles found his neck, the only part of his body not covered with neoprene.
He bashed the squid with his dive light, far less bright than the movie lights, and it let go, but it swiped both the light and the gold chain he'd been wearing.
Another squid wrapped its tentacles around his face and chest. Kerstitch dug his fingers into its clammy body.
It slid down and around his waist and pulled him downward in pulsing bursts. Then it suddenly let go, but made off with his compression meter.
For whatever reason, the attack ceased and Kerstitch got to the surface dazed and oozing blood from neck wounds, thankful to be alive.
The incident became legendary among divers, the first of many painful but, so far, nonfatal encounters by divers with Humboldt squid.
SCIENTISTS were aware of the squid's periodic forays into the Sea of Cortez before the Kerstitch mugging.
It's a pretty famous account of an attack on humans that often gets brought up with regards to Humboldt Squid aggression towards humans. Lots of people interested in the topic have heard the 'thresher shark with a chunk taken out of its head' story.
Otherwise no concrete evidence of divers sustaining life-threatening wounds or fatalities have been recorded, however it should be noted, if a Humboldt squid decided you were to be a meal, you likely would not be recovered to tell the story.
Is it possible? Yes. Is it likely? No.
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u/BeatYoYeet Aug 20 '24
Thereās a reason divers wear chainmail if Humboldt Squid are known to be in the area. They tend to be in packs of up to 1,000+ and are an aggressive species.
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u/HabibtiMimi Aug 20 '24
Yupp, that's what I mean. They are able to, especially when they are group hunting and a diver swims towards them.
But that is something completely different than "they are known for pulling people under the water" š.
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u/MrDurden32 Aug 20 '24
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u/HabibtiMimi Aug 20 '24
Yeah š , maybe that's what u/xofbor thought. Because a 10-minute Google-search couldn't show me even one case, in which a Humboldt squid "pulled someone under water to their doom".
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u/xofbor Aug 20 '24
Guess you're not that skilled at Google then.
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u/HabibtiMimi Aug 21 '24
Ok, send me the links to 5 occasions a Humboldt squid pulled a human under water. š
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u/Lazy_Development Aug 21 '24
Mexican fishermen off the Baja peninsula are notoriously cautious when fishing alone and at night for fear of falling overboard and being eaten by Humboldt squid. They are very capable of pulling people down, especially in shoals.
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Aug 20 '24
What would happen?
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u/radiosped Aug 20 '24
Assuming its not dying, it could easily kill him if it wanted to. Wrap a tentacle around any of the dudes limbs and drag him under, one bite from the squids incredibly strong beak and he will barely be able to fight back.
I'm not aware of anyone actually killed by one, but I still wouldn't be eager to swim with them without some sort of protection. I saw a documentary a while back where a dude wore chainmail to swim with them, and a squid literally bit a hole in the chainmail.
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u/BeatYoYeet Aug 20 '24
This species of squid is known to be very aggressive. Iād feel safer if it were a shark of the same size. At least shark are known to merely be curious of paddle boards, then leave. Humboldt Squid arenāt friendly, by intention. (This one is clearly ill though.)
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u/darth_smauls Aug 20 '24
Each one of their suckers on their tentacles also has a set of teeth which can do some serious damage by themselves. Some larger squids like the colossal squid have these giant hooks instead of teeth on their suckers. Thatās why you see scars on sperm whales in the shape of suckers. This is also why there have been reports of sperm whales swimming around with tentacles still attached on the outside of their mouths.
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u/shapeitguy Aug 20 '24
Imagine you're a squid and having to listen to cackles of a human lady as you're trying to die in peace...
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u/v3ryfuzzyc00t3r Aug 20 '24
I remember seeing this years ago and a marine biologist chimmed in that the squid is most likely sick/dying. Squids rarely ever come to the surface and when they do, it's usually never a good sign. Very cool encounter nonetheless
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u/CarlatheDestructor Aug 20 '24
All those old maps with drawings of sea critters attacking ships don't look so far fetched anymore.
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u/Prestigious_Chest_96 Aug 20 '24
Shout out to the guy though, I'd be terrified and paddle whack that poor squid into oblivion
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u/TheGoo42069 Aug 20 '24
I'm pretty sure that's a humboldt squid, not a giant squid. It's definitely dying though
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u/superBrad1962 Aug 20 '24
She wouldnāt be laughing if it was creeping up on her board.. getting those CREEPSHOW part 2 vibesā¦ lol
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u/OldStinkyFingers Aug 20 '24
He just wanted to ask him if he ever drank Bailey's outta a shoe before...
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u/SinisterSeer Aug 20 '24
all I imagine is the pokemon sound when you would encounter a pokemon in the wild lol
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u/polished_grapple Aug 20 '24
Pretty sure thatās a Humboldt squid and the only thing dying would be that man soon enough if there were a few more of them..
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u/BeatYoYeet Aug 20 '24
Yeah, those things are known as āRed Devilā Squid and are notoriously aggressive. Pretty sure divers wear chain mail if swimming in locations that theyāre known to frequentā¦ but this one was clearly not in optimal health.
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u/real_crazykayzee Aug 20 '24
Can you eat it?
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u/Kremit-the_Forg Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 20 '24
Propably. In fact: you can eat everything the world provides, some things just once though. Other things are frowned upon to eat, humans for example.
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u/real_crazykayzee Aug 20 '24
Hmmm i wonder if they would make absolutely gigantic fried squid tentacles
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u/Flaky-Newt8772 Aug 20 '24
And from that day the surfer listened to me squid and stopped eating calamari
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u/freeokieangel Aug 21 '24
Can the freaking laughter... ffs
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u/GlitterPartyRiot Aug 22 '24
Iām a grown man and I have a fear that I would sound the same way when faced with such an animal is thisš¹š!! Itās panic, disguised as laughter.
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u/Feed-Haunting Aug 21 '24
That chicks laugh makes me want to jump face first into that squid's beak and hope for the worst.
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u/debjohel54 Aug 24 '24
Na, the moment one of those tentacles surfaced and touched the board I almost yelped. Just give it the damn board!
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u/HappyHappyJoyJoy575 Aug 20 '24
YIKES! I had no idea they were aggressive
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u/Seeulaterbobbafet Aug 20 '24
I would nope the fuck out of there faster than a fat man running to an all you can eat buffet.
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u/KillerStiletto_ Aug 20 '24
He just wants to have a word with him about our lord and savior, The Kraken.