00:00Today, I'm going to simulate what it would be like to raise Bloop as a pet.
00:04And I don't mean keeping it in a tank for a few days.
00:06I want to see what would happen if I raised Bloop from a tiny baby that can fit in my
00:11hands
00:11all the way to the full-size sea monster people imagine hiding somewhere in the deepest part of the ocean.
00:17And honestly, that sounds like a terrible idea.
00:19Because right now, this is baby Bloop.
00:22He's small enough to hold, and somehow he looks both adorable and deeply wrong.
00:26He has this giant circular mouth that takes up almost his entire body.
00:31Tiny needle-like teeth, a pale, soft body, and these tiny fins that make him look like some strange deep
00:37-sea tadpole.
00:38But even though he's tiny, he already looks built to swallow things way bigger than he should.
00:43Right now, he mostly drifts around slowly, opening that giant mouth whenever something moves,
00:48which almost makes him seem harmless.
00:50But that's exactly what worries me.
00:52Because if Bloop really grows the way people think it does, then this tiny little creature
00:56is eventually going to become a giant deep-sea predator.
01:00Something that can swallow entire schools of fish, maybe even boats.
01:04So if I'm actually going to raise him, I need to figure out three things fast.
01:08What kind of tank does a baby Bloop need?
01:10What does something with a mouth like this even eat?
01:13And how fast does it grow before this stops feeling like a pet and starts feeling like a problem?
01:18So first, I needed to build the closest thing possible to a safe home for baby Bloop.
01:25Since this thing looks like it belongs in the deepest, coldest part of the ocean,
01:29I built him a cold saltwater tank.
01:32Low lighting, strong filtration, deep water.
01:35Basically, the most uncomfortable aquarium imaginable.
01:39And almost immediately, he started acting weird.
01:42Instead of swimming around like a normal fish, baby Bloop mostly drifted through the tank slowly,
01:48like a ghost.
01:50He would rotate in the water, just enough to keep one eye pointed at anything that moved,
01:56including me.
01:57At first, I thought maybe he was getting used to me.
01:59Maybe he was recognizing me.
02:01But then, I tried feeding him.
02:03I started small, tiny shrimp, plankton, little fish.
02:06And that's when I realized something was seriously wrong.
02:11Because baby Bloop didn't chase his food.
02:14He didn't swim after it.
02:15He would stay perfectly still, wait for the fish to come close,
02:19and then suddenly open his mouth.
02:21His entire face unfolded into this giant circular tunnel.
02:26And everything in front of him got pulled straight in.
02:30The fish, the water, even plants at the bottom of the tank moved.
02:33For something that small, the suction was ridiculous.
02:37And every time he fed, I could hear it.
02:40A low, soft sound.
02:42Bloop, bloop, bloop.
02:43At first, it was quiet, almost cute.
02:45But every day, it got louder.
02:47After one week, baby Bloop had doubled in size.
02:51After two weeks, he had tripled.
02:53The tank was already too small.
02:55The glass creeped every time he turned.
02:57So I upgraded.
02:58I moved him into the biggest thing I could realistically fill with cold salt water.
03:04A swimming pool.
03:05And seeing Bloop in there for the first time was honestly terrifying.
03:09Just a few weeks ago, he fit in my hands.
03:12Now, he was gliding through an entire pool like he owned it.
03:16His body had changed, too.
03:18The folds along his sides were larger.
03:20His fins had stretched out.
03:22And his mouth somehow looked even bigger now that the rest of him had caught up.
03:27But the worst part wasn't his size.
03:29It was the way he behaved.
03:31Because now, every time I walked near the pool, he would stop, turn, and slowly drift toward me.
03:38Not fast.
03:38Not aggressive.
03:39Just watching.
03:40Like he was trying to figure something out.
03:43By this point, baby Bloop wasn't eating shrimp anymore.
03:46He needed serious food.
03:48Whole tuna.
03:49Large fish.
03:50Chunks of meat.
03:51Eventually, even that wasn't enough.
03:53So I started bringing in bigger and bigger prey.
03:56And every single time food touched the water, Bloop changed.
04:00The slow drifting stopped.
04:02The second he noticed movement, he locked onto it.
04:05Then, that giant mouth opened.
04:07And suddenly, the entire pool looked like it had turned into a drain with teeth.
04:12Fish disappeared instantly.
04:14Water splashed over the edges.
04:15At one point, the suction was so strong, it pulled an entire feeding bucket straight into the water.
04:21And for a second, I thought it was going to pull me in, too.
04:25That was the moment it hit me.
04:26I wasn't raising something unusual anymore.
04:29I was raising something built to outgrow containment.
04:32The pool didn't solve the problem.
04:34It just delayed it.
04:36Because even with all that space, Bloop kept growing.
04:39Too fast.
04:40His turns were stronger.
04:42The water displacement was worse.
04:43The pulse sound had become so loud, I could hear it from inside the house.
04:48Bloop, Bloop, Bloop.
04:49And every time I heard it, it felt less like an animal and more like a warning.
04:54Eventually, there was only one option left.
04:56If I waited any longer, moving him would become impossible.
05:00So with a crane, heavy straps, a giant transport container,
05:04and way more machinery than should ever be needed for something that started out the size of my hand,
05:10we moved Bloop one final time to the ocean.
05:13And honestly, the second he touched open water,
05:16I knew I had made a mistake because he didn't hesitate.
05:19He didn't look back.
05:20He just disappeared.
05:22Down, into the dark.
05:23And for a few seconds, the ocean was completely still.
05:27Then I heard it from somewhere beneath the surface.
05:30Bloop, louder than ever.
05:32Weeks later, I rented a helicopter to try and find him.
05:35And eventually, I did.
05:37From above, his size barely looked real.
05:39His pale body stretched through the water like some living underwater disaster.
05:44The version I used to hold in my hands was gone.
05:47Now, Bloop was enormous.
05:49Big enough to swallow sharks.
05:51Big enough to attack whales.
05:53Maybe bigger.
05:54And the strangest part was that the ocean around him reacted before he even appeared.
05:59Fish scattered.
06:00Birds flew away.
06:01Even boats changed direction.
06:03Then, that sound hit again.
06:05Bloop, the water shook.
06:07And slowly, a massive circular mouth rose beneath the surface.
06:11For a second, it looked like the entire ocean was opening.
06:15And then, he vanished again.
06:17Back into the deep.
06:18Still growing.
06:19Still hunting.
06:20Still out there.
06:21When Bloop was small, it felt manageable.
06:24Strange, sure.
06:25But manageable.
06:26Like with enough care.
06:27Enough upgrades.
06:28Enough planning.
06:29I could keep up.
06:30But I couldn't, because every solution only lasted until Bloop outgrew it.
06:35And now, somewhere beneath the surface, that same little creature I started with is roaming the ocean at full size.
06:42Eating whatever it wants.
06:44Going wherever it wants.
06:45Becoming exactly what it was always meant to be.
06:48And honestly, I don't think it was ever supposed to be a pet in the first place.
06:52Something like this.
06:56Not used to be a pet in the first place.
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