Deep Sea stuff

[Posher778]

There's been threads like this before, but its fascinating...

I can't find enough to answer my questions. So I ask you guys.

Octopi and squids, are they vicious? Like, will they attack humans and devour them? How STRONG are they? etc


Also, do you guys believe in things like the kraken? Honestly I do. I 100% believe that there are gigiantic octopus like creatures that are like... 200+ feet long and extremely vicious, and who'se to prove me wrong? I mean, the ocean is so unfathomably vast, it wouldn't surprise me. Kindof makes you wonder... What if your cruise liner got attacked by one like in the movie octopus, hahaha.

[bloodrayne]

The deep sea is just as fascinating to us as deep space, and for much of the same reasons...They are both beyond our reach, and leave us to imagine what lifeforms they may contain...

Things that we have never seen or heard about, yet we imagine the possibilities based on what we HAVE seen...Things with gills, fins, flippers, tentacles, black eyes or no eyes because they don't need them in the black depths, or luminescent eyes so that they CAN see, iridescence, enormous sizes...We can only imagine

The deep sea is an alien world

[alkytrio666]

This kind of shit fascinates me, too. It's mind boggling to try to imagine that we haven't even cracked the surface of oceanic depth.

Black water...eesh! Gives me the heebie=jeebies!

[Posher778]

I really wish they'd find a kraken thing that big, like in pirates 2, it'd be so cool.

[Posher778]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...09622962894202



wow

[crabapple]

Yeah. Who knows how big some of those things get down there! And I figure that, hundreds of years ago, before boats became powered, giant squid probably did attack ships and eat people...often enough that the stories became sea lore. When ships themselves became dangerous things to run into, and once we had developed weapons to defend ourselves against angry sea creatures, I think those squids learned to avoid surface travelers. In other words, back when humans were relatively defenseless, attacks by giant squid probably happened a lot, and it was probably pretty horrible.

If you watch the DVD of "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea," there is a documentary about Humboldt Squid--these amazing squid that are actually luminous--they flash on and off like strobe lights, the footage is amazing. And if they encounter something they think they can eat, they are totally deadly. You think of a squid as a soft blobby thing, but Humboldt Squids are not cream puffs. Their tenctacles are powerful and lined with hundreds of teeth, not just suckers. I had never seen any film footage of these creatures, and this documentary was incredible.

[monalisa]

Here ya go Posher...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_squid

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

Enjoy!

[doctor satan]

I was watching the news yesterday & they found this shark they thought was extinct deep down in the ocean. So what did they do? they captured it of course! Poor bastard died 2 days later in captivity but at least they cut off its head & kept it for show! Makes you want to just weep at the stupidity don't it?

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by urgeok

i saw a show on the 10 most dangerous creatures in the world once .. #1 came from the sea.

it wasnt the shark, or some nasty squid, it was a tiny clam.
it has a sting that will kill a man in 3 seconds ..

i wish i had a copy of that show because i cant remember what this little buggers name is.

i think you may be thinking of a coneshell, they are a big ol snail. As far as i can remember,m there arent any bivalves with poison (clams, mussles, oysters), but pretty much every other category of mollusc has at least 1 poison member.

Blue ring octopus are also responsible for quite a few deaths, and they are also tiny.

The absolute worst is the box jellyfish, they have a neurotoxin that kills in minutes.




I have always been fascinated with deep sea life, especially giant squid. I find it hard to believe that the largest specimens alive have died and been found, nmeaning thay in my opinion, the 60-70' long ones that have been found arent shit compared to the guys still alive out there. Squid are someof thesmartest animals on earth, and they never stop growing as long as they are alive. I imagine we havent seen the truly huge ones because they dont want to be found.

Hell, Howard Hughs pulle dit of, and he was rich, high profile, and collected his pee.

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by Posher778

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...09622962894202



wow

the title on that page is a little misleading, that looks more like a dogfish than a shark. They are kind og little sharks, but not really.

The fact remains, though, that an octopus had no trouble snagging a predatory fish and subduing it.


Cephalopods (Squid, octopus, nautilus and especially cuttlefish) have been a fascination of mine since i was 18.