I just learned that the Blogess has “giant squid phobia”.
Several people are aware of my severe giant squid phobia and lovingly (?) sent me this video of a giant squid attacking a Greenpeace submarine, and that’s unsettling enough, but WHY IS THERE ANOTHER SQUID BEHIND IT SPITTING OUT FIRE? Is that a real thing? Because I was scared enough without adding: “Oh, and also they can shoot a blinding inferno out of their butts like a tentacled, aquatic bonfire.” It’s like half giant squid and half underwater maritime flame-thrower, and that’s not natural and is a sign that all giant squid are literally demons from the depths of hell.
This is just sad. If ever we were to meet, now I’d just have to turn my head aside, perhaps shield my eyes, and otherwise spurn all the normal conventions of civil social intercourse.
The video isn’t even all that — it’s a few seconds of flailing tentacles, the ‘fire’ is just a reflection of a bright light. I call that an excerpt of a normal Saturday night at the Myers house.
Dibs on band name “tentacled, aquatic bonfire”!
You’re just jealous because she’s a Super-Doctor now, so she outranks you.
Perhaps the other squid kicked in its afterburner.
Fire all phasers. Full photon torpedo spread.
I’m with Blogess on this one. Something about cephalopods, their cold, inhuman eyes that constantly assess, evaluate, and wait. The inhuman intelligences watching keenly and closely, as we scurry about our businesses. Scrutinizing us, as we would the transient creatures that exist within a drop of water.
None gave a thought to the hidden menace that lay beneath the waves. Of the minds that coolly lusted for our world. That with their vast, and cold intellects began to draw up their plans. Plans that we had no hope of comprehending.
“giant squid”, my big white ass. Only if the reflector on that light is 10+ feet in diameter…..
#5: I’m an atheist. Haven’t you learned yet that that is our ideal?
gijoel–Hey, do I talk about *your* people that way?
…oh, yeah, I guess I do. Carry on.
Have you read China Miéville’s Kraken?
#9 Ariaflame – Excellent book: Mieville definitely has a flair for weird fiction.
I suspect they may be Humbolt Squid
Do not swim with Humbolt Squid, they are not cuddly.
Also did you see Build-a Squid?
http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/build-a-squid
I’m pretty sure the all-around unpleasantness of Cephalopods was one of the main reasons why I personally chose to spend the last many millions of years evolving out of the need to reside in the ocean. Although I would strongly advocate that the rest of my species not abuse them or their habitat, I’d like to not consider these evil-eyed creatures in any other way, other than to hope they are not mounting their drawn-out evolutionary own plan to become mobile on land.
That’s a cool video. I for one, welcome….you know the rest.
The submarine was being uncooperative. They needed to use a blowtorch to open it up and pluck out the tasty screaming morsels inside.
@Charles Thornton
Footage was taken in the Bering Sea. Is the Bering Sea in Humbolt Squid range? (I thought Humbolts were more southerly than that).
I image these are not Archteuthis, or else it would be only the second extended live footage of one in its native habitat, and it would be a very. big. deal.
@PDX_Greg:
Yeah, about that…
blf@15, Dibs on band name “tasty screaming morsels”