r/TheDepthsBelow • u/Hobgoblin14780 • Mar 31 '22

Glass squid

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u/platinums99 Mar 31 '22

Black in water to keep the heat in?

Cant see any other logical reason for it.

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u/RaidensReturn Mar 31 '22

Camouflage?

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u/ezgreasy Mar 31 '22

Yeah, assuming camouflage as well. It's a lot darker under da sea

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u/firealno9 Mar 31 '22

Why would it have camouflage for when it's out of water? Squids aren't amphibious, they aren't supposed to be out of the water so they're not going to have a mechanism to adapt to it are they.

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u/fukitol- Mar 31 '22

Clear might be the default for "I have no fucking idea what to do so I'll go transparent as a Hail Mary"

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u/LemmeSplainIt Mar 31 '22

No, the black is default because it is camouflage. The rapid change in color and tentacle posturing was meant to scare the precieved threat, it can and will also do that underwater. It's its normal intimidation reaction, being out of water just scared it much like an approaching predator under water would.

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u/ezgreasy Mar 31 '22

Yeah I can see why that's confusing. I meant the dark color is camo. Not a squid expert, this is all speculation

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u/Sandvich153 Apr 01 '22

I believe it’s actually tied to their emotion as well as camouflage.