i think its really fascinating how many realy cool animals there could be living in the sea that we dont know of

I think the giant squid was the first step in proving there is something to all the old sailor myths that have been carried on. If the giant squid is real, then could all that sea serpent talk be too?

Good question.

If this myth was proven real, then couldn't that one?

You have to think about how big the oceans are. There could literally be a creature in the ocean the size of Texas and we would have never found it.

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^^^^^^ imagine if a creature of that size was real, couldnt imagine what it would be like. But you are right about the sea serpent myths, y cant those be real? For hundreds of years people didnt believe the Kraken existed and now we have both the Giant Squid and the Colossal Squid.

I dont think there is something absolutely huge down there ie over 300ft.Yes the ocean is a big place but something like that wouldn't go unnoticed if it was near the surface.To get that large and sustain itself it would have to have a good diet and to go unseen probably means it would live in the deepest depths of the ocean where thats simply not possible...but you never know!

Originally posted by Solomons
I dont think there is something absolutely huge down there ie over 300ft.Yes the ocean is a big place but something like that wouldn't go unnoticed if it was near the surface.To get that large and sustain itself it would have to have a good diet and to go unseen probably means it would live in the deepest depths of the ocean where thats simply not possible...but you never know!

but giant squids live down that deep dont they
so huge animals down there could eat them

i belive there are sea serpents as well down in the ocens

Holy crap! Thats one huge jellyfish!!

Loved the giant squid movie!
saw it on the discovery channel a while back. It blows the mind and just goes to show you how freakin wild,cool,and mysterious this planet is!!!

There are so many different life forms on this planet, much of which we have yet to discover! Giant squid are only the tip of the iceburg I bet.

I know they attack whales, but I wonder what other creatures we don't know about that they eat or try to eat?

They are true monsters! But jusging from thier size, they can't just live off of whales or other squid, the way they have evolved as large as they are and as mean as they appear to be to me suggests some there might other monster down there that they hunt or possibly run from??!?!

Myth is almost always based on some sort of truth, the giant squid being one true myth. What other crazy myths from the past does the finding of the giant squid suggest could be true?

They would need very large prey or they would not of evolved as large I would think.

Just wait until someone discovers mega-halibut!!

Thanks for posting this wonderful thread.
Apparently I missed it when it was first posted. Thanks for the update to bump it. It caught my eye.

I think the reason we don't see as many sighting of these and possibly other giant sea creatures is do to the fact that we are now using much larger, loud and faster vesicles. Correct me if I'm wrong here, aren't most sea mammals/fish sensitive to sound? It seems to me that most could hear loud noisy ships approaching and simply avoid them.

This however doesn't seem the case with whales they cruise along whether there is a ship or not. Back in the day of sailing ships when we hear about great sea beasts attacking ships there were no noisy engines and the Great Sailing ships where most of these stories originate were very small compared to modern shipping.

Some have speculated that Giant squid eat smaller aquatic mammals, Young Whales & Dolphins etc. So potentially from the giant squids perspective looking up at the bottom of a old sailing ship it could have given the appearance of a whale or some large fish floating on the surface either dead or dying. It seems logical to assume that they would grab hold of this potential meal.

I agree we need to explore our oceans.
It has been said that we know more about Earth's moon and Mars than we know about our own oceans here on Earth.

I love that episode of Monster Quest. I would be scared seeing that thing below me in the water. The clip of that giant was amazing. The technique of strapping a camera to a smaller squid was smart. They made a second episode trying the same thing to recapture the giant, but this attempt failed.

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