Since under the sea never fails to deliver the freaky deaky, this is a video from a diver exploring the waters off Gozo, Malta, who happened to swim across this transparent fish-like creature. In the diver’s own words while I call Ariel pretending to be King Triton, who got hit
This is a video from The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Deep RelaxOcean series of guided relaxation videos, this time focusing on the movement of a deep sea vampire squid. Personally, I did not find it very relaxing. I find everything about the deep sea terrifying, and just thinking about
These are two different videos (one from GQ, one from Vanity Fair) of marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez and marine and environmental scientist Apryl Boyle discussing and grading shark attack scenes from movies, including ‘Jaws,’ ‘Deep Blue Sea,’ ‘The Meg,’ ‘Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,’ ‘Couples Retreat,’
These are the Anthénea luxury floating sea pods. Each eco-friendly pod can be configured with between one and three guest rooms, each with its own kitchenette and bathroom, and “features solar panels, a popup solarium roof for dining, 360° water views with an underwater observatory, and smart home automation.” They
This is a video of a diver playing tug-o-war with an octopus off the coast of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France over the diver’s GoPro and tripod. Clearly, the octopus tried to invoke the law of finders keepers, but the diver wasn’t having it, and, after a fairly intense battle of tug-o-war, the
This is a video from a vacationer on Useppa Island, Florida who found a squid on the dock he believes was dropped by one of the ospreys nesting nearby, and captured this footage of its color-changing chromatophores before returning it to the ocean. Pretty wild, right? I wish I could
These are a couple shots of a triggerfish that appears to have human lips and teeth. Some more info while I call Ursula on my conch shell phone and demand answers: “This mouthy triggerfish was reportedly caught in Malaysia. According to National Geographic, triggerfish “use very tough teeth and jaws
This a video from the Windows to the Deep expedition off the coast of South Carolina starring a team of researchers commenting on the shark-on-swordfish-carcass feeding frenzy when a large grouper casually grabs a shark up in a single bite. Apparently the grouper used the unmanned submersible as cover to