Giant squid egg found off the coast of Norway
  • 106 points Ripplescales

    Umm. I think its a titanic squid egg…

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    3 points BuddhistChrist

    Always beware that mama squid may be nearby!

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  • 102 points DougDoesLife

    Ooohhh no! There goes Tokyo…

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    16 points noetkoett

    This will be the most zen kaiju movie ever, since 98% of it will be swimming to the other side of the world.

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    5 points Tuperwearo_0

    Also the squid starts its life as a giant marble

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    1 points noetkoett

    Maybe the film needs a sped-up marble-egg development sequence in the beginning. It can borrow the opening music from Ghost in the Shell.

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    5 points silver2413

    GO GO GODZILLA!!!!!!!!

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  • 39 points Party-Bathroom9306

    So I'm assuming that because it cut off so wonderfully abruptly that the size of this thing is not as large as it seems due to perspective.

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    67 points leutwin

    Apparently that is not the case. That is a giant mass of eggs, not 1 singular egg, but these masses are known to be the size of small cars, so no weird perspective at work here.

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    26 points phrohsinn

    it's about a meter (3feet) wide, and seems to be the egg sac of a very much not giant squid. the crossposted thread has a lot of good info, but to save you some time, a starting point:

    https://www.iflscience.com/norways-bizarre-gelatinous-blobs-found-to-contain-thousands-of-squid-eggs-59273

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    9 points SeaCaligula

    No doubt phrased it to be misleading. 'Giant Squid' Egg vs Giant 'Squid Egg'

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    1 points Sadiholic

    Did you not just see the guy float around it. It was bigger then him. Obviously in video it doesn't do it justice but in person I can imagine just how huge this thing is.

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  • 28 points lproven

    Previously:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDepthsBelow/comments/1kd3nng/giant_squid_egg_found_off_the_coast_of_norway/

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    5 points lproven

    To /u/ihavedogdrugsinme who commented and then deleted it for some reason...

    I linked to it because it has an explanation. This way rather than having to explain it myself, I both save the effort AND I credit the original explainer.

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  • 9 points variable486

    Just imagine if the parents are nearby...

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  • 13 points edogg01

    “All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together. Use them in peace."

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  • 3 points Mattallurgy

    From everything I’ve read about this, it is NOT the egg of a giant squid. It it a giant sac of squid eggs.

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  • 2 points jayjayell008

    "That's not a moon, that's an egg!"

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    2 points Kettle_Whistle_

    “It’s too big to be an egg!”

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  • 4 points Lck04

    It’s not AI? 😬 If it’s real it’s really fantastic!

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    14 points _Asshole_Fuck_

    The original post has a comment that says this is not a single egg, but rather a big sac with a ton of small eggs inside and it’s from a not-colossal squid. That makes more sense to me and sounds legit.

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    2 points nenopd

    Originally posted 6 years ago

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  • 1 points WorkerUnable527

    Damn, that's big.

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  • 1 points Adorable_Strike_1134

    this is actually really cool

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  • 1 points lessadessa

    Amazing and beautiful. Nature is incredible. Hopefully they left it the fuck alone and didn't destroy it for some stupid bullshit reason.

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  • 1 points Additional-Ad8632

    When they say ‘giant squid egg’, do they mean an unusually large egg or the egg of the elusive giant squid?

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  • 1 points Fibonaccitos

    Squegg

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  • 0 points Diddydawg

    Nope nope nope noooooooppe

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