Vampyroteuthis infernalis

[06DaniFilth]

This is a pokemon!

[thetrueawesemokenzie]

It's like cthulhu's cat

[111imstupid111]

it's like a fucking assassin

[Shazzashazbot]

How big do they get? A foot? A metre? 3metres!!?

[thecommentpeople]

 Vampyroteuthis

[DJESKAII]

FUCK.

YES.

[TheAnman01]

ye sit is real its name tranlated is vampire squid from hell

[flkatk]

i just got goatse'd by an octopus

[GMSpuler]

what the fuck? -Is This Really Real?

[crackingthesky]

If I ever saw this swimming towards me... fml is all I could fathom to say.

[IROCKFORME]

so thats the scientific name. thx :)

[ImBoReD460]

If these things grew about 20 times bigger, they would be flippin' scary!!

[Graymoths]

Reminds me of that floating robot from Flubber. o_O

[sengfar964]

0:21 it looks just like a normal fish at that angle

[SuperUniverse555]

Lol this is cool

2:38 DO A BARREL ROLL lol

[pafendorff]

Sob7anAllah!

[tiranisor]

that was really creepy

[Cypeq]

vampire squid from hell? haha nice one

national geographic should rename all animals

coz they kick ass

[214Pixie]

Nah, Vampyroteuthis infernalis actually means Vampire Squid from Hell. NG aren't making anything up here (I hope >_>)

[Cypeq]

@214Pixie well right but still it's riddiculus

[stafmus]

amazing creature !!

[Burning0Lilac]

o.o...y is it called vampyro?

[Lazybum450]

Its kinda cute

2:38 DO A BARREL ROLL!

[GibsonGuitarist666]

I saw this, on tv, with friends on shrooms.

Mind blowing lmfao.

[mrkurtcullen]

lol i have to do a stupid report on this but 5 stars

[Mekurion]

He ain´t got shit on the blobfish.

[zukos321]

what is the song name?

[mictlantecuhtli93]

Vampire squid from hell?

it looks like satan's left testicle, the right one would be the granrojo jellyfish

[Slowergrass432]

i just saw this on tv!

[0xxabcxx0]

soooo amazing! love the blue lghts!!!

[FuckYouzGuys]

ur an idiot its not fake thats thing is real

[Wasupman1111]

fake

[intikat1616]

@Wasupman1111 go wikipedia =)

fail ;)

[sengfar964]

@Wasupman1111 what, your life or the fact your the worlds biggest bitch? (btw, none of those are fake)

[SeadogDriftwood]

If you consider its colours and its adaptions, it's actually quite a beautiful creature!

[ZurDruid]

eeee linusssssssss

[ShidoKarasu]

E eu achava que Vampyroteuthis infernalis era o nome científico do lula. Que alias se aplica bem melhor.

[SadiKlostermann]

It's such an adorable and pretty creature... Gosh, just look at how soft it's skin looks. It seems to be so vulnerable that one just wants to hug it. ^^

[octavianidis]

minunata creatura...

[kurrizzle]

badass

[sugarkiss356]

i have to a school projest on this squid thingy

[hartery5]

so do i, it's a hassle

[dragomancer123]

your lucky

[Bogadodo12]

i would be scared to shit if i was alone in ocean with that thing

[thetoxicsoul]

Haha, it'd be pretty scary, except it's no bigger than 15 inches long!

[taahgil]

cthulhu f'taghn!

[loperspest]

Ia Ia Cthulhu!

[theluzah]

cephalopod.

[spikyboyjoe]

The spines remind me of a headcrab.

[mydikfeelslikecorn12]

the vampyroteuthis infernalis- the retard of the ocean.

[riceicles123]

No, would be your mom in a swimmingpool.

[678433]

why is it from hell...

[VoidKeeper]

they called it that just because of it's color, go figure

[Spaidar]

Awesome. Really amazing.

The octopus family is sooo cool...

[weezing22arbok]

you mean squid?

[Spaidar]

yes, all the cephalopods

[SonicLover888]

This is PERFECT for my Science Research Paper!!!

[QQBear11]

yea

[lastresort4ever]

u guys know these things are only about 30cm long! thats amazing!

[SBulletproof]

how it escapes preditors is genius

[lmjduhkilla]

Vampyroteuthis infernalis literally means "vampire squid from hell"

[hastingsp]

wtf did i just see

[bloodytest]

these cephalopod is i think the only squid that has feelers

[napalmcannon]

THESE ARE SO COOOL!i wonder wat they eat?probably small fish like minnows

[Imascaryviking]

actually they latch onto whales and stuff and leech blood hence its name 'vampire' squid

[VoidKeeper]

don't allude people xD

[clandestiNERD]

awesome.

[Raphaelus13]

awesome.

One of the world's oddest animals.

[Extnoob]

Feelers. And their yellow.

[orangegumballat4]

well sorry i didnt guess the exact color of the things

[Extnoob]

...? I was just answering your question...

[Aluevius]

This is the only type of cephalopod that still has those. They're feelers for detecting what's around it. Other squid and octopuses lost these through evolution long ago.

[riceicles123]

filaments or feelers

[Metallicagab]

This is one of the most amazing creatures humans will ever see!!!

[hellzboy9562]

i saw it while i was looking for prehistoric fish and my friend died!

[MattoRoma94]

sti cazzi

[LaDyUmBra666]

me too... xDDDD

CUACK

[NatyTukPheriannath]

I "meet" him today in my zoology class..

It's sooo amazing

[madcycle]

anyone know the name of the background song?

[MidnightEyes17]

What an amazing creature...

[DJB6483]

that thing is scary ! O_O

[ClankerX]

wow wut fucking nerds arguing just shut up and watch the vid about awesome squids or ill throw one in ur face and it will eat ur head

[TriciaWeasley]

Vampire squids rock! I remember going and doing a bit of studying up on them after seeing them on a documentary I watched in Zoology.

[LupieStardust]

What a lovely animal.

[missRbeckett]

Er..what he says makes sense tho. Carbon chemistry=DNA. Electron physics-dictates how all matter behaves. We have explanations for this. They don't include magic. Hasta la vista.

[Irishbum719]

take4jazz1 and Kthonix shut up.

This video is about a squid...

not, religiong, and america.

[JuanLeTwnz]

Not about a squid....squids have 10 arms, this one has 8, it's rather an octopus.

[Irishbum719]

word. =D

[loathi]

It is neither an octopus nor a squid, it is part of it's own order.

[JuanLeTwnz]

And I said "it's rather", not "it's definitely", because I thought it would make the impression of a smart-ass if I start explaining the systematics of this animal

-.-

[loathi]

Well that's nice, allow me to play the role of a smart ass xD.

[JunkyardWinnebago]

@loathi It's part of Terrorius Nightmarus

[johanns1968]

@loathi Not true, vampire squid are in the same family as the octopus, the fampiropods, who together with the decabrachia (ten armed familiar squid) are called colleiodea

[loathi]

@johanns1968 I'm just going off of wikipedia, which says "Unique retractile sensory filaments justify the Vampire Squid's placement in its own order: Vampyromorphida (formerly Vampyromorpha), which shares similarities with both squid and octopuses."

[BrainDecrease]

Right (somewhat anyway). This still doesn't explain where the the trial and error information is being stored, nor does it explain the reason for the trial and error to create the organism to begin with. Every part of a living thing is there for a reason. Nothing on earth has any part of it there out of simple randomness. If that were true, at least one species would have a propeller inexplicably in its stomach.

[Kthonix]

What a load of bullshit. Genetic information on what is successful enough to breed is stored in genes, because they're passed on! DUH!

Also, the majority of the genetic information in all organisms isn't used and is shared across species, i.e. it is from preceding organisms related to modern ones.

[BrainDecrease]

Ok you can shut up now. Every part of DNA and RNA is used to define a given organism. There is no "DUH" involved here as no one can explain how something intangible can know the intricacies of chemistry and psychology. You goon.

[Kthonix]

There is a "duh" involved here since you do not need to know the "intricacies of chemistry and psychology" in order to pass on genes that work. You just need to be able to fuck or split in half.

I have no idea what you mean by "defined" by DNA/RNA.

There is no intangible part involved in genetic transcription, mutation, hereditation and selection.

[BrainDecrease]

We aren't talking about reproduction. We are talking about evolving something with depth far beyond what the organism is capable of contriving. A squid cannot decide that it needs to develop bio-luminescent eyes to fool predators into thinking that is a distance away. What exactly has made that decision is what is intangible here.

If you can't understand that DNA defines an organism, then maybe contesting the existence of santa claus is more your speed.

[Kthonix]

Decision has nothing to do with it. You are question begging intention where none exists due to some fundamental misunderstanding of evolution. Please bother to actually read Origin of the Species some time, you're about 150 years behind everyone else.

...Or maybe believing in the existence of Santa Claus is more your speed.

[BrainDecrease]

Ok, so let's say decision has nothing to do with it. Let's say it's necessity. Enlighten us as to how evolution knows to develop such things without some grand formula acting as governor.

[Kthonix]

There is a formula acting as governor, it's called natural selection. An organism that has an edge over its competitors and predators will produce more babies. Those edges come about naturally and are specialised over time.

Feel free to look up VRSA or VR-entereococcus evolution, they show independent examples of vancomycin resistance evolving naturally. Vancomycin, if you didn't know, has only existed within living memory.

[BrainDecrease]

Once again you have meandered away from the point entirely, talking about babies and bacteria. The grand formula is NOT natural selection. That determines what species are fit enough to flourish. It does not provide the code of existence. I think we can say that that you don't know how evolution works, just like everyone else. Imagine that.

[Kthonix]

The "code of existence" is inherited from their parents and mutation.

[BrainDecrease]

No, genetic code is inherited, but even that is writing itself based on some master formula. That master formula is what I'm calling god, for lack of a better word.

[Kthonix]

No, it's based on carbon chemistry. Electron physics. No gods anywhere.

[BrainDecrease]

... I'm done.

[missRbeckett]

Defeated morelike! Go Kthonix!

[BrainDecrease]

yeah my ass. Every time I say one thing, this monkey starts talking about something utterly unrelated. I mention a master formula for writing code and he says "carbon chemistry. Electron physics"... I'm not continuing an argument with someone this stupid, and you are clearly more of a boob for somehow buying that. ciao

[Blaze00rain]

so the thing turns into a jellyfish to avoid predators? witty, very witty

[ClankerX]

can u two fucking nerds shut the fuck up before i throw a squid at your head and laught at u?

[JuanLeTwnz]

Word! xD

Reading through the comments is a pain for sure^^

[take4jazz1]

The movie also has a very moving music: is that science? or is that show? so a product built to move up feelings and sensitivity? and then we have not to bless? i can't understand!

I think that this attitude is counter-productive for all that only wants to grew up the citizens' critical abilities, cause it can only offend their feelings and makes they to feel acted dishonestly.

[take4jazz1]

Here someone contested that other one blessed god in watching the video: what's the problem? is that implying they believe in creation of men on the earth? is that denying sciences and biology??? i think not, obviously: perhaps science and Darwin makes impossible to call the universe as "creation", as "truth", and to bless it by using the "god-concept"?

[take4jazz1]

Infact it seems that about-all scientist and researcher in USA, the master ones and the low-level both, becames atheist with their work as it would be a "necessity" of science and method, Instead in other part of the world scientist are both religious and atheist, or agnostichs, nearly as the rest of population.

Greater scientists about-all have a circa-religious view of the world and truth (..what a word!), even if personal and often "agnostical": overall the examples of Einstein and Hawkings.

[take4jazz1]

By the way in my opinion the american debate is too much extremised: some religious "voices" makes a literal-interpretation of creationism, and laycal voices brings a "religious" vision of science, that is often treated as a "truth" as like as creationism, instead to be treatd as a "method".

[take4jazz1]

I.e. in italy (where i am) students have to study science and obviously evolutionism, and both a hour of religion per week: nobody never find a contrast in this, no students finds a "war" beetween science and religion in evolutionism, and we are NOT indoctrinate catholic nation (often I think real catholic extremism is in America, by that i read and ear!), since debates about other REAL contrasts beetween christianity and state (i.e. about abortion and embryo-experimentations) are very present!

[Kthonix]

That's probably because you've compartmentalised your thinking. Religion is anachronistic nonsense and traditional sophistry. If you applied the same reasoning you did to children's imaginary friends to the gods of the world, you would come to the obvious conclusion. You can't distinguish between a god and an imaginary friend because gods are imaginary friends. Imaginary friends do not "compliment" science at all.

[take4jazz1]

this debate is so... "American".

Maybe in any other place in the world anyone never think to make a comparison beetween "creation" concept and science, trying to find the "true" discipline, since all "relaxed" people can see they are not in contrast (except for the particular american debate) and instead they are complementary by various points of view.

[ogieogie]

God is imaginary. The vampire squid is real.

[horsthorstmann666]

It was called Vampire Squid from Hell (translation of its latin name) because the person who named it saw resemblence to a vampire wearin a cape.

Evolution is no religion. Im a biology student and an atheist and I simply dont give a damn about all the discussions. I believe its right not to believe but to know. and everybody who disagrees can do so. why bother discussion? it leads nowhere. schools should teach evolution, since its not a theory anymore. belief doesent compare with science.

[BrainDecrease]

It's kind of funny that an atheist would have 666 in his user name, but anyway, wouldnt evolution prove there is a god? Even if it disproves religions, intelligent design blah blah blah, it brings up the question of how does evolution know what to do? Like where is evolution storing its trial and error information?

[Kthonix]

You are putting the cart before the horse.

No, there are no gods involved in evolution.

[BrainDecrease]

Using this squid as an example, it takes some serious intelligence to evolve lights that create an illusion of distance, and to spread bioluminescent spores as a failsafe. It's even more bizarre because the squid cannot think scientifically or logically to contrive a tactic with so much depth.

[BrainDecrease]

this can only prove (or suggest, for your sake :P) that there is an intelligent ubiquitous consciousness pulling the strings on evolution.

[kray97]

Not winning any beauty contests.

[LarrySTalbot]

so about that SQUID

or how annoying i am

[LarrySTalbot]

by that i ment nothing created god

[LarrySTalbot]

also god just is

[LarrySTalbot]

Also evolution shows a way to have people without god or the force or the justice league

personally i am not religious but i don't go after people for being religious or atheist unless they bother me or are annoying

...now lets just talk about the squid...why is it called vampire squid does anyone know?

or if we can't talk about that how about how500character limits exist for a reason and pointless rants shouldn't be broken up into parts to get around this rule.or how i should shut the F**k up

[LarrySTalbot]

2if people want to believe in god or equivalent why not let them maybe they need to believe in something, weather it is god, evolution, or aliens. why should you, me or anyone else care3if you think those people that want to save your soul weather you want them to or not are annoying just say that. But i think that atheists that want to "educate" anyone who believes in something and fight to destroy religion are just as bad as the "crusaders" who want to do the opposite

[LarrySTalbot]

1what does this have to do with squid

[just7me7emelia]

wow, nature is amazing

[schellevis]

god is fking fake please understand that :) we just need an excuse to answer the question where we came from :)

[r0fln00b]

Whoa. That's like something that came out of a late night horror film.

[AddictNANA]

pretty squid

[MarcoGV]

Never tell me the odds. If those are the odds to create life then thats what happened. Thats just just as credible as the existence of God, or "the force", or that energy you talk about. Where did that energy come from? When did it originate? I believe life is a random thing - it just happened. And it's just that fragile.

[chinsunyung]

how big actually is tis creature ??? i won be wanting to face one of tis when i go to sea.. thought its deep sea

[ayla106]

you are all totally off topic, so i will contribute. God is not some old and grey bearded man sitting on a throne in a fucking cloud. God is just what everyone calls the energy that we all originate from and will eventually return to when our bodies die. We are all connected, each and every single living thing, from animal to plant, we are one. End of discussion.

Now this squid is pretty neat.

[iminitfortheporn]

so ? i belive this "energy" has sentience and thusly has total contrpol of teh universe tghusly there is a god

[ayla106]

And as such, so do we have total control of the universe. We are a part of that whole. Of the energy. God is not some omnipotent being that is unreachable. That is just what religion,(and I fully believe that religion is a weapon of mass destruction) tries to teach everyone to keep the sheeple under control. WE are GOD. GOD is us. We are all part of the whole.

[MarcoGV]

I don't believe in God. Because if God made all of this... then who made God??

God can't just exist because we want "it" to exist. Someone... or something must have created God. And therefore I don't believe in God. I think all life on this earth was developed through millions and millions of years and I think that we stand alone. There is nothing watching over us.

[iminitfortheporn]

weel actually ,from a strictly scientific point of view, the odds of life evoling like you said with no interfeance are th e odds of a hurricane pasing through a junkyard and making aBoieng 747 (not over-exagerating)

[weezing22arbok]

you stupid! God was already there! He's a SPIRIT! He doesn't come from a sperm and egg like we do! and since He's a SPIRIT, He's "invinsible". so whenever He wants to look at us, He's already there. and His angels are guarding the others. so dont say you DONT BELIEVE IN GOD! then if there's no God, there's no people.

[forgivensign]

I believe god only created atoms and gave jump start to life and then it was up to life to evolve and create the mirriar of creatures we see now adapting. On earth god doesn't put a hand on earth he is not present¿do you think god wants people to be starving?

[tilakmad]

Yes God has created wonders

[WanderdFromTheShire]

God has so many amazing cratures..

[clumpymold]

God?  That's hilarious. I doubt God created this. It's called evolution.

[WanderdFromTheShire]

Believe what ever you wish. I, personaly, believe there is a God. You may or may not. Your life, your choice.

[Satantransvertdeath]

I also believe in God, but I think either way that we should not use our beliefs to release hatred upon others as many do on these comment boards on youtube.

By the way, I didnt mean to sound like I was accusing you of that if I did! Haha!

God bless.

[iminitfortheporn]

evolution is the program God is Bill Gates

so were a Pc

[KoroOutbreak]

I really hate the narrator's voice. He sounds like he's trying to sell me a blender. Attenborough he certainly is not. Great visuals though.

[aleprechaun]

Wow... Not sure why it's called a "vampire," but what an amazing creature nonetheless!

[PowerxGlove]

It's because it's fucking scary-looking.

[symbiote35]

yeah. BTW, its called a vampire squid because of these tooth like spines on its tentacles.

[Triggernappy]

aww that's too cool

[Zomgwtfbbqt]

Thank you so much for this video, and one more thing about the vampire squid; It has more photophores than those two ones in the video, except the ones that coat the rest of the body (except the inner web) aren't as complex as those two. I was dissappointed that the video didn't show it flashing, in which it uses all the photophores on it's body

[ladysorka]

They're such gorgeous creatures. Thanks for uploading!

[Brassfinch]

I'a!

[jau64]

shit dude!

[VampyOne]

I was looking for this everywhere...thanks so much for the "vampire squid from hell"!

[smileysquid]

Gorgeous little devil. Thanks for sharing!