r/thalassophobia

Found this posted to r/oddlyterrifying by u/breakfastTop6899 and thought it fit here. Man, this has feeling VERY uneasy.

Premise: an unusually small diver gets swallowed by an unusually large whale and spends the latter half of the book being crushed, digested, suffocated and burned in stomach acid. I thought it was excellent. True nightmare fuel. The audiobook was very well-produced and visceral.

When the ocean decides to shape-shift. Found this hidden skull in the middle of a massive sardine bait ball. 💀

You see it too?

We were 43 minutes into our dive and on our way back to shore when I saw a large arm with suckers swing out and over the kelp.

A few nights ago I was able to film perhaps the largest giant Pacific octopus I've ever found out in the open. I was fortunate enough to spend about 30 minutes with it as it calmly made its way along the reef.

This octopus is a true survivor. I think it only had 1 or 2 complete arms as most had been bitten off into stumps. It had scars all over its body, missing suckers, and clear injuries to its arms.

This octopus has seen some things, that is for sure. Such an amazing encounter.

Want more Octopus?
2 hours with music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkNu1PMK_0
2 hours with deep sea bubbles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qiztsIcqWo

From an album of 200 pictures during this dive, this one is my absolute favorite. The way the shark is dead center in the frame, fins equidistant from the borders, and the pure symmetry of this apex predator just gets me stoked. Hope you enjoy!

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From a dive we made last week at DIT