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First-Ever Footage of Deep-Sea Anglerfish Mating Pair | Nat Geo Wild
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6 жыл бұрынOn an ocean expedition in the Azores, Kirsten and Joachim Jakobsen have captured the first footage of a mating pair of deep-sea anglerfish in the wild, with support from the Rebikoff-Niggeler Foundation.
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@NatGeoWild 6 жыл бұрын
A female anglerfish is capable of carrying six or more males on her body in her lifetime. What do you think about this rare discovery?
@primalrage3219 6 жыл бұрын
Nat Geo WILD that's allot of male's
@Hmongboi228 6 жыл бұрын
Looks like I was born into the wrong species. Free food, do nothing and provide sperm at a moment's notice? Sign me up!
@Fluffy311Ninja 6 жыл бұрын
Nat Geo WILD I am always stunned learning new fact of the sea creatures. So much so that I want to actually change my career choice and going into marine biology. I have always been fascinated by the sea but there's not a lot of schools that offer marine biology close to home.
@Apusays 6 жыл бұрын
what a wild girl if you know what I mean
@vasyan123 6 жыл бұрын
She is Amy Schumer of fish
@majormalfunction3757 5 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how national Geographic was able to film it with such a high quality........ I love it
@ShadowSpace56z 4 жыл бұрын
GoPro cams ??
@bruzote 2 жыл бұрын
This was filmed by an explorer couple (in a way, how appropriate). I don't know that NatGeo provided their equipment or even funded them. In fact, the couple and the researcher they shared it with didn't immediately release the video.
@i.r.3016 4 жыл бұрын
"And this, kids, is how I met your mother."
@wobblyaxolotl2520 4 жыл бұрын
And this kids, is how I became part of your mother. (Insert theme music here)
@sitsia3808 4 жыл бұрын
@@wobblyaxolotl2520 xd (what's the theme for it tho?)
@crazyformyseIf 4 жыл бұрын
Well i dont think he was speaking much long after his guts were spilled . Think he went for milk
@alexisivan2766 4 жыл бұрын
@@wobblyaxolotl2520 😂
@icybird9999 4 жыл бұрын
@@crazyformyseIf everyone's right, you ARE everywhere 😂😂😂
@Sneakybirb 3 жыл бұрын
"You complete me" she said
@mariaj4 3 жыл бұрын
Sure. You complete my appetite more like
@AmazingSpider-Man 6 ай бұрын
Literally.
@oblivian1308 22 күн бұрын
Him and every other John Doe in like before him
@MucepheisBustyBust 3 жыл бұрын
This is horrifying and beautiful. Nature as usual
@kafkab.3143 6 жыл бұрын
3 dislikes? just imagine how difficult it is, the discovery filmed this footage :(
@johnelmartagbago3764 5 жыл бұрын
ikr
@crunchy9093 4 жыл бұрын
Now its 40
@MarionetteKazuko 4 жыл бұрын
You're surprised that lesser life-forms would go out of their way to dislike videos?
@k9cobra728 4 жыл бұрын
Of one of the many unfortunate fates of the non mammal males?
@zariff7842 3 жыл бұрын
78 dislikes from people who don't appreciate nature / the world
@AzlianaLyana 6 жыл бұрын
Does the male permanently stick in the female after mating? This is a really interesting behaviour in mating. We've seen mate that kills partners in other animals. Now we have parisitic mating behaviour. Really interesting. Thanks National Geographic for sharing.
@imnotthedabbingking2154 6 жыл бұрын
Azliana Lyana yhh the male will fuse becoming part of her. Sharing blood system etc
@NatGeoWild 6 жыл бұрын
Nature is truly full of amazing wonders especially when it comes to different animals' mating behaviors, Azliana! For most anglerfish, the male tends to latch onto the female and remain there for the rest of his life.
@benskelly1217 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, the male stays with the female forever! (As far as I'm aware.)
@PolydamasReborn 6 жыл бұрын
Well, we already knew this, but this is the first video of it in the wild. After attaching, the male is essentially an organ of the female to use to produce sperm at will. This is more of a symbiotic relationship actually, because both benefit. The male never needs to feed itself or do anything and the female has a way of reproducing.
@transorm987 5 жыл бұрын
They stay there because it's so hard to find a mate in such an environment.
@robertsiddique2948 3 жыл бұрын
National geographic channel always inspires me by stimulating my inner curiosity and causing me to think limitless and out of the box the same way of thinking resulted in discoveries by great explorers
@danieldevito6380 2 жыл бұрын
If you ever get down on yourself and think you have it bad, just think of the life of a male Anglerfish.
@InanisNihil Жыл бұрын
pretty good probably.. for one they are way way safer now.. females being way larger means tiny males are removed from the food chain of some other fish.. also they now get much easier food source... also if u THINK like a anglerfish u wouldnt be consider how much bettter u could have it as a human.. ud be too busy trying to find a female to mate and then also merge with to further increase ur own surivial rate..
@gunuuuu Жыл бұрын
@@InanisNihil it will be easy and so boring 😅
@dustinlewis4948 5 ай бұрын
You mean the female right. The male has it super easy
@gauravvj1090 6 жыл бұрын
I can see some people calling this fishes scary but I think they are beautiful
@NatGeoWild 6 жыл бұрын
The anglerfish are truly one of a kind with their unique physical features and behaviors!
@hunterliu6620 6 жыл бұрын
Gauravvj Vijay Scary and ugly. Ugly!
@Chazbug 5 жыл бұрын
Wtf u guys need some help that is can’t even discursive it
@Katatawnic 4 жыл бұрын
They're beautiful to some because they're fascinating and bizarre. They're ugly to others because they look alien and monstrous.
@pauloperegrinau.8521 4 жыл бұрын
@@Katatawnic funny how now people find some sea creatures alien-looking since they probably came way before us
@quique7764 2 жыл бұрын
Nature is wilder than any sci fi.
@zhurongonmars6256 4 жыл бұрын
Came here from facebook page -unbelievable facts
@photophus Ай бұрын
me too
@krckozg 4 жыл бұрын
brilliant footage! thank you :)
@andreasvb1142 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Louis CK/Theo Von for bringing me here lol
@ignacyniedzwiedzki-k.1532 2 жыл бұрын
That is so weird yet so fascinating...
@watchensee 5 жыл бұрын
So amazing! This male has just recently bit onto that female, as most of him is still there. Over time his face & body will dissolve into her skin. The only part of him that'll be left is his hind quarters where his reproductive system is.
@aguy463 4 жыл бұрын
Wow is this really true? Is he then technically dead as his brain has dissolved along with his head so there's just a reproductive stsytem left? Also how does he latch on? Through biting or something else?
@abelvilla2828 4 жыл бұрын
@@aguy463 I hope is not too late to try to help. What I understand is not that the male dissolves or something like that, it just becomes part of the female, like an exterior organ, their tissues fuse, and it's body gets completely covered by that tissue with the exception of its reproductive organs. I'm not expert, but by reading about the topic that's what I understood. If someone can confirm or correct what I said I would be thankful.
@abelvilla2828 4 жыл бұрын
So basically it keeps it's internal organs but now shares the nutrient flux with its mate. And yes, technically it achieve al that by just attaching its mouth to the female's skin.
@SkittyDangerzne 4 жыл бұрын
@@abelvilla2828 omg thank you! I just found this out and this is fascinating!!
@watchensee 4 жыл бұрын
@@abelvilla2828 Well yes he does become a part of her body, but like I said as time goes on he loses most of his own body, except his hind end where his male reproductive system is. This makes reproduction easier for all species of deep sea angler fish. Living in a dark world where food is scarce and finding a mate can be difficult. When a female deep sea angler fish hatches she goes on to survive & grow. When she's sexually mature she gives off pheromones to help the males of her own species find her. When the males hatch they must find a female of their own species and bite onto her as soon as possible. Male deep sea angler fish are not equip to eat on their own.
@kurdistan6199 4 жыл бұрын
"I'd die for you"
@PeterGriffin11 3 жыл бұрын
The males don't actually die.
@michaelkwee7704 4 жыл бұрын
Angler fish: let's fuse
@corynneful 4 жыл бұрын
Cheers if Love, Victor brought you here.
@cantaloupe7296 4 жыл бұрын
this is sooo high quality i love it
@caractax.3110 6 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a weird species 😦
@shadeerahmed4685 2 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful and terrifying at the same time.
@brianpacheco1927 2 ай бұрын
My parents are from the Azores. Highly recommended place to visit. Beautiful waterfalls and lush greenery. Food to die for. Very hospitable people.
@aprillondon11 3 жыл бұрын
Less funding to space exploration and more funding in figuring out the planet we're on.
@TheAncientOak 3 жыл бұрын
I say a bit more funding to the both of them!
@bruzote 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheAncientOak - That is not how funding works in the US. First, "pure science" funding is generally decided as a percentage of budget. Then budgets get split. We don't people on Mars. Aerospace contractors, though, have forced us (and brain-washed many) into accepting this "need". If you want to explore space, the best ROI is with robots and AI. NOT manned missions. Some of the money saved could be spent on the most fascinating world unexplored much to date - the Earth's deep sea.
@elliotpoco7539 2 жыл бұрын
The basicly get fused together into one body. Thats kinda romantic.
@Potato_n_Tomato 3 жыл бұрын
Fusion Ha!
@mandymoore5774 4 жыл бұрын
Than run w it yelling “I GOT CHA LIGHT! NOW UR IN THE DARK TOO!”
@sarahredwood537 6 жыл бұрын
I love watching fish mate 😘🙃🤗
@johnwohara 3 жыл бұрын
Was there supposed to be a comma after the word 'fish'?
@jia-yeelee3645 3 жыл бұрын
oomygod this is one of THE coolest videos ever
@brucethemoosegtx8387 6 жыл бұрын
This is my first time seeing this fish when I was 9 years old my first fish I love today I'm still thinking about that fish and that's beautiful but today 2018 I seen this amazing 😀👏👏👏👏👏👏
@hannna11100 6 жыл бұрын
I heard about their mating process while watching Netflix's Irreplaceable You. I had to google this. It's scary and romantic at the same time.
@vickydeusdedit30 5 жыл бұрын
Me too - I was watching the same movie
@belindasanders1996 5 жыл бұрын
This is what prompted me to google the angler fish. Watching the movie now. Just read about this fish last week with my students. Fascinating.
@Ak-Skelly 4 жыл бұрын
Yoooo me too I’m watchin the movie rn for the second time 🍿
@tosheatower Жыл бұрын
Talk about mating for life to a whole new level 😆
@terranceteague3217 12 сағат бұрын
High quality in the water but still can't get a decent video or pic of a ufo😂
@lourousseau4169 4 жыл бұрын
So, as the male fuses to the female, does the female become a hermaphrodite? Does it depend how much the male physically regresses? Does the male basically become a new organ or does it remain as a distinct organism?
@AphoticGoblin 2 жыл бұрын
it basically becomes a new organ.
@zacmrkle4472 2 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@ryannechvatal9888 Жыл бұрын
The female gets a set of testicles.
@debs.9612 2 ай бұрын
Incredible footage!
@johnplaid648 3 жыл бұрын
Where is the REST of the video?
@gimnastiardarmawan6200 6 жыл бұрын
stunning video
@NatGeoWild 6 жыл бұрын
We're so thankful that Kirsten and Joachim Jakobsen were able to capture such spectacular footage! This sheds valuable light in the study of anglerfish.
@patrickmarble3265 2 жыл бұрын
She took your brain heart and balls, thank God I’m human
@lastonmars3566 3 жыл бұрын
Just think about what other monsters hide deep down...
@50shaikimran22 4 жыл бұрын
Most hard to discover they are amazing 😍
@srishailspujar6278 3 жыл бұрын
The male said : I would die for your love my dear ...... But the male never knew that the female will take it very seriously.......poor male.. ......
@bruzote 2 жыл бұрын
Who says he dies? He devolves.
@tomg5187 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible!
@malikjordan578 4 жыл бұрын
amazing grace
@anupriyanga8291 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful❤
@brickstep8424 4 ай бұрын
It’s like a love story being told by life.
@RobertNowagarski 2 ай бұрын
What a beautiful fish
@AngelaGrant2015 3 жыл бұрын
That is wild!
@imasiku1 2 күн бұрын
I have following questions: 1. Does a male fuse on/at any part of the body? 2. How sure are we that thing fusing to the female isn't a spermatozoa released from the male fish?
@nachosNipples 3 жыл бұрын
how is there not more video of these by now?
@bruzote 2 жыл бұрын
Well, most of us are not spending our time in half-million dollar submersibles drifting around, hoping that an angler fish drifts by after it has fused with a mate.
@hollister_bb 2 ай бұрын
So fascinating!!
@hareemhajra9101 4 ай бұрын
Subhanallah,wonderful ❤
@lucidinterval8012 3 жыл бұрын
Dude we're aliens.
@mariadaluzmoutinho5701 6 жыл бұрын
Os Açores é um arquipélago paradisíaco ...e tem um habitat marinho adorável ...Os golfinhos então?? uma paisagem transcendente e um mar cheio de infinidade por descobrir ...Esta espécie é estranha e muito intrigante ..apesar de bizarra tem a sua beleza?!!! Porquê? existe?
@justjohn1735 5 жыл бұрын
The first mating I've ever watch. 😂😂😂
@muthusiedwin 2 күн бұрын
She must be from San Francisco 😂
@intellectualblackking162 6 жыл бұрын
That’s crazy
@Opticwrld 6 жыл бұрын
That’s a pretty angelfish
@corvespid4925 2 жыл бұрын
It's an interesting video, but I find it a bit oxymoronic to describe it as "parasitic mating behavior"; should people also describe eggs, babies and juveniles as parasitic because their biology requires resources from another party to survive? If it's necessary for the survival of the species in question, I'd say it's much harder to call it parasitic unless there is evidence that the hosts are universally unwilling or killed by it -- not simply resource requirements.
@louceegee5609 6 жыл бұрын
How amazing is this!?
@NatGeoWild 6 жыл бұрын
We agree this unique mating technique of the anglerfish is so fascinating, Lou!
@louceegee5609 6 жыл бұрын
Do any other animal/species mate this way....that we know of??
@naginajavaid3717 Жыл бұрын
How their different blood types don't deny each other
@rimotivri 6 жыл бұрын
uw stuff are welcome. Cool.
@saigonmonopoly1105 Жыл бұрын
that is why u see a mouth sticking out his side with dua lip nippling while only just a mouth still moving but alive
@sukhmanikaurtoor9581 4 жыл бұрын
pretty sure aliens would be less weird
@victorgreystokeii7325 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's totally awesome! ☺🐟🐟🐟🐟
@NatGeoWild 6 жыл бұрын
The anglerfish are truly incredible, Victor! We loved seeing this rare footage of the pair of anglerfish.
@victorgreystokeii7325 6 жыл бұрын
Nat Geo WILD 😊🐟🐟🐳🐳🐬
@angelicaj8995 Күн бұрын
I assumed they would be the same size, and they would be stuck cheek to cheek…and then fuse together. This wasn’t what I thought lol. But still cool
@ayshb2150 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@perfectpoison1089 6 жыл бұрын
Dream JOB
@karennskie35 Жыл бұрын
POV Louis CK talked about anglers on This Past Weekend and I needed a mental picture
@Hlobiful 4 жыл бұрын
I knew it, these Ben 10 have learned this from this fish😂
@gibbogle 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@zeysi1251 3 жыл бұрын
People who play freezing frenzy know that species
@deanb970 3 жыл бұрын
He’s a catch
@rajeshmithun9455 3 жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing Nature
@gunmetal2445 5 жыл бұрын
Stunning profile!
@dontfearthereaper2887 Жыл бұрын
Why doesn't it move the eyes or the mouth or the fins or anything?
@tessbessette5365 3 жыл бұрын
im gonna call him
@noobwithan8 Жыл бұрын
I love watching these type of videos too so interesting but only problem is it doesn't even matter if I'm out of water I'm always looking around like this would be a flying anglerfish or something to eat me😂😂?😅
@alexanderson1193 2 жыл бұрын
The male bites just below her tail then releases enzymes that dissolve his mouth and her skin, fusing them together. Then his eyes and internal organs dissolve until he's just a reproductive sac melded onto her for the rest of his life. Sounds like some marriages
@Leto85 4 жыл бұрын
How did the camera filming this using light without scaring away these fishes?
@randomairbreathingman8927 4 жыл бұрын
angler fishes are bioluminescent, and camera most likely used night vision. video is likely set on high gamma. you can see that they arent using a flashlight since in 0:56 nothing shines on object next to the fish (well they arent really bioluminescent, but they store bioluminescent microorganisms in those hair looking things)
@bruzote 2 жыл бұрын
@@randomairbreathingman8927 - Another expert said they were using light, so he couldn't even tell if the fibers were bioluminescent along their full length, or just reflecting.
@randomairbreathingman8927 2 жыл бұрын
@@bruzote oh, alright then, my bad, thanks for the information.
@Allcanadian79 2 жыл бұрын
whats that big boat call
@bythesea207 Жыл бұрын
Louis CK brought me here!
@wrongsuitnotie8427 2 жыл бұрын
a guy on tiktok said something so you had to see it for yourself
@vanessapa1654 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is weird 😮
@user-pd6sd3xe1h 4 жыл бұрын
Like to sign a petition for someone to send this to bhd here :
@Daveyrawrz7 4 жыл бұрын
Song makes me think of Interstellar's theme
@tinton5522 3 жыл бұрын
Came here from Heaven's Design Team ^^
@TheLexoDex 3 жыл бұрын
🎶Suddenly they were fusing🎶
@koryzap7339 2 жыл бұрын
It's a nightmare creature. Lol
@BigSungus 4 ай бұрын
"Male angler fish are quite literally floating testicles"
@littlen8279 3 жыл бұрын
Angler fishes must really like "yo mama so fat" jokes
@valr1260 Күн бұрын
I’ll stop the world and melt with you…
@non-blogger Жыл бұрын
Pretty terrifying to know that even in the deep ocean you can still find simps.
@ksdtsubfil6840 4 жыл бұрын
Me: *stupidly remembers Gogeta*
@TheTMFD 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@Elijah-wo8bm 5 жыл бұрын
It's look so beautiful.
@larik8977 5 жыл бұрын
It was in NEMO)
@payalchachere307 3 жыл бұрын
Wow!!
@saltines2200 2 жыл бұрын
Ok I get that they infuse and stuff, but how are the kids made, and who gives birth
@Teobi1 3 жыл бұрын
Awww. They're married.
@reefidk2706 2 жыл бұрын
he so clingy
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