Giant Sea Serpent, Meet the Myth - Go Wild
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2022
- The Giant Oarfish, the largest bony fish in the world, was known only by rare examples that died by stranding, as well as one sole fossil. Its extraordinary dimensions, as long as 15 meters, and shape in the form of a silver ribbon, inspired the myth of the sea serpent.
For the past two years, scientific buoys, immersed at a depth of two thousand meters in the Mediterranean, off the French Riviera, have attracted countless species of pelagic fish ; among them, the Giant Oarfish drifting vertically, alone or by pairs. With the help of the world expert in Giant Oarfish and logistic collaboration of enthusiasts, a scientific expedition reveals the biology of this enigmatic ambassador of the abyss. Entirely shot in Ultra High Definition, the film raises the veil on its paradoxical habits: why do all the adults self-mutilate and rid themselves of two-thirds of their bodies without being affected? How do they meet in the immensity of the ocean? Why does this fish not have any known predators?
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Awesome, but the narrator is in a different language and it's not dubbed. :(
I am the director of this film produced in 2015. To bounce back on some of the comments: it took us 3 years to identify the best windows of opportunity to meet these oarfish offshore, in particular at night. There is an interesting sophism which consists in avoiding plural mode when describing legendary creatures: the yeti, the loch Ness monster, etc... oarfish are real, and we met several of them during our dives. Indeed, we dived in an unusual environment, at night, above 2000 meter deep water, during planktonic blooms which attracted the animals that fed on copepods an krill. These dives are risky and required skills and safety protocols. Daylight behavior has been filmed at dawn, just before the animals returned to the abyss. The film exists in 4K, 4K HDR, so this format option will gradually appear on this link.
Merci pour ce documentaire légendaire.
Thank you for your work, I like to fall asleep to documentaries when I can't sleep after being up for 20 hours.
Thanks for the remarkable camera work 🎥
I’m a photographer/videographer myself 📸
Did any earthquakes actually happen?
What a great achievement!!🎉
50 years ago my grandad took me to a jetty on a river in Brisbane Queensland Australia. Someone caught a Giant Oarfish which was a surprise because i thought it was a deep sea fish. It was about 15 feet long had long crest on its head & shone like new chrome. They killed it & left it on the jetty so i was heart broken because i knew it was something i might only ever see once in life.
So sad they killed it. Your heart was and is clearly in the right place. No need to kill harmless creatures unless for food by necessity. Amazing to see it in Australia!!! Im inTownsville.
Thank you for the nice complement & I totally agree 🙂
Australiens. They kill everything.
Yeah right
@@yahuddahyosef1226always one ain’t there, grow tf up mate why would
Anyone make this story up?
Everyone is talking about how stunning this documentary is.
How about we give a shout out to the fearless divers who braved the abyss to bless us with such beauty.
No. lol jk
Hear, HEAR!
And also, the brave veterinarian who fought the many hungry technicians circling around the oarfish head in the MRI unit.
I hate divers. To hell with the divers. Don't make me play the clown, Homey. I am this close to going off. How close? This close.
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz I feel that.
1st Mate: “word”
Diver: “just going down the chain, gonna see if the chain snake hears me”
1st Mate: 😳
Diver: “gotta see where his nose is, I mo cut his head off to scan it. He sleeps where the sun don’t shine, let’s wake him up (kicks chain).
1st Mate: can I get your signature right here on this line?
Nah they're privileged enough getting to see all this crazy beauty in-person; they don't need shout outs.
Whom ever is the narrator, keep him. He has a wonderful voice that soothes and doesn’t overshadow the actual documentary.
Of hundreds of natural-science documentary videos I've seen, this may be the most beautifully produced. The quality of photography, sound engineering, thoughtful scripting and post-production -- all simply remarkable. I also very much appreciated the low-key approach taken, including the excellent, clear narration.
Voiceovers well balanced.
It's amazing and impressive that the divers did not immediately sink to the bottom because of their giant balls of steel.
What a run of the mill copycat comment. haha
@@OregonCrow Whose comment did I copy?
You, sir, have a beautiful mind :)
Just means their lungs and arms are even bigger and they are strong enough to swim against their massive balls
@@FuzzyGlowCar the millions of other people who have commented to exact same joke
Wonderful documentary! Kudos to the divers for their bravery and tenacity in uncovering the mysteries of the oar fish.
I really have to tip my hat to the divers. I absolutely love swimming and it has been a long standing dream of mine to dive and observe sea life for myself one day but upon doing further research as to what scary ass (ironically mostly harmless) creatures lurk below mother earth’s beautiful blue depths as well as the conditions of the ocean the further down you go. I can’t free dive further than 20ft due to how sensitive my ears are to pressure. Not to mention how *cold* deep water is… I really do not know how they do it… especially with all of the scary unknown noises you hear reverberating throughout the current and how suffocating the darkness is…
😆
These divers are extremely brave to dive in the open water like they do and they have gotten some amazing footage of these beautiful animals.
Its a wonder how they make it back to the surface with kahones that big😎. I am a fairly seasoned diver. Over 300 hrs under water and I say no thanks to diving into the zone beyond where light dares not shine. Night diving is cool but very creepy, only to be trumped by wreck dives in my book. These guys are the truth. Commercial divers are like rockstars to me.
Scary to watch… I get anxiety by watching
@@PassengerFifty7 first guy fuckin diving alone is stupid af
@@PassengerFifty7 I'd have to agree with you.. idk how they get those big ol balls into those wetsuits..lol.. very brave fellas indeed..
No amount of money they could pay me yo do that terrified of the ocean and everything that's in it
I’m 40 now. But I remember when I was in elementary school they had an oarfish preserved in some liquid at a museum. It was 20 or 30 feet long and I asked my teacher what it was. And she said… “I have no idea”.
That was that and here I am all these later and they still don’t know that much about this beast. Amazinggggg
27:13 the oarfish's silver skin is so reflective, the reflected image of the diver's gloved hand is incredibly clear.😮
found it at 27:07
Wow I didn't (consciously) catch that, thank you! However Nekko Guy is right -your minute mark is right after the image is over, and it really starts at 27:05 -ish.
@@audreymuzingo933 I chose that time as the clearest, most obvious moment of the effect I described, as some of the imagery was not as distinctive to the casual observer.
@@louisanow Hmmm, now I swear I'm not trying to be troll-y, but when I click your 27:13 it goes to right after the end of the fish's tail has completely exited the top of the screen, and the diver's wrist is there, where he's still reaching for the tail. Would you humor me and re-check if you meant to type that number? I've just never seen it not match for everyone, and it theoretically shouldn't matter what device or internet you're on. Reason it bugs me: I put minute markers in comments pretty often (or rely on other people's) and it would be important to know if it's not reliable anymore.
No picture in a book could ever do this animal justice.
Yeah like you've EVER read a book! XD
What a Magnificent fish! Beautiful as it shimmers in the light. Amazing that it swims vertically. Like a beautiful, silver ribbon ❤️
The first time I saw a video of an Oarfish was on a freediving channel a couple of years ago, It was filmed in the evening at sunset and again at sunrise. It was Huge and the photographers who were there to film the freedive took full advantage of its appearance and produced some amazing photography. This particular Oarfish was not at all nervous and was happy to let the divers approach very close.
Very well put together fish. The documentary was also well put together. With the soothing voice telling you about the oarfish and the music, it keeps you in tune with the story. The visual aspects of the show is one of hypnosis with the entrancing of the oar fish . Thank you on whoever made this show.❤
Facts!
And the cool , Jazzy not too loud or obtrusive music (a very hard balance to achieve!) It has the feel of a BBC Horizon.,,
I am experiencing the same extreme relaxation.
This is one of the coolest oceanic documentaries I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them!! What beautiful majestic splendor, the oarfish's pulsating fins are breathtaking. Love the editing, sound design, and especially the music!!
There's another good one about the ceolcanth
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
It's a pity that the source of the Sufi music is not credited.
@@williamoverton7775 Coleocanth? Give us a reference? I will look for it. Thanks.
Me on the Otherhand thought To Myself "Before Seeing This Comment" that they actually dragged it out. This could have been way more to the point and even shorter. I actually had to look at the title again to make sure the video hadn't switched because at times I forgot what I watching.
Seeing an Oarfish in the Wild must be like seeing a unicorn
a beautiful documentary that reaffirms my belief that the ocean is terrifying 👍 I don’t know how those divers weren’t scared out of their minds, but I appreciate their hard work which yielded such valuable information.
I have always been very interested in these creatures and this documentary filled some of that curiosity. I saw one of these during a dive i made in the southern waters of Okinawa, it saw it for about 3 minutes before it dove way to deep for me to follow.
Windwalker?
Jeremy Wade in his TV series "River Monsters" did a show on sea serpents, and it was this team of divers that helped him to swim with 2 Oar Fish
Oh my gosh, sea serpents are real! I mean, not exactly like sailors thought, but oh my goodness! It's still 100% mythical looking. What a fantastically beautiful creature!
Programs such as this are why I stopped watching tv years ago. Thanks for making this documentary and putting it on yt!.
A living Giant Oarfish is absolutely gorgeous.
SO MUCH Oarfish footage! So pleasing.
This has been a great watch. I've also been fascinated by oarfish when I first read it on an encyclopaedia. It's great to know new information about it. Kudos to the team who put this together and also the brave divers we have.
Last episode of River Monsters was first time I saw them, happy to see a full length feature.
23:25 My favourite part. It looks like a scene straight out of a movie. Surrounded by a bunch of beautiful ribbons of salps and then the star of the show appears
I snorkeled with two back in May of 2023 and made an eleven-minute video called Oarfish Rescue, which shows them swimming vertically and horizontally, and when touched, you can see finger prints left behind on the skin, which shows their skin has sensitivity to contact.
I enjoyed your video very much. I learned a lot. It is the most comprehensive presentation on the Oarfish that I have found.Thank you!
You forgot the Philippines, one was found in there too as recent as 2017. In the past centuries, the locals traditionally use the beaching deaths of this fish as a sign of an impending geological problem (such as an earthquake).
HUGE props to the cameramen, absolutely insane
Incredible documentary! Such a unique fish, im happy to learn more about it
Holy Moley what a stunningly beautiful fish. Thank you to all that made this video and for sharing it with us. That fish is spellbindingly gorgeous!
An enchanting and beautiful documentary. Well done!
Amazing docu, for me diving into the deep is too scary. I was diving off the Continental shelf on the Barrier Reef and i found it unsettling encountering a lot of very large fish coming up from the deep.
Very beautiful documentary and thanks for these divers who put forth the effort to get some understanding about this creature. AND THANK GOD FOR THE CAMERAMAN WHO FILMED THE UNDERWATER SCENES!!!!!
During the whole documentary I was thinking about the person who was actually recording all of this. Beautiful and very talented to be able to film underwater and catch these beautiful scenes. I think the camera man needs more props 🎉
What a wonderful documentary. Thank you for posting.
I'm so glad there's insane people like this willing to explore the ocean cuz without them we would know far less than we do about the world in the sea.
This was awesome! The Oarfish is my fave fish and I've been fascinated about them ever since I first saw one in the game, The Ocean Hunter.
Same! My favorite fish too! Plus I don't eat fish so much love to this beautiful creature.
Incredible documentary thank you for sharing
Beautiful show, thank you to everyone who put this together.
Surely the fact that the vibration of cleaning Bouy attracted the Oar Fish means that it operates by sensing vibration in the water rather than smell? Just because it can smell doesn't mean it relies on it, like us!
“Sensing vibration in the water” you mean sound? Fish can hear, this we know
Lateral lines
Incredible documentary! And amazing soundtrack too!
Wow, man. They're huge but their camouflage is so good they practically disappear
This is the most authentic documentary I’ve ever seen about ocean.
I really appreciate divers that do this kind of things for us to know more about what’s inside the depth of the ocean. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for all your works.❤️
=d
The music for this show was absolutely perfect. It really was like a second narrator. Bravo!
DAVID & ROBERTO. WOW. WHAT AN AMAZING FILM. SO FANTASTIC. WITH THE PHOTOS AND MUSIC AND WORK COMPLETED. SERIOUSLY TO BE COMMENDED....THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALL THOSE MDS AND SCIENTISTS INVOLVED. BRAVO
Absolutely beautiful and astonishing documentary.
Amazing documentary, better than a movie!
Absolutely fascinating. What a beautiful and strange animal. Finally, a CZcams video with REAL science without click bait. Thank you Go Wild. I think I'll subscribe.
You can tell the "serious" vids with REAL science because the BGM is fruity new age music instead of techno or rock and the announcer isn't an ADHD 19 year old yammering about how AWESOME and EPIC everything is
Jeremy Wade went looking for this fish years ago, in one of the episodes of the final seasons of River Monsters.
What a wonderful doku.Thanks to the brave divers,for showing us these extraordinary pictures of such beautyful creatures living in the deepsea.Oarfish are incredibly beautyful,they are giving me goosebumbs with their mystic look.Not to forget to mention the beautyful mystic music of the duduk.
Where in the world is Carmen Solano Lopez? :)
When that oarfish started T-posing, I felt that
FASCINATING & MESMERISING… Thank you very much for sharing & showcasing this extraordinary creature.
During those nerve wracking night dives I just had to wonder if there's ever a moment when the smaller fish aren't full of absolute fear.
Fear is an emotion. Fish don't experience emotions. Just instinct of fight or flight.
@@SKYCHICK__ an interesting point I never considered. I often wonder how 'preys' can manage this high level of anxiety, being on the menu of so many predators and marvel at seeing fish swimming so leisurely among sharks. No emotion and probably no imagination would be nature's kindness to them. I wish there was also no feeling of pain.
Fascinating video! Thank you!
Chills, amazing documentary thank you!
Absolutely mesmerizing, merci beaucoup!
Amazing footage of this stunningly beautiful fish!!
Thank you for this documentary. I've been interested since I heard they surface sometimes right before an earthquake.
That was a beautiful well crafted video. Nice one guys
Very good doc.i watched the entire thing and it was well done.Thank u.😁
I always wanted to be a marine biologist growing up. That curiosity led to a deep and crippling fear of open water.
I was riveted with this magnificent fish -then the UV !! Spellbinding music too !!
So very interesting ! Thank you!
Wow… what a great documentary. What a great fish. Thank you for this.
What a amazingly beautiful and eye opening doc! Wow
Captivating production.
Well done.
Me too, one of the Best ocean docu’s ever. Kudos
Beautiful and moving documentary.
After watching many of these programs , I can finally say IMPREssive and Thanks EH
Fantastic video. One of the mysteries of ocean life. Like dinosaur bones that gave us
Myths about dragons, the beached and dead oarfish gave us myths of sea serpents.
It's fascinating and also kinda spooky how you can barely see the fish sometimes depending on the light and the angles of looking at it.
So beautiful and amazing ty.
Amazing and informative. Hats off to those divers, was tricky for me to watch with thalassophobia so FairPlay xxx
This was an amazing video!
Diving in the pitch black like this is so crazy
Awesome. Truly a labor of love to find what they seek.
wow! truly excellent video!
Orwsome documentary 👍🌊
Stunning stuff.👍👍👍
Fantastic docu.
Thank you! Cheers!
the footage is just......Amazing!! what an art!
Cool doco. We have them of Australia. Called basically a FAD. Fish attracting Device. They’re quite far of the coast but attract larger pelagics.
New “Subbie” here😀❤️
Thank you for this wonderfully knowledgeable and informative CZcams video.❤️❤️❤️
Amazing doc!
Well made video. Mind boggling work by fearless researchers. Thanks for revealing such rare sights under such rare conditions.
superbe documentary :)
A few years ago the LSU marine biology class spotted and swam with one off the coast of Louisiana in the gulf
Enjoyed that. Thankyou
Very interesting and I really got immersed into the video
my goodness, what a beautiful animal. for some reason, i feel it and wish i could see one. the “whiskers” are absolutely lovely - like feathers. it certainly seems a calm fish. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
46:54 i am completely overawed at the beauty and this life in the ocean as i haven’t been before. part of it is the calmness and slowness and another the perfect music composed for it.
this music, the water sounds, and just videography of the ocean life moving slowly would be wonderful for people like me who have floating :) anxiety. thank you so much for this documentary, it’s so interesting. the oar fish is just an amazing creature. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
Superb view.. of sea👌
Awesome! I never knew I wanted to know so much about this fish lol!
Imagine being 15 feet long, 5 inches tall, and thin as a slice of bread, as a human.
Fun to imagine!
This is just amazing!
Nature at its finest, beautiful fish 🐠
Fantastic!
Superb documentary! A fan and an admirer from Pakistan.
oh bouy~ what an amazing discovery...
10:05 dude is wearing a shiny wristwatch.
That's a huge nono in the Caribbean, less you want a barricuda to make a grab at it
I don't think there are barriocadus that far out
Certain deepsea squid look similar to the ribbonfish and oarfish. They position their tentacles like the crest and fins of the fish. I always thought either animal are mimicking the other animal.
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