“This Giant Squid Is Taller Than A Two Storey House” | Jeremy Wade: Mysteries Of The Deep

Jeremy Wade shows new scientific evidence showing that Giant Squids might be much larger than originally thought.
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[@daniellimach5787]

Squid : OOOooo nice dinners ready, *takes bite* Squid : Wtf is this shit

[@theotherside931]

*This is why I want more oceanic explorations. There are many things down there we haven't seen.*

[@kari7403]

I agree. If I was a billionaire, id totally invest in more deep sea exploration. Id spend 90% of my fortune on it, and use my rich people connections to get more funding for it.

[@weirdflex2928]

It holds the answer to who asked

[@ezj8262]

It's strange that people think that astronauts flying out in space is going to see more life that is alien to us, than what is right within our own planet, in our oceans. The web says more than 80% of the ocean is unexplored, and another quote says that less than 5% of the ocean has been explored. Plenty of creatures in the ocean, look other-worldly and many are intelligent.

[@bradlee6688]

Space is better why study the oceans , when we can invest in space transportation what gonna happen when earth is to pollute and shit

[@ezj8262]

@@bradlee6688 Why is space better? The ocean is full of life, undiscovered and unexplored. Why waste our tax dollars lying about aliens on other planets? This world supports life, this world has life... intelligent life.

[@hochunma5050]

Imagine if that is just a baby of its specie, and its mother is lurking in the deeper part of the ocean

[@arundeepbiswal7257]

Ohh myy🥴

[@clarkealexanderabay4298]

Kraken? Jk

[@juicemaster1722]

we actually have discovered dead babies and they are pretty small

[@katkit4281]

@@juicemaster1722 Scientists also caught a few babies but where not able to keep them alive.

[@VendPrekmurec]

Her mother is probably building UFOs at the bottom and hard working, not having time for this human nonsense

[@lancecorporalveteran0621]

That's a lot of calamari.

[@crosstiph9950]

My favorite food is calamari. Yum.

[@highcuh1365]

Yummy

[@Ethan_Y23]

Yessir!

[@markj6442]

🤤

[@Wonmanbanned]

Calimorey

[@1stNumberOne]

2:06 This is what kinda freaks me out. It looks like one solid tentacle then it just opens up. I didn’t know what I was looking at, at first. Like imagine seeing that “thing” coming at you and when you go to move it away it opens up into 10 individual tentacles. I bet it would be so disorientating and shocking. Immediate death.

[@hanswurst3110]

It's like the Mouth of the Sqidshark in Subnautica BZ

[@vdittycc]

Look up 46b octopus that might shock u more

[@marywilliams9496]

Heart failure

[@williameggleton414]

It's kinda like the Octalus from Deep Rising.

[@TheCivildecay]

"Multiple leviathan class lifeforms detected in the region. Are you sure whatever you are doing is worth it?"

[@yawningdog9894]

👁️👄👁️

[@justserah1854]

then there is me in my prawn suit grappling ghost leviathans getting a free ride

[@mcdoritos4727]

NOOOO YOU GAVE ME CHILLS

[@xanprimo8511]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@marywilliams9496]

Deep

[@artemtheidiot]

“Seemingly out of nowhere are these tentacles” I can assume anyone who’s watched a specific genre of anime knows where this is going

[@raizon-tx4gq]

Hmmmm

[@raizon-tx4gq]

Adventure probably

[@raizon-tx4gq]

Or ecc..

[@str8inst1nct33]

Lol nope not today, I've had my fill of tentacles in anime

[@kushpaladin]

people who watch hentai are degenerates who live in their parent's basement, they are seriously messed up in the head

[@catchy9665]

Is that Squidward

[@plinkage]

no this is patrick

[@NuggetMan08]

NO THIS IS SAND BETWEEN ME CHEEKs

[@ikai640]

squidward is weird he has the tentacles of a squid but his head indicates he is a octopus

[@bigman1342]

Maybe

[@erwindancalan5370]

Buffed

[@Romulan2469]

You just know that Jeremy Wade would probably be down there handling a 40+ foot squid specimen if it was humanly possible. That guy will do anything!

[@crystalm4324]

Yes, yes, yes, She did it again!!! So glad I’m one of the first to see this video posted, truly historic! I can’t wait to see what else she finds, and see more videos from the deep!!!

[@ScoobyShotU]

One of the first lol this has been known for at least 10 years the Japanese found one long ago.

[@hotlanta35]

Not the first by a long shot

[@spearfisherman308]

yeah a new Zealand scientist filmed one almost ten years ago.

[@graphite2786]

Lol! Seems that not one commenter in this thread is aware that Dr Edie Widder was part of the team that took the first footage of a giant squid 10 years ago in Japan. All footage of Giant squid in it's natural habitat has been courtesy of Dr Edie Widder, except for the dead and dying specimens washed up on beaches. As for the New Zealand footage , that wasn't a true giant squid.

[@crystalm4324]

@@graphite2786 - yes actually I’m VERY aware, I watched the whole thing in Japan with baited breath. That’s why I said “One” of the first - and certainly the most undeniable proof of a TRULY GIANT SQUID! The Japanese team’s footage was extremely fleeting and it could easily, and was by some, be explained away as a overlarge Humbolt. It’s literally a 3 second flash of tentacles in weeks of footage, with zero reference for size. Several Biologists looked at it and all came up with varying conclusions. Then there was that small one at the surface that I believe came up with the special baited hooks (I could be wrong with that one forgive me) that they dissected in New Zealand. - it’s where the giant tank with the preserved body of another actual giant squid is located - they did a live dissection of the new one and had a new tank made up for it. My point about this Lady being “One of the First” and certainly THE BEST - is that she looked at what had been done previously and realized it’s the equivalent of stomping through a forest wondering why you don’t see any animals! So she invented an unobtrusive lure that simply acts like a normal large Jellyfish - knowing that small squid love to eat jellyfish, and drawing the conclusion that bigger squid like bigger jelly’s! Then she put a quiet camera using light that most deep sea creatures can’t see and let it float around - and she got footage on the first trip! Not only that she also equipped a laser size reference to leave ZERO DOUBT.

[@chase7028]

There are stories of goant serpants and a bunch of maps that depict these crazy monsters. So that makes me want to know if they arent exaggerated. And yes giant squid have been know to live deep in the darkness it was very obvios especially the "kraken" which its species has long disappeared.

[@SatanenPerkele]

No. The KRAKEN still lives!

[@skeleleleletons5869]

Fun fact the kraken was originally a giant crab but changed fairly recently to a giant squid/octopus

[@kik7893]

@@skeleleleletons5869 sheesh thx for that❤️

[@FedorovAvtomat]

@@skeleleleletons5869 I've seen illustrations of Kraken from the 1700s. Looked like a hundred foot long squat lobster from that person's interpretation of Kraken.

[@Kurokubi]

The maps with illustrations on them were usually maps that hung on some rich guy's wall and the were usually just fluff cartographers added to either illustrate "I don't actually fuckin' know what's out here so here's a monster to represent danger" or just simply as eye candy that fills in empty space. If it was a map that was going to be used for an actual expedition, the space would be filled with more useful information.

[@violetlove1893]

Wow! I saw this on another post and it still amazes me!!

[@raizon-tx4gq]

Im more focused on hearing jeremy voice than the squid

[@lesliejora9344]

It's good to hear Jeremy.. Here. Love squid

[@Arius_Astronomy]

Squids are one of the many reasons I don't want to swim around the deep ocean.

[@kushpaladin]

At the depths that they live your body would be crushed by the pressure before you'd be attacked by anything. Humboldt squid however have been known to come up from the depths and attack humans. they will try to drag you down, lol.

[@Arius_Astronomy]

@@kushpaladin OMG, It is literally the Humbolts that freak me out the most. Their damn hunting party sizes. They're huge.

[@Knightfire66]

you cant swim around the deep ocean. you can go max to about 30m. with scuba year maybe 100...

[@ItsCrazyKraken]

Ha ha well then I’m glad my cousin the squid is scaring you

[@inkwolfartandbuildingstudi3223]

As a kid, I used to be petrified of giant squids, I remember being in a museum, they had a squid replica hanging over the wall, I broke down into tears and my dad had to pull me out of there I was so scared. Now when I look back, I just chuckle

[@sikbone]

If you saw one in person youd shit your pants. Nothings changed

[@shakubob]

I recognize.... that’s the one that attacked Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea. He’s actually gotten a lot bigger since 1957. Of course he’s bigger than a 2 story house.

[@dondragmer2412]

1954. Maybe you're thinking of when it was first put on exhibit in Disneyland in 1955.

[@IrenaHosttoaGhost000]

So glad to find you again loved 'River Monsters' streamed on ABC TV Australia , and I love fishing, even had a 10 ft Mako Shark accidently bite my left forearm spent a bit of time in hospital with a delayed serious infection after I did not present to them for 2 wks cause I was fishing and enjoying myself , 3 surgerys later with infection I was fine minus the scar, sharks don't scare me but squid do. So glad to see you again, I've learnt a lot about fishing, Queensland Australia Estuaries fishing , from your techniques. But to my husbands detriment I release my catches LOL minus the mud Crabs.

[@normalwire]

I remember being blown away finding this in assassins creed 2

[@josephmaurina3837]

Jeremy, I love your shows. Thanks

[@richarddavis1599]

There is something about the lines of the giant squid which are beautiful. In fact the whole creature just looks clean and perfect.

[@OctopusH2O]

You are lost, watch octopuses they are much better and more beautiful and are friends to humans

[@NightBane345]

Imagine taking that video, being awestruck, then without being prepared for it, a whale comes quick as lightning, and grabs the squid, leaving only a tentacle behind. That would've also been amazing

[@Q.Mechanic]

Rip old sailors. Now we believe your tales!

[@commercialelectrician133]

Great video

[@ego4963]

Love how every clip of squids they show hooman's interview

[@Flo-sn7zv]

that eye is so unnerving to me

[@kibblesnbits3174]

The side crab terrifies and amazes me at the same time

[@albertschultz7151]

Beautiful. What an amazing confirmation that myth is in fact true. Congratulations

[@oli43ssen]

there is more known about space than our own oceans

[@gojirajr3133]

Not really we did not discover that much we discovered like 1 percent of the ocean

[@rorod8000]

Wow I’m scared now

[@angelarice6248]

I remember watching the discovery channel when this happened it was amazing

[@joshmurray142]

The size of the squid is ‘just’ 13 feet long😹

[@dinnerlady6992]

0:17 theres a giant squid on her head

[@Morganational]

😑

[@alphablack748]

That’s funny

[@JordanJank]

💀deceased

[@moonbulschair1047]

eh

[@armanisiner6662]

Wow that’s very smart that camera she did her thing 🤙🤙💪🏾🌊

[@vickivaught718]

That is terrifying. If there is one that big...there are bigger

[@omegaphoneofjesus]

I read somewhere a long time ago that giant squid are estimated to be able to grow up to sizes of up to 60ft, or roughly 2/3 the size of a basketball court. But apparently there’s never actually been any footage captured of one that big, because no matter how hard I look, my searches always bring me back to this footage. I want to know MORE about the giant squid!!!

[@matthewf6465]

I mean... if Jeremy Wade says it's real...

[@gavinhudson5251]

Then it is....

[@kari7403]

Ever since I was little, I wondered why they didn't use heat seeking cameras or infered cameras to explore the depths. At least the animals. I was always surprised that they were able to catch any animals in the footage, with that much light, that bright, being moat likely, painfully bright, or flat out scary, for a lot of animals in the dark depths.

[@jordanbader9667]

Because most sea animals are cold blooded which means they're the same temperature as the water.

[@jordanbader9667]

Plus Water blocks most infrared light, making the cameras not efficient enough to use

[@kari7403]

@@jordanbader9667 But they have used, and do use both thermal and inferred cameras these days, to locate fish. I just don't know why they don't do it more often. Is it too expensive? Or what?

[@kari7403]

Edit: nevermind. In a quick search I waa avle to find the answer. It's hard to capture thermal images underwater, having to do something with the glass and water making it hard for the wavelengths to properly be captured. Thanks for your input though. ☺👍

[@nazrulazli5392]

This is just a giant squid not colossal squid.

[@stesands3416]

Salt and pepper squid. If you haven't tried it then I suggest you try it its delicious

[@Music_is_fun]

A group of squid is a squad😎

[@neon_exo]

Amazingly stunning 😳

[@hotlanta35]

Jeremy Wade is genius

[@edgarthebug1758]

Scientists : Record a clip of a Giant Squid Media : COULD THIS BE THE KRAKEN?!

[@janjanextreme1020]

A year worth of takoyaki right there~

[@majorkillboy4255]

Tf is wrong with u?

[@whammy5142]

Humans should invent night vision potions so they can see the under water.

[@bradlee6688]

@Mark Lfc u shut up

[@ross2858]

That really has nothing to do with it, there’s so much overall volume in the ocean and the probability of us being in the right place at the right time to see a creature like this is super low

[@oneofmany1804]

So that's why lovecraft used tentacles for it's creature

[@luvinart.839]

La.naturaleza es increíble 💥😲💥😲💥😲💥💥😲💥😲💥😲💥😲💥💥👌🏼💥👌🏼💥👌🏼💥💥

[@dont_give_a_flying_f]

Oh how much I like dry land!!!

[@bobopatchnosuke229]

Poseidon :...... Colossal Squid : I'm the SeaGod!

[@Jage787]

It’s crazy that a long time a ago there was stories of legendary creatures like Minotaurs and krakens, now we are pretty sure that Minotaurs don’t exist but we don’t know a quarter of what lives down there. and now we see giant squids like where told in the stories of the kraken. Maybe this one isn’t big at all compared to others. Maybe the stories where true?

[@collosaltitan6466]

minotaurs can and likely do exist in a lab it’s nothing but a hybrid made with advanced genetic science the scientist back then were playing with this stuff unfortunately school will never teach us how far ahead science was back then for whatever reason

[@mame9562]

@@collosaltitan6466 oh boy another conspiracy theorist. A minotaur is impossible, a human and a bull can not give birth to a hybrid, there two extremely distant relatives. Or are you just going to pull "Well the government is just hiding stuff from us!!!!" Like literally every conspiracy theorist ever?

[@collosaltitan6466]

mameまめ lol i mean have you seen the latest genetic experiments and advancements ? also there’s no way you can possibly believe the government isn’t withholding many advancements from the public everything isn’t a conspiracy bro and just because something seem far fetched doesn’t mean it’s not possible japanese scientist are already creating human animal hybrid cell embryos to grow human organs from animals. and there’s also been pictures of rats with human ears at that point i have to wonder what else they working on and what aren’t they showing us and how much could this science advance say 100 years from now

[@dguarino6586]

That was awesome. 🦑

[@cds3703]

The footage of the bigger squid was recorded off the waters of japan where they also filmed 6 or 8 giant squids

[@word2believe]

Some things are better left untouched.

[@Marcus538]

I knew a Giant Squid that was higher than my house with three floors ,......but thats another Storey

[@anubusx]

lol.

[@ItsCrazyKraken]

you should see how big I am yes it is I the legendary kraken

[@jakelencher817]

time to make some giant squid jigs.

[@AdMBandLeader]

Little fact: Doug Hajicek, an American physicist, developed the camera that captured the giant squid for the first time which was about 54 foot long. Lengthier than a two storey building, naturally.

[@gumelini1]

That's a lot of nuggets

[@tathagatahalder]

Those eyes!!!

[@johnnyholmes8840]

Is that how story is spelled in the UK?

[@gEtar87]

Who had Kraken on their 2020 bingo?

[@drakemcfee9138]

Its just 14feet long, just 14 feet?! JUST,JUST!?!? THATS LONGER THAN MY TOWTRUCK!!!! Seriously, that's a huge animal! Wonder if wade would still say just if he saw the thing in person!!

[@AshleyYoder01]

How can they tell its size from that footage? I am ignorant on all of this, someone please help me understand?

[@paulapeto6798]

Que asombroso!!!!

[@Rythmguitarable]

*free takoyaki ingredients.*

[@naokid7329]

a lot of takoyaki ingredients as well

[@Daniel07Eleven]

Taller than a two storey house? Then the old stories from seamen are actually true and humanity has encountered those huge creatures centuries ago. Then even the ancient stories must be true, about giant sea monsters (squids). But still scientists of that field tell us that all the giant squid stories are just fairy tales.

[@crysisrevelation6132]

People seem to forget that ships during the colonial period were no longer than a few dozen meters. The Godspeed which brought some of the first settlers to jamestown in 1607 is not much bigger than a modern day small fishing boat. So a giant squid attacking a wooden ship in that time would have been terrifying to the crew aboard. In the game Sea of Thieves, the largest ship in it is only 15 meters long. So yeah, kraken attacks did occur, but the squids involved were not the size of battleships. Man made things were simply smaller back then, and the creatures were the same size then as they are now. What maybe small to us now was TITANIC to our ancestors.

[@ItsCrazyKraken]

Yeah my cousin the giant squid he is as big as a two-story house or taller than that. you should see how big I am I am the Kraken after all

[@ykdickybill]

Wow !

[@jamescarter8421]

Monsters do exist

[@mrfalcon7871]

Holy moly it’s Davy Jones irl😱🤯

[@ItsCrazyKraken]

No David Jones is my master that’s my cousin the giant squid

[@Tony-1971]

Its the legendary kraken, breaker of ships.

[@slspg]

I think the question now is what else is out there.

[@sangfong206]

release the Krakhead !

[@ItsCrazyKraken]

Oh shit you have released me now I will kill every ship

[@TQ33.]

0:40 but doctor witter is not a turd ?😂

[@baldie1977]

this is actually wrong, that is the 2nd time it was seen in its natural habitat

[@killingjoke535]

What's even more terrifying is they are highly intelligent

[@ceriedwards991]

So what if you send down a bigger flashing light? Wouldn't the Kraken show up for giant bait?

[@artjones2498]

oh yes....definatly the kraken....remember the first ocean going ships wernt very big...specially by todays standards

[@joaofernandes4769]

and the squids 900 hundred years ago, maybe were bigger

[@arkevolver1254]

João Fernandes probably not its too short of a time for a creature to evolve

[@Grievingbow]

We rarely know things about things in the very deep ocean

[@ezj8262]

@@arkevolver1254 To evolve is to change into something it is not. It just grows from a wee squid to a massive squid. All of these creatures are designed uniquely

[@arkevolver1254]

@Fascino93 Well that's Just because our water is better plus now we dont get eaten by every creature so that's why man

[@emersonkelly9654]

The most merciful thing

[@rosesippel2932]

Massive creepy but interesting

[@manunited1132]

Apparently we've only discovered 5% of our oceans so imagine what else is down there "WOW"

[@omegaphoneofjesus]

Not even James Cameron could imagine!

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

The squid that attacked the race ship Geronimo was estimated to be around 10 meters long!

[@williameggleton414]

I have reason to believe the giant squid is, in fact, the Kraken itself, as well as its big cousin the colossal squid. I believe the legendary beast was inspired by sightings of giant squid back then. But from what I've heard, these big fellas aren't dangerous to humans at all, they're quite calm around humans and even curious! As for how that Geronimo yacht was "attacked", I don't think the squid meant any harm. In fact, it's very rare for giant squids to be on the surface. I believe that squid was either caught on the yacht or just mistook it for like food. As for my theory involving the truth of the Kraken, there's always the tiny chance there's something bigger than a giant squid....

[@one7decimal2eight]

What do you mean "you just now know they're there?" No shit sherlock. Someone get this man a medal! We've see the huge giant squid battle scars on Sperm whales for decades. We know giant squid are down there.

[@ChaosTyrant]

We know it now, due to this empirical research. Science hates to assume things.

[@niddechats7757]

Can you add closed caption please? pretty sure you can afford it in 2021 :)

[@salviemariemaluya1856]

*2 story house? 😨😨*

[@viiiderekae]

**Thalassaphobia intensifies**

[@thefeatheredfrontiersman8135]

Yes that is in fact the kraken.

[@ItsCrazyKraken]

Shit you have found me I have to run away

[@bryal7811]

If you just count the sizes of the rooms, (7ft standard height ) it's technically the size of a "two story house" That's not what most people think of when you say "two story house" however.

[@eusebiomedina3075]

actually standard size room floor to ceiling is 8 ft.

[@iamrocketray]

@@eusebiomedina3075 then another 8 ft for a pitched roof so at least 24 ft.

[@raygrange7312]

We know very little of what is in our deepest oceans.

[@moshereitberger]

2:15 That’s what she said

[@c.k.a286]

I think it's time we leave the deep seas alone before something scars us for life

[@skeleleleletons5869]

Why else would we go there?

[@c.k.a286]

@@skeleleleletons5869 funny fish

[@emmanuelbonapart6852]

what if the squid is Dababy, lessgoo

[@Knightfire66]

itss still too small to be "the kraken" but it looks like squids can grow a lot... maybe if you give it time then this one will get bigger and bigger. and the question is how? normally squids and octopuses after mating commit suicide. this mean 1-2 years max. in this time they cant grow a lot. so maybe this large one somehow didnt mate yet or it has a genetic failure which allows it to overcome the "suicide program" which means that it can live for a very long time and grow. who knows for how long.

[@benainsworth6995]

This is effing reason why I have Thalassaphobia

[@quasismiles]

Thanks. It's really awesome and terrifying. I hate it.

[@dtv8122]

The earth is not fully being explored yet so I guess there might be more than a giant squid

[@matthewmangum6320]

This giant squid 🦑 is longer than a 2 story building is high. 🙂

[@chloehennessey6813]

The average length of a first floor is 10 feet. It’s 22 feet for a two story home. 14” is not two stories.

[@buttflame223]

The first one they found was 14”, they find a different one later in the vid that is the big one

[@battenburg6089]

Did you really not watch the entire 3 minutes? You must be very lazy

[@leroyc5289]

🔥

[@HighEnnui]

All the monsters in the explorer maps are real; since humans didn’t have deep-sea sailing technology in those days, so the animals most likely stayed closer to the surface.