Deep Sea Gigantism Explained

Deep Sea Gigantism (abyssal gigantism) is defined as the the tendency for deep-sea animals to grow to much larger sizes than their shallow water relatives.
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Biologists still aren’t certain why it is that some abyssal creatures grow to these immense sizes, for we have still only scratched the surface of discovery in the deep. But there are many theories, which may help to shed light on this mystery of the oceanic deep.
A brilliant example to show that deep sea fauna does indeed follow this rule, is the mollusk group, gastropods, which includes slugs and snails. In the deep, many species that are near symmetrical to shallower varieties, grow to be huge. The deep sea isopod belongs to a group that rarely grows larger than a few inches in the shadows, but down here they can grow to half a metre in length, and weigh approximately 1.7 kilograms. This variety, the giant isopod, is found in the deep, cold waters of the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.
#deepsea #wildlife #nature #animals #ocean #fish #science #biology
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0:00 Introduction
0:47 Deep Sea Gigantism
1:16 How Deep Sea Organisms Grow so Large
1:52 Kleiber's Rule - Larger Animals are More Efficient
2:44 Bergman's Rule - Sea Animals Grow Larger in Cold Climates
3:57 Gigantism in the Colossal Squid
4:13 The Island Rule
5:16 How the Deep Sea Mirrors the Island Rule
6:03 Gigantism in the Giant Isopod
6:40 Resources in the Deep Ocean
7:03 Conclusion
7:54 Outro
Resources:
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[@NaturalWorldFacts]

BEFORE YOU SCROLL! - I’ve made a newer version with an all-new script, improved narration, music and editing! Check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ61YmePo8xsoas :D Some shots in this older version were removed (blurred) due to ambiguity about the licensing rights of some footage. This is also amended in the new version.

[@ogaucho6235]

Imagine living peacefully at the bottom of the ocean and out of nowhere some human comes and calls you ugly

[@BeczaBot]

Lol that’s what we do!

[@holthuizenoemoet591]

let me guess, you are subscribed to the "existential turtle" aka "exurb1a" ?

[@pse161]

@TC Abby XO

[@tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835]

Can't wait for aliens to do the same to us!

[@azeemquraishi5669]

I want to find the background music for this video

[@damanprest4898]

the deep sea used to scare my sister so much that she wouldn’t even swim in the ocean on grand theft auto

[@tfcbioshock]

For good reason too. In story mode if you swim too far a shark will spawn and eat you out of nowhere

[@Jin-1337]

@@tfcbioshock Holy shit

[@terenntracy9113]

Your sister and I are similar except for me it's not being able to swim in Minecraft lol. It's so embarrassing but I just can't

[@Vibakari]

@@terenntracy9113 well there’s zombies down there

[@SDSypher]

there's a ufo underwater in GTA 5 if you look hard enough. it would be terrifying to accidentally stumble on lol

[@tapewormjr.388]

I found a beached giant squid when I was a kid. Called a lifeguard over and he explained a bunch of stuff about it and called someone who he said could dissect it. I got to take pictures riding on it like a horse. Still one of my coolest childhood memories

[@NyklausCopernicus]

I'm so surprised that 4 months after you made this comment, there's no replies. How old were you when you did that? Did you have any kind of meta-awareness, based on what the lifeguard told you, that you were touching something that gave you an experience totally unique from virtually every other human on the planet? That it's not unlikely that at that point in time, you may have been the only person on the planet who had ridden a giant squid, specifically, like a horse? Heck, you might still be. What a weird badge of individuality to have in your catalog of experiences. Talk about rare Achievements/Trophies..."0.000000000000000000000001% of other players have earned this achievement." Commission me to draw a digital drawing of that moment and mint it as an NFT -- now THAT's uniqueness, and someone might want to buy such a unique experience for a pretty penny...(I'm not joking by the way, let's make this happen, I'll be fair in my pricing!)

[@kylenew1922]

YOOOOO I wish you could post the pic 😭😭😭😭

[@RandomPerson-ui3xv]

bro how tf do you not get scared of that shit as a kid? you had the nerve to ride it like a horse? do you just be like oh shit a giant squid its so cute i better ride it

[@tapewormjr.388]

@@RandomPerson-ui3xv I was really into wildlife as a kid, I fished with my dad a lot and watched tons of nature documentaries. So I was comfortable around dead sea life. It didn't even occur to me that it might be gross to sit on a dead giant squid.

[@dannythompson1948]

Uhhhh squids bodies lie flat when out of water, so care to explain how this was possible? Did you mean to tell this story about an imaginary whale?

[@a_boshi]

For anyone who's was curious, the jellyfish at 6:08 is the Halitrephes maasi or firework jellyfish

[@trashbagsan]

It is beautiful

[@bingchilling7900]

I looks straight out of a sci fi movie, incredible

[@lgisop1704]

It looks like it could be a Bioshock boss fight

[@itsLowi]

i didnt see any jellyfish, only a huge eyeball

[@janiahsantos3241]

It's so beautiful

[@Razagul319]

I'm not fat, I'm just efficient

[@Caden_Lopez]

@@JoseSantos-el8nj lolololol 😂

[@gabrielpacana8596]

lol

[@roelvinckens5553]

Beached whale comes to mind...

[@squiddyft.insecurities3549]

@Deneb frenemies

[@cerebrumexcrement]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Notllamalord]

"Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

I was just playing some Subnautica 😎

[@Jesus_Offical]

No i am not

[@nikola4962]

@@NaturalWorldFacts pro tip: turn off the lights so no one can see your wet pants

[@michaelharris1843]

I understood that reference!

[@stingraykitten1796]

😂

[@naejin]

"Giants will be the first to go." Kind of reminds me of when the meteor struck the earth causing the big dinosaurs to go extinct and only the smaller life forms survived. There is a hidden (rarely realized) evolutionary advantages of being smaller sometimes in a long enough time scale.

[@philipfry6428]

makes sense, smaller creatures reproduce at a much faster rate, so they are allowed to make more mutant iterations overall, and they under the constraint of natural selection in such extreme conditions. Natural selection keeps the better ones which continue the reproduction rate making them fitter at a faster rate. Its easier for a 150 pound an to get into peak physical shape than say a 600 man man given equal desire and motivation.

[@trequor]

@@philipfry6428 More frequent mutation is not necessarily a good thing. Humanity has far surpassed evolution when it comes to tool making and they have one of the longest reproduction periods of the animal kingdom.

[@realwiggles]

​@@philipfry6428 The video you supposedly just watched literally says the prevailing theory on why deep sea gigantism occurs is because larger animals are more biologically efficient than smaller animals, which is pretty much the opposite of what you're saying. "Fittist" doesn't mean what you think it does. Animals in the wild aren't hitting the gym 5 days a week. Survival of the fittest is a misrepresentation of evolution anyway, but in this conext, "fittest" basically just means "best suited for survival for various reasons." It's not necessarily about who is the fastest or strongest, it's about the particular factors that may exist that give an organism the best chance for survival. These factors can be anything, such as a chameleon's ability to change the color of it's skin or a termite's ability to digest a food source that few other animals possess. Also, bacteria are extremely small and reproduce at incredible rates, but would you argue bacteria are the planet's "best" animals?

[@extendicus262]

​@@realwiggles if you're speaking literally then yes, bacteria are the superior life form. Maybe using big words and being condescending doesn't make you as smart as you think it does hm ?

[@poiuytrewq11422]

It that were true, we wouldn't exist because Bacteria would be more optimal than evolving to the point where we are.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Well this is going viral! To all of you about to comment on the music volume, audio quality or narration issues in this video, please note this was the first ever video I made in my Deep-sea Wonders series! This was before I’d bought a mic, properly figured out my style or delved deeper into the topic, so know that I’m aware this video is far from perfect haha! My newer ones, in my opinion at least, are much better.

[@sarumanork-orphanage5612]

Good to know! Just normalizing the two audio channels in Audacity (or any other software) to different levels would probably do the trick, but a good mic is a good investment in any case! You might want to pin the comment again, bc I found this comment manually after you told me about it, but this does not show as pinned... Probably a save button somewhere, happens to the best of us ^^

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

@Saruman Ork-Orphanage Cheers, that’s very useful!! Audio mixing is my weakness haha. And thanks for the heads up about the pin. Seems it unpins itself when I edit the comment.

[@sarumanork-orphanage5612]

@@NaturalWorldFacts Oh right, good to know! I'm not an expert myself, but essentially you should try setting the voice to -3dB and the music to -12dB/-18dB/-24dB of course you can coose any other nuber in between, but these are sort of the settings I'd typically go for. Watch out for one thing though, Normalizing your track will raise the volume of an overall quiet track, but if it's very quiet to beginn with or if you happen to have some noise, it also enhances noise. You can and probably should clean up the noise either way, especially on your own recordings. Denoising in Audacity works by selecting a quiet stretch of the recording, from which you get a pattern for the background noise, and then you select the whole recording and apply the denoising. You'll see it's pretty good considering it's a free open source program. Audacity doesn't doo video though, keep that in mind.

[@tuhimerameraa1]

Thanks a lot for your videos, love them

[@kimmyball4961]

Didn't even notice!! 😊

[@HeliRy]

It’s so counter intuitive. I would have thought that larger animals required more fuel to keep them going… not the opposite. But then look at the Hummingbird. They’re tiny, but are absolutely voracious for an animal of their size. Pound for pound they’re one of the largest consumers on the planet, energy wise.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Exactly!! It’s a very strange but very important phenomenon

[@whereskentuckybruce8245]

@@NaturalWorldFacts one of those things that makes sense but still seems strange

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

@@mirkofloris9979 it's like you were ignoring the part where these creatures shallow counterparts are significantly smaller. So the colossal squid is actually the rule.

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

@@mirkofloris9979 but I never said there are giant monsters down there. I said you weren't paying attention on account of the fact that you said the rule was false. You still haven't paid attention actually. The rule says that larger creatures are more efficient in sustaining themselves as their mass to food consumption ratios are higher. That's why I mentioned that the creatures down there are larger than their shallow counterparts. Because that was the point. The point was that bigger was better for many creatures. Not that some reached colossal sizes. Just that they were bigger.

[@renatoramos8834]

It's because they spend too much energy flapping those wings.

[@milofragger7]

“ There may be no Lovecraftian horror “ Giant squid: *and i took that personally*

[@bunsenn5064]

@Very Deep Think bout it What the hell is this

[@xeno4946]

@@bunsenn5064 fresh meat

[@youknowwho9741]

@Very Deep Think bout it huh

[@tyto7269]

The giant squid is a giant friend

[@kevindeol8503]

@Very Deep Think bout it lol wtf

[@neerajoshi6593]

For Anyone Curious, the Shark at 7:34 is A Basking Shark, one of The three species that filter water for food

[@jamm6826]

Thank you

[@MM_Mythical_Madness]

The one after is a mega mouth

[@dahsynn3961]

one time i was swimming at the beach, fairly deep you could say, and all of a sudden, i saw a white-black figure in the water. i quickly ascended, and later concluded that it was, in fact, an astronaut in the ocean.

[@skrytetemnoty7590]

Bro

[@arturosantana1686]

I’m done

[@theodoris]

God... damnit.

[@themanwiththebeard4632]

Were you rolling in the deep?

[@spooksboh6251]

him: "sea spiders-" my arachnophobia, bashing me in the face with a crowbar: BET YOU THOUGHT THE SEA WAS SPIDERLESS HUH??

[@sarahmchugh4169]

I won't cry if climate change kills that one.

[@gulag3463]

I killed a idiot spider and felt life sleeping.

[@dbochner]

RIGHT I GOT SO FUCKING UNCOMFORTABLE THEY FIND ME WHEREVER I GO

[@kziila0244]

If it helps, they aren’t true spiders.

[@raviolik1273]

Spiders are so cute tho

[@marcog.verbruggen674]

"While there may be no Lovecraftian horrors lurking in our oceans--" SAYS YOU!

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

😈😈

[@a.p.6580]

Who has the audacity to deny the existence of our beloved Kos, or as some say Kosm?

[@thegreatdestiny]

"Reaper_leviathan:roar" Edit:"leviathan" misspelled

[@justin2308]

I dunno, that’s pretty fishy.

[@TriTomMaximum]

"While there may be no Lovecraftian things in our oceans..." *Shows multiple images and footage of tentacle monstrosities and other creatures that have too many legs and wiggly bits. "Are you sure about that?"

[@davidesimonazzi3981]

This video is a masterpiece. Everything is so incredible, the explainations, the music, the footages, the editing and the voice as well, it really creates this sort of eerie atmosphere as if it were me swimming in the abyss myself and looking at these extraordinary creatures. Really awesome video!

[@KP3droflxp]

Eh, he’s talking about heat loss for animals that don’t produce body heat

[@svenjahartwig535]

I feel the same way, people comment about so much irrelevant stuff, while I am just frozen and exploding in the same time over what I just experienced.

[@DarkN25]

6:07 Man's lookin like one of those biblically accurate angels...

[@nexuskld]

I thought you said "sea spiders the size of airplanes" at one point and it freaked me the hell out. Glad I went back a few seconds to listen again lol!

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

😂😂😂 now that would be terrifying!

[@user-bu4rz6li1o]

Ahaha 😂😂😂😂😂

[@darwis4769]

christ that's scary😂😂

[@christianballaret5364]

let's not leave that possibility out just yet

[@kai-yo-tay8962]

There are no Airplane Sized Crabs but look up an image of the Spider Crab which I believe lives in the Pacific.

[@megwilson6679]

Most deep sea documentary’s make deep sea creatures seem really scary, but I really like this video because it shows how pretty and magnificent deep sea creatures are. No spooky music bullshit, just check out this epic big friend

[@chaytonhurlow840]

everyone gangsta until the cloverfield monster does a bellyflop out of the Mariana Trench

[@Someone-nt8wz]

Kinda reminds me of subnautica

[@coalboy1488]

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[@NoTaboos]

You can't even form a plural.

[@chaytonhurlow840]

@@NoTaboos but I'm peaking like the Urals

[@marcoalvarado8009]

Man these creatures are amazing. I was very disappointed to find out that even at the depths of the Mariana Trench, scientists were able to find plastic. Btw, this channel just earned a sub:)

[@htui9992]

Funny how they can find plastic in the depths of 1 of the most inhospitable conditions known to life.....

[@eenayeah]

This is literally one of the best channels I've discovered! Such good content!

[@stanettiels7367]

“Deep sea gigantism, like sea spiders the size of dinner plates.” Goliath bird eating spider: “You know what? I’m sick and fed up of this. Are we nothing to you?”

[@ogthanos6964]

POV Australia

[@Daniel-ld3hm]

@@ogthanos6964 Goliath Birdeaters are from South America IIRC

[@Dankster-yo8xv]

@@Daniel-ld3hm POV brazjl

[@dremewhite5209]

Huntsman Spider would like a chat 🤣

[@Jnor116]

Except that deep sea spider deals with atmospheric pressure that would turn the goliath bird water into paste in under a second, so yes it is a joke in comparrison.

[@mosidian]

Every good intentioned friend: There are many more fish in the sea The Sea:

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

😂😂😂

[@cassiemontgomery45]

And they're HUGE!

[@unclearety9371]

this is hilarious

[@outlawcustoms132]

Their was a few that reminded me of my ex lmfao

[@SorieI]

Essentially, move to someplace cold and get a giant girlfriend

[@stephenabbott2894]

My favorite KZbin channel for nature and ocean life. Learned more here than anywhere else.

[@SgtMjRomero]

“While there may be no lovecraftian horrors...” I'mma call cap on that one chief. If the Goblin Shark and Great Squid exist, I'm gonna wait patiently for when Cthulhu wakes up from his nap

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Did it never occur to you that the Old One might be closer than you think..? Ț͍o͙̻̝ͅ ͖̳͘in̮͇̠̫̺v̳͚̖͇̲̮ͅo̳̟͢k͔͇͈͍̺̠ḙ̭̠̻̞̯ ̵͎͔̗̞t͍͉͉h̠̭̠̲͖e̘̼̯͡ ͎͓̗h͕̳͓i̙͍̰̗̯͘v̙̼̜̠͔̰͓͢e̗̦-͖m̯̹i̬̣̯̼͓n̶̘̫̩͓d͙̞̘̮̖̞ ̷̝̭̞̝̯r̮̰̥̦̥̺͔e̫ͅp̢͉͎̪̫̥͕̯r̬͇̜͕͍̬e҉̪͚̘̺͈͖s̸̙͉̳̣͕̼̗en̗͕͉ͅt̯̘̗i̭̳͇̻̕n̪͉̩͔g̢ ̜̖̘c̨h̫͍̥a̮͎̤̗̻o̞̦̲̗̼s҉̥̫̯̠̯.̷̹̱̩̭ ̣͍͇̘͚Ì̭n̞͓̬̖̘͎̙v͇̻̬̟̘͠o̴k̷̲̞̤̟̯͇i̦n̲̦̻̺̺̹̱g̦̯̥̤͕͚̺ ̧̰͔t̡̥̰̻̻h̖̝͙̀e̻̣̻ ̳̲f̖̦̲̝̖e̷̪̭̣͉e̬̱͈͉l̟̪̥̙͈i̤̜͠n̠͕̻g̨̩̻͍͎̜̳ ̺̩̣̪̰͕͡o̖̟̟̼͕̙͈͠f̵̟ c̳͠h͙a̢̮os̡̟̣̜.̘͚̼ ̪W̶̦̻̺i̖̜̮̪͙th̞͡ ͓̟̫̫o̴̥̮̮̗̠̱u̳̩t҉̥̲ ̤͓̺o̲͜r̹͔͘d͓̠͈̙͙̠͢e̱͇̜̟̻͖̪r͖̱̞̖͙̭̪.̷̣̳ ͖͈͚̝͠Ț̼̝h̷̟̣̙͚ͅe̗̟͞ ̵Ǹȩ̲͚͙̪͖z͡p҉̞̘e̬r͚̀d̰̠̪̤̠͠i̡̞̫à͓̜͍n͚̖ ̢̙̙h̰̙i̫̲̞̥̮ṿ̱̰e̞̪̤-̦̤m̶͖i̮̜n̤d̩ ̤̯o̞͕̼̻̣ͅf̥̞̜̹̦̝͓ ̮̣c͚͈̬̖̹ha͕͙o̷̰͎s͕̘̟̘̠̤͞.̱̮̟̬ ͎̹̳̻͞Z͈̹̞̻a̷l̡g̵̟͉͖͓͕̘̙o͍̪̳̗̰̰͞.̢̳ ̗̙͔̦H̨͎̖e ͈̯̗̘͈̗w̰̫̞͍̻̮͡h̗̫̯̗̙̺̫͜o̬̼̣̟͙ ҉̮̗̰͇W̲̺̹͝a̺̟̣͍͚̳̳͡i͏͍̦̫͔͍̖͈t̗̲͙͇̞̪̖͞s̤ ̼̮̘́B̶̘̖e͎̪̰͔͎̘h̡i͍̯̙͈̦̘̙n̤͎̦͔̣ͅḏ̀ ͍̜̳̪̰͖T͍͎̫ḩ̲̠͕̩e ̹W̰̮̦̭̩al̲̯̰̭̘̳̀l̝͚̪̪̺̦̙. ̳͕͈̰Ẓ͝ͅA̙̘͖̘͚͍͚̕L͝G̸͈̠̝͓̝̣O!͓͢

[@celphalonred1999]

@@NaturalWorldFacts I'm scared

[@b.b8191]

@@NaturalWorldFacts i love this channel

[@theblanketgoblin]

im glad im not the only one who believes Cthulhu was/is real

[@winterspectre]

For cthulhu we just have to wait until they find some giant cuddlefish. I mean, have you seen them? Idk much about the ocean, they might have already found some lol.

[@smallfry3588]

Thank you for including subtitles. I have difficulty hearing and they help me with understanding information.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

That’s alright :) I’m glad you found them useful, I’ll definitely keep on placing subtitles on all future videos. Do let me know if you need further clarity on a topic or video, I’d be very happy to help!

[@itsyaboyskinnnypimp42069]

Ehehehe dyslexic gaaang

[@ITI-xi5zx]

@@itsyaboyskinnnypimp42069 that is so sweet ! Ican also help with captions if you need help, channel fried

[@itsyaboyskinnnypimp42069]

@@ITI-xi5zx nah i just watch i for a second time lmao so i can understand it properly since i have adhd aswell and stutter the entire wombo combo

[@mitchmontzu3170]

I dont know spanish

[@_sofie]

I actually learned so much. I was expecting a mumbling voice saying the same few sentences over and over before answering the question in the title in three seconds

[@exomake_mehorololo]

Love the videos on the deep sea!! Such great video material and I find the narration very easy to follow! Very clear with good timing and somehow calming as well. Sometimes narrators put almost too much emphasis and dramatic pomp into their delivery... especially in documentaries: I myself find this rather distracting from the actual content and usually won't remember much of what was said😶

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Thanks for the kind words, both this and your other comment have really made my day ☺️

[@NadeTheFun]

So the deep sea is basically just a game of Agar io

[@larissahonda3053]

lmao

[@eliasmolina7307]

Indeed

[@aldmeripatriot7703]

No, because larger cells in agar.io are actually less efficient and lose % size faster than smaller cells.

[@commanderzavala9328]

@@eliasmolina7307 Indeed

[@gravitygames4495]

@@aldmeripatriot7703 keyword: basically

[@murr881]

The KZbin recommendations have brought me here, I hope everyone gets this masterpiece

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

I’m so glad you enjoyed 😊

[@piadylan1207]

same, I’m glad this video was recommended to me. it is so well explained

[@akkayeps7867]

All hail KZbin gods

[@asikoaliko3727]

Give us a 4k shroud.

[@sersa4179]

Same reason I'm here!

[@someone7102]

hell of a vid. amazingly explained and edited appreciated the knowledge my man

[@user-rw6kz8cw9j]

Would highly recommend this video. Very concise, informative & interesting sounds and visuals too. Great work ! 👍

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Aw cheers :)

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

The deep ocean is the most fascinating ecosystem in the world to me. The mystery of the Giant Squids for one is a particularly elusive one, a real life kraken lurking in the depths and because of the dark we just can’t find enough of them to even build a clear image of what the largest among them really look like. A titan like that completely evading our gaze and the the tiny fraction of animals that ever get fossilized make me wonder what huge beasts once existed that we will never know about.

[@BenyaminLorit]

Or still exist. It's literally what causes my anxiety when swimming in areas where I can't see the bottom. Lol

[@ZFla-Xee]

Reminds me of the new Love Death + Robots short about the giant washing up on the shore

[@rdg760jr2]

The Congo is also another fascinating ecosystem for me

[@Pendji]

Most large squids are long and thin. Not exactly girthy and capable.

[@aaronrigg5208]

@@BenyaminLorit my anxiety when swimming is box jellyfish. Clear and too small to see, yet deadly. Also the fish with spines on its back, if you step on it you get injected with a toxin or venom that is one of the most painful in the world. I don't touch the floor if I can help it in the shallows.

[@Ben0_o]

When you think about it, a lot of the benefits of being larger in the deep sea overlap. A lower metabolism often means a longer lifespan, which means more chances to reproduce, and also reduces the need for the species to encounter a mate so regularly. Aside from conserving energy, a large size also suits to suits to help them ignore smaller predators, and allows them to store more food as they travel throughout the depths. Something to note: many smaller deep sea creatures have stretchy stomachs, but you don't see that in the larger animals. Deep sea animals play the long game, it would seem. tl;dr living that far down in the ocean is the epitome of the "Objective: Survive" meme, and being big helps with that.

[@bunbun8290]

underrated comment

[@Dylan-eq9wv]

Same thoughts

[@dahleno2014]

I will never understand people who use tl;dr

[@ChildishGambeaner]

@@dahleno2014 I only understand it when they use it as a joke like when they explain something in vivid detail then after that they'll type "tl;dr" then dumb it way down

[@RD9_Designs]

I enjoyed this, Leo. Thanks! I thought the audio, and your narration, were just fine!

[@RichardBrennan46]

Incredible learning experience. Thanks for your good work and dedication to your craft.

[@Facivita]

People be like “why do you have thalassophobia that’s stupid how do you be scared of the ocean” bitch this is why

[@miguelcabreracastro6968]

Every time I see this videos I wish i could go down there

[@callmecharlie4250]

For me it's not even the creatures at all, it's just starting into this endless void you'll never see the reaches of. I get very queasy playing Subnautica when starting at the empty drop-offs of deep caves or the dead zone, sometimes even having to take a break, but at the same time will square up with the ghost leviathans with nothing but a basic prawn suit, a repair tool, and a lot of batteries.

[@whatevenarenames4696]

@@callmecharlie4250 damn same. I can feel vaguely ok facing off against a mob once I know it’s there, but like if the water changes color too fast I have to pause the game and take a quick breather. Idk personally for me there something just about the terror, the anticipation for something horrid, like danger or anything else, is worse than the actual creature. Cause I can reason away this is a video game when I’m seeing it, but the terror of anticipation kills me everytime, and it legit immobilizes me while playing. And frankly in real life too, tho in real life I’m scared of every single thing in the ocean doesn’t matter if I know it’s there.

[@sammy3347]

just make them play subnautica lmao

[@recently1897]

@@miguelcabreracastro6968 same im soo curious behind this dark blue ocean

[@Hynet1]

6:07 everybody gangsta until the multidimensional vortex eye swims towards you

[@lj7169]

You're wrong. That's actually a multi-dimensional arsehole.

[@danielstermole1234]

Beautiful videos. Phenomenal knowledge passed along.! Please don't stop!

[@allo4876]

4:22 can we take a moment to appreciate this shot

[@Theinfobro.]

If I was rich bro I was advertise the fuck outta this video, this hit so perfect at 2am. It feels illegal that this doesn’t have as much views as it should

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Thanks so much!!! I hope you enjoyed 😁

[@x1uisf]

watching this at 2 am lmao

[@kikiniev]

literally watching this at 2 am as well haha

[@buppycat]

so it seems like this just shows up in people’s recommended at 2 am, cuz it’s like 2:30 rn and i just finished watching it

[@ginny169]

Me watching this at 2am👁👄👁

[@Jozzy14235]

The whole time watching this made me want to play subnautica lol

[@Maliketh_Montdore]

I want to play subnautica but i have other things that keep me busy

[@chicagodude1562]

I couldn’t even swim from the pod to the crashed ship

[@natelow8517]

I highly recommend subnautica below zero!

[@Maliketh_Montdore]

@@natelow8517 subnautica is better than below zero

[@samuels1245]

Watching this made me really NOT want to play Subnautica

[@YayWei320]

In college I wanted be either a marine biologist or a doctor. Currently in medical school now, but your videos are making me question everything. Well done, keep it up! 🧡

[@ceeciecee9563]

Hell yeah, keep it up

[@CornHhh359]

i want to be a marine biologist too, but life isn't seem so positive on that. Pls be a marine biologist to continue my dream.

[@h.baughman652]

Wow. I love this channel. Thank you for the research you put into this.

[@andrewrobertson3894]

This is reminiscent of a golden era Discovery or Nat Geo documentary, seriously. What to say... the music, footage and narration are all basically flawless and combine to capture the eerie otherworldly atmosphere perfectly. Fantastic work, mate.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Cheers Andrew! This started out as a hobby so it blows me away to hear feedback like this, thank you :)

[@user-bu4rz6li1o]

I totally agree!!.

[@user-bu4rz6li1o]

@@NaturalWorldFacts They are amazing to watch.. Well done ✨🤍✨

[@Big_ric]

@@NaturalWorldFacts this is just your hobby!? Omg that’s amazing. You get my subscribe👍🏽

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

@Ricky Tershak Thank you!!! I really appreciate it 😁

[@O2-Jonna]

“What you know about Rollin down in the deep?”

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

When your brain goes numb, you can call that mental freeze.

[@rosinssb5506]

This was an unfortunate occurrence

[@keehosgrl]

@@rosinssb5506 i agree

[@MammalianCreature]

What an awful day to be literate.

[@scooterclips1084]

Based

[@meatdress8111]

Great subtitles thank you underappreciated

[@CosmicShieldMaiden]

In love with this channel. Keep ‘em comin!

[@gradient816]

This was such an amazing video and it is a federal crime that it doesn’t have more views

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Aww thank you so much :) Your support means a lot! If you’re interested, I’ve done more deep sea videos of this style. Look on my channel for recent ones with the similar thumbnail style but on deep sea vents, brine pools or whale falls ☺️

[@mikebison9838]

@@NaturalWorldFacts we are living in a world where more importance is put on reality shows and idiotic music.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

@Mike Bison I couldn’t agree more! Everything feels so cheap and watered down these days, as if people making it think we’re all mindless drones. There are still some gems of shows and music out there, though! But it’s a shame they’ve become rare diamonds in the rough.

[@mikebison9838]

@@NaturalWorldFacts also, keep up the great work. It was hard finding your channel but very worth it.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

@Mike Bison Thanks Mike!! KZbin’s algorithm is a tricky thing to tame, so I’m glad you did end up finding me :)

[@decipher111]

“While there may be no Lovecraftian horrors lurking in our oceans” please don’t jinx it, I’m already terrified of that place

[@monarchminnie5827]

SEA SPIDERS. SIZE OF DINNER PLATES. One second, I need to burn down world and start over again. That is way bigger than any spider has any rights to be.

[@lilybruggeman9634]

*Bigfin squid has entered the chat*

[@Nick-rg8oz]

@@monarchminnie5827 meanwhile during the filming they were thinking: "f*ck the apes became bigger and came down here too.."

[@TwistahsWorld]

He said may LOL

[@magipotato430]

This whole channel is great! Loving the videos.

[@renallen201]

Man, I freaking love your videos! I'm so happy to find you on here

[@botston]

6:40 youre swimming in your deep sea diving suit and your trying to attract isopods but then out of no where A COLOSSAL SQUID

[@JuneAssassin21]

I swear thats the scariest thing ive seen in a long ass time

[@evilhutdug4665]

The ending is a bit sad, we might kill all the giants in the deep sea before we even see them

[@kpeters909]

Nothing wrong with that 😵‍💫

[@celphalonred1999]

Cool

[@hitormisshuh]

@@kpeters909 everything is wrong with that. the fact that those creatures that we never even see dies because of us all the while never even seeing them yet says a lot about how our actions are affecting the natural ecosystem. having the ecosystem falling disrupt won't only affect these animals, but also us humans. everything is wrong with that. and being worried is the right attitude to have towards that. we are the smartest species in this planet and we have the consciousness to be responsible for everything that will affect this planet. especially that we are doing things that greatly takes part in that. the right actions need to be done. unless you want to wipe humanity away.

[@richardhusband9265]

@@hitormisshuh cry about it

[@TheSebiestor]

​@@hitormisshuhYou are just brainwashed, probably at school like this YT guy. Life on Earth is a dynamic equilibrium that swings in one direction, then back in the other direction. Creatures are lost and gained in either direction. It has been this way since life on Earth began; before and after several mass extinction events. The biggest effect on climate change is the Sun, not humankind. The Earth and Sun combined, have many cycles between them of different lengths of time, and all effect life on Earth, for good or bad. 6,000 yrs ago, the Sahara desert was grassland, in another 8,000 yrs, that grass land will be back, as the Sun is part way through a particular 14,000 yr cycle that has affected rainfall in that longitude of the planet. It is only political rhetoric and big business that makes money out of us that try and convince us We are causing climate change and "killing the planet". Que Greta, and her "ruined" life 🙄

[@isaal7505]

this is a visual masterpiece I just- not to forget the perfectly sync music and voice as well as the highly educational content.

[@HOSTLESS]

Watching your videos is now my morning routine

[@chara381]

Damn, this man knows a lot about rolling down in the deep.

[@saraha451]

I hope you know how perfect this comment is

[@jamesde4428]

@@saraha451 I'm sure their comment was very intentional xD

[@Charlie-rh8od]

@@AbdulazizAladwani-ke7in call that mental freeze 🥶

[@AintChillGuy]

@@Charlie-rh8od yea put that shit on slow motion

[@3ndurance.]

@@AintChillGuy For some odd reason I feel like a astronaut in the ocean 🤔

[@AkiyamaToushiro]

Everything about this video gives me just the happiest feeling. I absolutely can't wait to hear about future discoveries about deep sea creatures

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Aw that’s so great to hear!!!

[@QnaPP1]

Yes, it would be cool if humans don't make them extinct first

[@we_played_Hob_Gobbies_together]

Even the poor dinosaurs dying?!

[@Glossyglossg]

@@QnaPP1 p p

[@naru3376]

It was in my KZbin recommendation, I'm glad I watched it, its so informative and interesting at the same time

[@ambrouilletembrouille2036]

this is truly fascinating, thank you for the explanation

[@BenjaVOM]

"Down here, bigger is better" *cue obligatory that's what she said joke*

[@paolodemarcus8120]

In the end bigger is always better

[@speedytrash9005]

no time 😠 but she did😌 no time!!!😡

[@CaptainFanta07]

@@speedytrash9005 ayyy office reference

[@iFerg]

This was awesome to watch!

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Aw thank you!

[@tbonerivera194]

Damn Ferg i love your vids i didn't catch you for someone who would like the ocean

[@thefreemonk6938]

Didn't expect you here

[@vaugnifazioreal9660]

Cool

[@_sowhat_]

and cringey to listen to

[@lilmancc35]

This is really well done and well put where even the simplest person should be able to under stand it.

[@lazerzeo1031]

Thanks for sharing this🙏🙏

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Thanks for watching :)

[@robertoadder142]

i like to think nature survives, life finds a way and all that, this has been a very fascinating look into some terrifyingly inspiring life forms

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@JpegDog]

It’s more interesting to learn about the why and how of “life finding a way” to begin with

[@vanillajack5925]

The crazy thing is that you share a common ancestor with these creatures.

[@DirkParker]

The tone of this voice over would be at home in Dark Souls…

[@DirkParker]

❤️

[@Badgabr1]

I was gonna say that he sounds exactly like VaatiVidya

[@Xiodeminsa]

Yees, indeed.

[@Glassandcandy]

@@Badgabr1 not at all really lol. He does sound kind of like Hawkshaw though

[@zzodysseuszz]

@Matt F nah use gaping dragon instead. Ds3 lore is cringe and Aldrich specifically is a huge retcon to lore

[@vuxigeck5281]

Found my new favourite channel I'm about to get obsessed over. Nice.

[@benjamincalloway]

Very high-quality video. Well done!

[@WinglessPhoenix]

People: "The Kraken doesn't exist, don't be ridiculous!" Kraken: "Hold my beer."

[@greigcueto9645]

Giant squid enters the chat

[@brittboss4922]

UNUS ANNUS UNUS ANNUS!!!

[@mehmeh2255]

giant squid: they used to call me kraken.... :,(

[@PhyrexianSwarmlord]

"..Ello Beasty!"

[@caravan3636]

Hold my tentacle

[@coffinpaws]

Tldr; everybody at the bottom of the ocean just vibes

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

They just chillin

[@youmenow7942]

Why do people say “vibe.” What does vibe or vibing mean?

[@postrares]

@@youmenow7942 good feelings

[@kurtmayor4425]

Yeah, humans can't kill them there

[@chief_mourner]

@@youmenow7942 Vibe means vibration. So as a noun something or someones vibration means their emotional atmosphere. The feelings they project subconsciously. But used as a verb, it means to be in harmony with oneself. Existing effortlessly.

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

This channel has an intoxicating almost meditative effect, it literally drags you in and immerses you so deeply and clearly through this magnificent world of ours. The music is chosen so perfectly, I seriously fucking LOVE it. No channel captures the wonders of biology like this one.

[@apss5736]

its amazing how much your channel has grown over the years

[@EggGremlin]

This makes me even more curious about what life in Europa's oceans might look like.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Under the ice, it may very well look like it does in our polar deep sea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKiXiItoeclrfqM

[@_mooney1699]

I wouldn't hold out hope that there is any, honestly

[@thenachomancandysavage4074]

That's a big nope from me dude.

[@that_one_guy1002]

Teeth would be more wack.

[@ronaldescarez2397]

@@that_one_guy1002 🤣🤣🤣

[@ethandownes5128]

Why this guy sound like he’s about to read me a series of unfortunate events?

[@_sowhat_]

unfortunate indeed

[@nelsongonzales1263]

you produce such quality content

[@heathenly_aesthetic7233]

I couldn't be happier to have found this channel. The relaxing voice, smooth narration and interesting educational material make for an excellent ambiance while I work. ♡

[@mame9562]

This video needs WAY more views, its super well made.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Thanks so much thats really sweet :)

[@zeberiko]

@@NaturalWorldFacts this looks so weird since the replys is gone lol

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Damn what happened to them?

[@Vikkstar-xk9gj]

@@NaturalWorldFacts Don’t know what happened bro, but good job

[@ariannek9650]

that island rule explains australia as a whole.

[@HeyDirectioner1D]

Exactly!

[@jollyroger7624]

How ? Australia's giants have all been killed off I doubt anyone would classify Australia as an island. It is not a hard and fast rule, many species actually become smaller in isolation. Giantism is more to do with predators rather than the isolation.

[@Meggyx]

We don’t really have anything that big, most of our species are small but deadly hahaha

[@jollyroger7624]

@@Meggyx yeh , like salties.

[@Meggyx]

@@jollyroger7624 aside from crocs hahaha

[@xaalcarlsonanimations1539]

“There’s no love craftian horrors in our own ocean” Proceeds to show lovecraftian horrors then say. “We’ve only scratched the surface!”

[@lmSoAmbitious]

KZbin recommended brought me here and I’m glad it did. Such a well done video that I subscribed.

[@hioxd]

Man, imagine how many of those prehistoric creatures that may well be still lurking in the deep. something like 80% of the deep sea is still not mapped or researched.

[@canadasown02]

I think we’ve only discovered 6-7% of the worlds oceans 😳

[@zenzen8210]

@@canadasown02 But from what little we know, most of the life down there is small. Outside of squids and 6 gill sharks what else is really big down there?

[@xetren8979]

@@zenzen8210 Huh? Didn't this video literally just explain why creatures in the deep sea are larger?

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

@@capturedflame Technically, since when you compare them to the typical crab they're ginormous.

[@TheArsenalMan125]

the ocean is terryfying

[@iwilldefeatiwilldefeatallj9132]

I keep seeing comments being all scientific and stuff, and here I am like, "That's a big fish."

[@danperin]

High quality content! Greetings from Brazil! Subscribed!

[@sorudesarutta]

I wish this video was much much longer lol so interesting!

[@spritemon98]

There's definitely some type of horror creature down there we haven't seen yet

[@Nick-rg8oz]

glad we send robots and not subs down there

[@broadside99]

Yeah it's watching and waiting

[@apocalypse2819]

Every time they say the blue whale is the largest animal of all time, I just think to myself "that we know of".

[@spritemon98]

@@apocalypse2819 exactly! Back in ancient times there were much much larger creatures down in the water

[@Nick-rg8oz]

@@apocalypse2819 it's not subnautica where the "dead zone" contains microorganisms and leviathan class lifeforms... Unless these leviathans eat planktons, like whales do, they wouldn't survive in a place without constant food. It's not like there can be a huge megalodon waiting for humans to have dinner on

[@kojimayuhay]

This was both beautiful, terrifying, with a bit of sadness at the end when you mentioned the giants will be the first ones to go. What a ride

[@UltimateDuck97]

This video was that good that I forgot this was a KZbin video for a second. You're got a great voice for nature docu's like David Attenborough

[@roybenari]

Good watch. Tranquil, serene, eerie, fascinating. Thank you

[@samthekashman]

Why doesn’t quality correlate more with views on this platform. So strange

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Because I’m not a fortnite streamer or a reaction channel :/

[@ghostttriddder]

Because 90% of the people going to youtube are casuals and only interested in bouncing ass short vids and youtube actually supports them thru monetization while informative vids like these tend to get demonitize i forgot what channel is it but its sad he had to stop creating content bec youtube stunted his growth.

[@Pikkabuu]

When has quality ever correlated with popularity?

[@silvermainecoons3269]

@@NaturalWorldFacts So true! 😂 Your channel is great by the way.

[@samthekashman]

@@Pikkabuu literally forever until recently.

[@lixira_]

Honestly the ending made me really sad. As terrified as the big ocean creatures might be to us, they benefit their deep down ecosystem as much as they get 'benefit' from it. The fact global warming will cause the death of these giants is very sad (as it for all creatures suffering at our expense...)

[@DeThronehimInc]

Everything eventually comes to an End

[@anarchyseeds4406]

humans are creatures too you dumb alien

[@lixira_]

@@anarchyseeds4406 i never said we weren't????? That was not the point of the comment

[@boniboni4912]

Sadly iirc we are the next massive extinction, the rate of which the species are disappearing is really high and getting higher, let’s see in what ways this comes to bite us in the ass 😩

[@tobiascooper8800]

bruh its really not you are aware that everything dies yes?

[@princesspongconsole3967]

Great video! Immediately subscribed! One question though, who is the artist who makes the music for your videos? Is there a playlist you could point me to? I would especially love to hear more of the first song in the video. Thanks!

[@jdthebrick6842]

Thanks, I was very curious about this topic because it seems so cool that they just grow randomly.

[@pumpdelicious4731]

So it doesn’t have anything to do with the pressure condensing the oxygen levels they would breathe? I know prehistoric insects were larger due to the oxygen levels, i just figured the deeper you go the more oxygen a deep sea animal would take in and you’d see the same kind of thing. Interesting video.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

You’re definitely onto something, I reckon that must be a factor in explaining gigantism!

[@TennyConductor]

The oxygen levels are actually lower than at the surface. Organisms simply adapted to the lower levels. There are graphs online that show the oxygen levels for each "section" of the ocean as you get deeper. The patterns are really interesting; the lowest oxygen levels are actually in the middle region, followed by the deepest region.

[@thatyellowfellow]

@@TennyConductor Yes, it's believed that that is the reason everything down there moves so slowly. To conserve oxygen as it's more scarce

[@piterpraker3399]

@@thatyellowfellow Also they're big dumb. After a threshold, the bigger you get, the bigger your dumbness. Hence, turbo dumb.

[@dehydrateddarkness3565]

@@piterpraker3399 Aren't giant squids extremely intelligent?

[@midgy3484]

Me with thallasophobia: “Ah yes, perfect video to watch..”

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Hello fellow masochist!

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Hello fellow masochist!

[@bl.edxardo]

@@NaturalWorldFacts x2

[@jinxd4398]

samee

[@fulcrum7455]

I feel your pain

[@ConnorO778877]

Your voice combined with the music makes me feel like a deep sea post graduate student who is listening to the prerecorded lessions of life, present at the depth in visiting

[@hydinn2618]

This was an absolute joy of a video!

[@jasquerotte9151]

"there may not be lovecraftian horrors" *literally shows the giant spider crab in the video* Edit: 6:08 you're just gonna sit there and tell me that's not a lovecraftian horror?

[@Pose005]

No that shit is beautiful

[@asmosisyup2557]

I was thinking more the sea equivilent of a half meter cockroach, but that works too

[@jasquerotte9151]

@@capturedflame you're right hahaha

[@mothmanonahikersphone]

Nah that ones not a monstrosity it’s pretty

[@_sowhat_]

maybe time for you to revisit Lovecraft

[@soundember1990]

This was fantastic to watch as someone who has always loved the deep sea. Well narrated, great footage, and a perfect musical accompaniment. Beautiful and fascinating. Hopefully we can save some of these amazing animals from the damage we have done as humans. Thank you for creating this.

[@NaturalWorldFacts]

Thank you for the lovely feedback!

[@jackanundra1792]

@@NaturalWorldFacts what was the song during the island rule section?

[@KhoiruunisaRF]

How could you help them, if they are almost has no contact with us in daily life, not even found yet or don't even know if they are exist or not?

[@cam4636]

@@KhoiruunisaRF By cleaning up pollution and preventing changes to the climate that will kill them. Did you think 'save the planet' meant 'collect for charity'?

[@wollywop2278]

Great video 10/10 thanks for the quality video.

[@euonia3093]

wonderful and thank you so much for making this video