BIGGEST Animal EVER Recorded in the Ocean Depths?

The Bloop Sound: Caused by the biggest animal or creature ever? An enormous underwater creature, many times larger than the blue whale, caused a sound so loud it was heard by scientists 3000 miles apart. Was it a blue whale, a kraken, megalodon, colossal squid or maybe even Cthulhu awakening from his slumber?

In 1997, an array of hydrophones, special underwater microphones used by scientists to study happenings under the ocean, detected an extremely loud and low frequency sound that was able to be heard more than 3000 miles away from its source.

It was calculated to have occurred a ways west off the coast of the South American tip.

The sound, due to what it sounds like when sped up 16 times was dubbed "The Bloop" and sounds like this.

Ill play the real sound for you, which is much creepier, at the end of this video.

Due to the frequency signature of the sound, marine biologists believe the sound was not man made from something like a bomb or due to any sort of underwater volcanic or seismic activity. It seemed to moreso match that of some sort of underwater mammal - like the blue whale.

The problem is the loudest sound detected by a blue whale could only reach a little under 1000 miles...thus whatever it is that caused this sound had to be several orders of magnitude larger than the largest known living organism.

Take this size comparison chart. A school bus is about this size.

A blue whale is about this size.

Whatever produced this sound, assuming it was animal in nature had to be about this size....which is HUUUUGE.

Just what made this sound? Was it really a giant underwater sea creature that we have yet to discover...or perhaps something even more mysterious and foreign?

Could there of ever even been anything that lived before that made this sound? Let’s ask Adam over at Epic Wildlife.

Could it have been a megalodon? Or a colossal squid? Unlikely – as they are both much smaller than a blue whale. And yet, no prehistoric animal ever discovered has been bigger than a blue whale.

It’s scarey to think how much of our ocean depths are still completely unexplored.

The problem with a blue whale being the culprit is that the loudest sound ever recorded by a blue whale could only just reach the range of 1000 miles.

Thus, whatever it is that caused this sound had to be several orders of magnitude larger than the largest known organism, the blue whale.

Take this size comparison chart. A school bus is about this size. A blue whale is about this size. Whatever produced this sound, assuming it was animal in nature, had to eb about this size, probably a little less than the size of the Eiffel tower.

Just what made this sound? Was it really a giant underwater creature that we have yet to discover or perhaps something even more mysterious and foreign?
It is said we know much less about what lurks in the depths of our ocean than we do about outer space.

Here is an excerpt of what the actual Bloop sound sounded like without being sped up. Ill warn you...it might spook you a bit.

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Closed Caption:

an enormous underwater creature many
times larger than that of a blue whale
cause the sound so loud it was heard by
scientists within three thousand miles
away
in 1997 an array of hydrophones special
underwater microphones used by
scientists to study happenings under the
ocean detected an extremely loud and low
frequency sound that was able to be
heard more than 3,000 miles away from
its source it was calculated to have
occurred always west off the coast of
the South American tip the sound do what
it sounds like when playback at 16 times
the normal speed was dubbed quote the
bloop
and this is what it sounds like
I'll play the actual sound for you
slow down to real time which is much
creepier
towards the end of the video due to the
frequency signature of the sound
marine biologists believe the sound was
not men made from something like a bomb
or due to any sort of underwater
volcanic or seismic activity is seem to
more so a match that of some sort of
underwater mammal like that of a blue
whale but something much larger
let's ask adam from epic wildlife to see
if he knows any animal
even if it's from the past that we
discovered and could have been big
enough to make a sound
this loud could have been a Megalodon or
colossal squid unlikely as they're both
much more than a blue well
and yet no prehistoric animal we've ever
discovered has been bigger in a blue
well it's scary to think how much of our
ocean debts are still completely
unexplored
the problem with a blue whale being the
culprit is that the loudest sound
detected by a blue whale could only
reach a little under 1,000 miles does
whatever it is that caused this sound
had to be several orders of magnitude
larger than the largest known living
organism the blue whale take this size
comparison chart the school bus is about
this size a blue whale is about this
sighs whatever produce this sound
assuming it was animal nature had to be
about this size probably a little less
than the size of the Eiffel Tower just
what made this sound
was it really a giant underwater sea
creature that we have yet to discover
over have something even more mysterious
and foreign
it is said we know much less about what
lurks in the depths of our ocean that we
do about outer space so it's anyone's
guess as to what really caused this
sound as promised here is an excerpt of
what the actual bloop sound sounded like
without being sped up
I'll admit it's a little bit spooky
scientists still have no idea what
caused this sound
at first they have a theory that it was
caused by a giant glaciers move across
the ocean floor but they later retracted
that theory
so to this day the real source of the
bloop sound remains a mystery
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