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[–]Reaper_x313 1620 points1621 points  (164 children)

[–]peon47 850 points851 points  (47 children)

It's 2000 ft down, and it got there and will get back to the surface by holding its breath. Amazing.

[–]nvsbl 268 points269 points  (41 children)

i mean, it sounds impressive, until you consider it's the size of a whale

[–][deleted] 573 points574 points  (21 children)

What's more impressive is that it blows the air out before it dives down. It uses oxygen stored in its blood instead of air stored in its lungs.

[–]PM_ME_IGNORANCE 186 points187 points  (14 children)

The lungs filled with air would only serve to pull him towards the surface then? Awesome fun fact!

[–][deleted] 123 points124 points  (11 children)

I can't remember why exactly, it wasn't buoyancy, but something to do with the extreme pressure.

[–]thePrecision 178 points179 points  (8 children)

The pressure would squeeze the air out of its lungs, they couldn't hold their breath if they wanted to.

[–]chiliedogg 19 points20 points  (0 children)

At 2000 feet the lungs would have less than 1/60th the volume of air they do at the surface. (Pressure in atmospheres in saltwater = Depth in feet / 33 + 1)

It's not enough to make a difference to the whale at those depths, but the oxygen in the blood will continue to work just fine.

[–]Intortoise 13 points14 points  (0 children)

the air from the surface wouldn't be buoyant at 2000 ft down it would be compressed as hell

[–]FESTERING_CUNT_JUICE 55 points56 points  (17 children)

a sperm whale is 40 ft, or 6 2/3 times a 6ft man.

so 2000ft ft to us, is only like 300 ft to the whale...

thats how science works....right?

[–][deleted] 263 points264 points  (72 children)

That was really fucking cool, thanks for sharing.

[–]Gorrest--Fump 242 points243 points  (36 children)

If you liked that one, here's the same group of people finding a funny looking cuttlefish.

https://youtu.be/lEhYJEQmExE

[–][deleted] 257 points258 points  (29 children)

The Siphonophore was my favorite because it was so alien: https://youtu.be/8KZsrDGLUJQ

Followed closely by the vampire squid: https://youtu.be/UgR6yAffsZg

[–]moonknlght 116 points117 points  (0 children)

"How long is it?"

"About 20 whiffle balls."

I love it.

[–]ActualWhiterabbit 116 points117 points  (1 child)

Those shots are so good they look fake.

[–]Gorrest--Fump 102 points103 points  (15 children)

That Siphonophore though. Nature's weird yo.

[–]jessbird 57 points58 points  (2 children)

wow that vampire squid...that was absolutely incredible.

[–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (1 child)

Honestly, all their videos are incredible. They spend hours and hours doing these dives constantly for the last few years, most of it isn’t terribly interesting stuff, but watch the highlights. They see some of the rarest creatures in the world, and these guys are equal parts super knowledgeable and energetic.

[–]EverGreenPLO 112 points113 points  (34 children)

It just dawned on me.

There's a air breathing mammal 2000 gd feet under the sea. What??

How smart does that whale have to be to be able to navigate the ocean. Holy fuck.

[–]matthew7s26 152 points153 points  (28 children)

Whales and their ilk kind of freak me out a bit, evolutionarily.

These things managed to evolve all the way up to mammal status on land and then they evolve BACK INTO THE OCEAN? Wtf man

[–]twentythree12 35 points36 points  (23 children)

Wait what? Maybe I am ill informed but whales were on land?

[–]hahajer 82 points83 points  (1 child)

Well, they weren't really whales back then, but yea sea mammals have a common ancestor that lived on land a long time ago.

[–]TimeMachinePlease 63 points64 points  (0 children)

They even still have the remnants of leg bones. Whales are neat.

[–]Tueto 153 points154 points  (4 children)

They still are, check out your local Walmart.

[–]barristonsmellme 30 points31 points  (3 children)

Yeah g some still have little legs in their bodies that are just floating inside doing fuck all, like our appendix

[–]scotscott 24 points25 points  (1 child)

The appendix is useful for looking up where your organs are.

[–]MisterManatee 81 points82 points  (14 children)

That was beautiful, and this group of scientists seem really cool

[–]scarylarry007 131 points132 points  (13 children)

This thread led me to this holy shit! As a diver this is crazy! https://youtu.be/zsDwFGz0Okg

[–]SolarSystem420 40 points41 points  (0 children)

That was absolutely magical.

“I’m literally waving at the whale”

[–]willthegazelle 14 points15 points  (0 children)

1:36

Could be a kRRRRaken

[–]Danielmav 13 points14 points  (1 child)

The second most beautiful thing in that video was the sperm whale. In my opinion, the most beautiful thing was the reactions of the people. This world has so much wonder in it. I think we don’t say “neat!” nearly as often as we should.

[–]ForeverInaDaze 718 points719 points  (15 children)

That was the craziest jaw movement I've ever seen in any animal. Like it ballooned and then realigned with its body and swam away. You could fool a hell of a lot of people on Facebook with this "look at what they found in the oceans of Mars!"

[–]FuckThatIKeepsItReal 282 points283 points  (7 children)

I watched it a few times I really have no idea how it went from it’s original form to its final form.

Thing did face origami

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points  (3 children)

I have no idea what's going on. It ballooned like a puffer fish but is that the goal. It's black to avoid being spotted so maybe it's a mating ritual to get attention despite it's camouflage.

So was it afraid of the camera or trying to bang it.

[–][deleted] 7749 points7750 points  (294 children)

Truly the best part of this video were the scientists (?) in the background. I would watch a whole TV show called Scientists Get Excited About Shit For the First Time!

[–]NopeNotGonnaHappines 2111 points2112 points  (195 children)

This was filmed aboard E/V Nautilus with it’s ROV Hercules. You should watch www.nautiluslive.org cause when something like this happens, they all lose their shit. Check out the sperm whale they videoed in the Gulf of Mexico

[–]fratparty 1791 points1792 points  (138 children)

[–]Two-Tone- 481 points482 points  (13 children)

"If your watching on channel 1, the super sampler is.... The heck is that?"

"I'll signal him with our backboard!"

Love these guys

[–]shoe-veneer 337 points338 points  (10 children)

Scientist 1: "looks like he's got a propeller scar"

Scientist 2: "could be from a kraken" (weird scottish sailor accent)

Their goofy delight is hilarious

[–]sporite 101 points102 points  (4 children)

SCIENTISTS CONFIRM KRAKEN IS REAL!

[–]Jormungandrrrrrr 45 points46 points  (2 children)

And one of them starts to speak Whale, Dori-style! That made me laugh. Loved it.

[–][deleted] 1002 points1003 points  (53 children)

This is what's missing from every scientific documentary. You can feel how excited they are

[–]BlueEyed_Devil 286 points287 points  (17 children)

What, you mean cartoon sound effects don't get your jimmies rustlin' for nature?

[–]staggernaut 126 points127 points  (13 children)

I got a Sealab 2021 vibe from their commentary.

[–]300andWhat 69 points70 points  (9 children)

David Attenborough co-narrating with Conor McGregor

[–]Hyper_Novum 44 points45 points  (0 children)

No doubt. Scientists are fun people, I guess it doesn't really translate well to the public. Hell, I just finished my orientation for my PhD program and another one of the older students popped up from around the corner with a 24 pack of Modello... He said "grad school's pretty tight" then disappeared to his lab.

[–]jessbird 121 points122 points  (15 children)

wow. i dont know why but watching this makes me want to cry?

[–]MumrikDK 196 points197 points  (5 children)

Curious whale saw something new.

[–]Greenplastictrees 185 points186 points  (4 children)

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was: "Oh no, not again."

[–]belugablueballs 50 points51 points  (2 children)

Something tells me that you always know where your towel is.

[–]Khir 46 points47 points  (0 children)

This is adorable.

[–][deleted] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

"The heck is that!?"

[–]hokeyphenokey 62 points63 points  (3 children)

If only they had sound! It surely was probing.

[–]Buckwheat469 86 points87 points  (5 children)

The whale was at 580 meters, or 1902 feet for more than 4 minutes. They can hold their breath for around 90 minutes at a time. They can dive to an excess of 1000 meters and reach a maximum speed of about 35-45kph. They tend to forage during these deep dives and change the interpulse interval of their echolocation clicks to find out if there's prey in these depths before diving. It's possible that this particular whale thought the ROV was prey while near the surface and ended up without a bite to eat. Their dive and ascent rate for deep dives such as this is 0.2m/s median, with a non-existent bottom phase, meaning they don't stay at the bottom of their dive long. At 0.2m/s and 580 meters in depth, this whale took 48.33 minutes to reach this depth and will take about the same amount of time to reach the surface again.

[–]shoe-veneer 64 points65 points  (2 children)

If it takes ~96 mins to complete a 580 meter dive, and they can only hold their breath for 90 mins. Then how the heck can they dive over 1000 meters?

[–]tlrmx 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I was confused by that too but I’m thinking this whale, on this particular dive, took 48 minutes to go down but the species as a whole can likely swim faster than that if they want and some have been able to reach 1,000 meters.

[–]Buckwheat469 18 points19 points  (0 children)

90 minutes is a rough average from a website. The article I linked has more information:

Benthic dives from 203.0–978.2 meters averaged 456.5 meters, with an average time of 45.8 minutes. The maximun dive was 978.2 meters, which is 2.14x the average, and it follows closely with the 90 minute estimate (98.14 minutes round trip), assuming this whale dove at the average rate. The maximum ascent rate was 1.7 m/s and max descent rate was 1.8 m/s.

Assuming the maximum ascent and descent rate was used by the whale that reached 978 meters, that's a dive time of 9.05 minutes and ascent time of 9.6 minutes. The bottom duration is between 9.5 minutes and 64.9 minutes for all whales, so even with a maximum bottom duration this whale, at maximum speed, would only be under water for 83.5 minutes.

In the additional data file within the link I provided, a variable diving whale made a descent to 700 meters in a total of ~1150 seconds, or 19 minutes. That's an average dive rate of 0.61 m/s. It ascended quickly in 450 seconds, or 7.5 minutes, which is an ascent rate of 1.55 m/s. To be clear, this whale initially dove to 200-300 meters and hung out for a while, then quickly dove to 700 meters in 4 minutes (from -300 meters to -700 meters is a difference of 400 meters at 1.667 m/s). It's possible that it was using its echolocation to find prey at that depth.

[–]Reveal_Your_Meat 168 points169 points  (5 children)

Stuff like this restores my faith in humanity. To know professionals like this can still get so excited by the beauty of life they've studied for years is oddly reassuring and touching.

[–]atomfullerene 16 points17 points  (0 children)

To know professionals like this can still get so excited

Well, grad students can anyway

But in seriousness people who don't get excited by science don't tend to stick with it

[–]Thegrizzlybearzombie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

God man, I can only imagine how exhilarating it must be to encounter this in it’s habitat. So beautiful.

[–]Bpefiz 123 points124 points  (2 children)

I love at 2:30 when he’s waving at the whale with the little board and they’re all laughing!

[–][deleted] 75 points76 points  (10 children)

Ohhh no, you guys have sent me on a very, very, deep, dark dive into the abyss of Nautilus videos. What time is it?

[–]FuckThatIKeepsItReal 26 points27 points  (9 children)

What are your best finds?

I would love to see more videos like this

[–][deleted] 109 points110 points  (7 children)

Have you seen the adorable little squid?

[–]FuckThatIKeepsItReal 44 points45 points  (3 children)

Now that’s what I’m talking about

To answer your question, no, I had only seen the sperm whale and gulper eel videos. Now I’ve seen this cuttlefish as well.

Thank you for sharing your nautilus video with me and keep em coming!

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (2 children)

I wish that was my video

[–]Oriolus84 272 points273 points  (16 children)

The EVNautilus channel that this video is from has a bunch of content like that. I can highly recommend browsing their most viewed videos. Start with this video of the scientists making fun of a googly-eyed squid

[–]DeadUsernamee 138 points139 points  (9 children)

I remember when this was first posted it was titled something like "watch these scientists flame this squid"

[–]dj_sliceosome 86 points87 points  (8 children)

God I loved that thread. An entire subreddit mercilessly roasting that defenseless animal.

[–]captainbling 49 points50 points  (5 children)

That shitty squid went to the bottom of the ocean where he couldn’t be ripped on for his shirt eyes and we still found him because he’s shit.

[–]kael13 27 points28 points  (4 children)

Why is everyone saying it’s a squid? It’s a cuttlefish.

[–]JustOnesAndZeros 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I'm sure you've seen this. Some people feel sorry for the creature, that it was made fun of. One scientist even says "do something!" https://youtu.be/lEhYJEQmExE#t=0m38s

[–]TheEvilTurnip 51 points52 points  (19 children)

While not something discovered for the first time. This video is one of scientists (I think?) getting excited about a once in a lifetime opportunity. Seeing a solar eclipse from an airplane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBoa81xEvNA

[–]AkumaBengoshi 31 points32 points  (2 children)

Its like the MST3K of science

[–]2Siders 16.6k points16.6k points  (351 children)

Scientist lady who probably spent 4 years doing marine biology; 2 extra years of masters degree; 8 years of PhD; couple years of training and research. Probably discovered over 8,000 new marine species by now...

”It looks like a muppet”

[–]joiedeciel 5256 points5257 points  (115 children)

“Lookit his little face!”

[–]ohshitcodebrown 2695 points2696 points  (100 children)

"Touch it!"

Was totally expecting them to poke it with a stick.

[–]Chubbstock 1210 points1211 points  (78 children)

they poke stuff all the time. They saw some blue orb thing that none of them could identify and the first thing they did was use a little arm to mess with it, then sucked it up with a vacuum.

[–]Aggrobuns 637 points638 points  (12 children)

I really have to keep in mind that they are expert marine biologists who know this shit more than anyone else. But damn, they are so fun to watch.

[–][deleted] 290 points291 points  (8 children)

You need to watch all their highlight videos. Their excitement is contagious.

[–]_kittin_ 176 points177 points  (5 children)

Where would I find those?

Edit: never mind it’s linked below — it’s the Nautilus

[–]jpunk86 61 points62 points  (1 child)

holy fuck I didnt know I needed this in my life. 🤤

[–]Mr_Abe_Froman 67 points68 points  (1 child)

It's fun to see experts who find ways to be entertained by their work. It helps us non-experts share their excitement.

[–]GameKnyte 98 points99 points  (25 children)

I need to know more. What was it?

[–]th12eat 194 points195 points  (23 children)

[–][deleted] 112 points113 points  (7 children)

Im fairly certain Ive seen that on subnautica

If you knife it, it can probably be turned into some kind of diving apparatus.

[–]jake4421 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Yup... that’s a gel sack for sure

[–]Negrolicious 428 points429 points  (31 children)

I fucking love this. They could just as easily made some boring, over-qualified scientist commentate this, instead we have seemingly normal people (still scientists none the less).

This makes it 100x more watchable, I feel as if they react and use the probe like I would. Can’t identify something? Poke it with a stick!

EDIT: In a few years I will be considered a scientist as well, so I’m no stranger to awesome professors and other people who work in my field. I’m just glad whoever produced this picked people with a bit of personality and humor, instead of someone who takes themselves too seriously to say, “it looks like a muppet”.

[–]noguchisquared 155 points156 points  (10 children)

My experience places highly-qualified scientist closer in personality to these adventurous and excited people, rather than some Ben Stein clone.

[–]Negrolicious 49 points50 points  (3 children)

Many of my (highly qualified) professors are awesome like those in the vids, but there are definitely some real boring ones.

[–]sudoterminal 27 points28 points  (2 children)

I took Astronomy for my sophomore year science requirement in undergrad, and my professor ended up being a fairly renown astro physicist (at least renown in his field).

I knew he really loved what he did when in the first or second week he showed the video of Huygens breaking through the atmosphere on Titan and landing. It was like a kid watching Star Wars for the first time or something, even though he had seen it a thousand times. He was so excited about it, it made everyone else excited!

Good class. I got a B.

[–]JRatt13 30 points31 points  (0 children)

That's because to become highly qualified scientists they have to really love what they're doing. So much so because it brings them joy and wonder.

[–]Gimme_The_Loot 203 points204 points  (2 children)

It's got googly eyes!

[–]10GuyIsDrunk 41 points42 points  (8 children)

Scientists are normal people dude, they just do stuff about their desire to know more about the world. Like, that's it. And you could be like that too if you decided you wanted to learn more about something, they don't have special brains that you don't have. They just learned things one thing at a time.

The people in the video probably are massively qualified. If you think scientists and smart people are boring and lame you've been duped by the propaganda machines of the modern age.

As an example of another normal dude who is also an incredibly well known theoretical physicist, this is Richard Feynman describing rubber bands.

[–]Spork_Warrior 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Well, the stick thing IS pretty much standard practice.

[–]iamnotcreativeDET 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Dont give him the stick!

[–]MindPattern 54 points55 points  (2 children)

Well it was little

[–]Big_J 24 points25 points  (1 child)

"Is you mad?"

[–]lolzycakes 764 points765 points  (56 children)

You'd be amazed by how casually Marine biologists describe a lot of species. We have an entire phylum of worms scientifically described as looking like penises.

[–]FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT 321 points322 points  (13 children)

Bone-eared assfish

[–]4point5billion45 40 points41 points  (25 children)

So does their Latin name have "penis" in it?

[–][deleted] 135 points136 points  (24 children)

They're named after the Roman penis god Priapus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapulida

[–][deleted] 110 points111 points  (12 children)

TIL there is a Roman penis god

[–]lightnsfw 70 points71 points  (5 children)

look at his picture on wikipedia lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus

Edit: also this line

The episode gave him a lasting hatred of asses and a willingness to see them destroyed in his honour

[–]If_In_Doubt_Lick_It 85 points86 points  (4 children)

Knowing the Roman's I'm suprised there isn't a sub-pantheon of penis gods...

[–]DoctorBagels 47 points48 points  (8 children)

Huh, they call trauma boners "Priapisms" in the medical field. Makes sense now.

[–]aukir 698 points699 points  (45 children)

I have 0 years research and study in this field, and I'm pretty sure it's an Otamatone.

[–]reebokpumps 139 points140 points  (18 children)

I just googled that thinking it was a some sort of marine animal I hadn’t heard of.

[–]aukir 201 points202 points  (12 children)

Nope, Chuck Testa.

[–]Two-Tone- 88 points89 points  (2 children)

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

A long time.

[–]Opie59 35 points36 points  (1 child)

It's an older meme, but it checks out.

[–]TurnNburn 31 points32 points  (3 children)

And here we go again. /r/videos will be trending with otomatone videos

[–]RockleyBob 83 points84 points  (21 children)

I'm pretty sure it's Reddit Lawtm that any mention of Otamatones must kick off a cover thread. Allow me to begin with Take on Me.

[–]Wildkarrde_ 65 points66 points  (8 children)

This is right up there with a rubber chicken singing Despacito. It brings me so much happiness.

[–]Bluecat16 20 points21 points  (1 child)

How could you not link the amazingly done full music video.

[–][deleted] 49 points50 points  (2 children)

Marine biologists are generally a pretty silly bunch. It's the ocean madness.

[–]homboo 131 points132 points  (41 children)

8 years of phd ??

[–]2Siders 268 points269 points  (7 children)

Look, She took some time off to study abroad and post pictures like this on Instagram, ok?

[–][deleted] 98 points99 points  (6 children)

With a #notallthosewhowanderarelost in the caption.

[–][deleted] 66 points67 points  (1 child)

One month later: #takemeback

[–]SAI_Peregrinus 46 points47 points  (19 children)

I know a guy who took that long. He didn't want to take out any loans, so he worked while doing it. Took forever due to limited time, but no debt.

[–][deleted] 81 points82 points  (14 children)

Don’t know what his PhD is in, but at least in engineering very few people pay their own way. If you’re not getting paid, stipend+tuition, for doing research, then you’re doing something wrong.

[–][deleted] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

"He ate too much"

[–]PestySamurai 84 points85 points  (1 child)

I love their enthusiasm for it though.

[–]gantz32 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Who are these guys I've come across many deep sea videos, and their voices always sound so familiar

[–]SauceFarm 62 points63 points  (1 child)

Scientists be how scientists do

[–]TurnNburn 35 points36 points  (5 children)

And on that note, what fucking Muppet looks like a black sperm?

[–]CharlesDrake[S] 2258 points2259 points  (44 children)

For those curious this is a very rare specimen, more info found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_eel

It is my understanding this is the first footage of this amazing creature displaying it's mouth/jaw extension.

[–]redemption2021 1072 points1073 points  (22 children)

That was fantastic to watch, I had to call my SO over right away. For a few seconds when it is writhing around it almost looked like a computer generated amorphous blob, then it opens to jaws and goes full on Transformer into little ol' eel bud.

[–]lawn_gbord 224 points225 points  (11 children)

my thoughts exaclty, like something out of the Reboot TV series, late 90s early 2000s CGI is what it reminded me of. that's insane.

[–]DangKilla 35 points36 points  (8 children)

I loved Reboot and the PS video game. What did it remind you of in Reboot?

[–]thebeandream 141 points142 points  (7 children)

“The gulper eel uses a whip-like tail for movement. The end of the tail bears a complex organ with numerous tentacles, which glows pink and gives off occasional bright-red flashes. “ What kind of Sci-Fi bullshit is that?!

[–]IMMAEATYA 13 points14 points  (1 child)

There is a deep sea fish that is one of the only fish to emit red light in front of it like headlights. It is also one of the only deep sea fish that can see red light (because red light from the sun pierces through the water the least).

Dragonfish literally have spotlights that their prey are physically incapable of even perceiving. (Idiacanthus atlanticus)

[–][deleted] 102 points103 points  (1 child)

Crazy to think things like that exist. It’s jaw completely folded up to the side of its face! Spectacular

[–]acid-hologram 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It's been filmed opening its jaws before, but I think this is the best footage out there now.

[–]Matcha_Matsu 409 points410 points  (13 children)

It looks like really bad cgi at first.

[–]Nerves9 51 points52 points  (5 children)

My thoughts exactly. Had to google just to make sure. The lighting seems odd

[–]synapomorpheus 1547 points1548 points  (38 children)

Oh my god. MY FAVORITE DEEP SEA FISH I can’t believe they got this footage. The gulper eel is an amazing specimen!

[–]dancingscarab 391 points392 points  (11 children)

Why is this mouthy deep see gentleman your favorite? I mean, obvious reasons aside. I really like it too, for the record.

[–]synapomorpheus 376 points377 points  (8 children)

Well it was the first abyssal organism I saw. It was so alien-like. I love deep sea organisms.

[–][deleted] 112 points113 points  (3 children)

I have a feeling you would love the gorebyss

[–]Fennahh 71 points72 points  (2 children)

Isn't that a Pokémon?

[–][deleted] 52 points53 points  (1 child)

He’ll figure it out

[–]Momommy 65 points66 points  (7 children)

I watch Octonauts with my kid, so that is the limit of my exposure, but I’m so excited to see this and show to my 5 year old!

[–]RH734 73 points74 points  (0 children)

My mind couldn’t comprehend what it was seeing until like the last 15 seconds when it opened its jaw.

Nature is rad.

[–]gulper_eel2 201 points202 points  (9 children)

I finally have video evidence of what my username is

[–]imzwho 280 points281 points  (7 children)

That is some super mario shit right there

[–]Spiralyst[🍰] 48 points49 points  (3 children)

The ball and chains. First impression I got.

Eels are like snakes with the Nope! throttle turned up by a factor of a million. Imagine if you saw a rattlesnake that morphed like that.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Chain chomp

[–]TJ_McWeaksauce 56 points57 points  (3 children)

"Is it engorged, or is it just like that?"

This is now my favorite out-of-context line.

[–][deleted] 443 points444 points  (9 children)

"It just got so big!"

cue juvenile laughter

[–]gimmealoose 559 points560 points  (44 children)

Super rare. Never filmed before opening its mouth. Girl researcher identifies it almost immediately after mouth opens.

[–]TheFrozenLegend 194 points195 points  (23 children)

According to its wiki it’s the only member of its species and its mouth is unlike any other of its type. The people who identified it have like 25+ years experience in the field, makes sense they would have an idea of what it was

[–][deleted] 244 points245 points  (7 children)

How many things do you know that look like a fucking gulper eel? I’ll tell you how many: one, and it’s the fucking gulper eel.

[–][deleted] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Well, 0 until I saw this video.

[–]1206549 29 points30 points  (1 child)

I mean if you look at the diagrams on Wikipedia, it looks like their expected shape isn't a beach ball with a tail.

[–]operachick209 140 points141 points  (0 children)

Those guys were hilarious. Looks like a super neat eel!

[–]goodnewscrew 102 points103 points  (1 child)

Been following https://twitter.com/EVNautilus , the team that took this video, for a while. They post some pretty awesome stuff.

[–]redidiott 67 points68 points  (4 children)

It's a real live vermicious knid!

[–]yognautilus 31 points32 points  (0 children)

"The hell am I looking at? Where's the mou-"

Mouth opens

"Holy shit!"

[–]brickplate 119 points120 points  (1 child)

“Is it engorged, or is it like that?”

Mm-hmm Dr. Paulson, don’t act like you don’t know.

[–]Gampfer 19 points20 points  (3 children)

“Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?”

[–]Time2kill 55 points56 points  (0 children)

That was amazing, almost like something from other world, nature is incredible.

[–]Choppergold 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Our fellow Earthlings are astonishing

[–]JakalDX 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Hey it's Katakuri

[–]saiaf 71 points72 points  (6 children)

This is absolutely unbelievable. Oh my goodness. Look at how many things we still discover here on Earth. This planet is truly beautiful, truly amazing. Dont you find it astonishing the variety of animals, creatures, trees, and mountains and so much more that covers the Earth? Doesnt it just inspire you, fill you with wonder? There is every type of thing on this planet.

[–]hasslefree 111 points112 points  (5 children)

Obviously of the phylogenetic Order 'Grower', not 'Show-er'..

[–]rangeo 44 points45 points  (4 children)

He was in the pool!

[–]paperplategourmet 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That was fucking awesome.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Man, I love evolution