AGXStarseed
Well-Known Member
Another rather interesting video from Gojicenter that I thought might be interesting to share.
For those who don't know, "The Bloop" is an urban legend that arose in 1997 after an "ultra-low-frequency, high amplitude underwater sound" was detected in the Southern Ocean by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). According to their description, this sound rose in frequency over around a minute and was heard on multiple sensors at a range of over 5000 kilometers / 3000 miles; meaning this sound was louder than the sounds made by the largest animal living today - the Blue Whale - and led to many assuming that whatever made this sound must be an animal that was bigger than that.
As for why it's called "The Bloop", that's the nickname given to this hypothetical creature when the original sound was sped up to 16x its original speed.
While the sound nowadays has been attributed to an "icequake", pop culture still plays with the idea of an animal bigger than the blue whale lurking somewhere in the deep ocean - as well as multiple videos of it eating humans and various sea creatures, along with pitting it against giant monsters like Godzilla, Cthulhu and other made-up deep sea beasts.
In this video by Gojicenter, he goes over what the Bloop is and - based on pop culture - how big it is and how much it would take to feed an animal this big; finishing the video by making an effort to create a version of this hypothetical animal that is indeed bigger than a Blue Whale, but still biologically plausible.
Here's the video.
Word of Warning: For those of you who have Thalassophobia and are still reading this, be aware that this may likely be a scary video for you and you may wish to refrain from watching it:
For those who don't know, "The Bloop" is an urban legend that arose in 1997 after an "ultra-low-frequency, high amplitude underwater sound" was detected in the Southern Ocean by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). According to their description, this sound rose in frequency over around a minute and was heard on multiple sensors at a range of over 5000 kilometers / 3000 miles; meaning this sound was louder than the sounds made by the largest animal living today - the Blue Whale - and led to many assuming that whatever made this sound must be an animal that was bigger than that.
As for why it's called "The Bloop", that's the nickname given to this hypothetical creature when the original sound was sped up to 16x its original speed.
While the sound nowadays has been attributed to an "icequake", pop culture still plays with the idea of an animal bigger than the blue whale lurking somewhere in the deep ocean - as well as multiple videos of it eating humans and various sea creatures, along with pitting it against giant monsters like Godzilla, Cthulhu and other made-up deep sea beasts.
In this video by Gojicenter, he goes over what the Bloop is and - based on pop culture - how big it is and how much it would take to feed an animal this big; finishing the video by making an effort to create a version of this hypothetical animal that is indeed bigger than a Blue Whale, but still biologically plausible.
Here's the video.
Word of Warning: For those of you who have Thalassophobia and are still reading this, be aware that this may likely be a scary video for you and you may wish to refrain from watching it:
