# Giant squid on video **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744 "2013-01-10T14:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744/1 "2013-01-10T14:24:17Z")
So, some Japanese and American researchers have [video](http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/01/09/remarkable-new-giant-squid-footage-surprises-experts)of the giant squid, live. I’m scared. They’re coming! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744/2 "2013-01-10T15:43:03Z")
Imagine the calamari… Mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744/3 "2013-01-10T15:49:32Z")
Brace for some new Japanese art: “The Nightmare of the Fisherman’s Wife.” ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744/4 "2013-01-10T17:24:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Full footage of the giant squid will air on Discovery Channel’s **Monster Squid: The Giant is Real** , which premieres Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern. Um… was this ever in doubt? Are there giant squid skeptics out there? “These so-called ‘giant squid’ are nothing but hoaxes, like mermaids or ostriches. The government plants that evidence to scare people away from the ocean, so they can’t measure sea levels to prove global warming is a fraud. My cousin knows a guy who was contracted to manufacture giant squid in an underground factory in Nevada.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744/5 "2013-01-10T18:06:06Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Um… was this ever in doubt? Are there giant squid skeptics out there? Sort of. AIUI, while the existence of a species of giant squid has never been in serious doubt, just how “giant” they can get has been a matter of some debate. The upper estimations of their size was derived by measuring sucker scars on sperm whales, but it wasn’t clear if those scars had been gained when the whale was full grown, or had been received when the whale was immature, and then stretched to a larger size as the whale grew. I believe more recent research has confirmed the larger estimates to be correct. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744/6 "2013-01-10T18:22:31Z")
That is absolutely beautiful. (And Bob, sorry, but they maintain neutral bouyancy through an ammonium chloride solution in their flesh. Makes them inedible for humans.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/646744/7 "2013-01-10T18:26:06Z")
:: Mariah shivers in her tank ::