Deep-Sea Rays on Vailulu’u Seamount | Nautilus Live

While exploring the slopes outside the caldera of Vailuluʻu Seamount, our Corps of Exploration captured this gorgeous footage of deepsea stingrays (misidentified initially as skates). Filming with ROV Hercules, we encountered both individuals over 500 meters deep near the crater rim of this active volcano. Rays and skates are closely related but with some noticeable differences. Skates have stockier tails and, unlike rays, lay eggs, making them oviparous rather than ovoviviparous (producing young using eggs hatched within the parent's body). These exploration dives were the first to explore the deeper slopes of Vailulu'u Seamount outside the summit caldera, helping to expand understanding of biodiversity within the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.
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[@rogertemple7193]

They are really awesome sea skates and I enjoy seeing underwater marine life like this thank you.🐟🐙🦂🐬

[@captainsunshine64]

What a fascinating environment for a creature like that to thrive in

[@iamrichrocker]

graceful and master of his domain..least here..love the reaction of awe from these scholared viewers..

[@Liam.Lacoste]

The way they move is so relaxing.

[@andersforsbergmalmsten6290]

Pretty sure those are Deepwater stingrays (Plesiobatis daviesi) though, and not skates. The venomous barb is clearly visible on the tail.

[@quizillafreak]

Agreed... This is not a skate and is most definitely a ray. It is much rounder than a skate.

[@gisellebryan6457]

The Lord's lovely deep sea beauties. Love the background music. I wish mankind can respect the planet and the environment so these beauties can thrive for generations to come. Educational and fascinating video 💯💯💯🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

better read the last half of the book of revelation. You won't be happy what happens to everything and in eternity.

[@mcgoo721]

​@@JohnSmith-uy7svmaybe they meant Poseidon. Which would be completely accurate.

[@mildlymarvelous]

@@JohnSmith-uy7svI think you’re the one who needs to reread the end of Revelation. Even though the old Earth will be destroyed, God will make a new one even more beautiful than before.

[@WordofSil]

So there's just a job where you go under the water and just ooh and ahh at cool things? what an awesome job

[@sierraseven3680]

They're on board the ship - the ROV is an uncrewed remotely operated vehicle.

[@WordofSil]

@@sierraseven3680 I didn't say they were underwater, you misunderstood me I meant that they see what is under the water please help me I am too much water uuhuhuuwuw

[@4362mont]

A deep-sea roomba!

[@sairassiili]

The graceful deep-sea flap-flap!

[@BubbaSmurft]

Pretty groovy. I used to love watching the Ray's surfing the waves in Ixtapa.

[@Rayrard]

These are stingrays... you can see the spine and there are no dorsal fins

[@quizillafreak]

I'm very interested in hearing about those rings/lines on the floor of the ocean! What are those?

[@JohannesVIII]

Such a fascinating animal to watch

[@PersephoneSkye_]

So beautiful :)

[@McKeelix]

Great job taking care not to shine the lasers into his eyes. :)

[@ИринаИваницкая-ч6щ]

Интересно наблюдать подводный мир 🥰🥰🥰 Спасибо вам за эту возможность.🌞🌞🌞

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

Amazing stingray.

[@Troygdesign]

What were the yellow lines on the sea floor ? Geologic ?

[@alveolate]

the ray was like: can your fancy shmancy sub do a completely smooth and controlled turn like this?

[@kuukeli]

amazing video

[@1011-s7d]

What are those lines that look concentric?

[@davewarrender2056]

It's amazing , rays , cuttle fish, squid all use a similar form of locomotion or maneuvering

[@quantumblauthor7300]

if it ain't broke

[@sierraseven3680]

I don't know why there aren't millions of people watching this.

[@annalisatarozzo]

Wow!

[@whs1pmjazz]

deep sea gamer

[@natural8677]

2:30 random fish

[@regulatedfreestylevideos]

is there some kind of AI upscale going on? not a fan, this is real life i need it in it's raw pixelated glory pretty please

[@sierraseven3680]

Not sure what you mean, but the videos are not enhanced - the cameras have very high resolution.

[@regulatedfreestylevideos]

​@@sierraseven3680 throughout the video there's what I recognize as the type of "pilling" or dotted upscaling artifacts on the sea floor, almost like the surface of a basketball, which appear and disappear depending on the lighting. I watch a lot of the videos on this channel and you're right the cameras are super high-res typically, but this one just looks artificially upscaled to me compared to the rest

[@SalvoSailor]

Typhon

[@iamgroot4706]

I Am Groooot 👁⚓👁

[@mcgoo721]

And they call themselves scientists 🙄a skate is something you put on your foot. Ray is a person you'd hang out with while skating. How do you mix that up?