Why Animals Get Creepier the Deeper You Go

Watch the next Real Science video about the world of human sonar: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-when-the-blind-can-see-with-their-mind Watch Becoming Human, exclusive on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/becominghuman Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator: Jacek Ambrożewski Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Select footage courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) And Caladan Oceanic/University of Western Australia REFERENCES [1] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2012.1357 [2] https://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/bitstream/2445/127894/1/628738.pdf [3] https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-20/issue-10/zsj.20.1243/Phylogenetic-Position-of-a-Deep-Sea-Ascidian-Megalodicopia-hians-Inferred/10.2108/zsj.20.1243.full [4] https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/181/1/1/3926497#95354375 [5] Theodore Pietsch. Oceanic Anglerfishes: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. [6] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/096706379500061A#:~:text=Melanocetus%20johnsoni%20(Teleostei%3AMelanocetidae),sit%2Dand%2Dwait%20predators. [7] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tracey-Sutton/publication/309716805_Dining_in_the_Deep_The_Feeding_Ecology_of_Deep-Sea_Fishes/links/60a18006299bf14769a29f8b/Dining-in-the-Deep-The-Feeding-Ecology-of-Deep-Sea-Fishes.pdf [8] https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-2008/issue-4/CG-07-082/Macropinna-microstoma-and-the-Paradox-of-Its-Tubular-Eyes/10.1643/CG-07-082.short [9] https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2638575