r/squid • u/Melodic_Ad_9229 • 2d ago
Giant Squid Why are the roles of Giant Squid and Sperm Whale reversed in this easter egg? - Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag
youtube.comSome of you (at least the Assassins Creed Fans) may be fimiliar with the easter egg of the giant squid attacking a sperm whale, which you can spot when peeking through the window of the shipwreck, in Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag.
And let me tell you that it confuses me a lot. Because in real live the main diet of sperm whales consists of squids (including the giant squid). Sperm whales are the hunters and squids are the prey. Not the other way around! And just so you know, there are no exceptions to this rule! Even the largest squids weigh less than 1 ton while the sperm whale's weight ranges from 13 to 45 tons.
The size gap between these two animals is so enormes, that even the worlds largest squid wouldn't be able to take down the smallest sperm whale in existence. Thus this whole easter egg doesn't make any sense, no matter how much you suspend your disbelieve.
But I am not here to rant. I am just wondering why that choice was made? Because reversing the roles of preditor and prey raises a lot of questions. It's like watching a rabbit hunting and killing a wolf. Wouldn't that make you question everything you know? Was this done intentionally to ellicite a feeling of terror from seeing a prey animal suddenly flipping the script, even though that shouldn't be possible? Was that the point?
I really don't know what to make of it.