Wow Wildlife Moments from the Deep Waters Near Kingman Reef

Wow Wildlife Moments from the Deep Waters Near Kingman Reef | Nautilus Live

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‘We can see most of the major taxa here!’
Our first expedition of 2023 has revealed treasure after treasure of deep sea wildlife viewing! Catch up with some of our favorite moments from ROV Hercules’ footage from exploring ancient seamounts in US waters north of Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll. How many of the species can you name?
Check out an acorn worm leaving trails of digested sediment as it travels along the seafloor, a Hymenaster slime star tumbling along tangled with a sea urchin, and a narcomedusa jellyfish likely to be yet another undescribed species from the deep. Along the seamount the team has also documented stunning biodiverse outcrops of many different corals (including plexaurids, primnoids, Chrysogorgia sp, mushrooms, bamboos, and more) as well as the colorful neighbors who utilize this habitat like bright pink squat lobsters, purple Enypniastes sea cucumbers. Were you watching live when we spotted the solitary hydroid with the triple layers of tentacles and the fan-favorite “grumpy faced” Chaunacops sp. anglerfish? Relive each moment with this compilation.
This expedition brings the Ocean Exploration Trust team to explore waters around the US territories of Kingman Reef & Palmyra Atoll, one of the most biodiverse regions of the Central Pacific. Diving our remotely operated vehicles along ancient seamounts estimated to be 80-120 million years old, these deep sea communities are being investigated and explored for the first time by human eyes. Increasing the baseline of knowledge about geological history and habitat patterns is especially important because the region is currently nominated for consideration as a National Marine Sanctuary, a process seeking public input.
Learn more about this expedition funded by NOAA Ocean Exploration via the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute: nautiluslive.org/cruise/na149.
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@aginggenxer 11 ай бұрын

Thank you guys for being out there!! The detail we are able to see is spectacular!! Just magical!

@tinglesrosyrupeeland 11 ай бұрын

I love living in 2023 this is so incredible to be able to look at these amazing organisms

@bindyboy 11 ай бұрын

In real time!

@nonsensevoid 11 ай бұрын

I mentally and physically relate to the chaunacops on so many levels

@e.s.lavall9219 11 ай бұрын

I love her littol feets!

@curioushoodie 11 ай бұрын

6:59 lol that deep contemplative thought "I wanted to be a shark when I grew up but here I am" 😂

@crystaleye1895 11 ай бұрын

This is fascinating! They almost look alien. It's so cool that they live just below us. Also it's oddly wholesome so hear scientists laugh and joke around casually

@BakaTaco 11 ай бұрын

The work that these people do is incredible. There's simply no way that we'd find out about these unique and rare creatures without the assistance of people who clearly love what they do. Thanks for sharing, the world is full of wonder, and so much yet to discover!

@dawntemple-walker4891 11 ай бұрын

I love watching these videos and the live ones. They make me want to go back to school and become a marine biologist. Unfortunately, I am a bit too old so I just watch and try to name the organisms before lthe team does and I am getting pretty good. 😉 I guess I can call it home schooling. Lol

@kellykelly7747 11 ай бұрын

Love it! I sure hope this area becomes a Marin sanctuary. It beautifully diverse.

@justineverett2899 11 ай бұрын

This is amazing! So cool and creepy 😅

@yeedudeyee 11 ай бұрын

"she just ate!!" 🤣 absolutely love your excitement. it reminds me that there is no retirement age for true excitement and wonder ❣

@stillatin 11 ай бұрын

i love how they geek out as much as we do

@GoldenFrog4189 11 ай бұрын

These videos are so sweet and informative! Such cool sea critters :D

@Sp_acecowboy 11 ай бұрын

Till they touch your feetsies 😈

@EVNautilus 11 ай бұрын

They are!

@monsoonBloom 11 ай бұрын

WOW. and love ya'll's reactions. So cute.

@gailhowes9398 7 ай бұрын

This is so beautiful ! Thank you so much for showing what you find to the general public!

@captainsunshine64 11 ай бұрын

Do you guys have a "meet the team" video? Would love to see the faces behind the voices

@EVNautilus 11 ай бұрын

Check out our Team page on Nautilus Live for bios and intros to all the explorers who have sailed -- over 1400! nautiluslive.org/team

@acfreak55 11 ай бұрын

that is probably the coolest Hydroid I have ever seen. The sunflower looking one.

@sdrawkcabdaernacuoy 11 ай бұрын

Great video! I really liked the Chaunacops! It looks like a hairy fish.

@thespankmyfrank 11 ай бұрын

I wish you added timestamps with names of the species in the description so we'd get chapters. It'd make it much easier to search for more information. I see the species are in the description too, but chapters would make it more clear. Still obviously incredible videos, love to see these creatures. Feels pretty incredible to get these clear views of organisms from so deep under the surface.

@chocolatefrenzieya 11 ай бұрын

Hope they got their sanctuary approved!

@kayty6673 9 ай бұрын

What a blessing to have your job! Thank you

@thearnoldarmy1899 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for providing this service. And it is a service, to be able to see this, show younger people and get them interested. Thank you so much.

@legionsmith5041 11 ай бұрын

Thank You all for the work you do :)

@mandylorian1998 11 ай бұрын

I love watching all of your videos. They're such a fun way to learn more about the creatures of the deep :)

@oneshotme 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@StradaleF430 11 ай бұрын

imagine telling all the other fish what you saw and everyone calling you crazy. We humans are the Aliens to them.

@maiplacidus 11 ай бұрын

Really interesting dive yesterday to watch.

@somniak6271 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely love love LOVE the commentary.

@HOLYONENZ 11 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful environment

@meanmetalmike666 11 ай бұрын

Hopefully eventually you guy's film a Architeuthis

@phantasticdrago230 11 ай бұрын

Incredible!!

@n00bspanker 11 ай бұрын

Normally it's pitch black right? So how does the light from the EV affect these creatures if at all?

@AGDinCA 11 ай бұрын

Most of the time, the light seems to have little effect on the organisms. However, certain fish, like the cutthroat eels, are definitely affected. They sometimes appear to lose depth perception and frequently run into obstacles or nose dive into the sea floor. Fear not, though; they are not injured. They just appear to be a bit shaken up and then go right back to the business of being fish. 👍

@dianneledford3681 11 ай бұрын

Amazingly incredible creatures that i am enthralled by but will only ever see through the world of Ev Nautilus Thank you for sharing

@MorningOnMars 11 ай бұрын

man, i love scientists.

@ThinkMyHand 11 ай бұрын

the humor of the crew Made my day 😃

@user-gd3yz8qm4x 11 ай бұрын

Yess down below..still a lot of undescovered interesting creatures...that looks like an alien coming from different world! Nice.. seeing knowing them!

@lianefehrle9921 11 ай бұрын

This one by far was the best

@iwatchedthevideo7115 11 ай бұрын

This is amazing footage and I cannot express how much I love the enthusiastic and informative commentary and banter! One question, as a videographer on land, what kind of lighting are you sporting down here? At these depths I imagine it's pretty pitch dark normally, but it looks almost as lit up as a coral reef. Do these creatures, who I imagine have never experienced light before, react to it, or don't they have the senses? Does it scare some creatures, and attract others, so that we are for ever doomed to have a whole shadow biosphere of creatures we will never meet in the deep, who flee at the first sense of a rov with photons? :)

@MshAhmxiO1 11 ай бұрын

Missed the June 2nd date for public pressure to preserve the region as a Marine life sanctuary.

@amyyoung2830 11 ай бұрын

Chaunacops! oh how we need plushies of you 💖

@ShawnRoggow 11 ай бұрын

what is the distance between the 2 lasers?

@kellykelly7747 11 ай бұрын

10 cm

@serkeien 11 ай бұрын

10 cm!

@aginggenxer 11 ай бұрын

@@kellykelly7747 whoa! I thought the distance was much greater!

@melodyszadkowski5256 11 ай бұрын

Ever ever ever??? 😂 Seriously amazing stuff! Kinda glad the chicken lives very deep. If I'd come face to face with one while diving I'd have thought I was seeing things!

@carollever4662 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your discoveries with us. Oh a National Marine sanctuary is a great idea. ❤

@anastaziabeck1578 11 ай бұрын

you have no idea how THRILLED i was when i saw this post. these vids give me like thank u for doing the lords work (cool pictures of funny little sea creatures)

@WundesHerz 11 ай бұрын

💙

@sstrick500 11 ай бұрын

On another planet, in a different galaxy, one of these creatures is the intelligent surpreme being of its planet. Capable of inventing Trigonometry and stuff.

@010101110100 11 ай бұрын

Hard to consider this not a squid tbh, crazy little thing

@user-jadine99 11 ай бұрын

Now 1k

@dewantoroo 11 ай бұрын

7:21 another trait on male chaunacops sexual dimorphism is they have really big nostrils compare to their own body. That's because their sole purpose is to find a female to mate with.

@leonardjay1 8 ай бұрын

Silly question maybe …are these tiny tiny or big?

@sidneybickerton5477 11 ай бұрын

How is it possible that that fishie has eyes? it cannot see anything right?

@coeurlregina128 11 ай бұрын

This was actually a question that puzzled scientists for a while! Turns out a lot of deep sea fish have specialized eyes that let them either 1) pick out the silhouettes of other creatures above them against the lighter background water, or 2) see the glow of bioluminescent organisms around them in the truly pitch black depths