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[โ€“] [email protected] 86 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Basically every sea monster cryptid. There's so much shit down there we don't know about. Guarantee many many many of them are over exaggerated yes but there has been more than one case of a sea monster cryptid turning out to actually just be a real creature. Fucks me up

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Iirc oar fish and giant squids were cryptids

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You are correct about oarfish and technically giant squid. Though the giant squid was heavily exaggerated in its cryptid form

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What about the colossal squid? Could they have been conflated?

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well the current collosal squids we see aren't exactly boat crushers. They are big but not THAT big yk? Still definitely the inspiration for the legend but not as true to form as the oarfish was

I just noticed I used giant squid instead of collosal squid that's on me

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Angler fish reproduction has entered the chat.

Shit's like something out of fucking Alien.

[โ€“] agent_flounder 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Speaking of Alien, there's the ol Moray Eels with their pharyngeal jaws ...

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

๐ŸŽต When the jaws open wide
And there's more jaws inside
That's a moray ๐ŸŽต

[โ€“] muntedcrocodile 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] AcornCarnage 2 points 6 months ago

What a well done video. Thanks!