The Gargantuan Leviathan - Subnautica's Extinct Colossus

[@louisbaldwin1416]

My headcanon is that all creatures have a leviathan form. The crater we play on is just a breading ground. Everything eventually swims into the void once they're too big.

[@ohnoanyway6096]

Peeper leviathan

[@Siter]

Gasopod leviathan

[@JujutsuChroniclesFanclub]

@@ohnoanyway6096Leviathan not Colossus

[@LordMegatron117]

Hoverfish leviathan has the highest kill count, mostly from people trying to pet it

[@lechatdu136]

Boomfish leviathan most commonly know as a nuclear bomb

[@nicholasloschiavo6553]

Some people say the garg would've feed on ghost leviathans, but I think it may have feed on huge prehistoric reefbacks a little bigger than it.

[@jessepoijhgvcgyu1711]

Possibly the biter leviathan?

[@GalderaVG]

I mean the mod version does

[@christianresel8051]

Well, the void isnt called the void for nothing. We know nothing about it and what could be there. modder already are on it to fill it with contend (wich i guess the dev's wanted to do for subnautica 3 and their MP part). The Garg and the few Adult ghosts we see can very well be small in comparison to what lurks there. Or the garg doesnt need that much food and would only need it to actualy grow further.

[@bosi1665]

I love the idea and mostly agree with it but I do have one point to make which relates to another comment I saw, the garg is canonically the largest thing to have ever lived on 4546B so there would not have been reefbacks larger than it, however i love the idea of it hunting relatively close in size reefbacks and leviathans, and as another comment pointed out it may have gone extinct due to slowed reproductive cycles caused by it being so big and the defacto apex predator of its time causing it to not need to reproduce rapidly and eventually leading to it dying out, so I may try to learn coding and make a ancient reefback leviathan mod so i can use it with the garg mod

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

​@@bosi1665 what if it's carnivorous only in appearance? Would be pretty golden if it was a big cute snek that feeds on microorganisms and it's own stupidity

[@Tundraviper41]

Given the size of the gargantuan, it could also have had a slow birth cycle. As an example the Greenland Shark, which lives in very deep cold environments and Is one of the biggest sharks of its kind. But it reaches sexual maturity at the age of 150 and higher which makes its reproductive cycle extreamly slow, although due to its slow metabolism it does move extreamly slow, but at the same time they can live for an esimated 500 years or more. Gargantuan Leviathans could have also been assisted in its downfall by low birth rates caused by the leviathans evolution to be so large that most animals would not mess with them at most ages, so the necessity to make more young quickly and in higher numbers not necessary.

[@raionshishi8290]

This is actually most likely what happened, based on real life examples and the lore in the game itself, basic biology and nature itself would make this the case. It's why there aren't that many Sea Dragons either, tho they are also mostly suffering from lack of nutrition, they don't tend to reproduce often, the Sea Emperor also has a similar concept.

[@gutembergcraft]

this would leave to a genetic bottleneck with a low enough population, like, there no way this thing eats enough to sustain itself

[@lukethefluke1234]

Very must true. Maybe there are still more alive in the deep sea.

[@raionshishi8290]

@@DrSalvadorsSack Half the reason why most things go extinct is from environmental changes or destruction or a lack of nutrition/sustainability.

[@brodyestes2376]

​@@gutembergcraft this is what people don't realize. I could believe though that due to their immense age and the size of the planet and distance between the population. That hundreds of years take place between each birth so there's still a large enough population to sustain a population without inbreeding

[@lordpetroollo6979]

•Drives a cyclops around •"Entering biological death zone" •Turns of all lights and engines •Goes to sleep •Refuses to elaborate further

[@SaxetGaming]

Goes to sleep.....permanently

[@subatomicseal7789]

I mean, it's an ecological dead zone, right? Nothing should be out there to threaten you, right? ...right?

[@SeaRavenPK]

had to get in a quick powernap ofc

[@faye8236]

probably the most restful night of sleep you’ll ever experience like i would do that

[@danyhammer9487]

Chad

[@chadnorris8257]

Looking at something that long, with bioluminescence all down its body, makes me think its hunting pattern may have involved fully encircling its prey from a distanc to confuse it, then moving in before the victim realizes where its head is.

[@Breathtaker5000]

That’s a very cool theory :)

[@Chaosworshiper]

That's is terrifying And I love it!

[@OddOtter707]

I recall orcas or dolphins using bubbles to surround and disorient fish into a tight ball. Definitely something I'd see the bioluminescence being used for as well.

[@chadnorris8257]

@@OddOtter707 Yeah, using its own body to make a bait ball of sorts, and chomping down on medium to large sized prey. Or maybe making a display to attract a mate. Imagine two of those things creating a light show in the deep ocean during mating season.

[@ragnarkiik4226]

@@Breathtaker5000 1 faxed i found ou it can grow infinetly as long it has the food space and other such stuff

[@Going4Broke2528]

For anyone whose ever played Monster Hunter, the Lost River essentially being an ecosystem grown around the corpse of a Garg, is very reminiscent of the Rotten Vale in Monster Hunter World, which is an ecosystem built around the corpse of a particularly large Dalamadur, which is funnily enough also a gigantic serpent, albeit one that isn't aquatic. While on the subject, it is worth noting that, since the crater in which the game takes place is such a small fraction of 4546-B, that it is entirely possible that the Garg exist elsewhere in the deadzone, since it was stated that the only lifeforms out there are microscopic or Leviathans, and therefore if everything elsewhere on the planet is much larger, food may be easier to find.

[@ApoxyBreath]

I was actually thinking that the Lost River area reminded me of a whalefall. You should look those up, they're actually really cool. It's basically when a whale dies, its corpse sinks to the bottom of the ocean, and it gets eaten by scavengers. It's a whole ecosystem that supposedly can last up to a century!

[@tree_addict280]

The dead zone doesnt stretch forever. I dont know if its canon, but even excluding below zero, there are multiple large islands you can see when leaving the planet, that look to be surrounded by shallower waters.

[@Going4Broke2528]

@@tree_addict280 Not forever, sure, but it is still the majority of the planet. Those pockets are few and far between.

[@Going4Broke2528]

@@ApoxyBreath I've seen those! Those are super cool, and ofc are the inspiration for both instances.

[@dethbedsmolzwhent.t6498]

That's exactly what I was thinking when 1st entered The Lost River.

[@Jacob-df5hr]

An issue with an animal exceeding a kilometer in length is that it will run into issues with lag in its nervous system. Myelinated nerves, which are the fastest nerves and analogous to an insulated wire, can propagate a membrane potential at about 150m/s. It would take almost 7 seconds between a Gargantuan Leviathan's brain telling its tail to move, and the tail actually moving. It would have to have had hundreds of nuclei in its spinal cord to take advantage of reflex arcs to produce anything close to a coordinated, effective swimming motion, but it wouldn't have been close to agile. Alternatively, it could have been an ambush predator, spending much of its time coiled and using a number of rostral appendages to accelerate its head towards prey while the rest of the body stayed more or less stationary. It likely would have been blind, as the sheer enormity of its wake turbulence would have caused a silt-out in any environment where it would have been worth it to have eyes. It would have to have had a highly developed sense of proprioception to avoid mistaking the distal portions of its own body as prey. Or sapience. There are clear advantages to being big. The advantages to being _that_ big are less clear.

[@BHM_Productions]

Very interesting thoughts! Wild to think about the reality of such a creature.

[@Nathann-by2jb]

I dont think direct communication would be necessary for survival. Humans with split-brain syndrome are still coordinated.

[@trigz8626]

I suppose that such creature would have more than a single brain. Many smaller secondary brain were probably present around his spine over the total length of his body. His eyes were probably adapted to find particular light signal in the darkness rather than granting a "clear sight". Its also very probable that this creature used echolocalisation to find prey over large distance. They were obviously nomadic in nature and were probably drifting around the ocean most of their time until they get hungry again or mate.

[@shaylist5298]

It also is a game where any adaption could happen cause it’s an alien planet so very possibly it could have evolved to have none of those problems

[@Jacob-df5hr]

@@shaylist5298 form is function, that's true no matter where you are.

[@BananaDude508]

6:33 I would personally suggest that it would go months to years without a "sustaining" meal, only snacking on smaller creatures. Much like how many reptiles do here. For example, crocodiles and alligators have been seen going upwards of 12 months without food, and was likely what dinosaurs did aswell. I believe this is what many super-apex-predators such as the gargantuan leviathan would have done. also i dont believe you mentioned it, but my personal head cannon is that the sea dragons once lived much higher than where they do now, however conveniently had the right body structure and abilities to survive in the magma zone once forced there to survive the garg

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, the garg definitely may have played a role in forcing the sea dragon into the crater

[@tree_addict280]

Was the garg alive during the sea dragon era? I know that you mention it in the video, but the pda on the skeleton suggests that its been dead so long that the earth changed around it. So, I would imagine the garg would have to have been around for a substantial amount of time, possibly even before the cataclysm, although im not entirely sure on that.

[@thechosenone8288]

@@tree_addict280 both are milenial cratures, at least a early tipe of sea dragon had to survive the gargs to make the ones we knew. also, evolution takes thousands and thousands of generations to make really significant changes, and habing a life spam soo big doesnt help with that, most likely gargs didnt even have a chance of evolution to grow smaller as they reproduced extremely slow

[@solakendend5866]

a creature this size moving this deep would cause earthquakes every time it moves. Stop trying to find a logic to it, there is none.

[@oneone99able]

@@solakendend5866 hey kid stop spamming

[@ThyLord-kv5bf]

I know this isn't Canon, but in the return of the ancients mod there is an animation for the sunbeam and I love the idea that there are still some in the void, waiting, lurking. Shame the farlands block it off, I would've loved to see it in game past a certain point.

[@ECHOKINGXD]

Like imagine you got to a point just for the pda to say something like Leviathan life form quickly approaching bigger then anything documented so far…. Thank you for your services And it just goes silent and then a cutscene play of it coming and getting you

[@ThyLord-kv5bf]

@@ECHOKINGXD the bad ending

[@ECHOKINGXD]

@@ThyLord-kv5bf but an ending that would be so sick to see

[@Going4Broke2528]

Actually, from my knowledge, isn't the Return of Ancients being developed by people from the actual team behind the game itself, or at least has them involved in some way? I remember hearing that somewhere, but I may be mistaken.

[@jessepoijhgvcgyu1711]

@@Going4Broke2528you might be confusing it with the VA’s of the game, the actual VA’s DID act in the mod though:), I’m very excited about it, still waiting 😢

[@SkyWKing]

A big problem with such a big creature is neuron conduction delay. It will take anywhere between 10s to 1 minute for signals to propagate from the brain to the tail, thus making it impractical to perform any complex movement. They will likely have a segmented body and distributed brain system and mostly lure their food instead of actively hunting them. That is unless creatures on 4546-B developed some sort of optical fiber nervous system instead of the electrochemical nervous system found on Earth, which is quite likely given the ubiquity of bioluminescence.

[@C0D3__BR3AK3R__Studios]

animals with fiber optic nerves is an interesting thought lol, gonna go replace mine with those now lol

[@DS-wl5pk]

Didn’t creature like the bronto and such have multiple brains and were assuming it’s biology is even remotely similar to what we know

[@nelvisea8453]

kinda think, that perhaps it is like kaiju in pacific rim, 2 brain to control massive body. or perhaps more

[@umbralumbreon7380]

@@nelvisea8453I think also in atleast some canons Godzilla has two brains also. One in it’s head and one in it’s tail

[@splaty2231]

“He must have transferred his consciousness throughout his entire body!”

[@ΒασίληςΒλάχος-τ3κ]

That was an amazing intro, felt just like a cheesy horror movie. I mean seriously, who goes to the middle of the void to get a nice nap!?

[@trappist-1d587]

Apparently every horror movie character who has never watched a horror movie...

[@Kurtlovesballs]

Me of course

[@Breathtaker5000]

Horror movie families be like: “great place for a swim!”

[@viridian7248]

Going out into the middle of the Void sounds like something I would do

[@ricosnake3591]

well if you do go there , at least at some point, you gonna take a nap

[@henrytheanglerfish6290]

I’ve seen people say how horrifying it would be for one to be alive in the game, but part of me wonders if it would even consider the player to be worth eating. Humans would likely be microscopic in comparison to it, so actively trying to hunt humans probably wouldn’t be worth the energy required

[@СергійСавелов]

If there were like few hundred people grouped in one place - yea, it would make sense.

[@tidxlu7595]

@@СергійСавеловbut there isn’t ever a few hundred people present

[@СергійСавелов]

@@tidxlu7595 not sure what you're trying to say, but the world population is around 8 billion.

[@RandoGrunt]

Given the thing is implied to be sentient by the way it seemingly hijacks the PSA to tauntly ask, "Are you ready to die?" after the AI gives the Star Wars reference on the odds of survival, the reason why it even bothers is probably out malice and a sadistic sense of humor. It knows you're there, and it'll take pleasure taking anyway any sense of hope you might still have.

[@cheesyminer]

​@@RandoGruntWhere does this happen in the game? If you're referring to you being asked "Are you sure whatever you're doing is worth it?" I'm pretty sure that's just an automated thing.

[@lnferno_yt]

Another note to the skeleton in the lost river, alongside the fact that only a third of it can be seen, it was also only a juvenile garg that is in the lost river Edit: This is the most amount of likes I have ever gotten lol

[@JC_Stone]

Well yes but actually no. There is a Juvenile skeleton in the Lost River, but it’s not the massive main one you’re thinking of. That one is an adult skeleton, and only a third of it is uncovered. Nearby there is another Gargantuan skull that is much, much smaller.

[@lnferno_yt]

Oh thats sad. Would've been cool if it was even bigger@@JC_Stone

[@tree_addict280]

@@JC_Stonewheres the smaller garg skull?

[@tree_addict280]

@@JC_StoneThe other skull/body that is in the lost river has nothing to do with the garg if thats what you are thinking. In fact there are theories that those skeletons are the opposite, the other one may have been a giant groundfeeder, around long before the gargantuan leviathan.

[@bosi1665]

​@@tree_addict280no there is a second garg skull in the lost river, it's much smaller and when scanned it specifically states it's a juvenile garg skull

[@SouperWy]

Also a small note: if you were anywhere near a Gargantuan Leviathan when it roared, you would probably just die on the spot. The sound itself would just kill you.

[@yoskibroski3446]

Since the largest creature in Suvnautica, The Empress, is able to communicate with us, I love imagining that the Garg can too. It just never knew it could until we come swimming in it's void.

[@RandoGrunt]

It actually does, if only to taunt us after the AI sprouts a Star Wars reference, there's a lot of static garble and another voice asks "Are you ready to die?"

[@TheShaade]

@@RandoGrunt in the mod, which isnt canon

[@RandoGrunt]

@@TheShaade And?

[@dummyalex4781]

@@RandoGruntit’s just that ur saying it like it’s canon fact that it does it not that it’s a mod where it’s basically just to make it scarier which is cool but just isn’t official

[@Wrixchanger]

​@@RandoGruntwait, wich mod does that?

[@darthpaul2102]

I hope the third game leans into the horror more as seeing this thing in the corner of you eye or with the radar tool would be terrifying

[@Breathtaker5000]

Same, fleeing some massive creature in your tiny submarine just didn’t get old!

[@tree_addict280]

As much as this would be good, from what ive seen and heard i dont think 3 will be taking part on 4546b.

[@mariuszbelgijski1813]

@@tree_addict280 could be a good thing, could be a bad thing.

[@jaybarbieri8619]

​@@tree_addict280It will. And even if it doesn't, it'll just be focusing on the next world that the precursors visited

[@tree_addict280]

@@jaybarbieri8619 i dont see any reason or explanation in the lore for why they would re-visit 4546b, atleast not for a game-worthy reason. Although i do agree that it will probably focus more on the precursors this time rather than the character’s personal reasons. Seems like a promising game.

[@kaixxbirdy]

The intro was so awesome omg, i was waiting for the leviathan and got jumpscared by the roar lol. I really love these videos treating subnautica like a documentary series, it's super interesting :D!!! Fun Fact: Did you know a similar phenomenon called Polar Gigantism exists where animals in freezing waters tend to be larger than their warm water counterparts! It's theorised that the larger size slows metabolism and preserves energy + heat and allowing them to spend less time hunting/travelling!!

[@Breathtaker5000]

I actually did some research on it while making the video, it’s really fascinating!

[@vexile1239]

I got jumpscared by an ad I've blocked 500 times now

[@Lydialo59]

So that would mean the gargy lived in the voids closer to sc. zero where the zombie shrimps are.

[@miniwhiffy3465]

I dunno if I should say thankfully but mods have brought this beast to life and it’s terrifying

[@daysand123]

For not being afraid of deep sea when i was a kid. This game is a prime example of current me being just afraid enough that i never want to touch this game. The loneliness of space is less terrifying than the concept of running into something your entire vision cant comprehend within the depths of your own planet and that fucking concerns me.

[@Bunny_sweetheart]

In the world of subnatica deep sea gargantuanism actually leads to the big super predators being able to go sometimes years before having to eat again. Edit: why the fuck is this so popular? Like wtf

[@Razsac]

Also true in real life I'm pretty sure

[@terminator9489]

How would that work ? I'm curious

[@DetectiveWraith]

@@terminator9489 It isn’t viable for big things to move around a lot, and so they barely move at all. Barely moving means low energy use, and since they’re big their meals tend to give them tons of energy. This equates to needing to eat very little.

[@Bunny_sweetheart]

@@terminator9489 what detectivewraith said. It’s a real world thing and it’s fascinating. Obviously it’s not years like in the game mostly few weeks at a time.

[@DoctorDipshits]

@@Bunny_sweetheartsome animals still can go years without eating in real life. Example is a crocodile or Galapagos Turtle,

[@jallowesOfficial]

can i just say that this guy is one of the best subnautica lore person ive seen in years! keep up the good work man!!

[@Ghost_Division]

You could say he’s… breathtaking

[@the_dragonzmeow9145]

@@Ghost_DivisionLMAO YES

[@the_dragonzmeow9145]

punssss

[@Ghost_Division]

Yes, le puns

[@Breathtaker5000]

Puntastic

[@diregator9022]

Tbf there is the fact that only a small part of the overall planet shown to us, a few kilometers is by no means a good enough example to show full ecosystems, there may still be one or two truly colossal creatures in the deepest oceans we didn't see in the game

[@raionshishi8290]

The game already confirms and proves that to be impossible, while these creatures could probably last a year without eating, they have to eventually find a proper food source, to which there isn't anything in the void as the PDA scan suggest, which is also basically confirming that there aren't any Garg Leviathans around, only Ghost Leviathans and micro organisms.

[@tree_addict280]

@@raionshishi8290the void does eventually end, we know this, but also the garg lived so long ago the crater’s environment would have been plenty different. I would even say the garg may have lived around the time of the other skeleton in the river.

[@tree_addict280]

And also the deepest oceans are the void, which cant sustain ecosystems.

[@l0sts0ul89]

​@@tree_addict280 I mean game limitations exist

[@JacksonEdwards-b2v]

There is a theory that subnautica takes place on a huge volcano which kind of makes sense

[@sawyermccall2370]

That intro scene was very well done with the effects and the music and everything

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thank you :)

[@dustincausey3344]

A terrifying thought what if the big gargantuan leviathan wasn’t fully grown?

[@dustincausey3344]

@@Runic360 where does it say that?

[@ChunkyChungus]

​​@@dustincausey3344In the video it was stated that there are two Gargantuan Leviathan fossils in the lost river, which is correct. One is the huge one which only one third is exposed of and the other fossil is just a skull which is much smaller, but still huge. This one is the juvenile one

[@dustincausey3344]

@@ChunkyChungus I’m just saying what if the big one wasn’t fully grown yet

[@ChunkyChungus]

@@dustincausey3344 i was actually replying to the conversation you had with Runic30. What they said was wrong and I just wanted to put it right.

[@dustincausey3344]

@@ChunkyChungus lol kk

[@JarOfPickles2]

I love how when you go far enough into the void the ghosts don’t follow. Sure when actually looking at the code it’s just cause the void as a biome ends, but it really does make it seem like there’s something out there, and that that ghosts know something we don’t, they’re afraid of something…

[@TrainOfImagination]

The roar at 1:04 is actually a distorted pitch-bent crashfish. That goes to show what the true scariest creature in Subnautica is.

[@gamesandspace]

My theory is that it likely some form of a super predator which would hibernate for years before remerging from the depths to consume more food and then against hibernate this would explain how it could even survive on 4545B as it didn't need that much food due to hibernation this would also explain how life on 4546 B didn't go extinct because of the garg as it was only a seasonal predator If this theory is correct then there's a chance a garg is stil alive and since it was hibernating it could have survived the khara which only seems to spread by contact and a sleeping garg wouldn't be disturbed by anything

[@tree_addict280]

A gigantic superpredator like this i doubt would stop moving. This is not to say it would always hunt, but like sharks, i doubt the gargs could stop moving, otherwise they’d die.😊

[@gamesandspace]

@@tree_addict280 well the reason sharks can't stay still is because of their special gills however 4546-b's inhabitants don't have gills I don't think so anyways

[@СергійСавелов]

By contact... ...with water.

[@denifnaf5874]

Leviathans are resistant to khara

[@gamesandspace]

@@denifnaf5874 there is literally no proof that they're completely resistant in 1000 years they will die to it

[@trappist-1d587]

I've waited a video about the gargantuan leviathan for very long! Haven't watched it yet but I'm sure I won't get disappointed! By the way the intro is amazing! It felt like a horror movie. Edit: Finished watching it, it's amazingly well done! Also thanks for clarifying some of the gargantuan leviathan's lore!

[@Breathtaker5000]

No problem! Glad you found it enjoyable

[@permeus2nd]

So one thing I find most interesting is the stuff in our ocean that live really deep down trend to be snow feeders and the biggest known ocean creature is actually a filter feeder not a hunter.

[@codymcdaniel5090]

How well could something 1.3 kilometers long actually move though? Good video, certainly a crazy sized beast.

[@SchmunklyGroover]

I think a bit like the Void Worms of the game rain world. A heavily streamlined form with many joints and fins for propulsion.

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

I'm about to sit down and do some math, I want to figure our a few things... mainly how much drag would a neutrally buoyant garg create, and their min/max drag when swimming. Even then, even swimming like a snake, the amount of mechanical force on its bones would be extreme.. I think it would be speed limited just because I think it would rip itself apart, and I'll do the work to prove it when I get home.

[@raionshishi8290]

@@ATBatmanMALS31 They won't move much at all, big creatures tend to barely move in their life time, only to eat and even than they only go for easy quick meals and than they are back to sitting almost completely still.

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

@@raionshishi8290 You aren't an exobiologist.

[@raionshishi8290]

@@ATBatmanMALS31 I never said I was and it wouldn't matter if I was or not, it's common knowledge that large creatures do not move frequently or quickly throughout their life to conserve energy and also to no overheat their body through their motions over a long period of time.

[@arcadeglass1342]

i have really bad intrusive thoughts with the ocean to the point of me believing that thinking about it will make me teleport into it, this video is so good that i watched it despite my fears lmfao

[@JustZeke99]

Bruh sameee sometimes I can't even like close my eyes in the shower without thinking that 😱

[@meghanandrockmackay5804]

Don’t play Subnautica then.

[@davidmason4244]

Cthulu might teleport you there to clown you.

[@DACnumber1]

Scp 1128 be a bitch like that

[@honeycrispsnail4032]

i used to have intrusive thoughts as a child and one of those were that i’d be sucked down the drain in the bathtub, just to be spat out into the bottom of the ocean somewhere 💀

[@e.m.m.i6054]

So here’s a very horrifying fact about the skeleton in the lost river, it may only be a juvenile or adolescent. I would also probably pay someone to make a fight between the garg and jourmangandr from God of War

[@СергійСавелов]

Neat, source?

[@honeycrispsnail4032]

@@СергійСавелов source: I made it the fuckup

[@cartersmith8904]

Wrong. The juvenile's skull is found elsewhere in the lost River, and doesn't have a ribcage exposed, unlike the adult. While the adult would be around 1300 meters long, the juvenile would be roughly 200 meters long

[@JacksonEdwards-b2v]

@@cartersmith8904good boy

[@Edmund-od7mv]

@@СергійСавелов The source is that I made it the fuck up

[@EngineerRiff]

When dinosaurs ruled the earth, there was a giant preparator called Mapusaurus, which preyed on Argentinosaurus. It’s theorised that Mapusaurus just ripped off chunks of Argentinosaurus flesh without killing it. I’m wondering if something like this could’ve happened with the leviathan. Other creatures could just snack off of it

[@cactusgamingyt9960]

Flesh grazing is stupid and disproven

[@RandoGrunt]

The only issues with that statement is that the Garg is an oversized electric eel; not only does its roar deliberate and damage prey because soundwaves travel faster in water than air and can quite literally rip people apart akin to a Sperm Whale, the electromagnetic nature of it makes it quite dangerous to touch. It uses that electric ability to drain your cyclops' power and also when it eats the Ghost Leviathans.

[@countclackula7390]

My headcannon is that the gargantuan leviathan lived in the void but some of them found themselves in the lost river and died because they were too large

[@Akumaridemon]

I found your videos yesterday and binge watched because they're so nicely done! They are just so good, keep up the awesome work! It's so relaxing to listen to your lore videos and so exciting to watch your other format videos (like the 100 days ones) 😍✨️

[@Breathtaker5000]

Glad you enjoy em! I’ve got plenty more video ideas in the works : D

[@rathalos5177]

That intro was genuinely like a horror movie. I have moments where I can’t play the game without feeling uncomfortable due to fear of deep water, but that genuinely kept me on edge and gave me goosebumps and that doesn’t happen usually when I watch playthroughs. Excellent work, 10/10

[@BiggieL123]

The cinematic shots make this intro all the creepier, and the rest of the video more interesting. Amazing job!

[@faki8492]

Nahhh, the Intro was like a start to some professional movie bro. Great job

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thanks! I’ve never tried something like that before, so I’m glad you liked it :)

[@coffeejellyash]

That introduction was so cinematic holy shit

[@WilliamAfton-n7d]

I would love a Sort of documentary style series based off subnautica. Without the limitations of game hardware you could really create horrifying scenarios. Maybe even throw in leviathans larger than this just to show how sheerly massive they could be

[@tom4465]

If we're gonna examine this from a biological standpoint, it seems to me that the gargantuan leviathan is unrealistically long. Its skin would have to be insanely thick and durable / be capable of shocking (which is locally I suppose, otherwise charge is easily lost) / poisonous, since otherwise it would be sort of defenseless for most its body. Furthermore, as the gargantuan leviathan is a snake-like creature, the propulsion in water would mean having to move absolutely massive amounts of water.. and is therefore at best quite slow.

[@MasterNabber]

It isn't unrealistic considering the fact that there planets with oceans of tar in real life, plus it is as different planet with a completely different ecosystem. The creatures have vastly physiology. You can't use how creatures evolve in Earth's ecosystem for a completely different planet.

[@l0sts0ul89]

​​@@MasterNabber yeah but you can use it as a baseline, if the ecosystem is similar enough you kinda have to compare it to Earth since Earth is the only place for light-years around that can sustain life.

[@MasterNabber]

@@l0sts0ul89 No, you can't use earth at all, humans don't know everything about the universe. Earth isn't a baseline for everything, there are planets in our galaxy with acid rain, diamond rain and seas full of tar so clearly every planet has its own ecosystem that operates by its own laws. Earth is definitely not the only place that can sustain life, the universe is incredibly vast and ever expanding so if the cosmos can generate a sustainable planet like Earth as an example then there are clearly other hospitable planets. The galaxy humans know is grain of sand that blows against cosmic winds, it's hard to comprehend how vast the cosmos is.

[@Neion8]

@@MasterNabber I mean, there might be different ecosystems, but we all use the same physics.

[@MasterNabber]

@@Neion8 No, that's just your assumption about using the same physics.

[@Vergil_Sparda_1976]

This makes me think, the reaper its actually a small leviathan compared to others, in the leviathans word he is that small angry friend

[@gammay_cat]

It's like I'm watching a national geographic documentary, very well done ❤

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thank You! Glad you liked it :)

[@brainhash2091]

Bro it felt like I was watching the discovery channel. Awesome video 🔥🔥

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thanks :D

[@Bobbbytt]

It's a very good day when BT uploads! Underrated youtuber!

[@Breathtaker5000]

It’s an even better day when Bobbbytt comments ;)

[@DetectiveWraith]

But it’s the best day when Bobbbytt comments on a fresh BT upload!

[@Bobbbytt]

7 Months later, you guys made an awful day into a good one. Was re watching this, thank you!

[@Astr0iceDrag0n]

This feels like an actual documentary i would find on National Geographic, it's that well put together & informative even if it's about a video game.

[@thecatjall7848]

If whalefalls are impressive, imagine how would be a gargantuarfall.

[@mastershadow3894]

i clicked on this video thinking it was about return to the ancients mod instead i got lore and was invested. without knowing it i watched the whole video.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Maybe I’ll do a video on the mod lore once it fully releases 🤔

[@Kreytro]

Hi i really liked your videos and i wanted you to know as someone who played subbautica years ago, you made mr want to install and play the game 1 more time. Your videos are really well made and im sure you will get the attension you deserve in a couple weeks

[@Breathtaker5000]

Glad I could help you get back into it :)

[@goliath4802]

There's no proof that the gargantuan Leviathan does not still exist on the planet in the void we also do not know what other creatures may still be down there that might be still its food source.

[@lizardlord6560]

That's very true, the pda does say only micro species and leviathan class exist, what if it was classing the ghost as micro sized.

[@raionshishi8290]

@@lizardlord6560 Highly doubtful it would classify the Ghost as a micro-organism by definition of each of those words and classes in general.

[@tree_addict280]

There is plenty proof. The garg species is millions of years old, and also it cannot live off of ghost leviathans and microscopic plankton, thats biologically impossible.

[@tree_addict280]

And the “other creatures” couldn’t be any bigger than the plankton, since the void cant support ecosystems.

[@xenomorphoverlord]

@@lizardlord6560That is an absolutely stupid theory. The PDA classifies reaper leviathans as leviathans. It'd mark ghost leviathans as leviathans

[@itsbojac5579]

my head canon is that they aren't extinct, just simply hunt in super deep waters, the crater really isn't that big in comparison to the world as a whole, since the two skeletons are big, but still juvenile, i believe that they simply got trapped in the lost river when they were hunting and either outgrew the entrance or simply didn't find a way out. i believe the Garg is still a species that is alive, just in much deeper waters

[@Breathtaker5000]

That would be so cool!

[@СергійСавелов]

"since the two skeletons are big, but still juvenile" - lie.

[@itsbojac5579]

@@СергійСавелов could be, i dont know full, i thought it said in the pda entry that they were juvenile, but they could be fully grown. But you have to think, a planet that big with skeletons that big, you really think that whole species died out?

[@СергійСавелов]

@@itsbojac5579 pda doesn't say anything about it. Also, there is a smaller skeleton, implying that bigger one is adult.

[@trip4life32]

@@СергійСавелов My god, here you are yet again, on another comment. "implying that the bigger one is adult" - lie. There is nothing implying one is an adult, just that one is bigger than another. YOU are making that assumption. Since you're acting like you know literally everything about a video game that was NEVER stated, I'll take the time to point out that you're talking out of your ass and don't know a damn thing. It's all made up bullshit, and you're running through these comments like you know absolutely anything. Fun fact for you little guy - there aren't simply 2 sizes to an organism. Something isn't born at one size, and then one day just transforms into another size. There is a slow growth from birth until full maturity, meaning every size in between exists. If 2 humans die, one at 4 years old and another at 12, that means one is a juvenile and another is an adult? No, it does not. It means they both died, at different sizes. The logical stupidity in your comments is just painfully annoying. Acting like you know shit about made up theories in a video game is the lamest thing I've ever seen.

[@thegalaxydragon9199]

Commenting before watching video. Subnautica mentioned, I am summoned, pretty hyped about it.

[@thegalaxydragon9199]

Watched the video, That intro went hard, and I LOVE the speculative biology and life cycle of The Garg. I've always wondered how such a spectacular titan of biology ended up entombed in the lost river, whether it be by entering willingly or the world growing and enclosing around them as time passed.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Glad you liked the into, I’ve never tried something like it before, so I was curious what people would think

[@Bananajosuke0]

One thing that absolutely terrifies me is the fact that the skeleton in the game has battle scars on its head. Something killed it.

[@IKnowHooMan-p2s]

probably it getting stuck in a cave, and something might have struck it during that, it probably died of starvation. it probably didnt have enough nutrients to sustain it, and the scar? from possibly debris from some caves underwater. or another garg killed the juvenile.

[@СергійСавелов]

@@IKnowHooMan-p2s the skeleton isn't juvenile. There's literally nothing that points to that. On the other hand, level designers do imply that it is adult.

[@orrie1911]

@@СергійСавелов im pretty sure when you scan it the pda will tell you that it's a juvenile

[@Milo_hAt3r]

​​@orrie1911 No. The large skull is not a juvenile. However, a smaller skull, is indeed the juvenile, the smaller skull is somewhere nearby, can't remember exactly where though

[@СергійСавелов]

@@orrie1911 can you give direct quote? PDA entry is on the wiki by the way.

[@StarFoxZX315]

I think that if there are still deep and large enough regions in 4546B, it's not unlikely for a few gargs to still exist and maybe even thrive. The fact we play in a crater surrounded by what seems to be and endless ocean, so deep we can't even reach the bottom, makes me wonder how many of them might still be dormant or even hunting some gohst leviathans while the player innocently avoids being chased by a stalkerXD

[@TheSleeplyone]

Only thing missing is that, due to their slow metabolism, the rate of their growth would likely make it need decades or even centuries to reach full size, or perhaps they never stopped growing. In that case, all the predators around it would evolve to specialize in locating and eating the juvenile to prevent them from growing up.

[@СергійСавелов]

Nothing tells us that garg stops growing, yes. But, this isn't an argument to consider it true.

[@John.McMillan]

Something I thought of was that the Ghost Leviathans are RIGHT on the edge of the abyss, which to me implies that these are still relatively small/young leviathans, otherwise they would be further out. I think it's entirely possible something like the Gargantuan is still alive, just much further out than we can get. Or atleast things much bigger than the Ghost Leviathan, things that hunt and feed on what we call Leviathans.

[@FreddyFazbear-mn7lj]

Awesome video!! The gargantuan leviathan is horrifying😭

[@Breathtaker5000]

Tell me about it 😟

[@pluviarium]

An interesting thought is what happens when a Gargantuan Leviathan dies. It would likely be a far more extreme of the real life phenomenon whalefall, where an ecosystem is created at the location of the death of a whale, different animals using the place as a source of food based on the state of the whales decomposition. Considering the unimaginable size of the leviathan, it would likely be an incredibly extreme version of this, creating an ecosystem around it's corpse that lasts years, with it still being active to this day, as its bones are being digested by amoeba. In nature, life is not lost, only transferred.

[@tommasoalbertoni23]

Super high effort, love it!

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thank You :)

[@cobrajr188]

I like to think a lot of these guys aren’t actually extinct, they’re just out there somewhere in the void, I imagine reefbacks traveling thousands of miles between other sea mounts and getting preyed on by them.

[@Thewhitedragon27185]

I'd like to imagine there's three classes of giants on 4546B Leviathan: The beasts we get to see within the crater. Reapers, Ghosts, Dragons, etc. Colossus: Gargantuan Leviathan. Titan: Whatever apex predator killed the Gargantuan in the Lost River.

[@IKnowHooMan-p2s]

NOTHING killed it, it died to a cave. it shares ancestory with reapers. so they seem to likely, be both dumbfuck shit for brains. there was no predator that killed it. it probably got stuck in a cave while chasing ghost leviathans around, and it died. its proven that a cave probably collapsed on it, because most of its skeleton is covered by debris, it probably got injured from falling, and a ton of ghosts/other leviathans, came to feed on the corpse till it was bone, and the rest of the corpse decayed. likely it died below 20 years ago, since bones decay after 20 years.

[@СергійСавелов]

@@IKnowHooMan-p2s PDA entry clearly states that there was no cave.

[@DanceFacility]

​@@IKnowHooMan-p2sthere was no cave

[@Edmund-od7mv]

There is literally no evidence that the Garg in the lost river was killed by anything other than natural causes

[@Tjdaybay]

I think it might of starved or got stuck

[@jurassicbeni6549]

These type of videos are just allways really good and entertainig 👍

[@OmegaSingularity]

Just discovered you and You are so underrated, This is a Good Video

[@Breathtaker5000]

Glad you think so! : )

[@projects4m43l7]

Hey Its me but From another Account

[@Dookieman1975]

U know it’s bad when leviathan is just the best way u can describe something so huge and is just a title given to anything inexplicably huge

[@somtingabawh]

You are one of the KZbinrs that makes the highest level of videos but just not getting the support that you deserve

[@TheG0AtGoji]

I like the idea of these big leviathans being somewhere out there in the void, but also I do like the idea that there is just little spots of life throughout the planet and the void is just empty and dead

[@DetectiveWraith]

That was an amazing intro!

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thanks lol, halfway through making it I was wondering if I should just scrap the whole thing

[@connorbninja4696]

Bro the intro😊 keep up the good work

[@T0ucan]

Great cinematic shots in the begining

[@Breathtaker5000]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@kostas225cmp]

Nice video. I really dig the nature documentary angle.

[@TheGargantuanLeviathan]

Trust me, this is an amazing video.

[@Breathtaker5000]

This is a literal gargantuan leviathan, you have to believe him

[@Fallout_Survivor]

We need a giant robot mod so we can have a pacific rim kaiju fight lol

[@shadeymcbones6707]

Im gonna guess the garg was an ambush predator that basically didn't really move and lured in prey with its appendages, only striking when it was sure of the kill. You gotta take in account that when a creature doubles in size, its volume quadruples. So it becomes harder and harder for it to move.

[@AnthonyPernia-uu1gq]

Theory:the crater we play on is actually a large reef back leviathan

[@СергійСавелов]

Grassy plateau has an egg, so why no?

[@IKnowHooMan-p2s]

that is the worst theory in the history of subnautica.

[@СергійСавелов]

@@IKnowHooMan-p2s so making things up about garg is ok, but making a joke about a real game item crosses the line?

[@ayaannair2447]

So I've always subscribed to the theory that the Garg primarily functioned as an Ambush predator the way Angler fish and alligators do. My main reason for this is the luminescent tentacles and the elongated jaw. Assuming jaw muscles similar to an alligator, the Garg would have only needed one bite before dragging and death rolling prey into submission and eating them. It also proposes a theory for why it was so big. If its ancestors were all ambush predators, their pool of prey would have been much smaller than the other giants in the ocean. Over time, size would be the most favored gene as all the smaller creatures would be starved out, eventually leading to the garg. As for hunting strategies, it would simply need to have an open mouth with luminescent tentacles floating inside, and wait for prey to come nearby before chomping down. alternatively it could spread out these tentacles allowing it to have a much larger net. It would also give a reason for it to have multiple eyes, even though it does not make any sense. The lights along the body could be a warning to competing predators to stay away by illuminating the entire body for display. There would be no better warning than showing just how large it is. Most predators would never wager their lives on this meal no matter how substantial, effectively securing the gargs safety

[@SlenderPlayzGamez]

Keep up the good work.😊

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thanks ☺️

[@gameman7871]

I only have one tiny nitpick with this video which is the comment about the Garg being able to go "days or weeks without food". There are creatures on earth that can live like that like snakes and almost identically to this: deep sea creatures. We obviously don't have anything even remotely close to the size of the Garg (and if anyone tries to say "it's down there we just haven't seen it" is going to give me an aneurysm lmao), but given that most of THOSE creatures can go up to months without food I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if something as big as the Garg would be able to go years (or maybe even decades but I'm not informed enough to make that big of a leap) without food. So long as they conserve their energy that is. edit because I meant to ask this before commenting but does anyone know where the idea of the Garg having the head-tentacles came from? Is that something that was implied in the game or just what someone in the fandom came up with? I'm not complaining because it looks cool but I'm just curious.

[@Blowtorchturtle27]

Epic video! I do have one question: Where did we get the whole head tendril idea? It's never really mentioned in the PDA, so there's no possible way to confirm it as canon, yet the majority of people think it is. What's the deal there?

[@hedgehobbit6844]

I may be wrong, but I believe it comes from a specific piece of Subnautica concept art showing the Cyclops being grabbed by a huge mass of tendrils. Thats probably where the idea came from but I'm not sure. It could just be because tendrils are off-putting and somewhat scary on their own.

[@tree_addict280]

The gargantuan is complete speculation anyway, not even the name is said in the PDA, let alone its appearance. The only thing that we know mostly for certain is its size and what it would have done.

[@Nugglet_DBL]

This game makes me so anxious no matter how shallow or deep the water is

[@usernamenotavailablee]

Unpopular opinion. I hate the Gargantuan's "alive" design the community has just agreed upon. Why is his body so massive yet the head so tiny compared to the body? It just seems unrealistic and kinda silly.

[@СергійСавелов]

That's modeled after the skeleton.

[@usernamenotavailablee]

@@СергійСавелов well where did they take it has to have tentacless around its head and unproportionally small head

[@СергійСавелов]

@@usernamenotavailablee I meant proportions.

[@jeremychicken3339]

IRL snakes are like that and they modeled the garg like a snake.

[@DylaWilk]

You did super good on the intro, don’t regret subscribing

[@Breathtaker5000]

Welcome aboard! 😁

[@Sharksader]

Im surprised he didn't walk about the Return of the ancients mod which adds this creature in the void

[@tree_addict280]

It makes no sense why it would still live, let alone in the void. The mod is cool dont get me wrong, but it just doesnt make sense.

[@Edmund-od7mv]

Because that mod ignores all the actual lore of the Garg.

[@Edmund-od7mv]

The Garg doesn't grow to 5km, It most likely wouldn't hatch as 50m friendly eel boi, considering the fact that the juvenile skull in the lost river is still huge, and the interpretation in return of the ancients is entirely artistic with no foundation in evidence in terms of the head tendrils, bioluminescence, bioelectricity and really anything other than the length (which return if the ancients messes up too) and number or eyes, basic head shape and eel-like form.

[@Edmund-od7mv]

@nicolerobbins5965 the mod still ignores all of the Gargs lore.

[@InnocentAstroStation-gx2mm]

Or the sea emperor if you’re counting, if I can eat it in one bite, because the sea emperor is way too big for the Garg to eat in one bite, and the garg is unlikely to eat the sea emperor Because the sea emperor is likely to make the garg passive

[@jn-jeffdg0076]

I don't know is it's was said in the audio log, but that size is only it's juvenile size, not only that but they never truly stop growing... Ever... The time stamp for the known garg is around 4:50

[@tree_addict280]

Theres no proof that its a juvenile. Also i doubt they would get much bigger than the full size of the skeleton in the river, especially in modern 4546b.

[@jn-jeffdg0076]

@@tree_addict280 last time I checked the description of it literally says that only about a third of the skeleton is exposed

[@СергійСавелов]

@@jn-jeffdg0076 exactly, and exposed part is 402 meters. Not a word about this thing being juvenile, nor about it growing infinetely. Do you know why? Because that's a lie, and you help spreading it.

[@fatdinosaurfood8059]

@@СергійСавеловthere is a misconception because there actually IS a separate juvenile set of remains, though it is much smaller

[@СергійСавелов]

@@fatdinosaurfood8059 yes, there is, but you know what doesn't exist? Word "juvenile" in PDA entry of garg.

[@Chefpepe-n2e]

An adult gargantuan leviathan would be something we’d all want in the game

[@Stirling96]

There's always a bigger fish or is there?

[@Breathtaker5000]

Only one way to find out . . .

[@Frankie_Teh_Pug]

Player: “Enter’s new area” Also player: “immediately takes nap”

[@NorthernLaw_]

One thing even the top predator can never survive: time

[@RyZeNqz]

10:03 voice crack

[@FireflyArc]

This intro gives me real 'Only the eel remains'vibes well done

[@crimzin5637]

The void is huge there could be more alive

[@wigligigly3375]

They’ve UPSCALED it in the mod. It’s huge yes. But it’s not as huge as people make out. I see people saying the adult one in the void is still juvenile. This mod has simultaneously revived and ruined the community

[@itznightmaresanz]

it has eyes on the side of its head, like a prey.

[@DetectiveWraith]

What’s going to be eating this thing? More likely that those eyes are for spotting any good prey it can get.

[@itznightmaresanz]

@@DetectiveWraith yeah i know i just wanted to say something that i heard from another person

[@DetectiveWraith]

@@itznightmaresanz ah ok, fair enough

[@vitormaodevaca8469]

no not really, the whole "eyes on the side of the head is prey" doesnt work the same way in the ocean even on ground that "rule" is kind of debatable, but on the ocean its completely negated

[@locngoduy1571]

Killer Whales are arguably the apex predators of the ocean and their eyes are on the sides. Same goes to sharks, sperm whales, etc

[@Devonferel]

With the gargantuan leviathan being so big, imagine how far you’d actually be able to hear its roar

[@blueyraptor4593]

nice

[@habes1486]

Some theories I have about it. 1. It would likely live at the bottom, along the sea floor. 2. The bigger the body, the greater the mass. The greater the mass, the more calories it burns by swimming, and the more calories it needs to survive. 3. The tendrils might have also affected its swimming pattern. Rather than swimming like any other creater, it would propel itself by moving its head, causing the momentum to build up as it traveled down its serpentine like body. It would propel itself forward and glide to save up on calories. 4. Because of the calories needed to survive, they likely canibalized each other because they are the only things big enough to supply each other with the proper amount of nutrients.

[@calebstephens6059]

This is going to sound stupid but im going to try to kill this thing with only a knife in vr when I get a gaming p.c. Wish me luck....im going to need it.....

[@Breathtaker5000]

Best of luck on your quest

[@СергійСавелов]

You'll need a stasis rifle. Not only because it's gonna one shot you, Unknown Worlds did an incredible job with an AI, it feels like an animal, deal a lot of damage - it will run away.

[@Steamaroon]

One thing I never see people mention that you actually did is the gaps in the teeth. I think they are sheathing for the other teeth so that they interlock with eachother and stop creatures from being able to escape their jaws. This can be seen in the real world on the barracuda which lends to the theory that the gargantuan is an ambush predator which can move itself at a fairly high speed despite its size. It being an ambush predator also makes sense for its size as it would have to expend far less energy for its food and making it able to quickly eat packs of animals or even multiple leviathans at once if they’re close enough

[@haleybrown8197]

fun fact: the gargantuan levi we see in the game is actually a juvenile

[@frougee]

You mean the other one

[@СергійСавелов]

Neat, what's source to your lies?

[@haleybrown8197]

my source is the internet, also im sorry i dont play subnautica that much fr fr.

[@СергійСавелов]

@@haleybrown8197 you know how little it narrows it down?

[@СергійСавелов]

@@haleybrown8197 so, what is your source?

[@gaming-with-Landen-99]

The nature documentary of nightmares