Smithsonian Giant Squid

[staranjela]

you have some great stuff here

[khijasmith]

This is a great video

[IAmaAPerson]

Seeing it for real really makes you realize how big they are...

[etk007]

Kraken's child

[asiis1000]

one of these exhibits was in the Melbourne museum for a time

[caramela12fuffy]

mmm imagine eating that :3

[axderaq]

mustn't be too cool meeting that in the water...I'm ready to bet it wouldn't be that friendly either

[DarrylMLDavey]

So real and so awesome, but I agree I wouldn't want to be the one trying to catch these things.

[Jenea2004]

It's crazy.. Where did this thing come from.. With all the technology we have, it's amazing how we can't catch this creature in it's nature habitat. To be honest, I'd be scared to.

[Trapmasta4]

How did I get from BMX to this

[Tomasch]

the most disgusting animals in the world.

[xobunnyxo24]

it's deff. real ive seen it for myself in washington dc

[ThekillA981]

It's not fake

Google the giant squid, smithonian (government doesn't lie)

And I live in northern Virginia, I've seen this beast and it's real alright

[rbud7]

@ThekillA981

Hate to break it to you, but the government is just as capable of telling lies as anyone else.

But you are correct, Giant Squids are real. They live in the deep ocean and cannot survive at higher levels.

[Ghostlyoctopus]

@rbud7 Are you sure they cant survive higher levels, because some people in history report attacks.

[rbud7]

@Ghostlyoctopus I am fairly sure that they can't, they weigh too much. Although, I could be wrong because it was some years ago that I read about them, so there is probably more known about them. I am sure that it is very rare to see a live giant squid, most are found dead and washed up on beaches. As to the reported attacks you mention, I find that very hard to believe. There are over 600 species known right now, if they actually attacked people I think we would hear about it more recently.

[Ghostlyoctopus]

@rbud7 I read somewhere that one attacked some people hunting at sea A LONG time ago, on a fairly small ship. But in the end the sailors said they killed it with a cannon.

[rbud7]

@Ghostlyoctopus I suppose it could have happened. But I'd find it hard to believe it isn't happening now, if it happened in the past.

[theblacksheep1000]

thats not the giant squid, THATS THE KRAKEN!!!

[ts2101]

@theblacksheep1000 nah... the kraken is here in the north sea.... all alive and well.

[TheXmanstefan]

its fake look its rock

[Penguino3544]

It's not THAT big, but it's a pretty good size... :3

[frustratedemo11]

I LOVE ANCIENT SQUID BALLS! 

[Satfgk]

I saw it earlier this summer. not very big actually.

[AXdogg13]

i live in DC this shit isnt that big lol

[EricWolfborn]

@AXdogg13 Well, it's large enough to literally rip a man limb-from-limb. As I recall, it's also a young squid, meaning it's still small by it's species' standard.

[MrMeowingtonz]

Calamari anyone?

[KrazeDiamond]

It's real, preserved. Colossal Squids is a species all in its own. All the ones that have been caught aren't full-grown adults. The biggest one was caught off the New Zealand coast, I believe it was about 65 ~ 66 ft long. That thing can pull a small boat into the sea. They are ferocious predators, make no mistake.

[gamer1758]

I just got bak from dc !

[Tivuron213]

That looked like a dead squid

[merzirocks]

That's pretty gross

[fedorkleber]

These things remind me of the movie Independence Day for some reason...

[celina8897]

is it real or a fake...?

because it seems not really real :)

or is it a model?

I love the deep ocean <3

and the other underwater world :D

the sea is so wonderful and even if sometimes the animals do not always appear when we do it man (by which I mean as the shark attacks, as now in Egypt)

I'm sorry if my English is not quite as good :D

[purpleartimis]

@celina8897 I am pretty sure that it is real.

[celina8897]

@purpleartimis ok thank you :D

[SinsChannel]

@celina8897

its real.

[xLordOfTheFliesx]

@celina8897

Very real.

[hiboblikeyogurt]

@celina8897 its real its just that they put it in preservation liquid and it shrunk over a period of time.

[DTdelta44]

@celina8897 that thing is 100% real, i saw it with my own eyes.

[fuckmania07]

FUCK !!!

[SUPERMARl064]

Giant squids are very deep in the water and the only recorded ones to be seen have died and floated to top of water or are very sick.

[MrJonAhmed]

U wont catch me swimmin in the sea again haha

[CanadiaMiliatry15]

I read that this ones only half grow and a female, and that the males are larger!

[finalman25]

thats it? thats def not the biggest kind right?

[999etw]

i saw that!!! it looked a little smaller than when i saw it though... there was a man there and he said that it had been soaking in certain fluids for 11 years after it was found and before it was put on display...

[RatedROpportunist]

I saw this! It looked like it was boiled in water haha I'm going again this weekend! It's one of the best places in DC

[nguyenboy1]

omg its huge!

[Dirtboy101]

where was that??? I was in the fossil part for most of the time.

[purpleartimis]

@Dirtboy101 it was next to the fossil part, it was where all the aquarim stuff was 

[Dirtboy101]

@purpleartimis was it only on display for a limited time? I looked through the entire museum and didn't see it (then again, our group was rushed and I ended up practically jogging past these exhibits)

[purpleartimis]

@Dirtboy101 I do not think so. It seems to me that it has been at the museusm for a while. I remember seeing it on the travel channel a few times before I saw it.

[Dirtboy101]

@purpleartimis well, it's very possible I missed it. what a shame! thanks for answering though! :P

[josbellefroid]

this is normal?on this earth,how comes?

[ewertoncg]

Hello purpleartimis! I'm talking about Trish Dunne a character of the newest Dan's Brown book, The Lost Symbol. In a part of the book she entered in a room in the Smithsonian and there is a Squid there, I think that's the place. Read the book. I think you gonna like it.

[ewertoncg]

OMG Where's Trish Dunne Died ? =) The Lost Symbol!

[atwwwdotcom]

yeah (lol)

[VenomFarside]

squiiiid!

[bistiknaw]

it is just a long squid  XD