This is a super old video! So, I apologize for the bad editing. Trust me, my editing is now a lot better. Also, sorry for the somewhat cringe intro...

They ate their veggies.... thats why.

Water is actually an excellent radiation blocker, even a few cm can massively reduce the dose. So 20+ metres between the aurora and the leviathans is probably plenty to shield them from the radiation.

REaper : *Sees fish* nah reaper : *sees sea moth* *THIS IS SOME REAL GORMET SHIT RIGHT HERE*

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Never thought about the question thanks for enlightening me

My theory is a combination of 3 theories: Part of their survival is the fact that water is an exceptional radiation blocker, a few centimeters of it can drastically cut down the dose (i heard this from another comment.) another part is that its just a leak. The drive core was damaged, not destroyed (this part is from the video.) and the part i came up with: (from what i know) a radiation dose will be less fatal the bigger the creature, which is why there is barely any small lifeforms.

“The only living thing in this area is the realer leviathan” Sandsharks* am i a joke to u?

This is the first video I've seen with 0 dislikes and I've watched KZfaq for 7 years I've not seen a video with 0 videos great video

My theory is that the reapers are a highly adaptable species and once the aurora crashed, the reaper realized the area is devoid of other lifeforms to prey on, the only other ones being the ampeel which are very hard to make a meal out of. the reaper then was able to develop a trait that went into effect in a matter of hours after the crash that allowed the reaper to feed off of radiation.

The idea that there's a lack of enzyme 42 in the area is very interesting, and sad at the same time. I can't deny nor point towards any more probable explanation. A really interesting video imo I can only add that some animals are indeed immune or kinda immune to radiation by having "strong DNA" that quickly regenerates any mutations the radiation might have caused, so all of these things are entirely possible and realistic. Dude I really love your videos and love speculating

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Now we just need to find out why there's so many reapers at the aurora

Impressive for a youngster. Liked and subbed!!

"There are almost endless combinations" dose quick math there are 16 possible combinations

It's probably because we need to be scared near the Aurora

this guy is aswome better than other youtubers heres why: short intros,gets straight into the action,very clear and explains good

Another possibility: The Degasi Crash The Degasi might crash between the floating island and the crash zone existed. They might be not classified as leviathans but since the Degasi crash possibly emits radiation, they took advantage and use it as their energy source, causing them to grow in massive size. That might be the reason why reaper leviathans are strong, but worse than the sea dragon leviathan.

"This video contains spoilers from the game and world of subnautica" sounding like "the last bacon". But its nice!

The reaper might look like that because of radiation. They might of looked like a small fish but because of the radiation it turns into the smoth destroying fish of death.

Better than game theory

the aliens could’ve emitted some sort of radiation before the aurora crash landed and since that was a big time gap the reapers could’ve had an evolution to make them resistant to radiation (just a thought)

I didn't know the last bacon had a child. That makes him the penultimate bacon.

I feel somewhat bad for reaper leviathans though. It's stated that sea dragons lure and corner them in the lava zone, boiling them alive and then eating them. That doesn't sound like a good way to die

also the aurora is made of titanium it is an amazing radiation blocker

good video my dude, keep up the epic content!

Reaper: enters crash zone* That one gummy bear Robin dropped that he ate:

fun theory: ghost leviathans in the void are the void's version of peepers, and are considered the smaller fish in the vastly large void, which has unique biomes just like the crater, but are extremely deep. the ghost leviathans stay close to the surface in order to stray from their predators. now what those are, ill let you imagine

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I’ve now watched a few of your videos and I think they are all quality, you are undoubtedly the best child you tuber, keep up the good work

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I like the ideas in the video, however I feel like a lack of enzyme 42 would be unlikely, because there are alien arches and vents in both the Crag Field and Bulb Zone, both bordering the Crash Zone, so peepers should be able to get there relatively easily. Great theories!

Once again this is a FOOKING GOD LIKE QUALITY

u r the best I've been wanting to know these questions since the game came out!

I love how neat and tightly this video was

Ik this vid is old but its amazing! Love the videos man

they are simply.... built different

I always assumed the Reaper's size allowed them to survive longer from the radiation than other creatures. Great video!

Funnilly enough, there have been studies on topics similar to this. Scientists and biologists studied whales and incredibly large creatures in an effort to find out about their supposed immunity to cancer. What they found is that while they still have 'cancer' they have so much biomass that smaller pockets of different types of cancer will tend to consume each other, effectively removing themselves from the creature without any work necessary. Very interesting stuff!

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Reaper leviathan doesn't wanna destroy your seamoth he just wants hugsXD

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I Love ur vids keep makin them

This is such a good explanation

I thought that it was empty because it used to be a breeding ground for various leviathan types around the planet, and the Aurora just crashes during the reaper’s mating/Egg laying season, larger creatures have larger and thicker skin meaning they can probably take the radiation for a lot longer, The low population of other creatures may be too small to sustain a adult reaper leviathan but it may be the perfect amounts for a newborn, perhaps similar to Bear’s, just before hibernation leviathans (or at least the reaper variety) bulk up on food before the season.

You can lure reapers away with a peaper right? So maybe Reapers eat them and as such peapers learned to avoid the crash zone hense leading to little enzyme42.

Thanks for this video. I just can't sleep anymore thinking of this

You do great content and there is not many youtubers who do great content like this also your editing is fine editing is not as important as what the content is

i know another possibility. There is a time capsule that you can find and other bases that are run down, so maybe another Aurora type ship crashed causing them to adapt to it.

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This is a really smart kid. I like the videos!

“Probally the scariest leviathan” I’ve killed 2 of them

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"arguably the most terrifying leviathan in subnauctica" ghost leviathans in the void: am i a joke to you

You sound so young, which at first made me think it wouldn't be a good video, but your editing is really good, and you sound very professional for your age. You keep this stuff up, and you'll grow in subs higher than even now

So you have to go past life POD 12 and we'll see this crater and see this ginormous cave that's the entrance to the Lost River

I know this is an old video but my theory is maybe the kharaa infection had some sort of radiation-resistant property, and whoever caught the disease could survive a large amount of rads. You see, the bacteria was on the planet for hundreds of thousands of years, and in this large amount of time, it gave the creatures who were swimming in the stuff said properties. the reason Riley isn't resistant is because he was only recently infected, and hasn't had time to acquire all of the symptoms.

My friend thought that all the fish within the radioactive fallout were mutated into the reaper leviathan. All I said was "Bruh"

I'm very late, but I love this video. My theory is that the reapers absorbed the Khara, because it never said how reaper leviathans came to be. They could have been genetically altered stalkers, but we never know.

What if the reaper is just trying to say hi when it grips you?

Ok this man is going places

I could be wrong about this but I remember hearing/seeing something somewhere that the reapers are in the crash zone because they are attracted to loud sounds and this big crash drew some reapers near

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I think the reapers where attracted to the area because they sense vibrations or whatever,right? That’s why they are in the dunes, a meteor crashed there, that’s why there in the mountains, vents and the big boy gun. And that’s why they where in the crash zone, because the aroura had a hard and loud landing. I think their skin protects them from radiation. And I’m pretty sure that all leviathans make their own version of enzyme 42, and that’s how Margaret survived when she was afloat, she ate the reaper while on their way to below zero area, and she was cured by the enzyme in the reapers.

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We are talking about a alien planet here. The animals might work a lot differently there, maybe there Dna is more immune. Or they might not even have Dna, they might have a completly different thing. But it's most likely that the devs didn't though of this thing which is fine.

He is answering answers we never know existed

My PDA has told me to repair it but I’ve never done it and I’ve almost beaten the game

maybe talk about how your character knows how to use every item in the game and didnt die from radiation. Thanks for putting out good content btw

Hey I’m late but I got a good vid idea where u should talk about the connections with Riley and the sea emperor

The reapers are (nearly) completely made of muscle so maybe that protects them from the radiation in the area

The reapers are just too S T R O N K

my theory, as you know they live at the islands they couldve been attracted by the sound of the aroura

I’m pretty sure the reapers are attracted to noise, which makes sense why there in the mountains, crash zone, and dunes, dunes has a lot of wrecks and there’s that meteor from a long time ago, which most likely means the dunes could be the ancient home of the reapers, QEP shooting Aurora probably brought reapers there, and the aurora crashing was like a hotspot. Without watching the video yet, i think it’s probably because they’re so big or they eat lead

3:52 let's all. Say it that's the most probable one, same with the biters and those other "fishes" that suck your blood in the radioactive engine thingy there

Reaper leviathans are so terrifying that even radiation is scared to go near them

So my theory goes as follows: It is known that the peepers trailing the enzyme keep the animals alive and safe from Kharaa, but we also know that a reaper's favorite snack, even more than a player, is a peeper. This could mean that the reason its so bleak is cuz peepers arent able to make it there to spread the enzyme, due to the reapers. Its canon that reapers are immune to the kharaa, as evidence by a degasi voice log where Bart Torgal notes that the reapers are unaffected by the disease. Im not sure about sand sharks, which can also be found in the crash zone, but it could be assumed that with the reapers killing all other lifeforms, and not attacking the sharks, that it mightve effectlively created a quarantine area for them to live. Also look at the dunes, which are just as vacant when it comes to life, and guess where you kind find even more reapers than the crash zone? The fish honestly might be immune, but ofc the pda has no way of knowing, so it tells you that it could have a negative effect on the ecosystem. It also just might affect flora, or microorganisms that a lot of the creatures live off of, such as the ghost and reefback leviathans. As for the theory that the volcano forced this immunity, i dont think it holds, as gamma radiation is different than thermal radiation in almost eveery way except that it causes heat. There is bacteria that is naturally resistant to gamma radiation, which could lead one to believe that the organisms on 4546b are born with the same resistance to gamma radiation as this bacteria.

They learned how to become immune to radiation using Skillshare

Mouse:one of the most terrifying leviathans ever Me:he’s so adorable

I was actually thinking of this

Please nobody else dislike the video. It’s currently perfect

Here is a vid idea: How have the leviathan specie [Reaper, Ghost, Sea, ect] been on both planets [Subnautica and Subnautica Below 0] And how are they still alive

I am going to see if cuddlefish can survive radiation! Also I will make a observatory for cuddlefish too!

I think maybe the pre-cursors made Reaper leviathans after the Degasi crashed on the planet to suck up radiation. They are only found in places near Electricity/Radiation/Ion-power, so this could explain why they live in those places. Eventually they started breeding though, and things got out of hand when the Pre-cursors were no longer there.

video suggestion: How did the reapers survive the quantum detonation.

Aside from the just a game answer, radiation poisoning takes a long and painful amount of time for those exposed to pass. Length of exposure also does shorten the time.

Very simple reason, distance. One of the three protections against radiation and nukes. Distance, shielding, time.

I also kinda want to mention this that in the real world the Marshall Islands are radioactive islands that have a bunch of sharks. The sharks actually thrive their and rarely get mutations. Maybe it's something similar to that.

My guess for the reapers is another option: Theyre big. Radiation kills by causing cell decay and cancer. The reapers would be less affected by both. Since their bodies are bigger, the chances of critical parts receiving damage from radiation is lower, as its skin and flesh shield the more vital organs. Bigger animals are also barely affected by cancer. A theory as to why this is is that 1: Theyre bigger, so the size a carcinome has to reach before doing damage is much larger, so they can just "tank it", and 2: Since cancer cells rapidly reproduce and thus quickly mutate, a so called supercancer develops, wherein the cancer gets cancer, if you will, and the two clusters of cancer cells kill each other off. This doesnt usually happen in humans because we die before that becomes an issue. For something the size of a reaper though? Not so much.

I have been questioning This myself for two years

What editor do you use for vids?

I can’t find any reapers near my crash zone since I never repaired the drive core

I believe they survive because you're not supposed to be there, you can go there. But you can't do anything until the big boom. I believe that's when reapers go there. Not when the crash happened as there was multiple Loud sounds. I believe in lore, everything came there right after the big boom

I read that cetaceans have a remarkably high resilience to cancer. While not exactly radiation, it could be something the devs stumbled on and incorporated in a way.

He ain't scary he just wants hugs

I have another Idea, Unknown World Entertainment wanted us to suffer!

Mans knows so much.

Imo the scariest part of the reaper is their arm fins, just the long fins shaped like arms/legs with nothing on the end moving while they swim