Spy In The Ocean Robot pufferfish

In the Sea of Japan, there’s a sea creature who creates works of art!
Spy pufferfish is on a mission to find it!
Clip taken from episode 1 "Deep Thinkers" of our series Spy In The Ocean.
Go deep beneath the waves - on a spy mission to the depths of the ocean. Amazing hidden cameras give incredible perspectives on the ingenious creatures that call it home.
Spy in the Ocean is available on iPlayer in the UK. You can watch it now in the UK on BBCiPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...
and on PBS in the US:
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episo...
In the first episode of the latest “Spy” series, a new generation of Spy Creatures search the ocean for intelligent life and find ways of thinking that must be seen to be believed. The most complex Spy Creature ever built films the owner of the largest brains on the planet - sperm whales. Spy Whale is the same size as a newborn whale calf and is equipped with an array of cameras. It even has a hydrophone to capture their calls. In a magical close encounter, Spy Whale is greeted by an inquisitive female who, in astonishing scenes, attempts to communicate. In a touching sign of acceptance, she even introduces her calf to Spy Whale. Getting to know the greatest mind in the invertebrate world requires a very different Spy - one that’s a dead ringer for the coconut octopus it’s designed to meet. Its subject not only has a central brain it also has a brain in each of its arms. Using its combined brainpower, it works out how best to steal a coconut shell carried by our Spy. Its plan is to use the shell as a door to its hideaway to protect itself from predatory sharks. In another act of ingenuity, it improvises a shield and throws missiles at a rival octopus. It also shows a softer and more emotional side when it gives Spy Coconut Octopus a friendly and lingering embrace. In Thailand, Spy Macaque joins ocean-diving macaques as they forage underwater for seafood. Our Spy captures a filming first as the macaques catch fish with their bare hands. To break open oysters, they also use stone tools including our very own Spy Rock. In Japan, Spy Puffer becomes an artist’s assistant to a male Japanese puffer fish as he crafts exquisite sand sculptures in a quest to woo a mate. When he runs out of the shells to use as decoration, Spy Puffer comes to the rescue, finding shells for the male to complete his masterpiece, enough to impress the most demanding art critic of all - his mate. Intelligence gathers pace when Spy Sea Lion meets the world’s fastest fish and the sea lions that hunt them. Marlin use teamwork to drive mackerel shoals to the surface only for them to be stolen by quick-thinking sea lions. When Spy Sea Lion takes us on a rollercoaster ride inside the shoal, its camera eyes show how the shoal’s swarm intelligence is pitched against that of the clever sea lions. It also discovers some extraordinary new behaviour as the sea lion gift some of their catch to the marlin. On a Caribbean beach, another Spy meets the crab world’s most entertaining characters - hermit crabs. They may be comical in nature, but they also have highly developed organisational skills. When they’ve outgrown their shells, they line up in order of size to exchange them for a better fit. All is going well until Spy Hermit Crab loses its shell to a crab looking to upsize its accommodation. The crab becomes the unwitting camera operator as it captures a crabs-eye view of the organised chaos. On another Caribbean Island, a colony of wild pigs embrace beach life by taking a daily dip in the sea. Spy Pig joins their daily ritual as they forage for food brought in by visiting boats. As their ingenuity draws the crowds Spy Pig gets caught up in the resulting feeding frenzy. Back on the reefs, Spy Coconut Octopus donates its shell to a family of enterprising clownfish. In an astonishing show of teamwork, the fish work together to move the shell back to their anemone, creating a safe place to lay their eggs among the poisonous tentacles. In this action-packed first episode, our Spies discover sea creatures with many mind-boggling ways of thinking, but none match those with the biggest brains of all - sperm whales. In more astonishing scenes, Spy Sperm Whale witnesses a rare and beautiful gathering as whale families from far and wide huddle together and exchange information - an extraordinary display of social intelligence uncannily similar to our own.
Narrated by David Tennant
Music by Will Gregory
Directed by John Downer
#Ocean #Pufferfish #DavidTennant

[@Sybil_Detard]

Spy puff wing man.

[@princess_soluz]

Yes! 😂

[@naturetour521]

❤

[@Trident_Gaming03]

Science has reached the point where we helped a pufferfish get laid, technology is going in the right direction

[@kovy689]

Lol

[@mark0183]

😂

[@imdrunkmk427]

I had no idea pufferfish were this cool!

[@naturetour521]

great❤

[@Gruffyruff2195]

An absolute masterpiece of artistry and an excellent display of talents in the making of amazing video!!!!! Thanks John!!!!!!!!!!

[@naturetour521]

Carson is great❤

[@90spiderbros]

When a fish is more artistic than me 😭 And seriously that design is absolutely beautiful! This video made me appreciate pufferfish so much!

[@JohnDownerProd]

Yeah they are incredibly creatures.

[@esaupictures]

Cuanto cuesta construir un pez robot ?​@@JohnDownerProd

[@milena_m]

Phew thank god she loved the traditional art, not the contemporary one😂😂

[@Losaru]

More like traditional vs. AI...LOL

[@buzzyboo6673]

Thank goodness she is so discerning. It would not have worked if she went cheek to cheek with spy puffer. 😊 Seriously though, this is so fascinating that the male creates such an elaborate and beautiful nest. If not for this channel, there are a lot of things about nature that we wouldn't know. Thank you! ❤

[@JohnDownerProd]

Thank you @buzzyboo6673 That's very kind of you to say so. Glad you are enjoying our channel.

[@naturetour521]

Thank God❤❤

[@bensoncheung2801]

69 thumbs

[@xGARIDx]

Even fishes has taste of art, what a wonderful discovery

[@naturetour521]

The work of these fish is great, God, thank you for your creation❤❤

[@Counterbalance_]

This is so beautiful. Art meets technology.

[@JohnDownerProd]

Beautifully put!

[@naturetour521]

Yep, really❤

[@tracybowling1156]

Spy puffer: What a gentleman!

[@RealSalica]

Such impressive work from the pufferfish ! And thanks to the help of his artificial friend , it has been a success !

[@naturetour521]

His work was great

[@divinegodofseals3967]

Spy puff wing man indeed. Thank you for these amazing videos, we wouldn't have discovered such wonderful arts of nature without these amazing spy animals.

[@cherylj7460]

Amazing! Reminds me of the male bird of paradise way of designing a ground-home with flowers, sticks and such to attract the female.

[@naturetour521]

Yep, really❤

[@chrisgomez3078]

In Australia we have a pretty common local bird that does, builds an arch on the ground and surrounds it with only blue items, stolen from bins , backyards, clothes pegs , small toys ECT...

[@sweetsandcharades8383]

Wow, this must have taken ages to make! Imagine being the fake pufferfish operator trying to steer that little thing and knowing it will be nowhere near as artistic as the real thing but still giving it a try! I do wonder how the robot pulled the shells into its “mouth”?

[@Losaru]

Minivaccuum if I had to guess

[@Anna-po1sb]

Suction with water filter

[@kovy689]

Magnets

[@Anna-po1sb]

@@kovy689 so you’re saying they dropped magnetised fake shells in anticipation that the spy fish will be carrying them??

[@jacobdavidcunningham1440]

@@kovy689 how do they work

[@mrusi29]

Insane…imagine if a robot controlled by a higher intelligence helped us achieve our goals and we had no idea…crazy to think that’s the magic y’all pulled in his underwater world. Wild to see.

[@saraasylum]

You pretty much described AI. That’s one of the reasons the doomsday clock is 90 seconds from midnight

[@deborahbriskie4330]

How beautiful. ❤ it, I had no idea they did that.. amazing. Thank you. 🙂

[@JohnDownerProd]

Our pleasure!

[@naturetour521]

great❤❤

[@abeach5420]

#SpyPuffer is the wingman of all wingmen & all around good peeps. *Puffers rock* !! (longer format would be FAB if ever possible...just for the puffer though, other films are good length...in this cra-cra world we NEED puffer world long format)

[@1.4142]

Like those satisfying zen sand art tables

[@naturetour521]

Yeah❤

[@1337fraggzb00N]

"Das ist gut." - Pufferfish

[@voce3337]

We are not alone 😂

[@taylorthompson9752]

Yes indeed, we try so hard to be the best artist 👩🏻‍🎨

[@EagleFangBasketball22]

I love that Spy pufferfish! I wish there was a Spy porcupine fish, a pufferfish with spikes.

[@naturetour521]

😅😅❤

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Amazing little fish! ❤

[@Brydav_Massbear]

The thing spy created greatly resembles a sand dollar.

[@Tribozom]

Fair enough. XD

[@thecatrizable]

best wingman ever

[@Antonim_0]

1:30 Top 5 scariest jumpscare's

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

It's like a crop circle mating pad

[@hito-sama]

This fish sure watching "internet historian : art" so seriously

[@erox2717]

Love all these animal robots!!

[@KeepCalmCapybara]

I wonder how the fish know how to make a quasi perfect circle with details nonetheless. Fascinating!

[@zedchillman2685]

Is there somewhere i can go to watch this in longer form or do they really go through all this for a 4 min youtube video

[@JohnDownerProd]

In the UK you can watch it on the BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mp1b if you're in the US you can watch it on PBS here: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/ It's also being shown worldwide via various broadcasters.

[@zedchillman2685]

@JohnDownerProd right on! Thanks!

[@randomcrew226]

Imagine that spy pufferfish never returns because he finally had found partner lmao

[@laurarandolph5600]

Hahaha.. wow. mind-blowing....

[@alexanderlagerman4788]

What a wholesome clip!

[@zachjackson6068]

Bros out here playing multiplayer co-op

[@mdimranhossain3616]

Nice fish

[@naturetour521]

😮😮😮❤❤

[@MuntazirMehdi9]

what a masterpiece, Thank you for your effort in making such a great video, and spy cam

[@clemenclemen4237]

This is amazing...superb works...

[@cyberlopo2478]

Fascinant !

[@EugeneFlorida]

This is beautifully , i will subscribe for more

[@behrooz__1213]

The moment the robot fish messed up the the designed was hilarious 😂😂 female fish hated it

[@opheliamorrison7675]

Wow. Thanks for providing informative videos!

[@JohnDownerProd]

You're most welcome!

[@therealconfidentiality7526]

This was beautiful

[@suzettecraig1811]

That's really cute that the spy helped the real puffer fish. This gives a new eye to AI art.

[@JuneKafaltiya]

Actual pufferfish "Bro you gay! Thanks a lot" "Wait!?"

[@coconutfleetsleeper5717]

That thing when you put flour on a speaker membrane and play different frequencies to display them as patterns. Quest: the puffer fuk frequency 😂

[@artimishra6646]

Amazing 😮

[@JohnDownerProd]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@naturetour521]

😮😮😮❤

[@badgerp-chanqueen7707]

Spy puffer just helping

[@naturetour521]

Yeah❤

[@CorruptSystem-pn3hh]

Imagine selling drugs and the birds and fishes and cats are watching and reporting it to the feds

[@hamter2098]

The (on dear) made my smile😊

[@CorruptSystem-pn3hh]

Imagine swimming at the beach on vacation thinking youve escaped the FEDS and a robotic fish swims up to you and bites you in the butt recording everything on 4k quality. Or imagine being at the beach and a group of seagulls shit all over you and your family then they began laughing and fly off recording everything in 1020 p

[@fauliniacurora378]

Are these shells has magnets in them?? The team had a fun time with this one, I bet!

[@AVportau]

is this the same for the large puffer fish we get in Australia? i've seen some big ones.

[@Tribozom]

0:36 We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig on the plains the whole day through.

[@isaaccueva5814]

Better Call Puff!

[@user-fy5by5xp7n]

And people think evolution just happened to make an artistic design..... lol

[@narmak4775]

😍😍😍

[@apex_6881]

Bro played matchmaker

[@tatianaburgdorf4893]

1:03 looks like a sand dollar

[@user-hq6tk8sc4r]

❤

[@faustinotorres572]

oh dear

[@izbethica3900]

Bros a Cupid

[@user-xt6qj5uv2f]

What if these spies got caught by fishermen?

[@d7oom_zero]

سبحان الله

[@user-ws3vb9dr9l]

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[@naturetour521]

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[@AFloridaSon]

Better than Banksy.

[@naturetour521]

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[@enricotoesca3941]

Hello Dear John 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@JohnDownerProd]

Hello 👋

[@enricotoesca3941]

@@JohnDownerProd Hello too Fantastic John 🤗 👋 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@naturetour521]

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[@naturetour521]

@@enricotoesca3941 Roode

[@DavePlaysTrombone]

I had fried pufferfish in Japan a couple of weeks ago. It was delicious! Thanks for sharing.

[@iblobliboo8501]

💀

[@esaupictures]

A cuanto el pez a control remoto

[@unbiasyoutuber7117]

Who dare say there is no intelligence in God's deign in nature 😘

[@brauliodarias1282]

Hello My Name is Braulio Darias I’M Deaf The Watch That Video Have A Great Thanks

[@MarcelitoRecords]

AI be like :

[@naturetour521]

😂😂😂❤

[@weabooavatar399]

Based

[@will9001asd]

Don't worry Spy-Puffer! Your art is contemporary! I'm sure some ladies will like it 😤😤

[@helpeachotherall]

This is the power of Allah,who created the creatures and given the power. Oh humans how can you deny the blessings of the lord

[@solanumtuberosa]

Confirmed ai is inferior to true artists.

[@emojimr4427]

Female well they didn't take long Male I'll call you sometimes Female So u want to go to lunch Male ummm would love to but i got to Swim really early in the morning im have to take a rain check Female w...e... I should have never mated with you

[@iMxXxMi]

سبحان الله