So you're telling me there's enough food in the deep ocean to support not only the existence of swarms of colossal squid, but also massive predators like Sperm Whales diving down and eating the colossal squids themselves?You're telling me that every night swarms of colossal squids migrate to the shallow levels of the water to hunt and feast on the day-time marine life that lives there permanently?And they supposedly survive these daily attacks from below long enough to breed and multiply? And they do this continuously, without rest?What the fuck is the ocean? How does any of this make sense?
Oceans are kino
>>5155613Because we don't actually know shit about ocean life in the midnight zone and below.For instance, large whites hunt big squids in the open ocean, staying at depths of hundreds of meters at all times. We only ever see them when they come to give birth in the shallow nurseries. Which was what Blue was doing before she fucked off again. These whites have their heads torn up by squid hooks. So when that 4 meter Mako was bit in half, and that smaller white was swallowed whole? Massive great whites that spend their adult life far away from any human activity. All we know about the species are from youngsters who hunt near the shore. Some fag pointed out that one reason we don't see anything when we do put cameras down there is because the white light we use scare them off, potentially blinding animals own there. That we should be using red light if we want to capture life on film.
its funny how most of the biggest predators in the ocean have a strong preference for calamari. I can see the appeal. It's good, clean, lean protein.
>>5155613Marine snow is the lynchpin of most deep ocean life being in bulk generated by copepods feeding off plankton closer to the surface at night. There is an absolute ton of this activity occuring on daily basis well outside areas on the oceanic conveyors which is where the other 90% of ocean life is centralized.
>>5155613whales die and become food to other species and those species become food for the whales, this process is called the lion king or something, I didn't watch the movie.
>>5155613>>5155781great thread
>>5155613how does a big whale even catch a squid? aren't whales slow as fuck and squids lightning quick?
>>5155863No their speeds are pretty comparable the sperm whale has it beat by something like a 1-2/10ths of mph but apparently that's enough
>>5155863>how does a big whale even catch a squid?sonar. the squid is long fucked before it ever even sees the whale
>>5155889>omae wa mo shindeiru
have another sick sperm whale clip>>5155863>>5155889yupallegedly sperm whales use their huge satellite dish skulls to focus their clicks to stun the squids from a distance
>>5155905Did he get better? How do they cure themselves
>>5155905>>5155863supposedly this set of squonkers can hit over 200 decibels right up next to itgood video with clicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsDwFGz0Okg
It's crazy to me that people will get in the water with something that could both eat them and shoot them to death with sonic beams
>>5156561they're nice though
>>5156317>asymmetrical OK fuck semen whales
>>5156561and people get on airplanes and helicopters, whats your point
>>5155613>>5155905saved
>>5155613Keep in mind over half of all the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by just phytoplankton. The oceans are very productive environments
>>5156317It's wild that they could blow a humans eardrums out but just don't.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyr1Y8OqwiY
>>5157549https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfHXf5PT0fs*scans u*
>>5155860>oh very pretty art>look around at details>see artist nameAh. No wonder. I need to find somewhere to get a couple of his physical paintings for my home.
>>5157549>blow a humans eardrumsIsn't it way stronger? Like enough to kill you?
>>5157582Yeah. You can feel your body heat up from them pinging you and that's as gentle as they can do it.
>>5155613>You're telling me that every night swarms of colossal squids migrate to the shallow levels of the water to hunt and feast on the day-time marine life that lives there permanently?Supposedly, colossal squid spend most of their existence just floating around waiting for something to randomly swim past them then snatch and eat it.They don't need to eat much because they don't move much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N144xRl1FOQ
>>5157541the oceans cover 71 percent of earth though so if anything they are under performing.
>>5157866There's oxygen producing rocks too, algae, bacteria ect it's not just the one thing but probably 80-90% of o2 is either produced in the oceans or on it's shores. Land in the underperformer with people loving low producers like trees when most of them are really net producers compared to stuff like grasses.
>>5157866Oceans aren't uniform in their productivity so while there are dead zones with not much activity the other areas of the ocean are extremely productive
>>5155642Most alien fucking this. People fantasize about aliens when the weirdest shit is right beneath the sea level.
>>5156317>>5157549>>5157582>>5157584How do they know to be careful around humans? Have they accidentally pinged a human to soup before and then taught their kids to not do that after human retaliation or are they just naturally aware of their power?
>>5158276I think they just don't melt anything that they don't see as food.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iFzIMZRsoI
>>5158276we named them the cum whale because we thought their heads were full of whale cum so they quit fucking with us because we'll rename them something worse if they liquify some humans
>>5157889Not to disprove you or anything but even dead zones with random anomalies have surprised researchers as literal/serendipitous hotbeds of lifeI'm not even sure how they get there, as methane vents that stop methaning become graveyards
>>5157582I think this is a misunderstanding. It's comparable to a large ship in decibels. Sound works differently underwater. It's also worth considering however, as ship engines are emitting noises this loud ALL the time, and it really fucks with marine life. When I was a kid I remember going to a race track and they had jet engine cars, and they were so loud that it actually made me throw up. So it's probably similiar to that.
>>5155863The year is 2026 still no videogame as many actions and as good and fast as this video.SAD.
>>5157549It's wild an animal literally evolved a billion dollar crowd control weapon in its head. Shit like this is probably what we'd have to use on aliens
>>5158276They read Moby Dick and don't want another Ahab out there.
>>5155613Erm so you're like telling me that a man and a woman like met and had sex, he put his penis inside her vagina and ejaculated deep because it felt so good, and then conceived a fetus? And then nine months later that fetus developed into (You) and they didn't even abort the pregnancy? Then (You) grew up for the next 18 years, mocking that choice to not abort (You) by expressing the most gay and retarded personality possible, and your parents supposedly survived it? And they never once contemplating putting you up for adoption or killing themselves? And they supposedly expect you to breed and multiply? And they live on continuously letting you stay with them forever a permavirgin? How does any of this make sense?
>>5155613>So you're telling me there's enough food in the deep ocean to support not only the existence of swarms of colossal squid, but also massive predators like Sperm Whales diving down and eating the colossal squids themselves?What's really going to make you shiver is when you realize that before industrial whaling was a thing sperm whales would travel in pods so big they said you could get out and walk across their backs without getting your feet wet when the pod came up for air.
>>5158722>I'm not even sure how they get there, as methane vents that stop methaning become graveyardsOcean life produces literal incomprehensible amounts of offspring that just ride around currents until they mature and settle down. All it takes is just a couple to get lucky and land in the right spot.
