Just How Scary is the Deep-Sea Magnapinna Squid? | Alien Ocean

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And thanks for watching our video "Just How Scary is the Deep-Sea Magnapinna Squid?"

[emmakocsis]

these guys used to freak me out a bit before but after watching this video i realized how truly goofy they are when they arent menacingly floating lol

[lionblaze]

honestly I love how unnecessarily creepy these things are. They look like cryptids. Like movie demons. And they're just hanging out harmlessly at the bottom of the ocean. They're literally just chilling down there. Menacingly. I love it

[watercraftworshipper]

I think we should call them puppeteer squid, because they look like hands pulling the strings of a marionette. I think that's a way cooler name. They should let me be a scientist.

[_Ve_]

I'm surprised to see no one proposing to call them "Squiddy Long-Tentacles". If we can name arachnids like that we can also do it to cephalopods.

[pondersprocket]

Ooooh.... my god...
You have a cephalopod avatar, you do videos about cool ocean things, AND you took the time to credit an artist of an amazing piece when nobody else would?
All right.
Das it.
You've officially just become one of my favorite channels. I'm sticking around.

[shapelesslord]

i've heard them called "elbow squid" based on the spooky pose they like to do, and that feels like a pretty good descriptive common name for them

[garnetgrimm]

This just reminded me that when my little sister was like 5 or 6 I used to watch her all the time and she was really difficult sometimes and once we were watching a giant squid documentary and she was like “is.. that real…” and i was like “yeah, but dont worry. He only drives up here to take kids down into the ocean if your *really* bad” and right then someone randomly pulled up to our house and knocked on our door and she was like “DONT LET THE SQUID GET ME. ILL BE GOOD. ILL BE GOOD I PROMISE” And for the next like 3ish years if I ever needed a break I would just take out my phone and start dialing “the giant squid”

[calicothecappuccinogurl]

Thank you so much about the quick credit the artist talk at 7:10 cuz so many peeps just don't do that and it just sucks.

[ToastyNoneofyourbusiness]

There was a recent video release of a bigfin squid "attacking" an ROV. I use air quotes because it's hard to tell if it was just being blown around by the jets or if it was actually attacking, but consensus seems to be that it might have been self-defense after being startled. It seemed to be using its filaments like a coil-like whip to attack. This could maybe suggest that they're more active predators as opposed to just waiting for food to bump into them like how jellyfish feed, but we don't know for certain.

[TheWanderingChemist]

Loved the way the little magnapinna seemed to wave goodbye at around @7:39 :D

[mr.psychocat]

that poor guy who got tangled omg I hope he's okay... these are like some of the least menacing squid I've ever seen

[bigcheese]

I feel like another thing to mention when discussing the size of these animals is that it can be tricky to gauge size of things in the open ocean because there’s nothing to compare the size to, nor is there anything in the back to gauge how far away it is. If one happens to be spotted on chance there isn’t going to be the tools or intention needed to measure it

[LstBrth]

I was thinking of a character inspired by one of these wearing a large garb while walking around slowly, as if levitating was. Then you showed the art created by kobadit and it made the idea 10 times better xD. Amazing!

[joeanderson]

I have always been terrified of the deep water. The thought of what creatures could be lurking between me floating on the surface and the bottom of the ocean is mind blowing.

[EleanorDahlia]

as an artist that just enjoys fish facts it's very refreshing to hear artist support in a fish facts video.

[Nathan-ftdj]

After watching this video I was so surprised to see you have less than 1k subscribers. The quality was great, and I’ve wanted to see more content on these strange, not-so-little guys for so long! I hope this channel continues to grow and get the recognition it deserves because it is 100% underrated. Keep up the good work! (:

[ravenclawtom]

as an artist i love how u go out of ur way to credit artists. saw u did it in the bloop vid too. really cool, tysm.

[lilyavick]

just came here from tiktok, i LOVE magnapinna squids, they just seem so silly in a "spooky lovecraftian spaghetti monster that just kinda floats there" kind of way. definitely my favorite sea creatures and i really hope we get the chance to study them more!

[SunflowerTwix]

Putting the insane amount of work and research you put into this video, but you're getting a triple like for crediting the artist and bringing that to attention. Legendary!

Great video!

[luvtreats]

I absolutely love your personality, editing style and content! I look forward to binging all of your videos and the new ones you make! An idea I had for a video would be to talk about the Deep Scattering Layer, I'm not sure if there's a lot to talk about but figured it might be an interested topic! Anyways love the stuff!