The Giant Creatures Lurking Deep in the Ocean

What’s lurking at the bottom of the ocean?
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Earth’s deepest oceans are full of real-life monsters: colossal squids, crabs the size of cars, and sharks with catapulting jaws. In this video, we’re exploring the giants of the deep sea. Find out what scientists have discovered, and why the most extreme depths breed the ocean's biggest creatures.

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0:00 Deep Sea Giants
2:44 Darth Vader Isopod
7:08 World’s Largest Amphipod
11:56 Fifty-Armed Starfish
14:57 World’s Largest Crab
18:59 Goblin Shark
23:53 Giant Phantom Jellyfish
27:44 Giant Oarfish
32:21 Colossal Squid
37:48 Cure For Cancer?

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References:
“Bathynomus vaderi”, via pensoft.net https://astrumspace.info/vaderi
“Alicella gigantea”, via sciencedirect.com https://astrumspace.info/alicella
“Wolftrap Starfish”, via inaturalist.org https://astrumspace.info/wolftrap
“Japanese Spider Crab”, via inaturalist.org https://astrumspace.info/spidercrab
“Goblin Shark”, via australian.museum https://astrumspace.info/goblinshark
“Giant Phantom Jellyfish”, via mbari.org https://astrumspace.info/giantjelly
“Doomsday fish: Regalecus glesne”, via oceanconservancy.org https://astrumspace.info/oarfish
“The Anatomy of a Colossal Squid”, via tepapa.govt.nz https://astrumspace.info/colossalsquid
“Marine Compounds and Cancer”, via nih.gov https://astrumspace.info/marinecancer
“How Ocean Energy Impacts Life in Deep Sea”, via sciencedaily.com https://astrumspace.info/oceanenergy

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Credits:
Narrator: James Stewart
Writer: Justine Allan
Video Editor: Celal Kaçar
Animator: Peter Sheppard
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designers: Peter Sheppard, Juane Dames
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Coordinator: Rose Unwin
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan

Special thanks to:
Kajetan Deja
Shaylyn Potter
Kazuhiro Nakaya
Mark Benfield/Louisiana State University
MBARI

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