The 100-meter monster can be seen in the picture from space
Squid of unprecedented size was spotted by ufologist Scott C. Waring, who closely studied the Google Earth resource. The monster appeared from the water near the Deception Island, located near Antarctica. Scott gives the coordinates of this place: 63 ° 2'56.73 "S 60 ° 57'32.38" W in Google Earth.
The squid is so large that it can be seen in the image from space
A monster that could be called a kraken emerged from the Island of Deception
The characteristic shape of the monster's body made it possible to conclude that it was a squid. Huge squid. The ufologist estimated its dimensions, focusing on the visible part. It turned out from 60 to 120 meters together with tentacles - a real kraken, known from the legends widespread among sailors. Like, it is found in the depths of the ocean. In the old days, he attacked sailing ships and drowned them, clasping them with giant tentacles. Now I have calmed down.
If only the visible part of the squid is about 30 meters, then what is it as a whole?
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As Scott found out, the monster can be seen in an image from space taken on April 9, 2016.
In the abyss there are indeed giant squids and even the so-called colossal ones, which are larger than giant ones. Several individuals ranging in size from 7 to 10 meters fell into the hands of scientists. Also giants, but far from what the one that caught the eye of Scott looked like. There is no comparison. But this does not mean that there cannot be giants.
Almost 9-meter squid on display at the British Natural History Museum
- In the depths of the world's oceans, squid are found much larger than those that have been caught, says Charles GM Paxton of the Center for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modeling University of St Andrews in the Journal of Zoology.
A giant squid (about 8 meters) was photographed live near the Japanese islands at a depth of 900 meters
Which, according to the biologist, to some extent justifies the legends about the kraken.
Paxton believes that his colleagues underestimate the size that giant and colossal squids can reach. From his statistical calculations, based on the finds of individual parts of the bodies of these cephalopods, it follows that the length of some individuals exceeds 20 meters. There are several thousand of them. And individual copies can be even longer.
7m squid on display in New Zealand (Queensland Museum). Found frozen in ice
Giant squid caught off the coast of Antarctica
Compared to humans, even a small giant squid is huge.
According to Paxton, squid grow to resist the sperm whales that eat them.
Suddenly squid 60 and even 120 meters also exist? These themselves can feed on sperm whales. And we - people - eat small and medium ones with pleasure.
Krakens instilled panic in sailors
Vladimir LAGOVSKY