Comments on: Kraken video to be released

By: NoneofYourPenguins

NoneofYourPenguins — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:42:00 +0000

I’m with you. 2010 COTT did it wrong. Pirates of the Caribbean should have earned the reference. That movie did the Krakken right–along with a bunch of other maritime myths and hokum.

By: acmavm

acmavm — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:45:00 +0000

Um… Did you even bother to read what I posted??????

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Scientists suspected that this creature existed but could never prove it. Now they can.
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By: CH

CH — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:54:00 +0000

Um… they knew about this one. Giant squid turn up on beaches or caught in nets every now and then. The exciting part about this news was that they had caught one on camera while living in it’s natural habitat.

By: xgad

xgad — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:02:00 +0000

It’s fascinating stuff: http://youtu.be/9_mzN6tvAZs

By: Jeremiah Blatz

Jeremiah Blatz — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:50:00 +0000

“He gave no explanation for the missing arms” … but last time he tried to capture a kraken, the squid ripped it’s tentacles off trying to escape the hooked trap. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunemi_Kubodera. Not sure I agree with Dr Kubodera’s research methods…

By: acmavm

acmavm — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:29:00 +0000

This is fascinating. They are finding all kinds of creatures that we didn’t know exist. Scientists suspected that this creature existed but could never prove it. Now they can.

Now if we would only quit destroying the planet.

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/strange-new-animals-0917
http://www.pickchur.com/2010/06/10-unknown-animals-found-off-antarctica/
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/strangespecies/

By: artbyjcm

artbyjcm — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:29:00 +0000

It’s both very pretty, and very chilling. This is what all those sailors saw in their tales of giant sea monsters attacking their boats. Imagine this one, much larger, coming up right under you in the middle of the night.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:27:00 +0000

A dinner plate is an intimate object which everyone in the western world can immediately relate to.

But why are so many things in stories “as large as a goose egg”?

By: artbyjcm

artbyjcm — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:27:00 +0000

It’s the breed. It’s a smaller giant. But it is still the right species, and would act exactly as it’s larger kin would.

By: Emo Pinata

Emo Pinata — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:38:00 +0000

I’m disgusted that you used a screen grab from the 2010 Clash of the Titans.

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:13:00 +0000

YES! my people!

By: Adam Goetz

Adam Goetz — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:26:00 +0000

i feel like his arms are missing because they ripped them off the last time they were looking for him. i’ve seen the video.

By: cleveremi

cleveremi — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:25:00 +0000

Two missing arms? I guess (singing) it’s hard out there for a squid.

By: garyg2

garyg2 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:23:00 +0000

There’s a cult for that. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_%28novel%29

By: Mark Dow

Mark Dow — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:02:00 +0000

I prefer the first person perspective, “… as big as your head”.

By: dmc10

dmc10 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:43:00 +0000

To actually catch one on footage alive is awesome, can’t wait! In another life, I think deep sea marine biologist would have been something I’d have loved to pursue… some of the stuff they find down there is absolutely wondrously freakin’ amazing and downright weird.

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:36:00 +0000

I think this is beautiful, but I am an admitted giant squid junkie.

By: bluest_one

bluest_one — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Maybe all those shitty movies with poor special effects, weren’t so terrible?

Giant Squids look like crappy renders in real life.

By: Kelly M

Kelly M — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:24:00 +0000

Xeni, please re-title this to:

RELEASE THE KRAKEN…. video.

;)

By: AwesomeRobot

AwesomeRobot — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:15:00 +0000

I think the issue is that they really haven’t filmed one alive — this one is 10 feet minus the two long tentacles that for some reason it doesn’t have; that’s where the impression usually comes in; if this one still had those two tentacles it’d be nearly 35 feet long.

By: rachel ten bruggencate

rachel ten bruggencate — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:14:00 +0000

Dat headline.

By: Ethan Martinez

Ethan Martinez — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:10:00 +0000

A dinner plate is an intimate object which everyone in the western world can immediately relate to. There is the comfort of food and a filled belly associated with the dinner plate. I basketball is something we beat up and toss around. What better contrast is there to make than a dinner plate with the enormous cold eyes of a mysterious deep sea beast?

By: Nash Rambler

Nash Rambler — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:08:00 +0000

I remember checking out the preserved giant squid in the Smithsonian’s Natural History museum, when I was very young. After getting hyped up by my grade school librarian, I can still taste the mild disappointment I felt at seeing a puffy grey something floating in a yellow tank, and basically smelling like a funeral parlor.

By: pickledbeatnik

pickledbeatnik — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:02:00 +0000

This is fantastic! But, 10 feet long? Haven’t they been finding squid that big for a while now? Or is it 10 feet minus the tentacles? I’ll be watching the hell out of that episode, but one has to wonder!

http://d22zlbw5ff7yk5.cloudfront.net/images/stash-2-5067e9075f2c9.gif

By: Knarf Black

Knarf Black — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:49:00 +0000

“Ask the other guy how many arms he has left.”

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:49:00 +0000

I remember reading about giant squids when I was in kindergarten. Or rather having a teacher read to me from the World Book Encyclopedia. This was before there was an internet, at least as we know it. And that phrase “eyes the size of dinner plates” was used then too. It’s interesting to me that it’s still in use, but I guess nothing comparable has been found to replace it. Why not basketballs?