What’s Eating The Titanic?

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When a ship sinks, lots of factors, like the ship’s materials, the water quality, and the depth of the seafloor all play a role in determining how long the ship will last down there - as a result, the Titanic will be gone in fifty years, while Byzantine wrecks in the Black sea remain.
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“Centuries of Preserved Shipwrecks Found in the Black Sea.” History, 26 Oct. 2016, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-sea-shipwreck-discovery
“Divers Visited the Titanic’s Wreck for the First Time in over a Decade. Here’s Why They Were Shocked by the Ship’s Condition.” Time, time.com/5658903/titanic-wreck-deteriorating/
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[@ADMIRALTIA]

Just ya'all wait. By the time Titanic's wreck fully decays there are gonna be people claiming the ship never sank but instead got abducted by aliens.

[@harmonicaveronica]

And you know what? That explanation is so much less interesting than anaerobic microbes that *eat metal*. What a shame that those folks will miss out on the wild wonders of our own planet

[@peacockcrowe2718]

Don’t give them ideas!

[@delphicdescant]

Or worse: "It was a hoax." Alien-type conspiracy theorists are so much less punchable than the "_ was a hoax" types.

[@fredblonder7850]

PSSST! Those anaerobic bacteria ARE aliens, so that’s TRUE!

[@evilhamsterman]

They already claim that it was switched for it's sister ship the Olympic

[@AndyHappyGuy]

1:41 I'm surprised you all didn't bring up a real life example of this, that being Titanic's near-identical sister ship, the Britannic! Britannic struck a sea mine and sank only 4 years after Titanic did, but it sank in 210m deep water instead of 3800m deep water. It has held up incredibly well over the years. Many details and fixtures are still intact, despite being submerged for nearly as long as Titanic has. Comparing images of Titanic and Britannic, you can really tell how much the iron-eating bacteria on Titanic has sped up its decay. Entire decks on the Titanic have collapsed since its discovery in 1985, yet the Britannic's structure is virtually identical to how it appeared when it first sank in 1916, despite being caked in coral and other marine life.

[@MinuteEarth]

Actually, the Brittanic was the ship I was thinking of as I wrote that portion, as I'm sure you noticed the overall design of the ship in the scene. But I didn't mention it by name, which, in hindsight would have been a good idea. Since you mention coral, I was fascinated by the fact that there is some evidence that corals might actually be offering the Brittanic some protection from degradation, although I did the research for this a while ago so I can't recall the source at the moment. -C

[@titanicandbritannicproduct1912]

Huh good point Britannic is practically a copy of titanic (insert coughs that get louder and images of the enclosed aft well deck and gantry davits cough) but you do make a point about how one of them is being murdered in deeper waters and the exact opposite is happening to the other.

[@lynnrolaf7422]

Seems like Iron would rust.

[@DylRicho]

Only a slight correction, but Britannic sits in 122 meters of water.

[@AndyHappyGuy]

@@MinuteEarth nice insight! I recently saw a photo from a recent dive to the Britannic’s wreck, which showed a stairwell inside the engine room. Amazingly, the same exact stairwell can be seen from a photo in 1915 taken during Britannic’s construction, and it is virtually unchanged, just a bit dirtier now.

[@sergheisisianu6860]

I think they knew what they were doing making the narrator Cameron for this one

[@MinuteEarth]

Maybe Camerons are just born with a boat fascination? - C

[@sergheisisianu6860]

@@MinuteEarth Maybe, just maybe.

[@adamstanton5313]

Cameron? The first person to see the bottom of the Mariana Trench in a submersible?

[@prestongarvey2599]

imagine being in a college dorm room, surviving on instant ramen, when a perfectly cooked 5-star gourmet meal falls from the heavens above in-front of you that's how decomposers feel when a ship sinks

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

what's eating titanic your mom kids🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@prestongarvey2599]

@@SaraMorgan-ym6ue ?

[@amixofvids5943]

“Where did the titanic go” “I ate it”

[@mrlightwriter]

I hate it.

[@PieMan24-rl9eq]

I made it.

[@MissxLariz]

I stole it.

[@xanderrock98]

- CaseOh

[@ltzLastGuestAnimatez_Studios]

I debated it.

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Among the other points most important: Salinity and sedimentation rate. Means, river deltas are a primary archaeology target, because shipworms have a hard time there as well.

[@MinuteEarth]

Exactly - The fascinating thing there is that even a ship that is made primarily of organic material can be remarkably well preserved if it was buried quickly enough in sediment. Kinda reminds me of how fossilization works. Also, shipwrecks in large freshwater lakes tend to preserve very well, but we chose to focus on oceanic wrecks for this video. -C

[@legitusername-zl7to]

0:08 ayo tf poseidon doing

[@sebcat04]

It's his kingdom come

[@xtremeyoylecake]

Nothing! The ship is rusty

[@RenerDeCastro]

It's his own version of ambatukam

[@charlart]

@@xtremeyoylecakeYou’re so innocent…

[@ZeMeatMuncher]

@@RenerDeCastro Ambassin

[@mh1ultramarine]

I can't belive the shipwreck of the titanic and ice in the oceans are raceing to see what dispears first

[@cricri7066]

Going to be the ship for sure...

[@The_whales]

Unless the world sets itself on fire(again)

[@ZuoKalp]

Bruh

[@professorx3060]

The world is on fuckin fire - Bill Nye​@@The_whales

[@commodorezero]

The Titanics will not be gone in 2050 or 2100. It won't look like the Titanic anymore from the outside but the rate of destruction has been heavily overblown. The bow will likely collapse by 2050. The sterm collpased seconds after the ship sank and it has not dissapeared.

[@PugsleyThePugHero]

Look at the the thumbnail, who busted on the wreck 💀

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

and now you know why the Titanic's sister ship Britannic is doing way better then the titanic💀💀

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

they never said the Titanic was indestructible, only that it was *PRATICALLY* unsinkable

[@AmuterSI]

Well in practice, it sank.

[@MrYerak5]

​@@AmuterSIbut it cant sink more

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

Virtually Unsinkable.

[@dpv007]

"50% of the time, it works every time."

[@just_in_key]

“My heart may go on, but this ship will be gone” 😭😂

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

ship worms will eat out your dock in no time as well true fact🤣🤣😭😭🤣🤣

What make the video better is the narrator's name is Cameron :D

So, Titanic was environmentally friendly and compostable?

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

not compostable exactly but biodegradable certainly (reminder that "biodegradable" plastics biodegrade only in certain conditions. If the don't encounter those conditions they will stick around, so littering them is still littering)

[@SoupyMittens]

Apart from the giant coal boilers that powered it, sure

[@____Carnage____]

@@SoupyMittens You win some you lose some

[@adventurefighter7501]

Iron is (unexpectedly) biodegradable, yes. I mean its poison is literally just water, and that’s everywhere. It shouldn’t’ve been biodegradable (it’s an ore ffs) but it is.

[@shashanksams]

lmaaooo yes

[@Gizargo]

boatloads of puns in this video, be warned

[@ulti-mantis]

Shiploads

[@yannikkommdarunter]

Good thing i didn't get any of them

[@Amongus_2_Revenge_of_the_Sus]

Not to sound stern, but I think I will bow out of this video because of that.

[@kamkamiya654]

I have a sinking feeling about this.

[@ShirinRose]

I've been using Tab for a Cause for many years, and was excited to see that it recently hit a total of $1,800,000 raised 🥳

[@LalitaLunaYogini]

Only 60 in the entire black sea? Honestly that's a surprisingly low amount to what i would've expected... 😳

[@AaronOfMpls]

I'd imagine those 60 are just the ones that have been found. Maybe others are buried, or have gone unnoticed in deeper water.

[@jonaslinter]

The number of shipwrecks in the black sea has increased due to recent events but I doubt anyone there wants to go look for them right now

[@MrMediator24]

That are ancient and found. Obviously there way more recent once

[@BusinessTeapot]

didnt he say 60 million

[@morningmetro]

Me. I am eating it.

[@nicky_creates2763]

Same

[@LoganBoth]

@@nicky_creates2763same

[@themuffincat]

Damn you

[@Polygonetwo]

Been using tabs for a cause for a rather long while now, and as someone who has some six hundred tabs open at any given time...Well, it adds up quick. Always nice to hear big numbers using the extension from creators partnering with it, grats on 20k! Hopefully the charities donated to make good use of those funds. :D

[@BUB_UBU]

THIS IS MY KINGDOM COME THIS IS MY KINGDOM COME

[@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD]

WHEN YOU FEEL MY 🆔️

[@styx85]

Did something change recently, or has this been a gradual process for the past 100+ years? If it'll be gone by 2050 it should be pretty far gone already then, no?

[@AndyHappyGuy]

2050 is probably an exaggeration. The prow of the ship has held up extremely well and will probably stay intact for many more decades to come. It is the after portions of the ship which are currently collapsing.

[@zancloufer]

Probably has to do with exponential growth of what is eating it. For example if the decomposers double every year their rate of consumption will be over 500 times what it was only a decade ago. Not saying that they could sustain that growth, or it's that fast, but even doubling every decade would lead to them hitting that 500x speed threshold by now.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

​@@zanclouferthat's not as meaningful as the increase in surface area of the wreck getting exposed to the water, and thus the chompers, as degradation advances.

[@DylRicho]

Dense areas like the engines, boilers and such will outlast the hull. The frame of the hull will outlast the plating. And the propellers will outlast all of it.

[@damientonkin]

​@@DylRicho I think the aft of the ship including the propellers and most if not all of the boilers broke up and were scattered over the sea floor during the initial sinking. I'm not sure how that would impact the grown of microorganisms but they're not exactly part of the ship anymore.

[@TarunRavi]

just discovered this channel and its peak gold

[@Spinex0196]

who came all over the titanic in the tumbnail bro💀💀

[@johnathondillman6703]

The only thing that can....Godzilla 😂

[@Spinex0196]

@@johnathondillman6703 blud doesn't know Godzilla physically cant💀

[@Random_guy368]

2,000 sharks

[@gobbleygourdiscursed6782]

Ayo wut the titanic covered in in the thumbnail

[@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD]

Man's milk

[@robloxlovera6362]

​@@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD BYE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS RUSTED 😨

[@BusinessTeapot]

its someones kingdomcum bro.

[@sciencenerd7639]

this is great, thanks

[@kneckno8356]

Bro the thumbnail-

[@ItsAnsAsian]

Real

[@grimraccoon3327]

😂

[@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD]

Its Man's milk

[@ItsAnsAsian]

@@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD OK THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY

[@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD]

​@@ItsAnsAsian ok sorry

[@JohnsonChiw]

I believe metal shipwreck in shallow sea will cover barnacle and clamps, sometime coral where prevent more rusting happen

[@westrim]

Does anything decompose carbon fiber, or is the Titan submersible wreckage going to be there long after the Titanic is gone?

[@MisanthropicOcellus]

0:08 poor titanic, she was broken in half and left covered in -

[@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD]

Coem 🤑

[@BusinessTeapot]

i translate coem, and it becomes lets eat. yes. 👍

[@Galaxxymeeps]

“Who is eating the titanic?” Caseoh: uh…

[@Davethreshold]

Very cool! Thank you.

[@AroAceGamer]

I have always wanted to go down to the wreck since I was a kid... until the Titan Sub incident gave me second thoughts.

[@gigabyte2248]

If it makes you feel any better, the Titan sub was a piece of s**t. The composite material it was made of doesn't do well in compression and it was always a ticking time bomb. A sub made from metal will be more reliable, almost by definition

[@sebcat04]

Don't worry, literally every other submersible used for diving the wreck is made to go that deep.

[@benrey94]

Me, the answer is me, i am consuming the Titanic

[@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD]

That's why the ship's Funnel's have not been found or what was left of the crow's nest from the Titanic vigil. I ate them and they taste good

[@Karen_ConDerechoxDDDD]

Also the stern castle folded on itself and the stern hull and the strength of the mast taste exquisite. It should be noted that there is no longer a 4-blade central propeller. It also tastes good!

[@thomasmacdonough288]

Microscopic ocean floor bacteria being able to consume a colossal cruiseliner? Such a fact gives me amazement but also some existential dread. Existance and lifeforms on this planet is crazy

[@carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338]

Agreed. Although as a side note, and being quite nitpick about it, the Titanic wasn't a cruiseliner, but an ocean liner.

[@Thebestbassclarinet]

On the Great Lakes the water is is to cold for bacteria to survive. So there are ships that sank in the early 1900’s that are perfectly preserved.

[@SuperKambing182]

The sponsor-ship 3:02 😂

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

At least we’ll have the videos and 3d scans to keep the image alive long after the wreck is gone

[@smalltime0]

0:53 Serenade of the seas is actually weaker than the titanic, its a cruise ship. The Titanic and her sisters were ocean liners, not cruise ships. The modern equivalent, and the world's only current ocean liner, is the RMS Queen Mary 2

[@jjune5859]

my bad

[@thepeff]

Is it possible that a similar effect could also cause plastic to decompose in certain spots in the ocean? After all there are a few organisms that can consume certain types of plastic

[@spaceout2520]

Guys I’m sorry but it’s actually me who’s eating the Titanic, I sneak down there all the time and have little bites of it

[@kefyrass]

I remember when I was 9, and started resaerching about titanic andd stuff i was really sad that it's being eaten by bacteria.

[@Mr2pint]

Best get down there to see it 👍

[@dindings]

True fact jack is now dating the great great great great granddaughter of rose and he’s eyeing her daughter

[@electric_dream_machine]

God is really out to prove that the titanic was NOT indestructible😂

[@AndyHappyGuy]

"practically unsinkable" was the phrase which was used in reality.

[@jackbequick]

Reading "god" on this channel is funny.

[@overlord-6644]

@@jackbequicklol

[@MrBrineplays_]

Bro didn't even use all his power on it, he just placed a big ass chunk of ice kilometers away and watched lmao

[@ChristiansStormedOurCapitol]

God, lol

[@shashanksams]

i used to use the tab for cause extension, many years ago, then maybe my laptop was getting slower, or too many tabs, i stopped using, and now im using multiple browsers but didnt get the thought of it yet

[@shashanksams]

thanks for reminding

[@Moshca]

it's me, every night I go down there and eat a lil'chunk

[@merriame9487]

Yeah i always see you down there

[@henrysodey843]

Man my dumbass read this as “Who’s eating the Titanic?”

[@nitincharles6773]

Caseoh

[@Nightfall_Gaming9]

Who else but caseoh? "Yup, you're banned. Have a good night"

[@UruSxs9]

im sure that the black sea fact will age well with a funny war going on there

[@VEE727]

Good thing we finished the 3d scan.

[@alto7183]

Buen video, el titan de los biomas, el océano parece que puede digerir casi todo lo que se unde en los océanos de este planeta, lastima que el plástico no.

[@1943vermork]

We should really do tourist tours to the Titanic.

[@fraizie6815]

Fun fact: the Titanic was never once thought to be indestructible. There's zero evidence this was ever mentioned anywhere. They did however say it was hard to sink - which, when compared to other wooden ships of the time, is true.

[@potocalter6207]

2:11 finally, our sea is recougnised for its currents that are circular but not vertically, thus the waters dont mix, making 2 levels of water, one full of life and oxygen till 200 meters under, and one which is the oposite, since

[@nerdbot4446]

"Hi, I'm Cameron" - as soon I heard this, the James Cameron song from South Park started playing in my head

[@saquist]

What does fracking have to do with it?

[@TheGamingPolitician]

What’s the Titanic covered in in the thumbnail?

[@heraldshalomvallente6375]

2:16 "Titanikos" was hilarious

[@jaredbaratta8589]

The thought of Titanic disappearing will create a hull in my heart.

[@Giogiopapadopoulos]

The fact that a century has passed and the Titanic remains huge indicates that will be there for at least another century

[@pietertinbergen2840]

Nice and interesting explanation. But the Titanic was more then iron wasn't it? Will there still be lots of things to see with a working sub like dishes and maybe even parts of the famous wooden staircase? Like to hear the answer of an expert.

[@tidepod10yearsago97]

The thumbnail bruh

[@BUSTAN_REPUBLIC]

1 month in the future, uh what's the old thumbnail?

[@theojames2581]

Yea wats the old thumbnail

[@jekblom123]

Oh a guy named "Cameron" is talking about the Titanic. What else is new?

[@slowride9049]

Hmm, they also said she would be gone by 2020, that was almost 4 and a half years ago

[@ch44227]

So why were all the wooden parts of the Titanic gone by the time it was discovered?

[@DaveTexas]

I don’t know who the guy is with you on the Serenade of the Seas, but you two are an ADORABLE couple! I hope you find a door large enough to hold both of you.

[@user-fv5ui1gg8m]

I did not know about tap in cause.

[@loglad5394]

The thumbnail makes it look like the titanic made someone REALLY excited

[@KuruGDI]

Looks like you better get to see the Titanic before it's gone. As it just happens, I might have a cheap offer by a now well known company for you...

[@soniku034]

Was that @spudman on the bow of the cruise ship? Lol pink Mohawk and a beard, I know that anywhere!

[@justwanttoknowhow888]

SecondEarth: Metal consuming microbes

[@TissueCat]

2:15 Ah yes, the Titanikos!

[@user-nd8mq8fe2t]

His voice is so satisfying

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

For Comparison; the Wreck of RMS Titanic's sister ship HMHS Britannic lies at just over 100m in the warm waters of the Adriatic Sea near the Island of Kea (Greece). Still in very good condition despite having sunk only about 4 years later

[@TheLowBrassDude]

When concerning ourselves with shallow depths we must also consider factors like tides and currents. The Lusitania for example sits at ~93m underwater and has almost caked in on itself due to how close the wreck is to how vibrant the water can move at shallower depths than at deeper ones.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Love thinking about the ancient shipwrecks being left alone down there in the Black Sea

[@rottenroads1982]

I have Question: What is the Deepest Depth in the Ocean for a Steel Hulled ship to sink and not be degraded by Iron Eating Bacteria?

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

I 110% thought that it was going to be tourists taking it piece by piece.

[@benturner1353]

Me, it’s me eating the titanic I’m hungry

[@swampcooler8332]

C'mon, I only had a bite or two.

[@Its.Kagura_BachinTime]

CaseOh is eating the Titanic duh

[@yanielcajigal2275]

Stop the CASEOH jokes. 👇

[@aravindmuthu95]

hey quick question: does submaries get eaten the same way?

[@fredblonder7850]

Since they typically don’t go crazy deep, I’ll assume they fall into the “shallow shipwreck” category. A military submarine only needs to go deep enough to be difficult to detect from the surface.

[@iz5772]

Wait, in the shallow waters it will take 100 years, but in 4k deep, roughly 135 years? That not such a big difference, relative to 2 to 2500 years of wood decomposition.

[@mochi9794]

5.1k hearts donated and still going!

[@creativeprop540]

Not to mention the differences in the decomposition between saltwater and freshwater.

[@SnowmanTF2]

I was wondering if one of the cylinder things in the video thumbnail was suppose to be the Titan submersible

[@Gaminggodseven]

Funnels

[@ashleylastname9091]

This video is incorrect. It's me, okay? I've been picking at it like a gingerbread house and I didn't think anyone would notice... but you know how it goes. I'm truly very sorry, it's just so tantalizing.

[@gemmeldrakes2758]

What about fibreglass hulls? Can anything destroy them?

[@mzaite]

Gentile bumps? Sunlight? Looking at them funny?

[@rkramer5629]

Now I want to know more about the critters consuming the carcass of the once massive ship…

[@TheaverageQueerperson-vq4wv]

"practically unsinkable 🧐"

[@pumkinn666]

I think the call is not that right, how would metal rust under freezing water? The correct call would be corroded, the looks inside would make it “Corroded”.

[@bungercolumbus]

You've made a mistake tho. The Black Sea lacks oxygen at the bottom because of other factors, not because of the ones you mentioned. It has oxygen in the upper layer, but not at its deeper layer since it lacks vertical movement in the water. That's why the Black Sea, in its deep layer has literally no oxygen, but an abudance of hydrogen sulphide and ammonia.

[@MasterAnakinSkyWalker]

Are these the same "experts" who said the ship never broke in two? It's already been 112 years, so it'll most likely be another 100 years before the ship is completely gone. It could be longer.

[@squidpizza6320]

There are actually a whole host of different sea creatures adapted to live off pretty much just wood! So much falls into the oceans that scavengers can spend their whole lives eating it!

[@jerrylou9285]

Bro, insulted The Titanic movie in just saying "My Heart will go one, but The Titanic will be gone."

[@richard84738]

Thats only 25 years from now. Damn.

[@mrjayrelationshipcoach8044]

Love everything Titanic.

[@lactosetheintolerant.]

Me, I’m eating it, you can all go home now.

[@bradnewsbear]

Typing out my guess before I watch the vid: It took eons for an organism to evolve that could process the lignans that make up plants, esp. wood from trees. This meant that dead trees were simply buried on top of themselves for millenia instead of decaying and contributing to new growth, even causing one of the mass extinctions when lava met the buried tree pockets and released trillions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere. My guess is those organisms either don't live in the ocean to eat the wooden Greek boat, or, they do live in the ocean but a contributing factor from the location of the boat means it cannot be eaten. Maybe not enough sunlight if it's an aerobic organism, too much pressure, salinity too high, could be any number of reasons. Will come back and edit to show how wrong I was. EDIT: I was in the same zip code but there are many more factors to consider than I thought of.

[@jecksfoxofficial]

We not polluting ocean, we *feeding it*