Spookiest Deep Sea Sights of the 2019 Nautilus Expedition | Nautilus Live
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Published 2019-10-30
Nightmare warning: while diving at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary we came across dozens of octopuses mercilessly devouring the 4- to 5-meter-long skeletal remains – including some internal organs – of what is believed to be a baleen whale. Large scavengers like eelpouts were seen stripping the skeleton of its blubber while bone-eating Osedax worms were hard at work consuming lipids, or fats, from the bones.
Not spooked yet? Check out these slithering sea stars moving along the seafloor via thousands of tube feet located on the bottoms of their bodies. As if that wasn’t enough to get your adrenaline pumping, wait until you see one slurping down a fish more than half of its size. Yeah, it’s the stuff of nightmares.
Lurking from the depths, we also saw a billowing dumbo octopus using cape-like fins to propel its way through the ocean like a vampire dashing out of a cave. Eeks!
But we’ve saved the best for last. Perhaps most terrifying was the ghostly Deepstaria jelly that our team saw hovering in front of the Hercules cam. This haunting cnidarian unfurled its translucent bag-like bell to reveal a geometric mesh pattern it uses to feed itself nutrients. A bright red isopod can be seen taking up residence inside of the scyphozoan bell. The exact relationship of these two species is not known, but it is likely the small crustacean consumes pieces of the jelly while remaining hidden from predators. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
Happy #DeepSeaHalloween, from the Nautilus team! (Now go grab that night light.)
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All Comments (21)
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funny that this video with that sounds makes the scenes spooky, while the original videos are full of researchers' WOOOAAAAHHHH YEEEAAAAAAA
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I swear to god if i get jump scared by an Educational channel
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Whale: * Dies * Deep sea creatures: Its free real estate!
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I CANNOT take this serious when I know for a fact these people giggled, ooh-awe'd and just geeked out experiencing these exact moments... The adorableness permeates the spoopy. Haha 🤣😁
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I like how they put creepy music but when you see the live clips everyone is so happy to see nature take place
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1:50 That face is like a purple skull.
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y'all are a bunch of nerds. i love you nerds.
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Love how the music changes the perception. It was cool before, now it’s creepy. Happy Halloween Everybody!😱 👻👀
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What the HELL was that last thing?!?!!?! That animal was AWESOME!! EDIT For those of you who don't know what I am talking about when I said "What the HELL was that LAST thing?!?!!?! Here's the time stamp.. 1:50 You're welcome...
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0:34 - that fish is staring right into my soul and it wants it....
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Instead of being scared, i'm really amazed to see those wonderful creatures
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This is one of the greatest channels on YouTube, period.
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"Spookiest Deep Sea Sights" #1: An alien spaceship while me and my fish buddies are trying to eat this whale
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I hope y'all had as much fun editing this as I just had watching it. The lighting looking down on ROV Hercules reminded me of something from Ridley Scott.
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It is totally fascinating and impressive. Watching living things at such a deep depth is incredible. 0-0
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video: "Spookiest Deep Sea Sights of the 2019 Nautilus Expidetion" video 1:01 starfish me: Sh*ts my pants
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1:58 Jack Skellington fish!
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This is spoopy and all but I can't be too frightened because in all the original videos I can recall the scientists being happy excited nerds looking at these cool finds.
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Its amazing watching these videos in their normal fashion no big thing, but merely adding music completely changes the gravity of each clip enormously. Awesome
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Should've put the purple googly-eyed octopus at the end. Yeah yeah I know it's not from 2019, but still.
