Why Hasn't the Sea Dragon Leviathan Species Died Out Yet? | Subnautica Theory

[@coleavery3661]

I always wished there was some sort of animation where a reaper comes after you over a chasm into either the blood kelp or grand reef and just before it gets you a sea dragon snags its tail you you watch the reaper get dragged into the depths never to be seen in the flesh again... it would be an awesome reality check that there is always a bigger fish

[@werewolf6513]

Omg that would be awesome and absolutely terrifying.

[@soulsurvivor2706]

Sea dragons don’t even spawn close to either of those biomes, and reapers, well, you could probably lead a reaper down to the lava zone

[@turnerthekilledgamer6995]

I usually find voices that sound as young as yours incredibly annoying, and yet yours is incredibly soothing. Then there is the fact is that these are actually really good theories. I am honestly impressed.

[@StarWyvernHPB]

i think i know what you mean, alost of voices like that can be, but its usually just high pitched voices for me... unluckily whenever i record my own voice, due to low quality mic, it is higher pitched XD

[@Panda-bv5jz]

Facts the rest are squeezers

[@tdoyr]

That’s why I’m scared of making KZbin videos. I feel like I sound like an annoying child, but people keep telling my voice is incredibly deep, so idk.

[@StarWyvernHPB]

@@tdoyr I get the same, some people say I've got a deeper voice then they expected, but then when I record my voice it sounds like I've had a TINY bit of helium

[@silver_kitten]

To me most young voices on KZbin sound unnatural but this one sounds real

[@SpeedyMouse]

I also did forget to mention: One way the Sea Dragons likely survived is by traveling through the corridor that connected the Inactive Lava Zone and the Crash Zone. Sea Dragons would have traveled through this in order to hunt Reaper Leviathans and other fauna. This corridor was covered up when the Aurora crashed however which may be another cause to the Sea Dragons recent decline. Another thing that could contribute is that since the Sea Emperor was able to survive for thousands of years and since the Sea Dragons is related to the Sea Emperor, the Sea Dragons life span could be incredibly long, possibly thousands of years which would allow the species to survive.

[@herobrinesbestminion6766]

and it might not really be the car (little auto subtitles joke) that killed them because a friend of mine told me they also have some sort of enzyme..... but we know how that went for him..... (not related but I made more progress in BZ now in two days than before the story rework in a few..... (still missing the pieces for my friend but I met badass 3 times XD))

[@SpeedyMouse]

@@herobrinesbestminion6766 Haha, subtitles are funny. And nice job progressing in the story!

[@gordonfreemansupremacy3629]

There actually was something called the (I forgot the name) was a hole next to the aurora that led to either one of the lava zones.

[@choob5875]

But if the crash sealed off the corridor, why are we not seeing any sea dragon bodies. It takes a long time for something that big to fully decay, and there also too big to hide in small places

[@swaggercheese9576]

@@gordonfreemansupremacy3629 wasnt it the sea dragons path?

[@kingnocho1231]

Nobody: Speedy at the end of theory videos: maybe it’s a COMBINATION Nah but seriously that’s cool that you consider all the possibilities

[@SpeedyMouse]

Lol, true. Thank you :)

[@imtryinatlife7904]

I really hope you don't end up just giving up on youtube cause I flippin love watching your video's.

[@SpeedyMouse]

Don't worry! I won't anytime soon :)

[@sprite3351]

@@SpeedyMouse hey speedy mouse, do u get money off the monetisation on ur videos?

[@benhamo1396]

@@sprite3351 more than likely, if the channel is in his parents name or if he is old enough then he will receive monetisation money

[@jxzerr6973]

It’s amazing to see how subnautica went from being a fun underwater game to people studying the species of the animals and it’s food chain and how it survives I love the content keep it up!

[@SubToTAG]

Dude, no offense, when you talk you remind me of a young Game Theory. Legendary. Let’s get you to a million subs.

[@cars0mega]

YES!

[@Dragar-zn7tf]

Gonna take quite a while LOL

[@gametheblame9951]

@@Dragar-zn7tf that don’t matter, as long as it happens

[@miragedown]

It's just the beginning

[@Inserthandlehere01]

Seadragon:(Father it's me, Micheal) I should be dead, but I'm not. (edit) Yo, what!? How did more than 200 people like this?

[@SpeedyMouse]

Haha, I like it :)

[@phaseplushproductions2344]

Lol

[@melissaworthington3513]

Nice

[@melissaworthington3513]

I love fnaf so here, take a like

[@Loguigi]

@@susanwatson1384 and if scott cawthon had a dollar for every time a fnaf character says its me he would be more rich

[@williambutcher7429]

Since the sea dragon no longer has access to reaper leviathans to kill and eat, they will most likely become completely extinct.

[@karmageddon9047]

Life finds a way

[@AgentStone5]

I have my ways

[@godetti9839]

How? Did the tunnel cave in? Looks pretty spacious down there

[@karmageddon9047]

@@godetti9839 because the entrance is smaller than the dragon itself

[@godetti9839]

@@karmageddon9047 ah thanks bro

[@jackmann8828]

The reason that leviathans, in game and in real life, are able to survive is that they don't actually need to eat as much as you think. Look up Kleiber's Law. (This is why the deeper you go in Earth's ocean, as there is less food, there are also more large creatures such as the giant squid because they have a metabolic advantage)

[@emperorofgondar]

But still, they have to eat a pretty large, albeit not as large as expected amount of food, however, the fact, that the corridor leading to what now is the crash zone was blocked by the Aurora after crash, and that skeletons of Reaper Leviathans in the lava zones are a few months old, it would take a while before the Sea Dragons begin to starve. Not to mention that they may posses the ability to lower their metabolic activity if needed.

[@ciaranobrien1666]

Where do you get this information? Loved the video Btw

[@SpeedyMouse]

I mainly get the information from the Subnautica Wiki but also from the PDA entries on the creatures. Here's a link to the Subnautica Wiki, it's amazing: subnautica.fandom.com/wiki/Subnautica_Wiki

[@vsarcstic396]

most of the information you can get is from the game

[@waifuwaffles7697]

The game? LOL

[@burritocat5434]

He hack

[@aaaab531]

@@burritocat5434 how the wiki and pda will tell you the about the creatures and origins

[@bowenlavalley3297]

reaper: viben sea dragon: I’M MAKING LEVIATHAN AND CHEESE AND NOBODY CAN STOP ME!

[@geryuthetzakandi2769]

Riley Robinson likely also would've caused a massive population boom of literally everything with the near elimination of the Kharaa bacterium, so if a third part of Subnautica occurred after Below Zero, taking place in the crater once more, it's entirely possible that if the Devs wanted to be realistic there could be a stupid number of these, and everything else, due to a likely jump in population and biodiversity.

[@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060]

Given a mod team is literally getting support from the devs in order to reconstruct the Gargantuan Leviathan, it's not out of the realm of possibility.

[@thestonepilot8242]

Another theory to keep in mind is deep sea gigantism, many species in our deep oceans can go years without eating despite the massive size of them for some odd reasons. Due to the reapers being the highest population of leviathans it could easily be possible that their low energy movements combined with the molten minerals in it's environment could lead us to speculate that the sea dragon might only need a single reaper to survive for a very long time

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Plus, We're Dragons, Meaning that we're lizards, Meaning that we're cold blooded, and warm food (Aka cooked reaper) gives us more energy and nutrition

[@ShinyShark006]

Guys, Aurora is shaking as hell. At someday, it will fall to the Void, and the Seadragons will get back their corridor. Plus, as we all know Alterra has claimed the planet, so I think they can pick up parts of Aurora, trying to rebuild it, or use for something else. This vencile cost more than half of other Alterra spaceships, they cant just leave it there!

[@shadesofdusk4031]

Cool video, I always figured that their high body heat helped keep them from getting infected as often.

[@SpeedyMouse]

Yeah, I think you might be right. It's an interesting topic...

[@virge_the_ace8184]

Your videos are pretty on par quality wise with older, larger creators I've seen and videos like this I find really intriguing and have really interesting theories and discussions I'll look forward to more of your future content, and think you could definitely build up a good platform if you keep it up Definitely subscribing :)

[@thefancy241]

40 year old guys trying to explain subnautica: aliens and fish like to Harass you . Speedymouse: *explains secret of the world in 2 seconds*

[@SpeedyMouse]

:)

[@Mira-ln4uv]

I love the fact that even though you are young, you are doing what you like and doing it with professionality. Great job mate!

[@GodoStory]

My Theory is they’re too strong to be everywhere so they lowered the numbers for plot reasons

[@chrysaor5171]

Ah, plot. The perfect answer for everything in a game. Why can’t you just step over that log in that adventure game? Plot! Why can’t you just knock out the main villain in a story early on and prevent lots of damage and death everywhere? Plot! Why are the Sea Dragons not everywhere, still alive despite lack of food, and can shoot fire balls even though it’s under WATER? Because of *PLOT* obviously! I hate it, so so much, at times...

[@Zenith252]

@@chrysaor5171 i know dude...... kinda funny tho

[@harleydavis8904]

@@chrysaor5171 also when your in a building and theres a door that has a SINGLE chair in front of it and the game says "you can't go here"

[@chrysaor5171]

@@harleydavis8904 lol, yeah. Despite that fact that are character has probably gained some muscles after having to swim so much (even after getting a sub or the Prawn Suit) that they would be able to move the freaking chair with out a propulsion cannon or maybe even that can’t move it. Theory; the chair is bolted to the ground and we just can see that it is😋😅

[@Lunarcreeper]

@@chrysaor5171 the fire is magma

[@ZekeyboyAdventures]

They could eat juvenile Ghost leviathans because the Ghost leviathans lay their eggs by the inactive lava zone.

[@armourfarmer595]

Ok so here’s my insane theories: To survive, what if similar to plants photosynthesis, the sea dragons managed to somehow adapt or had always had the ability to absorb thermal energy and survive through that and that’s why there are so few, they can’t reproduce with their energy basically only coming from thermal with little vitamins or protein and the like. Also how they survived the kharaa is through the fact that they are related to the sea emperor and although they can’t protect others from kharaa, they can protect themselves

[@SpeedyMouse]

Those are likely possibilities!

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Heat beats Kharra, Or with us it does, We SPIT lava, But just because we're both squid things doesn't mean we're related, Now i have theorized that crater's edge ghost leviathans lived off of the "Microscopic organisms" (That i just called alien plankton) that only exist cause of the soft glow of the ghost leviathans, Just like the "crabsnake eats small herbivores that eat the mushrooms and what they dont eat fertilizes the mushrooms", But we eat reapers, THERES AN ENTRANCE TO THE LOST RIVER AT THE MOUNTAINS AND THE LAVA ZONE ENTRANCE IS RIGHT THERE!

[@armourfarmer595]

@@deweytheseadragon5100 it is a well known fact that the cuddle fish, the sea emperor and the sea dragon had a common ancestor. It’s even referenced in the fabricator facility in below zero. Also the sea dragons can’t really eat reapers well and it is only a last resort as they aren’t adapted to the reaper’s pressure and so can’t reliably eat them especially as they have to drag the reapers down to the lava zone with them struggling all the while. Also heat doesn’t kill kharaa effectively as it killed all of the sea dragons’ food and can be found on every type of lava creature except the dragon

[@sketchjunior7072]

I love your theory videos! I fell back into the Subnautica rabbit hole again and you’re super entertaining and your videos are high quality!

[@Lunarcreeper]

Nobody even talks about how the adult ghost leviathan only eats microscopic organisms

[@honzasenbauer612]

Maybe he is just like a whale eating on plankton but agressive. It would be pretty good explanation, and the reason there are just so few of them is, that they are so agressive they wipe themsleves out with territorial fights

[@buzzmas8068]

These vids are so well made, I’m surprised you don’t have more subscribers! You’ve earned mine Ps, do you have any ideas for projects or things to do after you beat the game? I’ve collected all the eggs and built a base, but I can’t bear to stop playing this game

[@SpeedyMouse]

Thank you, I appreciate it! There are a few things you can do after beating the game. One would be trying to beat the game with a challenge, like maybe only using the SeaGlide or whatever you want to do. Another would be getting Subnautica: Below Zero which I really recommend you try out :) I think I made a video explaining whether or not you should get it so if you want to check that out you can: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqrZpYJ8pNpqrrM

[@kerenb14]

ok a bit late, but i agree with challenges. it sounds like you mean leaving a save instead of not playing anymore at all, to which i would suggest a few ideas: 1. do your own research like speedymouse in this video, whether that be from reading the pda 50 billion times or making observatories and labs to watch fauna like the degasi survivors did 2. kill every hostile leviathan in the game by any method of your choice- there's 34, so it'll take a while, and it has the added bonus of: you won't always want to be hunting, so you'll make yourself find something to do instead 3. build a bunch of bases! play with the form and layouts and furnish them differently, really get into it and see if you can find a "style" you like or a plan for the next save (to be fair, you could also just do this in creative to save on titanium though)

[@CloaksCosplays]

I just figured that Kharrar can’t survive as well in the high heat environment of the lava zones. That’s why the Emperor Leviathan is held there , to keep its biome “pure.”

[@jackofallnades104]

Saw a bunch of infected creatures down there with glowing green patches so assumed kharrar still can survive high temperatures

[@theparrishshow9803]

One of the reasons that this guy is my favorite KZbin or when it comes to theories on video games is the fact that the way he words sentences is the way I word things in real life. I am seriously not kidding, the way he’s talking in this video perfectly reflects how I would interact with another human being.

[@kevkev5105]

My question ideas that I would like answered but I'm not sure if they can be Does the Reaper's echolocation actually real? (like would water interrupt) Could the seamoth and PRAWN actually open and close that quickly and easily to allow entry? Is it possible to get any information from the scanner? (in its data entry it talked about using a certain type of wave) Would the Aurora only cause that little damage to its surrounding area after the crash? (terrain and radiation) Is the Scanner Room's Cameras range long or short? (I've always thought they were remarkably short for atleast 2.5 million years in the future) And my final one is will Unknown Worlds ever provide updates to the original Subnatuica?

[@SpeedyMouse]

Awesome! Those are really good, thanks :)

[@erenfroger5356]

To answer your first question- yes, dolphins irl use echolocation

[@1puppetmaster]

Echolocation is the process of emitting sound and listing to the reply. As odd as it may sound, sound actully travels better in water. When the reapers (or many types of real whales) make calls the sound continues until it hits something once it does it is reflected back to the source. The returning sound also tell the size and shape of whate is being detected. The cyclops makes noise as it movies in the water and the leviathan hear it. This is how real submarines try to find each other while hunting.

[@mannamedjared]

The last one is true,they recently fixed saves and re-texture some stuff

[@ThatPaleMexican]

the reaper leviathans echolocation does not work ingame. Really all you need to know is, if it roars, it can see you.

[@Laurenyummy]

"It's big, its dangerous." (The definition of Subnautica) -JUST chill

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

**Laughs in reefbacks, Sea emperor, Ghost rays, Crimson rays, Jellyrays, And more.*

[@jakeymcsouse2772]

I think that the Sea Dragon Leviathan species survived off of Lava Insects. Yes, Lava Insects. You see, the creatures you find in the lava zones, the Lava Larva, is referred to as being in the larval stage of its species, so presumably, it could get much bigger than it is. The reason the larva never mature is probably because of the same reason eggs never hatch in the wild and have to be relocated to an Alien Containment. How they are still able to reproduce, I am not sure, but it could be a distinct trait for the species, maybe have been introduced by genetic modification from the Kahraa Bacterium. So the Sea Dragons probably ate Lava Insects until their extinction, Reaper Leviathans, until the Aurora presumably blocked off the cave entrance the dragons used to surface, and today, they rely on nutrients from magma, Crimson Rays, Lava Lizards, and maybe Lava Larva, Magmarangs, and Red Eyeyes.

[@VibronicRegent]

Its stated that the aurora covered a hole leading directly to the lava zone which sea dragons would often come out of to drag reapers down into the lava zone, burn them alive then eat them

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

I'm with the "Don't kill seadragons", Because im a seadragon.

[@ben7445]

i like how dedicated you are to the channel i can tell from ur production quality

[@rileyberryman8898]

Not even gonna lie I hate listening to my teacher's and stuf but for some reson I love listening to you talk about theses things... 😂😅

[@SpeedyMouse]

I'm glad you like it :)

[@catscentral]

i watch speedy in class sometimes (im in online with cam off) and yet im still bad at math wonder why

[@sporg9806]

Most likely because speedy is talking about something you highly enjoy while you find a teacher's speech less interesting

[@ziddars6282]

Sea Dragon Leviathan: Survives The Kharaa outbreak Enraged Ryley : fine ill kill them myself

[@Jmac0968]

You know for an advance alien race I’m surprised the Aliens in subnatica didn’t take into account the parent of the sea dragon leviathan egg they stole wouldn’t come after them.Especially since this species is so close to extinction

[@Thealchemyoflife]

Gotta say, man; heard your voice at the beginning of this video, and thought to myself "greeeaaaat! Some kid's weak-ass Subnautica video!" Boy am I glad I was wrong. Seem like a pretty smart dude! Keep up the good work, bro!

[@XXRaciX]

Man I envy you. I used to strike keys randomly in games at your age and get excited only to see making something move the way I wanted them to, let alone following stories and understanding instructions. I'm judging by your voice tone of course, yet you're able to assess things in a way that's way too mature for that age.

[@Poksiwo]

Bro i dont watch your videos that much but when i do i really enjoy them and you just should have alot more subs

[@SpeedyMouse]

Thank you, I really appreciate it :)

[@lucapags922]

Man your videos are addicting I can’t stop watching them and it’s 2am

[@darksay8326]

Just found your channel and love it to bits subnautica is one of my favorite games Love these so much

[@gunnar_k01]

I’m guessing that Speedy Mouse is most likely 12-14, and yet he is bringing up topics and making theories that most observant adults would pass over. My man you are smart af, and I can definitely see you going far

[@gamedevyguy9200]

You would think that since the precursors were in the inactive/active lava zone, that they would have better defence against those creatures, especially with their technology.

[@SpeedyMouse]

Yeah, you would think there would be more defense mechanisms. One important thing to note is there are perimeter defense structures around the Primary Containment Facility.

[@atlas2296]

Sea Dragons are likely Cold Blooded considering they are reptilian and live in hot areas which dont require warm blood, and cold blooded creatures require much less food than warm blooded creatures as producing your own heat requires a constant supply of energy. Also because of the heat in the area and the flame breath its likely that creatures can end up being cooked when attacked by a Sea Dragon because of them ya know, breathing fire, and cooking food is much easier to digest, in fact, when an animal eats something most of the energy is used in digestion leaving just enough to survive on, however because cooked food is easier to digest more of that energy can used for other purposes. TL;DR Sea Dragon is Cold Blooded and the heat cooks food meaning they require less food bc cold blood and food gives more energy when its cooked

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Correct.

[@lolomanu1600]

i want to add that maybe because the sea dragons lived in hotter climates it might kill the bacteria and make other species go lower to fined uninfected prey but after the creatures adapted to the Kara they would be less creatures down there so the sea dragon species slowly reduced to 3 but even is they reproduced the probably lay 1 egg at a time suggested by the precursors taking only 1 , if not the case the sea dragon went after them immediately so it was probably only the 1.

[@Polishbaby1]

Remember the sea dragon body in the lost river

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Yeah...

[@jackmann8828]

It's also interesting how they only have 5000 health, the same as a reaper.

[@bluethewitch6443]

My guess would be that the sea dragon leviathan naturaly prayed on reaper leviathans. The biggest entrance to the lost river and the lava zone is just at the endge of the mountains where reapers have their territory. My guess would be that the crash of the aurora did destroy a part of the safe shallows where the reaper leviathans had their breeding grounds. Like sharks they could wander over there just to lay eggs and the young reapers would have enough pray in the safe shallows to grow until they migrate to the deep waters. Due to the aurora destroying that breeding ground the reapers don't have their breeding ground and that could be the reason why we don't see reaper eggs or young reaper leviathans. Since we don't see other bones in the lava zone I doubt that the sea dragon levathians pray on other big leviatans. And the only skeletons that we find in the lost river seem to be quite old. Maybe they prayed on one of the other leviathans before but since they survived for a long time after this I guess that these creatures where able to adept to the reapers being their new food source. I like your theorie that the sea dragons can consume lava and rocks. My guess would be that they get their minerals through that source of food but not for calorie intake. Reapers seem to be very strong and muscular so they would be a good source of protein and fat. I think the food is not the biggest issue for the species. Seeing that there are only 3 specimiens in the crater remaining (and one that died during the attack on the facility). I think that breeding is a big problem for the leviathans. With such a small population in one area I doubt that these leviathans are not related. They might be a species that only lays small clutches of eggs and protects it's young. Which is supported by the fact that the sea dragon mother came out of her natural habitat to find her eggs and rescue them. Seeing how small that population is i guess that they might be living in family groups and travel in order to find partners and breed, coming back to their hatching grounds in order to lay the eggs and hatch them. Since the ghost leviathan near the entrence of the lave zone shows no fear of it or injuries I think it's not obsurd to think that those species peacefully co-exist. While traveling the deep ocean sea dragon leviathans would probably not have a problem with the ghost leviathans and the migration to find mates would be possible. The problem might now be that the breeding circle is quite long for that species. It might even be possible that the two leviathans in the lava lakes are the children of the leviathans living in the inactive lava zone. Due to the long way for mating and the precursers stealing a clutch of the eggs the species might have a harsh time populating. And since they seem to live in vulcanos and prefer the heat there might not be a lot of suited envorinment around the planet for the species. I like your theories, but I don't believe that the sea dragons main food source is supposed to be a species that did go extinct and not the reaper leviathans. I do agree with the fact that these creatures probablc consume lava and rock for nurishment and mainly minerals. As I said I think the main problem for the sea leviathans is not the food source but rather the mating process. Good video will defenetly check out more of yout videos. 👍🏻 Maybe you should go in the direction of biology since your theories where pretty good.

[@Aiviymatoc]

really cool video essay. keep it up, proud of you

[@iamthatthatiam85]

Honestly killing them is okay since they respawn and because the animals feed on each other

[@evronian1129]

Why not just spawn more in? That would take care of the extinction problem.

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

And also the reaper population.. *Its too good to lose..*

[@Keedisgay]

Hey that’s my idea!!! That’s so cool!!!

[@SpeedyMouse]

Yes it was! It was a really good idea! Immediately after I saw your comment I began to write a script! Thanks for the great idea :)

[@Keedisgay]

@@SpeedyMouse thanks! I new it’d be good!

[@doofinator452]

I feel like the 1/3rd of lava/rock is what it's lava barrage is and it's adapted to use this to make it mine to heat and as a attack

[@Klaxosapien_Minecraftian]

My theory is that the sea dragon leviathan absorbs heat from its surroundings, much like the yeti crab that lives on earth. Here’s a link to the wiki page for the yeti crab - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwa_hirsuta

[@cosmic.4367]

I think you might be aware of this but there was something called the hell hole I’m pretty was it’s name. Anyways it was a hole in front of the Aurora that went into the inactive lava zone. Which could help to explain the sea dragons feeding on reapers at that made it much easier to travel to and from the lava zone. But it was removed so who knows now.

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Yeah, Wish it was still there. *MAN that'd be amazing..*

[@stavrosps1238]

Great video as always. Made me subscribe!

[@fedyfabuh3100]

It's obvious how it survives *It turns on no clip phases through the walls*

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Walls? what walls?

[@monke1290]

Wait a minute... You are a MESMER! Your voice draws me in...

[@SpeedyMouse]

:)

[@JonasLetsPlayer]

SwImM cLoSeR... sWiMm ClOsEr -PDA

[@honzasenbauer612]

Your primary directive is to swim to the creature I actually remeber only the first part as I don’t like being druged without taking anything

[@TheRedstoneNarcissist]

It Is your primary directive to swim closer to the beautiful creature... Swim ClOsEr GeT cLoSeR tO tHe beautiful CrEaTuRe... (That's the full line)

[@honzasenbauer612]

@@TheRedstoneNarcissist thank you I see I have made a mistake even in the first part. Now I simply have to look for a Mesmer and follow the primary directive

[@rolandhoag55]

Finally there’s a channel that can answer my subnautica thoughts

[@harrygames6979]

These videos you make are really good keep up the good work

[@the_dead_knight3]

I think it mentioned in an old pda entry that the sea dragon would drag reaper's to the depths to eat them. But I think it was cut in an old update

[@thecubers_2]

Here's a story how eventually the subnautica Islands will collapse and The aurora will sink and the planet will over heat and the lava zone will fill up with lava and the water everywhere will turn into lava

[@ego-1710]

So the whole Kharaa bacterial outbreak is because the precursors stole the sea dragon egg

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Yep.

[@SNASTALE7963]

My theoru is that since the sea dragon is related to the sea emperor it also produced an enzyme similar to enzyme 42 and just didnt eject it, allowing it to survive the bacterium and help its digesting the rocks.

[@gage2189]

What if the Sea Dragons hunted Research Specimen Theta’s species? It’s big enough to provide a lot of food, and I assume the Sea Dragon would be able to kill it with it’s fireballs, and maybe crush it’s bone?

[@kitchengun1175]

I think that sea dragons can or could likely also be found inside deep sea trenches and smaller volcanic craters in the open ocean, and their historic food source would have been the giant plankton eaters in the sea like ghost leviathans and young sea emperors, since they could definitely provide enough food to sustain a species that large the crater might have been a nesting ground for the species, meaning the three could be the other young of mama dragon, who hatched and have since reached adulthood without a parent and become trapped in the lava zone with no way out (made even worse by the Aurora's crash)

[@Randallsilver]

Very eloquent theory and analysis, great vid! I admit I was sceptical at first, I was wrong.

[@claytonallshouse8256]

anyone think about how in the Subnautica universe, the Gargantuan Leviathan would probably be alive right now because the game takes place thousands of years from now?

[@SternTR]

Not to false you but theres a skeleton of atleast 1 sea dragon out in lost river?

[@arkindal]

Bro how old are you? Your videos are really good, keep up the good work and I bet you’ll be huge! That said the only reason I don’t kill them is only because it’s time consuming, I otherwise tend to kill all the leviathans that attack on sight.

[@robinb.8907]

Quality is definitely not bad... Keep going

[@SpeedyMouse]

Thanks :)

[@lordcarter2149]

When you scan the reaper skeleton in the lost river it says that it is recent and gets brought down by larger leviathans so that theory is spot on

[@ryankennedy7233]

Some reptiles also only need to eat rarely so the sea dragon may have survived by eating minimally and very rarely.

[@Anonymous-sd6hq]

a little fyi changing an organisms feeding pattern is really hard, if not impossible. the few exceptions we know about are those from animals that are already partially omnivores. So if a claim like "the bacterium mutated them making them able to sustain on new material" means that somehow the bacterium would need to alter the entire DNA code of the host and doing so would result in death or in cancer but more often death.

[@pakkunen8491]

After this vid i used my repulsor to get the reaper leviathan into sea dragons mouth

[@SpeedyMouse]

Oh nice lol

[@lukeskywalker5392]

I mean we do know, that the was a hole down to the lava zone. It got removed if i remember correctly, but now its just the theory, that the Aurora blocks the hole so the seadragons were able to hunt at the surface, but arent anymore now, so they basically are screwed now.

[@SpeedyMouse]

That is one possibility I forgot to include :)

[@toaster83]

So they would climb out and slowly sit down on the island to pluck the occasional reaper

[@Alex-eu3lf]

I'm confused about why the sea dragons are in those lava caves along with the titan leviathan and those other leviathans found in the labs.

[@Anonymous-lv4di]

There are a lot of mods witch add a rare spawn in the dunes and the crash zone of a Sea Dragon

[@joelkp1185]

My theory I think it is possible, but rather unlikely, that the dragon feeds on the precursors that did not successfully evacuate 4546B that still survive to this day and are trapped in the lava area.Maybe as attempts to end their own suffering they feed themselves to the dragon to feel the sweet release of a quick death by being eaten, instead of a long drawn out death from starvation.Either this or Some of the aurora, or even Degasi, survivors made it down somehow to the lava zone, only to be either eaten by the dragon or trapped down their in one of the precursor structures, suffering a similar fate to the earlier mentioned precursors that failed to evacuate in time. Great vid as usual Mouse, just subbed.

[@LiterallyChrollolucifer]

you sound young but also like you should be the narrator on animal planet.

[@Lunarcreeper]

i have a theory perhaps the reason the precursors took a sea dragon egg is because they are immune to kharra bacterium. and where trying to study them to figure out how. and if this was true, maybe sea dragons actually eat kharra bacterium from time to time, and also other prey. but this is just a theory i meant "what if they are immune to kharra" i don't understand why they would just go steal their egg. they probably had a reason.

[@timothy7556]

Hey Speedy Mouse just so you know there used to be a whole between where the Aurora crashed and the lava Zone connecting them where the Sea Dragon Leviathan pulled Reaper leviathans down into and boiled them and the Aurora landed on it so their food stopped a little bit after the Aurora hit

[@SpeedyMouse]

Yep I think I made a pinned comment about that :)

[@ApacheGarage]

Leviathan is a sea monster mentioned in the bible

[@SpeedyMouse]

It is which is pretty interesting...

[@sgpros8084]

SpeedyMouse: Save the Sea Dragons! Me in my 3rd Prawn suit after having the first two obliterated with flying lava: *Stab and stasis time*

[@elenux8023]

i know this might be late but just grapple onto it with a prawn suit and start drilling, took me like 30 minutes to kill all 3

[@sgpros8084]

@@elenux8023 ohhhh that sounds much better! Yo thank you so much I’m bad at subnautica and I’m on my 4th prawn suit lol, should really invest my diamonds in a reinforced hull sometime 😂😂😂

[@elenux8023]

@@sgpros8084 ya no problem, just make sure to grapple the back rather than the front cause sometimes hell slap your prawn suit/ bite it, just be careful

[@sgpros8084]

@@elenux8023 aight I’ll make sure of that, thanks again my brotha

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

God DAMN just get outta our territory! Once you get into the prison with the ion cubes and blue tablets we can't get you!

[@titanj7221]

Good job on not annoying everyone by going through puberty and being well informed

[@mstshu2699]

did you read this because your really smart:)

[@SpeedyMouse]

👀

[@TheObserverDMZ]

he sounds like a kid version of the rubber

[@bellehogel8665]

I found a PDA entry that said all infected specimens were terminated, except for 1.

[@monke1290]

I built a base in the lava zone and now I'm scared since it keeps swimming around my base and the roar it makes scares me when I'm in my base since it surprises me 😂

[@SpeedyMouse]

Oh man, that sounds fun! And terrifying, I would jump like 5 feet every time it roared :)

[@monke1290]

Lol, what do you think is the cutest fish I think it's the hoverfish. In my lava zone base I am breeding millions of hoverfish.

[@SpeedyMouse]

I love the hoverfish, it's amazing. It's probably better than the cuddlefish to be honest.

[@monke1290]

Yeah I wish you could play with it

[@SpeedyMouse]

@@monke1290 Yeah me too...

[@Wojtek1250XD]

Man, you have so many good theories

[@rantarowasherefb8486]

I have a few ideas, Is there a planet in real life that is similar too the planet you are on in subnautica? How did is sea emperor still alive? What are the warpers technically? How did the Khaaraa virus spread? How was the planet before the khaara virus? What are the backstory’s behind the items that are locked in the cages (I think it was where the portals were)

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

Here's answers to all of those: While there is no planet with a giant ship crashed, We've found out there's a planet like it IRL. The sea emperor dies after subnautica, but her children appear in Below zero. Warpers are bioweapons. Kharra spreaded because one of the sea dragons rammed into the disease research facility. There's a few easter eggs, But other than those nobody really knows. There, i gave you answers. And now i'm realizing those were video ideas, not questions.

[@chrysaor5171]

Oh also, it could possibly live that long off of so few prey depending on a few factors I thought of: 1) How much calories do they burn through on average every, let’s say, hour? 2) How much calories do the prey around where it resides contain, and/or much can they get from the lava/rocks. 3) How fast is their metabolism? 4) Is it possible that the heat from where it lives have an effect to cause it to have to have less calories? After all it would have to use a lot less energy to stay warm therefore saving energy/calories (or whatever you want to call it) for other things or to just store it away. I also feel like since molecules move faster in high temperatures that might fit in somewhere as well hypothetically speaking. 5) Since it doesn’t move that fast, or more than likely little effort needed to move, it would save energy for when it either a) does move fast, or b) for any other process 6) since it has no competition in terms of fighting for prey, or anything trying kill it in general, they wouldn’t have to waste any energy fighting. 7) due to its enormous size it could easily catch up to any prey, that may try to swim away, with very little effort and then easily devour it in its massive jaws. 8) How fast does it’s body age? Obviously humans can last quite awhile. Up to about 80-90 years on average although of course some people live 100 or even past that, I’m not going to include that since a majority of people don’t, it stands to reason it can age even slower than us so it would take up less energy to grow hypothetically. I’m comparing this to How when teenagers are in a growth spurt they eat a lot more due to that. Of course since we don’t how fast they grow or the approximate amount of energy it takes to do so for different parts of it’s physical structure when they’re younger, it’s harder to determine. At the same time though, since they would be smaller it would be easier for them to move faster due to their small stature and aslo because they would need less energy compared to a full grown Sea Dragon. Of course I’m making that assumption based on biotic organisms here on earth which tend to eat less when they’re younger due to the fact that don’t need as much because they don’t use that much. Their stomach’s are also smaller. So without knowing more about the autonomy of them when they’re younger and the behaviors it’s hard to make an educated guess. Those are my thoughts anyways. I feel as though these assumptions may be a bit inaccurate since I’m basing this off of more in depth biology that I know of and while some would be easy to compare to the alien life on 4546B some of it is harder without knowing how their cells function in their environment compared to here on earth where the conditions are much different. But the biggest thing that’ll contribute to their survival that we don’t know of at all....how do THEY reproduce? They may be able to do it on their own somehow but if they need a partner of the other gender we are unsure as to if any of the remaining 3 (that’s the amount that we know of that are relativity near each other, right?) have at LEAST one of the opposite. But most importantly if they do need a partner and there happens to be one of the opposite gender.....would they even be able to reach each other...?

[@SpeedyMouse]

Some good points!

[@chrysaor5171]

@@SpeedyMouse Thank you! I want to go into genetics and the biology functions it could end up influencing so I think about that kind of thing a lot! ^^✨

[@light_jupiter]

in the beta the way u got to the lava zone was a big hole next to the crash site, the dragon will swim up and take the reaper down but now the aurora block the hole so after the events of Subnautica they most likely died out

[@chronicfailure9092]

Because you didn't get a definite answer let me tell you (What I believe) is the canonical reason thr sea dragon is alive. Before the aurora crash site was made they planned on making that part of the map a massive hole to the inactive lava zone but because they added the aurora and had to keep the map size medium they used the hole's location to put the Aurora. So what happened was (I am pretty sure this is explained in game) the Aurora crashed on the hole and caused the hole to collapse. The crash site was believed to either be a breeding grounds for reapers or where they live. This would explain how the sea dragons survived so long outside because they would not be too far from the ILZ to die from biome related causes. They lured reapers down the hole and ate them there. This explaines how they survived kharraa because reapers digestive system contained trace enzyme 42 from host peepers. It explains how they survived massive food requirements and the kharra. The sea dragons probably lived off of smaller fish after their primary food was blocked and that explains why they are easy to survive from. (That last part isn't supported by in game explanations but by my observations so take it with a grain of salt.)

[@SpeedyMouse]

Yes, I think you're very right there. I was aware of that hole and I probably should've mentioned it. Although, I still am not sure if there are enough Reapers to support many Sea Dragons.

[@chronicfailure9092]

@@SpeedyMouse for that reaper problem I am pretty sure the breeding grounds thing helps. They could target the adults and leave the children. Depending on reaper breeding rates the reapers they eat can be replaced by the baby reapers growing up. This can also explain why reapers don't grow out of control even though an ubundance of food is around them. I understand your point however there are plausible theories. Sorry if I come off strongly I naturally speak in a debate like manner

[@SpeedyMouse]

@@chronicfailure9092 No, no problem, I think you're right. There may be enough Reapers. And I think the fact that that corridor used to exist combined with the other possibilities explains it well. And there may be enough creatures, not just Reapers to feed this huge creature. And I did make a pinned comment talking about this :)

[@thedarkdoggy]

"likely the reaper and dragon left their natural habitats in search of food where they inevitably met" pda directly says that the dragon leaves the lava zone to hunt, its not that they would both have to move or adapt the sea dragon just does its thing

[@reaper3278]

The sea dragon by the primary containment facility probably lived from kahra because the sea empress is producing Amazon 42 through the walls and it's coming out and curing the sea dragon

[@deweytheseadragon5100]

HHh Yes we're constantly getting *Amazon 42*

[@jacobensworth5693]

This man hella under rated

[@SpeedyMouse]

Thanks! Glad you think so!

[@semajniomet981]

Yet another reason for the sea dragon to exist: the developers wanted an obstacle to troll you during a hardcore and/or challenge run.

[@the_ej1970]

I'm planning on making an FPS and I hope I can do crossovers with Subnautica also the sea dragon attack was Al-an's fault as you may already know

[@frankiemod5818]

my theory is that when their prey was alive they ate a ton of their food and when the bacteria made their prey extinct they consumed their internal fat which could be why the reaper leviathan is so thin