Alright guys - it’s been a hot minute since we last pitted two mythical and monstrous
leviathan’s of the ocean against each other, but I for one think that this aquatic based
- world ending showdown may perhaps be the slither-off to end all slither-offs.
Picture this, a sea monster of an eel, the size of half an ocean that turns the minds
of mankind to pure jelly whilst feasting on its prey - versus the one, mythical name that
strikes fear into the hearts of salty sailors across the seven seas.
Both of them writhing around at the bottom of the murky blue - in an effort to answer
the one immortal question.
Eel jelly - or tentacles?
Razor-sharp teeth - or razor sharp beaks?
Which one wins?
Well, let’s find out.
Hello internet - what’s going on, and once again welcome back to the most inquisitive
channel on YouTube - Life’s Biggest Questions.
As per usual, I’ll be your disembodied floating voice Jack Finch - as today, we curiously
ask the question - What If SCP-3000 Fought The Kraken?
Well, I guess in that case - our boy Zeus just gave the Kraken a head start.
To be honest though, he’s probably going to need it.
For the curious amongst you - that clip was from 2010’s Clash of the Titans - and yeah,
that’s all there is to it really.
Clips of aquatic based sea-monsters are in fact - few and far between - hey, who would
have guessed it?
Before we dive down into the depths though, let’s first take a quick look at exactly
what each of these water-based monstrosities have in their respective arsenals.
If you’d like to find out more about SCP-3000 - now would be high time to check out our
What If SCP-3000 Was Real Video - but for those of you that don’t know, SCP-3000 is
a giant anomalous eel that resides within the waters of the Bay of Bengal, just off
the coast of the Indian Subcontinent.
When I say giant, I mean - really, really giant - and it’s commonly considered that
SCP-3000 measures anywhere between 600 KM to 900 KM - although it’s actual length
has never been completely verified, given the fact that anyone who gets close enough
to it turns into a raving eel-jelly zombie and freely offers themselves up to their new,
eel overlord.
Now, if you didn’t realise, it’s maximum hypothesised length of 900 KM is an incredibly
large distance.
That’s 560 miles of pure, unbridled serpent muscle that coils itself around the ocean
bed of the vast majority of the Bay of Bengal.
SCP-3000 is reported to move very little, and we can use that to consider the fact that
being *so* gigantic expends a hell of a lot of energy, so it first poses the question
- would SCP-3000 even have the stamina to put up a fight against the Kraken?
Well, let’s see what our beaky boy has to offer.
The Kraken is perhaps the most legendary of all deep sea monsters - often depicted as
a fleshy army of tentacles emerging from the ocean, pulling down poor - helpless naval
vessels who’ve accidently stumbled into its sunken domain.
The term Kraken is taken from Old Norse - and so takes its form from the Scandinavian word
- krake - meaning an unhealthy animal or something twisted.
It gets a pretty bad rep - given the fact that even the fearsome Vikings were absolutely
terrified of stumbling across the Kraken.
As a creature of mythology though, it’s definitive scale is hard to decipher - and
we can only truly rely on accounts from the Old Norse sagas.
In the Icelandic Orvar Oddr, the creature of the Kraken is referred to as the Hafgufa
- meaning sea mist - and it is later described as being the size of over 10 ships.
Now, the typical Viking longship averaged around 16 metres - which in this account,
would make the Kraken roughly 160 metres long.
Which - yeah, compared to SCP-3000, that’s like a gnat versus a giraffe.
In that respect, by size alone - the Kraken has really got its work cut out to even put
a dent in the giant serpentine eel.
However, there are several historical accounts of the Kraken being much, much larger that
a mere 160 metres.
In the Natural History of Norway, written by the Bishop of Bergen in 1752 - the Kraken,
on several occasions, was claimed to actually be the size of an entire island.
Now, if we even take the smallest verified island in the area of Iceland and Greenland
as a frame of reference, Smyley Island - that would make the Kraken at least 60 kilometres
long - and suddenly, albeit to a lesser extent - the playing field has been levelled.
You see, at this size - the Kraken holds an advantage by having something that SCP-3000
doesn’t have, because the fact of the matter is - the serpentine SCP-3000 has only one
limb - but the Kraken, potentially, has hundreds.
To get more insight into the outcome of this battle, we can take a look at a common showdown
that already happens every day in the Pacific Ocean.
The Moray Eel versus the common Octopus - and while the Moray Eel rarely goes hungry, the
Octopus is it’s most elusive prey - given the fact that it’s one limb and set of teeth
can never truly pin it down.
Even when it gets a hold of it, an Octopus will more than likely leave a limb behind
- shoot off a jet of black ink - and disappear into the depths.
Stalemate.
In that instance, this hypothetical battle could be one that rages for centuries, and
given the fact that it’s same to assume that SCP-3000 doesn’t exactly demonstrate
the energy of searching too far for its prey - we can assume that neither the Kraken nor
SCP-3000 would commit to extending this nautical war of attrition.
But - there is one small caveat that we haven’t exactly addressed.
SCP-3000 has one trick up its sleeve that could potentially make this battle incredibly
one sided.
As the records of the SCP Foundation have explained, SCP-3000 produces a jelly on the
surface of it’s skin that has incredibly powerful psychic properties, often driving
researchers and divers alike to complete madness - succumbing to the serpents anomalous will
and freely offering themselves up for dinner.
Although the Kraken is incredibly vast in it’s size, we can also assume that the sea-creature
is in no way impervious to mental warfare.
In that respect, the Kraken has no mythical defense against the cosmic will of a sunken
god.
It would be safe to assume that even if the Kraken made its way to the Bay of Bengal with
the intention of wrapping itself around the giant eel and slowly strangle it, or chew
away at it with its beak - no matter what offensive tactic the Kraken took, it would
be eating away at the most powerful and potent psychic eel-jelly on the planet, and instead
- be driven to offer itself up as an all you can eat tentacle buffet.
The massive size of SCP-3000 aside, the fact that it could intrinsically drive the Kraken
to freely offer itself up as dinner is the ultimate game-changer of this slithering showdown.
It doesn’t exactly matter how many tentacles the Kraken has to wrap around the serpent
- but there’s one thing for sure, they’d all be pretty tasty to SCP-3000.
Oh, and also - the more it feasts, the more it secretes it’s psychic eel jelly - so…
with a meal the size of a Kraken, yeah.
I’d perhaps avoid the Bay of Bengal for a while.
Well, there we have it - our answer to the ultimate oceanic showdown - What If SCP-3000
Fought The Kraken.
What do you guys think?
How do you think it would play out?
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