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What horrors really lurk down at the deepest part of our oceans?
Posted on 4/14/16 at 6:24 am
Posted on 4/14/16 at 6:24 am
was reading last night about the mysterious bloop sound that was recorded in 1997 to this day people still speculate that it was a megalodon. colossal squid. kraken. leviathan or cthulhu itself.
storys like that are why I won't get in any part of the water where I can't see my feet and waist
storys like that are why I won't get in any part of the water where I can't see my feet and waist
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Posted on 4/14/16 at 6:31 am to BoomNation
i think you would need to get a lot deeper before risking megalodon attack.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 6:40 am to BoomNation
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storys like that are why I won't get in any part of the water where I can't see my feet and waist
Just FYI but this is the perfect depth to be attacked by sharks, so good luck with that
Posted on 4/14/16 at 7:26 pm to BoomNation
Went on a cruise last year and the first time in my life really thought about how vast and deep the ocean really is. Gave me some anxiety the first night.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 8:16 pm to UMRealist
Damn Nature, you scary
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:20 pm to BoomNation
Cuttlefish is the most interesting non human on this planet.
I'm completely fascinated
I'm completely fascinated
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:35 pm to BoomNation
Posted on 4/14/16 at 10:58 pm to Uncle Gunnysack
frick. That.
Scariest physical concepts to me are the void of outer space and the depths of the ocean.
Scariest physical concepts to me are the void of outer space and the depths of the ocean.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:03 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Scariest physical concepts to me are the void of outer space and the depths of the ocean.
Oh there's a racist joke here. But it seems like an alley oop.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:12 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Scariest physical concepts to me are the void of outer space and the depths of the ocean.
Completely agree. Both are terrifying to me.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 11:14 pm to BoomNation
I was flying over the North Atlantic one time back in the 80s ... in a C-141. I was the Jumpmaster on the bird so the flyboys invited me forward to sit in the cockpit.
We were at military cruising altitude ... about 42,000 feet. High enough that things the size of large lakes looked small when flying over the mainland
A cruise ship was discernable but still a spec basically.
And we saw something ... in the water. We all saw it ... decided it was a big bobbing iceberg and laughed it off.
But it wasn't.
I'm convinced there are things in the oceans ... common sense tells me there is always a reasonable explanation but, I dunno. The eyes can play tricks some times but still ... we were military men and we had a good full 60-90 seconds to see what we were seeing.
We were at military cruising altitude ... about 42,000 feet. High enough that things the size of large lakes looked small when flying over the mainland
A cruise ship was discernable but still a spec basically.
And we saw something ... in the water. We all saw it ... decided it was a big bobbing iceberg and laughed it off.
But it wasn't.
I'm convinced there are things in the oceans ... common sense tells me there is always a reasonable explanation but, I dunno. The eyes can play tricks some times but still ... we were military men and we had a good full 60-90 seconds to see what we were seeing.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 7:01 am to BoomNation
this discussion remind me of something I read
An old friend of mine was trolling for Mahi Mahi one day 8 miles off shore into the Atlantic and hit a spot with "more fish than he had ever seen in his life" in one spot on his fish finder. They trolled about an hour and caught a good 10-12 large Mahi Mahi and very large strawberry grouper. After about an hour and a half however he noticed all the fish had disappeared on the fish finder so he decided to look over the side of his boat to see if porpose or some other predator had arrived for a meal. When he looked over he saw what "Looked like a manitees body, but it was well in excess of 30 feet" he didn't see the head. but knew it was not a whale from its shape. nor did he know of any species as wide as this. his boat was a 48 foot mako tourney fisher hull with two 375 outboards and he estimated that a good 4 or 5 of his boat could fit on just the width of this thing. the only other thing he noticed was that it had no dorsal fins. and for something as big as it was it made very little noise of surface turbulence In the water though it was a good 60 ft down.
heres the thread here LINK
An old friend of mine was trolling for Mahi Mahi one day 8 miles off shore into the Atlantic and hit a spot with "more fish than he had ever seen in his life" in one spot on his fish finder. They trolled about an hour and caught a good 10-12 large Mahi Mahi and very large strawberry grouper. After about an hour and a half however he noticed all the fish had disappeared on the fish finder so he decided to look over the side of his boat to see if porpose or some other predator had arrived for a meal. When he looked over he saw what "Looked like a manitees body, but it was well in excess of 30 feet" he didn't see the head. but knew it was not a whale from its shape. nor did he know of any species as wide as this. his boat was a 48 foot mako tourney fisher hull with two 375 outboards and he estimated that a good 4 or 5 of his boat could fit on just the width of this thing. the only other thing he noticed was that it had no dorsal fins. and for something as big as it was it made very little noise of surface turbulence In the water though it was a good 60 ft down.
heres the thread here LINK
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Posted on 4/15/16 at 8:22 am to BoomNation
It's a well known fact that the depths of the oceans are less explored than the outer reaches of space.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:02 am to BoomNation
Sarah Palin
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:09 am to scrooster
ALL OK JUMPMASTER!
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:23 am to BoomNation
fricking 20 meter colossal squid man. We haven't even begun to explore the sea under the Antarctic ice cap where those frickers live. They're big enough to fight and kill sperm whale. There could be massive shark left in the deep ocean too, but I doubt there's anything the size of Megalodon left. Fish just aren't big enough to keep a shark that size fed anymore.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:24 am to BobBarker
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They're big enough to fight and kill sperm whale.
Is there a record of a squid actually killing a sperm whale?
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:26 am to BoomNation
We evolved from fish so it seems logical that we have a carried-over fear of the monsters that could pick us off at any time. Of course, we're now wreaking revenge on them by emptying the oceans of predators and prey alike.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:36 am to BoomNation
This is one of the better topics I've seen on this board lately. Looks like I'm going to go home and watch Planet Blue tonight 
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:42 am to GnashRebel
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Is there a record of a squid actually killing a sperm whale?
People have found dead sperm whales with suction cup marks and lashes all over their bodies. It's more of a defense thing rather then trying to kill and eat the whale, but yeah, giant and colossal squids can frick a sperm whale up.
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