Deep sea creatures revealed! My ocean expedition with a robot.

[@joeyb9910]

Here from microcosmos channel, and watching this made me hit that subscribe button! Thank you for your content, it’s wonderful!

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you! Hope to have some new videos in the coming months! Stay tuned.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Truly aliens of the deep :-) Thanks for bringing us along!

[@ArielWaldman]

Such a great planet we have.

[@DanielSolis]

Aaahh! I could watch a slide show of just those animals. Wild.

[@ArielWaldman]

They’re so great

[@philip_waldman]

Kind of mind-blowing that those alien-looking creatures don't actually live that far way from land.

[@ArielWaldman]

I know, right!?

[@JakeMcCr8]

Hello, I just found your channel from Journy to the Microcosms. I really enjoy your format of providing informaton, everything you post is increadibly intresting. Hope your having a great time in whatever your currently doing, also personally hope to see some more posts!!

[@Profreud]

Great video!

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you!

[@dobfankris]

In a number of the lab shots it looked like the luminescent parts of some of these creatures were visible - is this reflecting from a light source? Is it visible to the naked eye? This was so cool, I can only imagine having experienced it first hand.

[@ArielWaldman]

It’s light refracting on the tiny hair-like bits of the creatures that helps propel them. So the dancing lights you see on them wouldn’t be visible if all the lights were turned off.

[@MartinBogomolni]

YAY! I was waiting for your latest update Ariel. Miss ya, and hoping to maybe see you next time at Hackers.

[@ArielWaldman]

Thanks! Never been.

[@SmokinFoolz]

All contact links on tested, yours is only with KZbin link. Weird how I found the channel but happy I did. Subscribed.

[@dustinbird2090]

Blown away that you had less than 48 hours notice for such an awesome opportunity!

[@ArielWaldman]

It was 100% unexpected! It's times like this that I'm so thankful for Patreon helping me stay independent (and thus flexible).

[@marmundo9110]

The RADIOLARIA at 7:52 looks strangely like a COVID-19 virus... but wow! Most creatures are so fascinating and beautiful! Especially the BLOOD-BELLY COMB-JELLY!!! It actually changes colour! How? Btw, great choice of music for that animal!! 👾 So that's what it would feel like to live in a pineapple under the sea! @ 9:51 it feels like it's densely populated with a lot of different species... different rules than for those of us who live above the sea!

[@ArielWaldman]

The flickering you see on the blood-belly comb jelly is light refracting on its tiny hairs that help propel it. If there was no light, there wouldn’t be the rainbow flickering colors.

[@Runeify00]

phenomenal Video! much Respect to your craft!

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you!

[@joostdaniels8743]

This is really neat Ariel! Great job capturing many elements of what goes on during these expeditions, and very nicely produced.

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you! I'm in awe of all of your work.

[@anakimluke]

Incredible!!

[@ArielWaldman]

🦑

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

Ariel post :) happy day, let's go... Request for the crew singing Still Alive. :)

[@ArielWaldman]

🚀

[@MultiNacnud]

I hear the cuisine on these expeditions is pretty good although I guess calamari isn't on the menu.

[@ArielWaldman]

You’re definitely well-fed on these! The chef was great. And counter-intuitively, you often feel less seasick if you keep a full stomach. So I ate constantly!

[@PixelAquarium]

Amazing work! Love all the explanations of research techniques!

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you!

[@anandatheertansrinivasan49]

Wow wow so Wow wow 👌❤️. The underwater experience reminds me of ABZU (PS4) and real life version of Subnautica!!!! Glad i watched this. Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙂

[@BreakingTaps]

Wow! What an amazing experience, that footage was just unreal. Thanks so much for documenting it all! I've always wondered, do deep-sea creatures mind being brought up to lower pressures? E.g. do some creatures have a difficult time acclimating to depths near the surface?

[@ArielWaldman]

Thanks! I’m not an expert but I know that managing the amount of oxygen they get is a big part of keeping them happy. Many need lower levels of oxygen to feel like themselves.

[@BreakingTaps]

@@ArielWaldman Neat! Makes sense considering where they come from. Thanks for the explanation!

[@bandthingy3885]

Brilliant footage, made that wait so worth it!

[@ArielWaldman]

Yay!

[@charlesqc9272]

A real joy as usual to see your YT Always instructive learn something each time tanks

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you! And thanks for tuning in!

[@BGsModelWorkshop]

Absolutely awesome! Thank you for sharing this! It really seemed to be an amazing cruise. The video from the depths was stunning!.

[@ArielWaldman]

It was magical ✨ Thanks for watching!

[@IanGrams]

Thanks for sharing your experience with us 😊 Seems like a great bunch of people doing some really cool work. Seeing a giant larvacean and it's mucus structure in 3d was too darn neat. I really enjoyed that they have screens in the living spaces to see what the ROV is up to. As someone who also started mostly as a space geek I totally agree that learning about space makes me more appreciate the crazy diversity of life on earth. Give stardust enough time and it sure makes some beautiful things. Also what was that super dense stuff floating in some of the outro shots?

[@ArielWaldman]

Thanks for tuning in! Agreed! At the end it shows shots of flying through marine snow - so just lots of mostly dead organic gunk from various creatures. Sometimes in the marine snow you can see large clumps of old collapsed “snot palaces” from giant larvaceans that have been abandoned.

[@IanGrams]

@@ArielWaldman ooh, thank you! I had heard the term marine snow before but I don't think I'd ever seen footage of it. I appreciate whoever first called their tests snot palaces haha. What a wonderfully strange approach to improving filter feeding.

[@k001daddy]

Awesome video, as always! Love your work!

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you!

[@VincentGroenewold]

Just wondering, is the research going to be published? Awesome stuff. How do the animals cope with way less pressure when brought up?

[@ArielWaldman]

The Bioinspiration Lab shares their research at www.bioinspirationlab.org/ . The Monterey Bay Aquarium logs what conditions the creatures are at and replicates their environments in controlled tanks.

[@dustman96]

Good question

[@dwp2659]

way cool! what about the pressure differences?

[@ArielWaldman]

A number of creatures were in the mid-waters between 300-700m, so not extremely deep but their oxygen/pressure levels are logged and controlled for.

[@stevenb7319]

Great video! Thank you for sharing. I have to travel some times at the drop of a hat and think you may benefit from a trick I have. I always keep a stock of ginger candies around to help with the nausea of motion sickness. I personally love the Prince of peace lemon ginger chews. Not sponsored or anything but if you could have a few more hours of enjoying your trips it’s worth it.

[@ArielWaldman]

I’m on the far end of the bell curve for seasickness, so alas ginger doesn’t help me at all. Glad you found something that works for you!

[@garimagill2616]

Amazing work

[@AppliedScience]

Really cool! Thanks for sharing the adventure with us! Was that fluorescent dye used to measure water flow out of the living sponge?

[@ArielWaldman]

Thanks for tuning in! Yes, it helps show the flow. Dye is pumped outside it near the bottom, and then we watch the sponge pull it in and pump it out.

[@willemvandebeek]

I am feeling sorry for the captured deep sea creatures, which are going to be imprisoned in a zoo for the rest of their lives. But I know they will be studied and we'll learn new things about them, at least I hope so! Will you follow their research progression on wards with follow-up videos about what has been learned and the deep sea creature's eventual fate please? :)

[@ArielWaldman]

Definitely read up more about the Monterey Bay Aquarium if you get the chance: www.montereybayaquarium.org/ & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Bay_Aquarium . They're pioneers in conservation and handling, and are part of the reason there's a nationally-designated marine sanctuary in the first place. I should also note that while the jellies in the video were collected, other creatures you see in the wet lab, like the squid, were re-released into the ocean. I won't have follow-up videos, but the Aquarium is very active and friendly to interact with on social media. You can also check out the Bioinspiration Lab's ongoing research at www.bioinspirationlab.org/

[@dustman96]

To some of these creatures, as long as the conditions are comfortable, I don't think it would make much of a difference in their quality of life. Really appreciate your concern though. Too little concern for the well being of other creatures these days.

[@agdesignfabrication1009]

If given the opportunity would you join Victor Vescovo to the deepest spot in the ocean? Or would that be pushing the limits a bit far for you?

[@ArielWaldman]

I’d love to explore in a submersible!

[@patrickwatkins7572]

*sings* under the sea with waldman

[@ArielWaldman]

It was destiny ;)

[@subseeker]

R.I.P.

[@dustman96]

Thanks for this view into the wonders of our oceans. And I wouldn't complain if you dropped the makeup. That's not what this is about, and to be honest I think you'd be more attractive without it. More time to do what you love!

[@kortt]

Amazing video!

[@ArielWaldman]

Thank you!