# Giant squid on video! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656 "2013-01-28T21:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/1 "2013-01-28T21:20:04Z")
What, no one else is enthusing over the [first-ever live footage of the giant squid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfOMNqIGlc0)shown on the discovery Channel last night? ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/2 "2013-01-28T21:32:48Z")
That is cool. I have seen one of the preserved bodies at the [Mote Aquarium](http://www.mote.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Aquarium%20Exhibits%2C%20Mollusk%20Hall&category=Aquariumhttp://). ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/3 "2013-01-29T15:40:05Z")
Fascinating! ---
**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 29, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/4 "2013-01-29T16:14:44Z")
It’s very cool. There was a little bit of [discussion in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=678468&highlight=squid), but it didn’t get a ton of replies. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/5 "2013-01-29T16:51:52Z")
Eh. Giant squid footage is for suckers. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/6 "2013-01-29T18:05:43Z")
When do they start sinking ships and attacking submarines? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/7 "2013-01-29T18:14:00Z")
It was pretty cool, if you don’t mind 2 hours of breathless narration to get the 22 seconds of squid. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/8 "2013-01-29T18:15:37Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > It was pretty cool, if you don’t mind 2 hours of breathless narration to get the 22 seconds of squid. Welcome to info/science/documentary TV in the 21st century. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/9 "2013-01-29T21:46:16Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Eh. Giant squid footage is for suckers. Jerk. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/10 "2013-01-30T16:37:22Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > It was pretty cool, if you don’t mind 2 hours of breathless narration to get the 22 seconds of squid. Yes, I was thinking of mentioning that in the OP… one hour would have been more than enough. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/11 "2013-01-30T17:18:39Z")
Thanks, that was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/12 "2013-01-30T17:23:40Z")
Of all the places they could have found a giant tentacle monster, it had to be off the coast of Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/13 "2013-01-30T17:43:21Z")
That was so cool! I also love the enthusiasm of the researcher. It’s too bad the video is so short. Hopefully they get more footage after this. Seriously you guys, we share the same planet with that thing. It’s so… wait for it… TENTACULAR! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/14 "2013-01-30T18:02:04Z")
I think that I remember that the squid that they filmed was only ten feet long. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.) I’m hoping that they eventually get around to filming much bigger ones! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/15 "2013-01-30T18:10:27Z")
Wasn’t there another GS video a few years ago? It was mostly just tentacles poking at a camera on a long cord, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/16 "2013-01-30T18:16:23Z")
I watched the entire special (because I am in, fact, a sucker) and I think they said there had been camera footage before, but this was the first time a real live person witnessed a giant squid in the wild. They caught footage by camera, and then later the Japanese researcher (Dr. Goo?) went down by submersible and actually saw it himself. I think this one was an estimated 16ft long but was missing its two feeding tentacles, so it was probably much longer at some point. My inner voice kept whispering, “Not that giant” though. Honestly my favorite part was watching the New Zealand researcher trying to hide his frustration that the Japanese guy saw the squid and not him. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/17 "2013-01-30T18:35:57Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Jerk. I don’t get this…is this supposed to be funny? Like my joke about suckers? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/18 "2013-01-30T18:39:56Z")
I think Mr. Boozahol Squid took your anti-squid comment personally : ) When he feels wounded, the only defense means at his disposal are writing about it or getting a tattoo and he used the former. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/19 "2013-01-30T18:51:24Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I don’t get this…is this supposed to be funny? Like my joke about suckers? He was just venting. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656/20 "2013-01-30T19:14:03Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > He was just venting. Nothing quite like being well armed for a squid joke. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-squid-on-video/648656.md?page=2)