+Hammerclaw Posted October 9, 2019 #1 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Looks like a distorted or manipulated image of some kind of Leatherback Sea Turtle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted October 9, 2019 #2 Share Posted October 9, 2019 22 minutes ago, Hammerclaw said: Looks like a distorted or manipulated image of some kind of Leatherback Sea Turtle. What about tht cute little mammal nose that keeps above the water? That isn't a turtle nose, maybe a dog or otter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted October 9, 2019 #3 Share Posted October 9, 2019 No idea what the heck that is!? It looks like it has a head similar to a seal. The "body" - oh, well. Long fin-like arms. No idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted October 9, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 9, 2019 41 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said: What about tht cute little mammal nose that keeps above the water? That isn't a turtle nose, maybe a dog or otter. I noticed that too and it looks rather odd. The very first image looks just like a leatherback swimming. In my opinion, the subsequent imagery has been "enhanced". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 10, 2019 #5 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I can’t make it out too well, and this guess maybe far off, but it kinda looks like a blanket octopus to me. It has similar coloration and elongated arms with webbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Here’s a good photo of one: They have been captured in the waters off Thailand before, so I think it’s an identification to be considered. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charuay_Sukhsangchan/publication/230788810_First_Record_of_Two_Pelagic_Octopods_Argonauta_argo_and_Tremoctopus_violaceus_cf_gracilis_from_the_Andaman_Sea_Thailand/links/550933e00cf26ff55f84f86e/First-Record-of-Two-Pelagic-Octopods-Argonauta-argo-and-Tremoctopus-violaceus-cf-gracilis-from-the-Andaman-Sea-Thailand.pdf?origin=publication_detail 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted October 10, 2019 #7 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, NCC1701 said: Looks like a banana plant, or some kind of cut off palm fruit. Possibly a Cordyline cutting for transplantation, planted some in Ecuador in a vegetal engineering research project a while ago. Look a lot like it. Probably not the same species than the picture.. but a lot of horticultural varieties exist. Edited October 10, 2019 by Jon the frog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted October 10, 2019 #8 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Just a quick observation or two. First up, while I don't see any obvious sign of fakery (and it would be quite hard to do that sort of imagery well - ask any CGI expert - water is *hard*), I am rather intrigued at the resolution of the magnified slow-mo's - it seems *significantly* better than the original zoomed out version. So I'd like to see the original footage at full res, thanks... But the big problem is, I see NOT ONE site that has used this, has given any clue about the story that unfolded, or the video's origin!!! (Please prove me wrong..) Thai fishermen, hey? That's it? And think about it - these fishermen were just slowly idling along in a small boat in perfectly calm weather, saw that, and didn't go back to look a bit more closely or catch it and examine it???? Gimme a break. I spend a lot of time in boats, and I'd be screaming at the skipper (or pushing him away from the controls!) and turning or backing up to get more footage and identify whether it was alive - even that basic fact is quite unclear in that footage. Dead end, not worth wasting further time unless the source opens up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted October 10, 2019 #9 Share Posted October 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Carnoferox said: Here’s a good photo of one: They have been captured in the waters off Thailand before, so I think it’s an identification to be considered. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charuay_Sukhsangchan/publication/230788810_First_Record_of_Two_Pelagic_Octopods_Argonauta_argo_and_Tremoctopus_violaceus_cf_gracilis_from_the_Andaman_Sea_Thailand/links/550933e00cf26ff55f84f86e/First-Record-of-Two-Pelagic-Octopods-Argonauta-argo-and-Tremoctopus-violaceus-cf-gracilis-from-the-Andaman-Sea-Thailand.pdf?origin=publication_detail Holy bat poo robin, I had no idea the aliens from "The Abyss" were real.... Coolest thing I've seen in a long time... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted October 10, 2019 #10 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Carnoferox said: Here’s a good photo of one: They have been captured in the waters off Thailand before, so I think it’s an identification to be considered. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charuay_Sukhsangchan/publication/230788810_First_Record_of_Two_Pelagic_Octopods_Argonauta_argo_and_Tremoctopus_violaceus_cf_gracilis_from_the_Andaman_Sea_Thailand/links/550933e00cf26ff55f84f86e/First-Record-of-Two-Pelagic-Octopods-Argonauta-argo-and-Tremoctopus-violaceus-cf-gracilis-from-the-Andaman-Sea-Thailand.pdf?origin=publication_detail I still think a Sea Hare seems a pretty good candidate? If it is an animal. The 'head' looks rather botanical I think. But that head and neck looking part is hard to resolve. Leaning towards plant I reckon. Edited October 10, 2019 by psyche101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 10, 2019 #11 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, psyche101 said: I still think a Sea Hare seems a pretty good candidate? If it is an animal. The 'head' looks rather botanical I think. But that head and neck looking part is hard to resolve. Leaning towards plant I reckon. I think I’ll stick to my original identification. Notice the pattern of white markings on the webbing that matches up with the blanket octopus. The general movement/consistency is similar as well. That being said, this individual doesn’t look alive and might be decayed. Edited October 10, 2019 by Carnoferox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 10, 2019 #12 Share Posted October 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, Carnoferox said: I think I’ll stick to my original identification. Notice the pattern of white markings on the webbing that matches up with the blanket octopus. The general movement/consistency is similar as well. That being said, this individual doesn’t look alive and might be decayed. I couldn’t upload two images in the same post for some reason, so here’s another blanket octopus for comparison. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted October 11, 2019 #13 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Can someone post a still the frame where the head looks like a seal type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 11, 2019 #14 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, the13bats said: Can someone post a still the frame where the head looks like a seal type. It doesn’t strike me as looking particularly “seal-like”. There are no visible eyes or mouth. It looks more like the mantle of an octopus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted October 11, 2019 #15 Share Posted October 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Carnoferox said: It doesn’t strike me as looking particularly “seal-like”. There are no visible eyes or mouth. It looks more like the mantle of an octopus. Ty, i likely made it confusing calling it "seal" like i said i considered that Pareidolia, but it was a way to subscribe which "still" i wanted posted and you did know which one i meant, We have a lot of mostly unanswered questions about this case, i never thought it was seal or turtle, and a big old leaf did get me wondering, but watching it as a whole clip and with the still you just posted the "head" doesnt look "as much" like a plant stalk as it does a mantle, not that i think it matches your first comparison pic past superficially, if an octopus, it never seems to move on its own, just floating in the waters current, As pointed out the close up rez is better than the video, something's up there, the close ups have a shopped tampered with look to me, So for now octopus fits best for me, but with the shadeiness of the video im not ruling out it was known and used as a hoax, that wouldnt rule out weird octopus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.0 Posted October 12, 2019 #16 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Sea monsters are supposed to be big and ugly, not cute and tiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted October 12, 2019 #17 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I'm going to vote it's some kind of branch with leaves at the back. The head is just pareidolia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted October 12, 2019 #18 Share Posted October 12, 2019 8 hours ago, DieChecker said: I'm going to vote it's some kind of branch with leaves at the back. The head is just pareidolia. I would lean to leaf but cant find a match 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torviking Posted October 13, 2019 #19 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Just looks like a piece of kelp to me being dragged along on fishing line. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar4Truth Posted October 13, 2019 #20 Share Posted October 13, 2019 6 hours ago, Torviking said: Just looks like a piece of kelp to me being dragged along on fishing line. Maybe its Plankton from Spongebob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted October 14, 2019 #21 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Look like some sort of bird, like a duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted October 14, 2019 #22 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) I don't know, everything about it says plant to me. It's rigid, has positive buoyancy and the only movement is consistent with disturbance by the wake of the boat. The cute lil' nose resembles the reverse of a bud scar, that is, the node where the bud attaches. Another possibility is a badly made decoy. Edited October 14, 2019 by Oniomancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted October 14, 2019 #23 Share Posted October 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Oniomancer said: I don't know, everything about it says plant to me. It's rigid, has positive buoyancy and the only movement is consistent with disturbance by the wake of the boat. The cute lil' nose resembles the reverse of a bud scar, that is, the node where the bud attaches. Another possibility is a badly made decoy. I'm not against plant but couldn't find a good match and while it looks like a plant thats me going on my memory, that's failable, The guy who thought it was a type of octopus did the work posted pics, let's see plant leaves that really match this thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted October 15, 2019 #24 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Upon further comparison with specimens from Japan and South Africa, I'm 99.9% certain that the animal in the video is indeed a blanket octopus. I have yet to see any convincing arguments for alternate identifications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivIPZfMjr9A https://www.tonmo.com/threads/unknown-phylum-any-suggestions.7469/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBene Posted October 15, 2019 #25 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Carnoferox got it. Good catch mate! It really looks like a blanket octopus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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