every week we get to friday and i think
well maybe next week will not be so weird

😕

was it BYOB

I saw this elsewhere, too. I didn’t think we’d see videos like this in my lifetime. 🥹 I can’t help but feel sympathy for the huge squid, much as I love cetaceans.

…who confirmed the squid ID as a true giant squid, Architeuthis dux. Next, I reached out to an expert on sperm whales at NOAA, who was also blown away and agreed she’d NEVER seen anything like this!

This planet is a phenomenal place.

You can see billows of black ink still flowing, a last battle cry from the battered squid…

When I saw these videos, shared by @lud_adventure on Instagram, I immediately reached out to Smithsonian expert Dr. Michael Vecchione…

As two hulking predators, the confrontations are likely violent. Here, for possibly the first time EVER, we get to see the spoils of a sperm whale victory, as this sperm whale returns to the surface waters off the coast of Mauritius with a massive squid in its maw...

For centuries, scientists and sailors have know that sperm whales hunted the “giant squid”, Architeuthis dux. Whale bodies are scarred with huge sucked marks and gashes from Archituthus. But the battles take place in deep water, far beyond where humans can easily travel…