Deep-Sea Food Falls | A Tale of Wood and Bone
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The degradation of food-falls at the bottom of the ocean can create partially chemosynthetic environments. In the case of sunken whale carcasses (whale falls), the supply of organic material supports an ecological succession of communities. But perhaps less well-documented than the scavengers at whale-falls are the creatures that rely on wood instead. When trees become uprooted by storms or ships capsize at sea, losing their buoyancy as the pressure of the ocean forces out any air trapped within, bits of wood sink to the ocean floor where they create fleeting oases of life (wood falls), including shipwrecks, like that of the Titanic. The scarcity of food in parts of the deep ocean creates an environment where very little goes to waste. The animal and microbial life that dwells down here has become resourceful, able to make the most of even unexpected resources. So it comes as no surprise that the deep ocean hosts complex biological communities adapted to thrive on this sunken wood.
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Part 2 - Cold-seep Environments: • The Peculiar Life of C...
00:00 - Introduction to Deep-Sea Food Falls
01:45 - Whale-Falls - Partial Chemosynthetic Oases
02:18 - Whale-Falls - The Mobile Scavenger Stage
02:35 - Whale-Falls - The Enrichment Opportunist Stage
02:53 - Whale-Falls - The Sulfophilic Stage
04:05 - Whale-Falls - Ecological Stepping Stones
05:27 - Other Food-Fall Events
06:06 - Elasmobranch Food-Fall Events
07:20 - Wood-Falls - Origins and Formation
08:54 - Wood-Fall Specialists - Xylophaga Bivalves
10:07 - Wood-Fall Specialists - Giant Shipworm
10:24 - Wood-Fall Specialists - Munidopsis Yeti Crabs
11:01 - Wood-Falls - Terrestrial Deadwood Communities
11:45 - Wood-Falls - Endosymbiotic and Chemosynthetic Bacteria
13:03 - Wood-Falls - Bathymodiolus Mussels
14:00 - Wood-Falls - Ecological Stepping Stones
15:02 - Shipwrecks - Wreck of Whaling Brig Industry
16:06 - Shipwrecks - Wreck of Endurance
17:31 - Shipwrecks - Colonisers of Endurance
18:53 - Shipwrecks - Wreck of SS Bluefields and U-576
19:36 - Shipwrecks - Wreck of RMS Titanic
20:12. -Conclusion
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Written, Narrated and Edited by Leo Richards
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It makes sense that whale falls would happen close to others because they die along migration routes, but somehow it surprised me. Wonderful episode as always.
Oh that’s so true!
Leo, this is easily one of my favourite videos of yours to date. The work that you’ve put in (not only this but your channel as a whole) is inspired and I cannot begin to express my gratitude for what you do. Absolutely phenomenal work mate.
for real dude.
this kids got a gift, straight up possesses God-tier skill. only a matter of time before some production syndicate like bbc or discovery picks him up, mark my words.
Thank you so much, both of you! Making these films is a dream come true - a hobby that I never dreamt anyone would engage with to this extent! So hearing feedback like this is just incredible. Thank you, truly!!
I agree, I've seen a few videos on whale falls but this video with the inclusion on wood falls really taught me something new, in an amazing way too. Thanks for all your hardwork, hope it keeps paying off like it has been so far (as I'm sure it will 👍)
Glad I'm getting notifications again! I've always been fascinated by whale-falls, but I know much less about wood-falls. Always happy to learn something new. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos.
Thank you so much as always Emily! I'm so glad the notifications are working again, I know CZcams sometimes has issues with them. Really hope you enjoyed this one 😊
i absolutely love whale-falls. they’re absolutely interesting.
David Attenborough is one of the most recognizable and renown broadcasters today. But I have a feeling you will surpass even his star one day. Thank you for your beautiful work.
This is so lovely! He’s been my hero since I was 2 years old - to do anything on the scale of his work would be a dream come true.
Move over Sir David Attenborough, you have done an amazing job and will never be forgotten, but Leo is now going to take the reigns for the future of Nature documentaries. Leo your voice is like no other. Thank you for all you give 🙏 ❤️
yup. BBC seriously better come and snatch this kid up before someone else does. its only a matter of time.
Thank you so much! Sir David Attenborough is my hero! 💛 you’ve made my day
@@NaturalWorldFacts Sir DA is also mine. He got me interested in natural history from young and I've never lost my love nor interest for this fascinating subject.
I wouldn't say you're taking over the reins. Rather, I'd say you're carving your own way and doing wonderfully well. Your videos are highly educational, entertaining, beautifully shot and narrated. So, thank you, and keep up the excellent work!
I just really love your voice and commentary man, like honestly, it is such an important part of documentaries, and I think many don't realize that sometimes
Thanks so much! My dream has always been to present documentaries at a professional level so I really appreciate this
@@NaturalWorldFacts well I'd say you are doing it already!
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@@NaturalWorldFacts If i could place a bet on you presenting professional level documentaries in the next 10 years or less, I'd bet it all. A sure win. Keep it up, your content is great!
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I KNEW your voice sounded familiar! I watched your terrarium video of you in the woods creating life in a jar and I thinking “I’ve heard this voice before”
You have a very calming one!
Waheyy, yep that’s also me 😁😊 thank you that’s so sweet, I really hope you enjoyed!
But I swear i’ve also heard your voice in other deep sea ‘documentaries’ that aren’t on your channel. Would I be right?
Sadly no 😭 but hopefully one day. My dream is to do what I do but for the BBC or Netflix.
Also you should do a video about deep parts of the Black Sea. Black Sea is like a really big brine pool so it might be interesting.
Edit: also Black Sea holds a lot of ancient ships from Ancient Greece and other civilizations so it would be a nice video
Oh fascinating!!! I’ll absolutely look into it!!!
I’d love that
@@NaturalWorldFacts hell yeah.
Yes. I read the Black Sea was biologically dead deep down so it would be interesting to see one of your dives
Leo,
you have got a gift my dude. You possess some god-tier skill level. its only a matter of time before some production syndicate like bbc or discovery picks you up, mark my words.
I only have a passive interest in ocean biography, yet soon as I came across your channel I instantly subbed. when i first saw your face in your tide-pool episode I was legitimately amazed, never would I have imagined how young you are.
I dont know where you learned how to do what you do, or how long you ended up selling your soul to the devil to acquire such talent, but you'll find no judgement here!
thanks for the consistently amazing content man, your parents must simply be awestruck at what you're able to accomplish
I didn't know about wood fall, this was really interesting! So nice to see you at over half a million subs man!
Thanks! I’m so glad you enjoyed :D
Wow you hit me with the sound at 16:08, made the appearance of the endurance even more special. Absolutely fascinating and beautifully narated
Thank you, it’s such a beautiful wreck and such wonderful footage so I was really happy with my music choice there. I’m so glad you enjoyed too ☺️
What was the song?
0:13: 🌊 The deep sea is a food-poor environment where animals rely on food sinking from above or chemosynthesis.
4:38: 🐋 Whale carcasses on the sea-floor provide an evolutionary interface between non-chemosynthetic scavengers and specialized animals at vents and seeps.
8:54: 🐚 The bivalves Xylophaga and Giant Shipworm have evolved specialized traits to consume wood.
12:46: 🦪 Chemosynthetic microbes play a crucial role in the deep-sea ecosystem, providing nutrients for various organisms including Bathymodiolus mussels.
17:31: 🌊 The colonisers of Endurance are predominantly filter feeders, with sea lilies and sea squirts using different methods to obtain food.
Recap by Tammy AI
You rank right up there with David Attenborough. Your narrations are so clean, crisp and beautiful. Thank you.
Attenborough is my hero!! Thank you so much for this
I love these videos and your calm voice
Thank you so much!! :)
Thought it was a lady 🙃
I’m a nurse with excessive health problems, but what I loved more than anything was ocean life. I know just about everything you explain just from hobby consumption since childhood, but this is what I listen to at work as soon as I sit. I’ve gone through them so many times. They’re calming and somehow happy. I’m so glad you make them.
Jacques Cousteau Back in my early days
Do you think we’ll ever know how much we affect the ocean by over whaling back in the day? I keep thinking about that, and how the whaling would prevent whale falls from happening.
I think about this as well. Makes sense why the orcas are fighting back by disabling and sinking boats.
Your voice is so soothing, to the point where I can actually take on and process the information you’re putting across (Which is almost impossible with ADHD for me). The subjects you cover are fascinating and the narrative script is superb! When I have been stressed, I’ve played your videos to help pull my focus back on track and even bring down my anxiety.
Thank you, for your hard work, fascinating content and gentle narration.
This is such a lovely comment, thank you so much! I have ADHD too, so hearing that my videos work for you even with ADHD is just amazing!! I love making them, but hearing feedback like this makes it all worthwhile
Heck yeah more documentaries by David Attenborough part 2!
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This is the creator of the video, not david.
@@sidneymcclay404 I'm comparing NWF to DA because of how great he is at this, my bad for poor wording
Your time management skills are off the charts Leo. I am forever in awe of your ability to research, write, edit, etc on top of studying 📚
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Dude........ My daughter is about to turn 12 years old and we watch and listen one of you videos on the way home from school everyday. She absolutely loves learning from you!! Please don't stop making new videos!
These events are fascinating!
Thank you for the content NaturalWorldFacts! 🌎 🌊
No worries at all :)
These are the most soothing but also informative minidocs on CZcams. I literally look forward to bedtime when I curl up with a glass of wine, my weighted blanket, and my kitties and watch these videos until I fall asleep. Lately it's the only thing that helps with my existential anxiety. Thanks!
These are outstanding documentaries. Jacque Cousteau is smiling from the beyond.
you're doing amazing work. easily one of the best channels on youtube.
Thanks so so much!
Always captivated and educated by your vids. The production quality is simply excellent. Just keep doing you mate, it clearly works! 👍
Thank you so much for this comment!! So thrilled you enjoyed!
Truly amazing thank you so much I can't get enough of these uploads between the rich content and soothing narration.
Some folks in here saying that they like your videos because they put them to sleep! Gosh! I’m here way past my bedtime because this video gets me hyped and I don’t want to go to sleep! Anyway thanks for all your hard work, it truly is wonderful
All the best Jules
its great "3am CZcams"
its really interesting and informative and yet very calming
Get some sleep, both of you!! 😂 and thanks for being so supportive, you’ve made my day with these comments :)
Fantastic video as always. Your narration and presentation is truly remarkable.
Aren't they? Amazing production value.
Thank you ☺️☺️
This was breathtaking. I was feeling anxious, so I found your videos and was not disappointed. This might be my favorite one. I love that your videos are very scientific and more advanced than most. The music is perfect for this also. So haunting..
Easily one of the best nature channels on the site. Keep doing what you do, bro
Thank you so so much!
@@NaturalWorldFacts no prob. Keep up the good work O7
I just discovered your documentaries - these are OUTSTANDING. I cannot believe the quality of work, the editing, all of it - incredible. Thank you so so so much for sharing your passion so that other like-passioned people can feel that spark too! ♥️
It's not often i find myself enjoying programs like this almost as much as i enjoy watching just about anything with David Attenborough.
Deep Ocean, Coral Reefs, Jungles, Fungus, Plants and Caves are amongst the most interesting things on the planet. Oh, Insects too. 😅👍
Very interesting and informative, with a wonderful narrative, deftly delivered. Your channel brings me back again and again. Hypnotic.
Fascinating. I had known, sort of, about how mussels reproduce by flinging their larva into the currents, but I'd got the idea that those larva had a short amount of time to find someplace to settle down. But listening and learning here, I wonder now just how long they really have? It can't be a SHORT trip from seep to whale fall - "tens of kilometers" may not seem far to us with ships and ROVs but that seems like a journey of epic length for a sessile creature! Also, is the same floating-larva method of reproduction used by the bone eating worms and tube worms? I found myself astonished over and over during the video at how many "non mobile" creatures seem to magically appear on the bones and the wood. It's plain that the tube worms did not WALK there, haha, but at the same time it still seems like a miracle that they are there at all.
Once more, a wonderfully edited and scripted piece of work. You always put such thought and care into your presentation and it's superb every time. I look forward to the next one!
I must sya that you all have put in a remarkable effort. Very good, and excellent voice as well
The quality of your work is continually astounding and inspiring. I've always loved the deep sea, and I'm really enjoying this series, especially the section on woodfalls which is an interesting new topic to me.
Thank you for all your hard work. It provides at least one busy dad some much needed periods of relaxation and amazement.
Love your work, thank you. 🙏
This information about wood falls is fascinating! Much appreciated! You are my favorite new voice in Nature. Keep up your important work!
Thank you, I really appreciate that!!
Yet another fantastic video Leo.
I'd never really thought about sunken ships as any more than just something for corals, etc. to attach to. This has been another eye opening and very informative video from you.
My favorite channel returns for another amazing ride! You’re inspiring, Leo🖖
Excellent work as always, Leo. I always learn something new 👍
Thank you so much!!!
Hey Leo! How are you doing?! This video was great, very interesting. 👍 It’s amazing how much time you put into these videos. The edits are wonderful. Thanks for enlightening my day! ❤️🤗👏👍👋🌊
Heyy I’m doing brilliant! You? It’s lovely to hear from you, and thanks so much for the kind words as always 😁
The voice goes so smoothly tearing the dark of the Ocean.
Thanks, I'm really happy to hear that :)
I love your videos, the work and passion you put into this is astounding. I’m surprised you don’t have your own show. Your voice is literally made for this, documentary voices are sooo important.
at some point in the video, when narrating, it sounds like you're smiling! it brings me great joy to know you're so passionate about your work aa well as sea creatures! amazing work as always! good luck on your future endeavours!!
Every time i have trouble falling asleep your videos always help me without fail. You've got the most soothing voice!
18:00 wow this squirts voice is beautiful...
18:00 What a clever edit, to sync the sea squirt opening its "mouth" with the vocalisation!
SOMEONE NOTICED! This makes me very happy 😭😁
It’s the middle of the night here, and I just woke up. SO happy to see there’s a new video from you to fall back asleep to!! Thank you for making such calming and interesting content.
I love listening to these vidoes when at work. I learn something new with each video. Keep up the great work!!
This is so cool. Deep sea animals are so fascinating and tbh a really good thing to study if we ever wanted to figure out how life on other planets can live without oxygen or other key nutrients.
i love these videos. The complexity of creation never ceases to amaze me! I play these when I get off work. Don't take this the wrong way, but your voice helps me sleep
Lovely video as always thanks.watching from sweet 🌞 saint lucia 🇱🇨 keep up the good work
I love popping in to see your new releases. They are so good, especially the calming, unrushed narration, i could have it on in the background and also listen to it watching it head on. The footage you find is also phenomenal, so good you can even just watch the camera and its crazily good. I've been here a couple months, and heres to many more :DD
I started with a video about deep sea giants and now I've been hooked for about 2 hours. Your videos are amazingly done, front your narration to the clips and background music. As well as incredibly educational. Thank you.
Return to your channel after months...give me heart big brother
Listening to this to help me take a nap today, great calming voice
Amazing documentary! I love this channel and this series in particular!
Your voice. Your voice makes me want to learn. Like that sunken ship, you leave me suspended in time.
What drew me to this channel is your voice. Its the same as Brian Cox. Its so calming. Can listen for hours.
Once again, Leo, your stunning combination of video, music, and voice has created a mesmerizing mix of soothing beauty and scientific knowledge. It's even more amazing that you can pull it off with decaying carcasses and detritus feeders....I was almost hypnotized by the way you presented these creatures, and how well adapted and connected they are throughout their ecosystems, and beyond.
Love this channel is so calming, i use it to go to sleep and calm my anxiety and hopefully learn a few things aswell, keep the vids coming! :)
Amazing job. I just discovered you and can't stop binging on your content. Keep up the great work.
Great show 🙂... I like the ocean 🌊🏖️
I always love your videos! Detailed and passionate! I’m a big fan and thankful for you. Your videos brighten my day!
Ah, what a great reward after a day of work. I'm excited to watch this one. :D
1:45 Seeing the Chimera on the left already makes me smile. Good start.
3:15 I felt a bit proud that I remembered the name Osedax from previous videos. The teaching was successful. (40 tons of whale = 2000 years of marine snow, you really hammered that into my head)
4:45 Wow. The amount of life at display is incredible.
You have really boosted my interested in chemosynthetic microbes. I didn't expect them to even live from byproducts from other "lower level" animals. The length of these food chains is astonishing. But I wonder how those mussels get to the wood fall. ...and mere seconds after writing the question you already answered it. This feels really interactive. :)
Overall a fantastic video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
(and a little remainder that I had sent you another mail some time ago. Now I know that one of the creatures I show there is a sea squirt.^^ And if it takes you two months to answer, that's still perfectly fine, lol. Good luck with university!)
wow...such flawless narration, it was so engrossing and informative. Thank you ☺
"A Tale of Wood and Bone" sounds less like the title of a mini-documentary about food falls and more like the name of a dark science fantasy book.
I love watching your videos. They are so informative, and your voice is soothing. Thank you and keep up the great work!!!
I love your videos so much, they’re relaxing without being boring and are perfect when I need something to watch before bed.
Thank you for the programme , wonderful job
"Endurance", such a fitting name!
Breathtaking videos as always, learned a lot today and very moved by all the footage, music, and your gentle voice.
I'm glad I decided to subscribe, these videos and the gentle narrating voice really calm my ADHD when I try to sleep!
Thank you so much for this comment - I can absolutely relate to that, so I’m thrilled my videos help you in that way!
@@NaturalWorldFacts They really do! I've been playing multiple of your videos when falling asleep daily ever since I first found your channel, and all I can say is: My ADHD and my sleep are very grateful for your videos!
I love your videos Leo! Keep up the amazing and talented work. These are my go to videos when I have a hard time falling asleep or when studying. Your voice is very soothing and unique it keeps me interested along with the amazing visuals you use as well!
Always love seeing another video brother this is top norch keep up the good work
Wow, your clips are beautiful: Very nicely spoken and always with an amazing, wonderful choice of background-sound. Very calming and interesting.. loving it!
Another great video friend, this kind of documentary is often better than those shown on TV
Always good to see a new video from you. They are consistently excellent.
Screw the app, I enjoy falling to sleep to Natural World Facts! It's like ASMR.
Love the way you narrate these. It’s unreal. Such an interesting, otherworldly habitat
Another great vid. Thank you Leo
Thank you so much!
18:00 the sea squirt is singing 😂 (beautiful video btw, this part just made me laugh lol)
Learned a lot in this one. Some of my questions got answered as well. Thank you.
I watch natural history documentaries voraciously, and I'm better versed than most in marine biology. And yet here you showed me several sights and interesting pathways life has taken I was completely unaware of. Thank you!
I love your work. Thanks!
pleEASE NEVER STOP MAKING THESE VIDEOS
This is the best way to present an astonishing documentary presentation.
Love it man!
I was hoping to learn about the “rusticles” of the Titanic. Are the organisms that form these rust formations a form of chemosythentic life? I’m aware that they are literally eating the iron and steel, which will cause the wreck to collapse sometime in the future. I also wanted to learn if these rusticle organisms have been found at other iron or steel wrecks? Are they unique to the Atlantic, or are they in other oceans? The sunken WW2 wrecks of Japan and the United States at Midway, or Guadalcanal? The Bismarck in the Bay of Biscay? Somali pirate shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean?
Discovered Yehezke Raz's amazing music through this. Really like the music choices for these videos, they add so much to the atmosphere.
Agree the music is incredible!
awesome video. love hearing all these interesting experiences
Fascinating. I love learning about sea life. Thank you for these awesome videos.
I realize you are younger, but you are amazing, I love science and your soothing narration helps me get through tough moments during that day and learn so much more about how complex our little world really is and how it all fits together! Much respect from Canada 🇨🇦
Definitely like watching these videos after dinner.
10/10
So peaceful thank you. I am impressed every video. Love to see new life.
I just discovered your channel. I really appreciate what you do. Thanks
Great job! Thank you for your hard work.
Your deep sea series has always had these melancholic, terrifying and relaxing elements. Amazing narration to immerse whithin the divine beauty and terror of the unknown. Pure gem!
I’m quite enjoying these videos keep it up