Wait jk lol maybe magnapinna squid ARE kinda scary? | Alien Ocean

[@OctopusLady]

EDIT: So I just found this out -- I know that TahoeDeep and DeepSeaOddities are getting a lot of attention for releasing this footage, but the Magnapinna Archive dropped it FIRST, all the way back in January! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnKsdoqgj9tga68 So go give them some love! And also, y'all, the magnapinna squid called me back and explained that this was just him practicing his break dancing. And now he's b-boying and windmilling and idk what else all over my Patreon: www.patreon.com/theoctopuslady and my Twitter: twitter.com/theoctopuslady Which is fine. He didn't knock over a bunch of my stuff in the process. It's cool. It's chill.

[@tootisbabootis]

i was really walking around for MONTHS thinking they were aggressive..... only to find out he was just breakdancing. we DO live in a society......

[@portakalcevheri1148]

Squid breakdance!

[@snowcat9308]

Bumping this so you remember to pin this comment doofus

[@WobblesandBean]

3:55 Wow, scientists are donks to bigfin squid.

[@WestWindReborn]

He moved those arms so fast one made a bubble ring

[@bookshop7337]

Actually, I'm pretty sure the overwhelming scientific consensus is that magnapinna squids are just quirky little guys and this one was being what biologists refer to as "extra."

[@quitethenon-binaryfuss8596]

he was just "getting his sillies out" as they also say

[@leek.3671]

😂😂

[@BooTheEater]

Hes not like the other magnapinna squids!

[@-snowballbunny-5316]

He got the zoomies like what dogs get

[@ShanemanFP]

They actually have determined existence of “breaking it down sexual style” and that they are potentially quirked up white bois, with current studies into whether they are goated with the sauce.

[@vantharion]

Here's something that wasn't mentioned: What if this is a defense/survival technique? With it's long filliment, it could flail them around as a way to confuse a would be predator?

[@MagnapinnaArchive]

As far as we know, the filaments are pretty delicate and don't have much muscle on them to be able to deliberately move around like this! Unfortunately this poor squid was just getting caught in the turbulence of the ROV :(

[@Dragon_adveturesfan]

It is a magnopinna

[@Strawberrymilkdrink]

​@@MagnapinnaArchive poor bastard Science tubers: this is so scary Magnapinna: [screaming in pure distress]

[@scaper8]

​@Magnapinna Archive Do you think it may have been a combination? Using its arms and tentacles to try to flail the filaments and some got caught, or a few filaments got caught and this one misinterpreted it as a predator and tried to manipulate the rest as a deterrent? It certainly looks like some turbulence action, but also somewhat different from those we've seen before.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

That was my thought also. Like an animal bristling its fur or a bird raising its wings to look larger and more menacing.

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

I dunno. If you look at the body rather than the tentacles it really looks/behaves identically to the other videos of squiddies getting blown around by the turbulence of the vehicle. I still think that’s what’s going on.

[@freewilly1193]

Also looks like it is attempting to reverse course before the filaments change course wildly. The big difference could simply be the orientation of turbines on the ROV.

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

@@freewilly1193 In the end, I just hope it is OK. They look so fragile and squishy. 😢

[@DogmaticAtheist]

The ROV messed that helpless squid up. Simple as that.

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

@@DogmaticAtheist It looks like it swam away and escaped safely towards the end, thankfully.

[@WobblesandBean]

It looks like it's trying to escape, poor thing. :/

[@goldman77700]

Squid looks less menacing when it's attacking or moving imo. When it's just standing stilling, it looks like the stuff of nightmares. Similar to how people have an ideal facial angle when having their picture taken.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

It's spooky af when standing still, but the idea that it has active control of the filaments is also pretty scary.

[@Adventist1997]

Now imagine being tangled by it and drowned before it eats you.

[@tonydai782]

@@Adventist1997 You’d be killed by the pressure long before you drown lmao

[@whome9842]

@@Adventist1997 I think I could break those thin strings. A giant octopus or squid would be more capable of hurting/killing me.

[@ElectroNicko_]

Really adds to the thought of them beings like spaghetti. Hell even when "standing" still they look like the noodles hanging off the fork

[@serasniketa9128]

“you’d best step off, ROV, or you’re gonna catch these filaments” 🤣🤣🤣

[@noctyd9322]

Something i think is noteworthy is how still the "snow" is until the squid starts moving. I don't get the impression that squid has enough mass to whip all that snow in all the directions that it does. It seems that there is some kind of water movement going on that's manipulating it in part. It might be just trying to right itself in the turbulence.

[@ButterflySeraph612]

For some reason (and this could be me completely misinterpreting what's happening on camera), it looks like the squid was SWIMMING AWAY. If it was, lord knows what it WAS, but idk, it's interesting because it could be a potential explanation for that filament acting all jabby: a way to attack or at least intimidate whatever the frick scared it. Of course, as you said, we need SO MUCH MORE EVIDENCE, but...wow, these squids, man

[@Strix2031]

Could be bait too,maybe they offer one of the limp tentacles so the predator eats it and leaves the main body get away PS: Probably not because they dont seem to regrow or at least we have seen a 2 with missing filaments but like whats that spindly weak tentacle supposed to do to a predator

[@DustyHoney]

Their natural environment is dark, their predators wouldn’t be able to see their crazy filaments. Their filaments don’t have great mobility (other than being able to curl up) so they move really weird all the time.

[@isaacargesmith8217]

From what it sounds like the machine itself may have accidentally started sucking it in, you can see one of its fillaments get kinda sucked in and partially broken off in the video as its trying to get away.

[@SpadesNeil]

Based on the marine snow floating around nearby, I am very certain that this was current hitting the squid. In still water like that, current can travel quite some distance. The water got VERY turbulent when the squid got jostled around.

[@ImMimicute]

Yea a lot of the movement of the snow also followed with the movement in the filaments which serves to bolster this theory, though I do really like the idea that it can shrink, elongate, and control its filaments at will like some kind of eldritch spear fishing squid

[@sanicdehedghoug]

Looking at the whole video, you can also see how the filaments look really blue when they're not in the light, I think the perceived shortening of its appendages might just be a combination of the current moving part of the long filament out of the light and compression artifacts rendering the already hard to see part invisible.

[@RJ-cy7kn]

@@sanicdehedghoug I think that's what is happening. I watched this on my TV in the living room which is a lot bigger than my computer monitor. On the TV you can see the filaments dropping down out of the light and fading into the background and almost becoming invisible. So when the "attack" happens, you can see on the TV that a few of the longer filaments are definitely caught in the rover somehow. And when the last filament shoots out towards the rover, it's actually just getting whipped back up into the light and then comes loose.

[@dylanrambow2704]

There's also a chance the squid was afraid of the rov and trying to make itself look big and threatening as a defense mechanism. Lots of sea animals do that.

[@TheWonkster]

So a creature that lives in almost complete darkness was performing a visual intimidation display? Why would it know to do that?

[@dylanrambow2704]

Lots of sea animals have some incredible adaptations to allow them to see in the deep dark, such as tremendous eyes that let in far more light than ours, echo location, and bioluminescence. The colossal squid, for example, has the largest eyes of any animal on the planet. @@TheWonkster

[@banishokokook3546]

​@@TheWonkster True but doesn't the vampire squid do the same thing

[@steelgreyed]

She's a maniac, maniac, dancing on the flow, and she's dancing like we've never seen before.

[@bigmclargehuge8219]

Wow I am super high and this was fascinating!! 10/10 would recommend The Octopus Lady while under the influence. Legally, of course.

[@jamjustjammin4189]

me too !!

[@Linguae_Music]

Me three !!

[@TrevorsMailbox]

Me four!

[@bat6353]

I gotta remember that next time I get some.

[@frufrujaben]

me six?

[@mjp152]

I'm quite convinced that if you call up a magnapinna squid you would only heard screams on the other end.

[@benadrylgelllzzz5724]

I think it would be like anxiety nervous screams

[@snakewithapen5489]

@@benadrylgelllzzz5724 the poor squid's brain bending trying to comprehend this noisemaking glowing device beyond all recognition

[@eesachariwala2145]

He’s amazing, a novel blend of modern dance and breakdancing… loving the vids, please keep em coming.

[@eesachariwala2145]

Wow this is the first time a creator liked my comment, thx sm

[@pure_edan3972]

The thing I’m most excited about is seeing how quickly those filaments can retract! Even in T-pose positions it’s just like ZOOP! And it’s fully retracted!

[@dead1097]

I hope you got to see the new footage from 4/4/2023 by Schmidt Ocean's ROV! It's so detailed and wow!!!!! To me looks like he is already missing one of his long tendrils, so that's also something to note if that's not just a trick of the light!

[@OctopusLady]

Yes, I did see the footage! And yes, I did notice this squid was missing one of it's filaments! There have been sightings of other magnapinna squid missing a filament, too, and they raise that arm up, sort of perpendicular to their body, which this squid was also doing! For some reason. They have no idea why they do that! (Source: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0241066#pone.0241066.s004 )

[@hetalianotaku7103]

If that's true, maybe that would explain his reaction. That he lost it in an encounter with a more predatory animal and wasn't interested in losing another. I wouldn't necessarily say he was attacking, but it does give the impression that he's trying to intimidate in some way. But this is all just non-marine biologist me!

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

​@@OctopusLady Cephalopods don't have proprioception, right? Instinctively trying to support the weight of a filament on an arm that's missing that filament would result in it being raised.

[@IGameChangerI]

I think there are two things going on: the jostling of the body by the current (likely ROV generated) and the shooting out/rapid retracting of the tentacles as you've pointed out. To me it almost looks like it's trying to grasp a "foothold" to steady itself, or attempting to use its tentacles to swim. Either way she is scary and I love her for it. They're unsettling looking animals and that's what makes them so intriguing. Those tentacles are *so* long! It's uncanny!

[@StonedtotheBones13]

That was my thought too, its body sort of follows that one weird acting filament.

[@Emelineeeeeee]

Could it be that the rov’s propellors caused a “suction” which pulled the filaments in, and the squid panicked and swam away, with its filements still sucked into the current?

[@WobblesandBean]

That's what it looks like to me.

[@ic4192]

That’s exactly what it looks like to me

[@sweatergod5386]

Finally been looking for this comment

[@pastellemonramune]

That’s one thing that I was thinking. I just don’t believe that such a calm little (not little) guy could attack like that.

[@PsilocybePsientist]

Except for the fact that like was said in the video, for the ROV to acquire the shot of the squid (which is 40-50 feet long) you have to be a pretty large distance away to capture it, The ROV isn't anywhere near the squid.

[@bennettssciencechannel2563]

I LOVE MAGNAPINNA SQUIDS!

[@redmegarex]

this makes bigfins so much less scary in my opinion because it looks *hilarious*

[@WorldWeave]

My three theories…most of which are jokes 1) it’s having a stroke 2) it got a case of the zoomies 3) this is just how they swim when they’re not “hunting”

[@devonmmi]

i vote zoomies

[@VoidHugger]

i LOVE the way that squids and jellyfish get caught in currents because they look so confused and helpless (as long as they leave safely)

[@AK-en9gd]

Just a silly string guy being a goof. I love him

[@lughd5578]

I think that this guy simply had a bad case of possessed by spaghetti

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

hes just floating there. MENACINGLY!

[@saifmohamed2967]

something i noticed is that it's fins are flapping up and down, suggesting it's not floating fully upright, so that's probably how they got the whole thing in frame and still got it swept up in the ROV's current

[@THarSul]

I realize ms.Octopus lady probably wont see this, but Im one of the people who thought it was pulled into a prop on tahoedeep’s reupload, and the reason i think that is because the rov is coming at it from below; you can tell by the fact that it shows the depth decreasing at the top of the screen; which means the rov was pulling the volume of water the squid was in down towards it in order to move upward in the water column, and i believe the behavior we see the squid exhibiting isnt it trying to attack the rov, but instead, i think the little ring of pink material, that we see rise from the lower left of the screen right after the squid’s tentacles seem to be attacking the rov, is a piece of one of its tentacles that had been sucked all the way into the prop, being destroyed in the process, at which point the squid’s tentacles were caught in the flow of the vortex created by the props, and the rapid motion of the tentacle is the squid fighting desperately to break free of the vortex.

[@isaidromerogavino8902]

You have convinced me, your explanation makes a lot of sense. Also, It makes for a stronger case the use of the ROV onscreen data. Congrats It makes me feel kinda wrong to even judge animal behavior. Seeing how much of a difference it makes to assume one thing over another in my reaction to it: going from being totally terrified of it, to feeling bad about the poor baby being hurt.

[@THarSul]

@@isaidromerogavino8902 right? poor thing. i always try to think about it from the animal's point of view, where in this case, a big concerning whirring thing, bringing blinding light into their dark habitat, came over and bit their tentacle off, so they just want to get away, back to their quiet darkness, away from the bright noisy painful thing that clearly wants to eat them. makes me feel bad for these poor creatures that we accidentally hurt with our clumsy curiosity, cause we don't mean them any harm, but our machines can injure them more easily than we realize. i just hope the squid was able to get away and heal up, but injuries can be deadly to animals, not just from infection, but from predation, cause blood in the water can be a death sentence if there are sharks nearby.

[@isaidromerogavino8902]

@@THarSul definitely, I always try to imagine that these ROVers aren't using blinding lights to film those animals which couldn't be more used to darkness. Maybe they used infrared lights in this case, but given the detail and color on the video, I'm guessing they didn't (I believe the older videos, those looking kinda creepy-green around an oil rig over the GoM, were actually filmed like that) I have no idea what's the amount of damage that some squishy animal like this one could handle before being deadly wounded. Probably the rotors on a ROV are more than enough to do so, but I have this unscientific notion about these type of animals, something tells me they're actually very resilient as long as they keep the "bell-shaped" part of their bodies safe. I guess it will be favorable to my state of mind to hold on to this belief, and no fact-check it.

[@THarSul]

@@isaidromerogavino8902 lol, agreed, let us believe the squid got away and will live a long and happy squiddy life.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

​@@isaidromerogavino8902 the rov doesn't have that kind of rotor. They would suck up half the creatures they found if it did and there would be a lot of pushback from biologists at using something so destructive to observe on such a fragile ecosystem. It can create a current but it won't suck up a creature into its rotors. Can you imagine how pissed people would be if there was video of some amazing new animal the rov was trying to capture and instead it got sucked up and obliterated in its rotor blades? It would look like a saw movie

[@otterphonics]

There's a really interesting moment about halfway thru the freak out. Follow the tentacle on the left. It looks like it's caught by something behind the screen, but you'll notice that the video somehow managed to fail to capture the middle of the arm and it looks like it's disappeared. But keep watching. It hasn't, because more of the visible part comes back into view, letting you know that there's a lot of the squid that is well past the camera. IMHO, it's an entanglement.

[@enothewizard]

Dude's just doing a little dance lol

[@ftlengineer]

I think this is a self-defense movement of some sort. It flails the filaments around and moves erratically to confuse predators as to where the squid itself is.

[@Zhagg1]

The marine snow/ plankton movement is markedly different when the squid is extra active. Something seems to be affecting the surrounding water as well.

[@TuberoseKisser]

3:18 aside from that it looks like it's "leading" meaning it's actively going towards the camera. It's probably not attacking, it's probably trying to feel it up

[@tommeakin1732]

3:52 This has to be the most human response to a situation. "Fred, we've been watching it for two hours and it won't do anything." "...Have you tried poking it...?" It's popular to give humans a lot of shit for how we interact with the world, but sometimes I see universals like this, and I can't help but smile. Unga, your grandfather x100,000 understands you - and Zegblahk, your grandson x100,000 with also understand you.

[@530862]

woaah spageddy attack

[@matthewnardin7304]

I don't know, if some weird ass alien came out of the sky and rammed into me with a spaceship I think I'd move around like I'm crazy too.

[@kombatwombat6579]

It's DEFINITELY dancing like no one's watching. Bad luck, that ROV operator woke up that day and chose to watch.

[@catherinelambeth8919]

This is probably just what magnapinna squid do when the beat drops.

[@materialdialectics]

They look far scarier just floating around there, when "attacking" they just look like spaghetti in a wind tunnel.

[@nomaanhaque1704]

Maybe this could be called an intimidation tactic. The erratic movement with the shimmering filaments is sure to spook any nearby fish that are interested in taking a chomp off of his spaghetti legs. But that would also piint to them having much more control over those filaments. Maybe even utilzing them like an antenna when they truly need to make a safe getaway. Thanks for a cool video. Take my subscribe.

[@Mo31452]

I don't know what it is doing there. All I know is the footage of it happily flapping its glorious fins and moving "normally" (whatever that means for an organism we have so little footage of) brings me great joy. As does your commentary 😂

[@jaschabull2365]

3:56: Now I'm just picturing the sub operators driving the ROV up to the squid and going, "Bother, bother, bother!" like in Harry Potter's Puppet Pals, ha ha! Cool to stumble on your channel. Gotta say, I appreciate that your avatar doesn't have incorrect mouth placement!

[@WyrdNexus_]

Love the candor of, "I'm certain only that I don't know..." I'm borrowing that one.

[@gayjayy]

He's just in a silly goofy mood and doing a silly goofy dance! Free my man!

[@Spearmint22425]

It’s obvious what’s going on, this squid is a theater nut, saw the camera and a chance at stardom, and decided to hit *THE* *SPONGE* to make it big

[@leosv838]

oml that line "You'd best step off, ROV, or you're gonna catch these filaments" SENT me

[@Akideoni]

0:38 I noticed some cluster of bubbles float up from the bottom of the screen…

[@ataaamic6321]

Idk how I fell into your community but the vibes have been immaculate You are one of my favorite science-y channels

[@spencerluchs5202]

Love your channel so much!!!! Your videos and so well researched, and it's clear how dedicated you are to providing the most accurate, up-to-date information (which as a marine bio nerd, warms my lil heart). Your passion for the subject always comes through and the vibes are just genuinely IMMACULATE!! So sooo glad I discovered you through tiktok

[@solarium_]

i think hes just having a bit of fun honestly, doing a little dance

[@PlaguevonKarma]

I think this one's just spooked. Maybe something was behind the probe? Could have been anything...

[@uiytresen346]

Do they hear? Imagine hearing the roar of motors and feeling shockwaves from working turbines, when all you know in life is flap wings and scoop water grass. Bud is probably cardogging.

[@syddlinden8966]

Listen, he had a rough childhood and now he's for a short fuse. ...or this one was practicing it's interpretive dance. Squidward would be proud, honestly.

[@loppop9909]

He's just having a silly wacky time! Leave him be!

[@NotaArtist]

Okay but like they are so gorgeous and majestic I adore these things I can't wait to learn more about how they live

[@NecroGoblin-yl2fx]

if you look really close you can see that two times it hits the camera :D if it attacks it or just want to see what it is i don't know.

[@snoozlewoozle]

I love your emphasis on proper credit! Tiktok made people forget about human decency, it's refreshing to see

[@spacer7205]

i think it's possible that the light from the ROV plays a role in the effect here. the ROV is presumably braking, which is producing vortices that the squid is getting caught up in, and this filament just happened to be caught in the right way to keep it stable. the filament is also not really shortening - it has a distinct 'end' that perceptibly wobbles, which is only visible as the squid gets to a certain distance and the light from the ROV illuminates it whatever's going on, i hope that little guy had fun

[@omarfish8940]

You know that feeling of like stepping on a wet puddle and having it get in your shoes causes you to retract and go "aw man" I'm willing to bet we just saw the squid version of this.

[@MrMegaMetroid]

I dont think it was an attack or a current. Look at the footage again, I've looked through the comments to see if someone epse points it out, but the filament is not stretching or contracting, its ends are leaving the cone of light. If you watch it you can see that one of its filaments actually reaches towards the rov, its barely visible because its not in the light, but its clearly close to the camera and even reaches behind it. once it starts to twitch, it pulls the filament away from the camera, which reveals more of the end that was behind the cam. As it does so, it slings it in and out of the light cone, which looks like its changing size, but its really just the parts that are illuminated. And if you watch just before it retracts from the camera, that very filament is the only on e that seems to be "stuck" while all others move around. I propose that it caught one of its fillaments in the propeller, and started twitching as a pain reaction. you can even see that once it does "free" itself (hypothetically), the "true" amdinend of the fillament is shortly visible and kind of limps around. while the "false" end in the contraction/lengthening part of the video, seems to be weirdly stiff. To me this stiffness looks like its actually attached to something and being stretched, with again, the aperant lengthening and contraction being its movement in respect to the light. You mentioned the size and how far it had to be from the camera, but note how its never fully in frame. Others have mentioned the marine snow, but that too would be easily disturbed, not by the creatures mass or size, but by all of it filaments stirring it as they start twitching impossible to say for sure, but to me it looks like it hurt itself on the rov and got stuck, maybe in the propellers, maybe in another part. The fillament is clearly being strained at some point and definitely not free floating

[@5Demona5]

At 4:25 I see a sort of jellyfish swim up from the center of the screen

[@n16r49]

From the perspective it looks like we are closer to the lower end of the filaments and towards the end more or less directly "below" magnapinna, then you have the usual filament gets stuck/caught or w/e and magnapinna is trying to flee.

[@MrUsoutlaw]

i mean it does look like there's some trick of the light that's making the filaments become pretty much invisible at 4:10 you can see one filiment looks like its been sucked towards the rov and from there the whole thing just kind of gets wobbled by one or two filaments that had been sucked up by the rov

[@sixsiicsix]

i think it's so silly that when these squid get discombobulated they just kind of ragdoll

[@trashdan1661]

Never thought a game where squid people shoot each other would get me interested in Marine life.

[@Strawberrymilkdrink]

Damn bro got blinded, had his arms damn near ripped off and blasted Into the abyss and HES the scary one 😂😂😂

[@riven9179]

Maybe he’s just having a dance party

[@xavier84623]

I watched it a bunch of times and it really looks like there is just a bit of the tentacle caught on the rov, and the squid is caught up in the turbulence. You can see the moment the end of the tentacle snaps free and the squid tumbles away. Also at the beginning of the clip as the camera scrolls down the tentacles are extremely close and seem to almost hit the camera or fly beneath it.

[@PsilocybePsientist]

Except for the fact that like was said in the video, for the ROV to acquire the shot of the squid (which is 40-50 feet long) you have to be a pretty large distance away to capture it, The ROV isn't anywhere near the squid.

[@xavier84623]

​@@PsilocybePsientist that doesnt really track, im pretty sure you dont fully understand exactly all the optics involved in this situation. in fact, the video evidence already presented at 2:54 kinda proves you wrong. and again, you can see the tentacles seem to almost hit the camera 0:20, it seems very plausible one got caught on the rov. also, you can see the particles of marine snow begin to rush past as the rov quickly accelerates away. so either it chased them while wildly spinning out of control but at the same time perfectly matching their speed, or it was caught on the rov...

[@reem_baby8362]

YES!!! i’m so excited abt this video!! when i saw this footage i always thought it was flicking its filaments at the ROV to “scare” it away or something but idk. luv this video :3

[@jp-wc4ce]

what if..... this particular squid has encountered a ROV before, got caught up in the thrusters, and learned to see them as a threat? 👀 obviously there's like a million to one chance but I like to think about it, that's my theory 😂

[@tux_duh]

I don't think they can see, they live in pitch black so it would be hard to detect the ROV

[@WobblesandBean]

It looks like it's trying to escape. I don't see how this is scary.

[@eadgyth5009]

​@@tux_duhthe thrusters on the rov will cause disturbances in the water, kind of like how a housefly can feel the air move in front of your hand. Filaments are pretty sensitive so maybe it detected that.

[@suruxstrawde8322]

@@tux_duh Oddly, to my knowledge there’s not a single deep sea cephalopod species that can’t see. They always seem to go the opposite route, and develop some of the biggest, most sensitive eyes on the animal kingdom, just to spot a glowing shrimp or something.

[@coryzilligen790]

@@eadgyth5009 "Filaments are pretty sensitive so maybe it detected that." Are they, though? Remember, researchers have intentionally bumped ROVs into the filaments before, and each time, it drew no reaction from the squid.

[@8ferarry8]

A creature of the ocean: swims around. People on the internet: omg what is happening here?!

[@WatchYur6]

Maybe it got jump scared??? I'm unsure if they have the ability to ink but maybe they bug the heck out when startled? Kinda funny kinda weird, all fascinating... love watching the videos keep it up!!😊

[@Galacticnoob69]

yeah, just like how in that one video where they go really close above the squid, it was sleeping and got woken up unexpectedly, and it absolutely zoomed downwards than to the left until it finally swam to the right

[@katherinel8661]

Looks the way an anxiety attack feels.

[@heyyo3737]

If you follow the tentacle that is darting forward through the whole video you'll notice that it's certain parts of the video it leads back towards the camera. I'm guessing that the poor thing got caught by the rov and then got dragged backwards by the tentacle while the rov was backing up. The "shortening" was just the tentacle coming in and out of the light.

[@redtexan7053]

It looks like it was just trying to frighten or confuse a potential threat. Notice how it goes for the escape after only a few seconds of waving its arms around.

[@rouxquier6578]

Squid : *Gets zoomies* Humans : "And that was to this day, the most frightening and disgusting thing I've ever seen"

[@BinaryArmorOnline]

I discovered your channel like 15 minutes ago from the first spaghetti squid video and you do not understand how happy it is for me to discover a sequel

[@Augie9957]

In my professional scientific opinion, he was just doing a little jig

[@insert_name4613]

You: peacefully eating on top of a staircase.(for some reason) Invisible alien:pushes you off said staircase. You:flail around, trying to stop moving, or duck and roll. Invisible alien:"omg! Why is it trying to attack me?"

[@k.k.glider6212]

Look at the particulate matter in the water - it stays still for a while and as soon as the squid moves the particulate also moves violently - no way the squid's thing lanky legs can generate all that current. The squid is just caught up in turbulence and is trying to stabilize itself.

[@nonexistendworm3449]

Oh there is an attack: a panic attack...at least that's the vibe I'm getting here.

[@MissSloomy]

Hi, I'm a photographer. Camera lenses all have a focal length which is used to calculate the field of view of the camera. Underwater photography is sometimes done with something called an "ultra-wide-angle" lens. These are sometimes "rectilinear" which means they don't show any "fish-eye" or spherical look. This means that this kind of lens can fit a shockingly big object in frame while also being very close to the object. I have no opinion on the beautiful creature because I have little knowledge of marine life, but it is possible that this camera was quite close to a really long creature.

[@foozlebagel7488]

I'm so glad I got recommended your channel! I can't wait to watch every one of your videos

[@minthantlin9168]

When I saw it, the moment it started getting weird, it felt like the latter half of the filaments just magically appeared out of nowhere and it just started shooting em out like it was pretending to be Spiderman. Also, the filament you talked about got out the first time and it looked like it was caught in something before it got released and shot it out the second time. Filaments magically appearing 0:25 First and second time shooting 0:34 - 0:45

[@michellee1190]

I think it’s the squid equivalent of a Charlie Horse. You ever just be hanging out, minding your own business, not eating enough bananas or whatever, and then BAM! Incredibly painful leg cramp? This looks like how I react to that.

[@kinzobean6468]

I'm glad I found your channel!! Been on a binge ❤ Your videos are informative and entertaining and I love the lengths you go to in order to credit artists! Looking forward to more content 🎉

[@lykonic1763]

Can't wait for the day Ze Frank makes a video talking about the magnapinna squid

[@frowner_and_co]

My mum thinks its fishing for zooplankton

[@SuperLoopholes]

I think what's most likely is that it's a defensive display to scare away or just confuse any potential predators.

[@retrodoodlez4535]

It reminds me of fly fishing. Maybe it’s spreading out to scope if there’s any more food before moving locations, hopefully more footage and research can help deep dive into their behaviors.

[@angel21047]

great work!

[@raybone3]

I can say from experience (15 years as an ROV Supervisor/Pilot with Oceaneering) that what happened here is due to "thruster wash". The ROV obviously was thrusting ahead too fast and got too close to the squid. Then it had to reverse quickly, causing a strong current from the thrusters in the direction of the squid. And, being some distance away, the thruster wash was dispersed in a cone shaped pattern causing the squid and it's tentacles to flail as they did. These type of squid are not very "mobile". I have had a few encounters of my own.

[@mika-san8879]

i find him goofy tbh when he swimms like that, idk it's kinda cute and funny imo

[@sus6221]

shes just a very angry squid that doesn't want to be filmed

[@-touya_todoroki]

Really I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a momentary current that spun it out, or something scared it...look at the increased movement and its like it is trying. To grab onto something to re anchor itself

[@orionbarnes1733]

Honestly they're way scarier when they're not moving, the moment this one moves it goes from "squid but with CORNERS why does the squid have CORNERS why is it STARING AT ME" to "Cat with a piece of tape attached to the end of its tail trying to get it off by spinning"

[@homeopathicfossil-fuels4789]

Either defense, or a communication attempt. I really think this is a communication attempt, like some crazy squid shuffle dance of "Hello got a spare nickel?"

[@LightBlueVans]

I found your channel yesterday and I literally cannot stop watching your videos. Where have you been hiding??? Your channel IS AMAZING

[@noctembra]

Slightly off topic, but it's refreshing to see someone say "I don't know" as a complete answer, factoring in the importance of further research in a topic! I'm intrigued to see more footage of these guys!

[@Andrew-qw1kq]

Okay, that reminds me of something I've seen from an octopus in a tide pool. My kids had found it and were just pointing towards it and it extended one tenticle towards the finger - my take was out was measuring distance and got them to give it space. I would have done that anyway but I was also thinking we could have an octopus climbing up someone's arm situation. While it's not scientific I think it was curious - it wasn't cornered it could have pulled back a lot deeper into the rocks. That's what I think that was, I think it was extending one appendage because it was curious and I think they get a lot of information from touch. The RV backing up then probably caused it to flip from curious to fuck it, it's weird now I'm out.

[@yoursalemwitch]

i’m pretty sure it did freak out on the rov, one of the filaments got really close to it, and then another one shot at it, if you watch the left side of the video you’ll notice it