Amazing Earth: Strangest deep-sea creatures that evolved over billions of years!

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00:00Welcome to the special limited series of our program

00:03where we will bring you fairy tales of the future

00:08from different continents.

00:10But our stories are still from different parts of the world.

00:14This time, we will go to the deepest

00:16and darkest part of the ocean

00:18where we will get to know the unique sea creatures

00:22to find out how their wisdom and abilities

00:25were tested for millions of years.

00:27In our new wildlife series, Alien Abyss Origin Stories.

00:32Rocks that look ordinary,

00:34but were once ruled by the king of the world.

00:43Fruits that look like they're about to die.

00:52Happy eyes that look like they're walking.

00:57Fruits that look like they're about to die.

01:02Join me as I explore the beauty of the world

01:05from the Mira Nilar Heritage House and Library.

01:08I'm Ding Dong Dantes, and this is our special limited series,

01:12Amazing Earth.

01:28If you're new to the city,

01:30the first thing you need to do is get to know each other.

01:33Of course, you need to know the history of your new barangay

01:36and get to know the people who used to live there.

01:39They're the old-timers.

01:41Just like us now.

01:43Just kidding.

01:44They've been ruling the ocean for three billion years.

01:47So here are the OGs of Amazing Stories 3,

01:51Hayop the Old School.

01:54For centuries,

01:56we've been imagining if it's possible to live on another planet.

02:01And because we know that we need water to live,

02:04we imagine that there's a sea on the moon,

02:07rivers on Mars,

02:09and oceans on Jupiter.

02:13But until now, we've only discovered a few things

02:17other than here, on our planet.

02:20Where the oceans are hidden by creatures

02:23that look like they're out of this world.

02:27There are creatures that have different shapes,

02:30different rituals,

02:32and different paths.

02:35They are what we call the Alien Abyss.

02:39Our oceans are constantly changing.

02:43For billions of years,

02:45Ice Age and Vulcans and Asteroids

02:48have brought about changes in the ocean.

02:51If you want to live, you need to fit in.

02:55Everything will be done to survive.

02:58This is how the story of each alien creature on the ocean began.

03:03The oldest of them all.

03:06Three and a half billion years ago,

03:08there was life on our planet.

03:11Three and a half billion years ago,

03:13there was life on our oceans.

03:16But the smart ones?

03:19Not really.

03:21If there were Martians who visited the world back then,

03:24maybe they wouldn't appreciate it.

03:28Back then, all life was so small,

03:31it was almost invisible,

03:33except for these living rocks.

03:36These rocks have stromatolites,

03:40the oldest living creatures on our planet.

03:44They are colonies of bacteria

03:46that have lived here for three and a half billion years.

03:49Back then, stromatolites ruled our oceans.

03:54Now, they can be found in just a few places,

03:57like the Shark Bay in Western Australia.

04:00Bacteria cells stick to each other,

04:03even on the surface of the sea using mucus.

04:06That's why the sediments stick to them,

04:08and they are gradually being covered.

04:10Bacteria live in photosynthesis,

04:13that's why they need sunlight.

04:15They climb up and come out to get sunlight.

04:19And the rocks are formed,

04:21reaching half a millimeter every year.

04:24They and other single-celled creatures

04:27ruled the oceans alone

04:29for almost three billion years.

04:31But eventually,

04:33only the bigger ones came,

04:35the ones they wanted to eat.

04:37This is where our concept of food chain began.

04:41Stromatolites, plants, and other creatures

04:44that do photosynthesis

04:46get energy from the sun.

04:48There are herbivores, like this dragon,

04:51that they eat.

04:53Then, carnivores come,

04:56and there, they eat them too,

04:58but let's not show that.

05:00Let's go back to stromatolites.

05:02Unfortunately, most of them

05:05were eaten by insects like sea urchins.

05:08But some were saved

05:10because of their unique ability.

05:12They live in extremely salty water.

05:15That's why you can only see

05:17stromatolites in tidal pools

05:19that are twice as salty as the sea

05:22because of their evaporation.

05:24It's very salty for the enemies.

05:26The evolution of evolution

05:28is difficult for single-celled creatures.

05:31But it made life in the world more interesting.

05:34It gave us unique creatures

05:37like red-lipped batfish

05:40and tasseled wobbegong.

05:43To make these animals,

05:45you need many different types of cells.

05:48Each type has a special job.

05:50That means, tassels can't be made

05:53using the same cell that can be seen in reptiles.

05:56Have you ever seen a creature

05:58that has no heart, brain,

06:00and only has a faint sense of smell?

06:02Have you ever watched fantasy movies

06:05or science fiction movies?

06:07But you don't know what I'm talking about.

06:10We're going to show you

06:12what they're made of

06:14in the story of Mazy No. 2,

06:16The Fruits of Death.

06:18The first animal that was made

06:20by many cells and leveled up

06:22was the sponge.

06:26The sponge is the most unique thing

06:29that happens in the world

06:31from the very beginning of life.

06:33It's an animal that has no organ,

06:35no tissue,

06:36and no nervous system.

06:38But even so,

06:39they still leveled up.

06:41They're the first ones

06:43to have cells with different jobs.

06:46To reproduce,

06:47the sponge makes egg cells and sperm cells.

06:51They hide the eggs in the body

06:54and the sperm is taken out

06:56to be divided into other sponges.

06:58They also have the outer layer of the cell

07:00just like the human skin.

07:02The special layer of cells

07:04is hidden inside

07:06to bind the bacteria from the water.

07:08They're herbivores,

07:10experts in small and microscopic foods.

07:13Jellyfish are some of the first

07:16multicellular creatures

07:18to be found in hunting.

07:20Hammonds?

07:21How can you catch them

07:23using a body that is 95% water?

07:26Their bells are like jellies

07:29that are bound by a thin membrane.

07:31There are muscles around the bell

07:34that squeeze out water.

07:36This is the first jet propulsion system.

07:40But their biggest invention

07:43are microscopic neurotoxic darts.

07:46The king of all is the Nomuras jellyfish.

07:50This could be the biggest jellyfish

07:52that has ever lived.

07:54It's so big,

07:55as big as a refrigerator.

07:58The Nomuras jellyfish

07:59comes from the Yellow Sea

08:01between China and Japan.

08:03It likes to go on food trips.

08:05Their size is different

08:07from most of them.

08:09It has hundreds of mouths

08:11that can be seen

08:13around the big arm

08:14under its bell.

08:16Its friends, the small fish, are safe

08:19as long as they can avoid

08:21the long and thin tentacles

08:23of the fish.

08:25It's interesting.

08:26The Nomura's mouth

08:27is only one millimeter wide.

08:30Only the small floating animals

08:32or zooplankton

08:34can fit in here.

08:36But each of them

08:37is being stung first.

08:40If you're afraid of these

08:41powerful stinging aliens,

08:43there's another bad news.

08:45We don't even realize

08:47that we're doing something

08:48to increase their numbers.

08:50We're pouring nutrients into the sea

08:52that plankton blooms.

08:55We catch the fish

08:57that eat plankton,

08:59so there's more food

09:01for the Nomura.

09:03It's like we're giving them

09:04a chance to launch

09:06an alien invasion.

09:08Why are they so fast

09:10to multiply?

09:11Because they can clone

09:13themselves.

09:15Their larvae stick

09:17upside down

09:18to the bottom of the sea.

09:20They don't just grow up

09:21to become an adult.

09:23Each larva

09:24makes many identical copies

09:27of itself.

09:29In just one generation,

09:30they can launch a clone army.

09:33If the conditions are favorable,

09:34and so it is,

09:35the population of jellyfish

09:37will suddenly explode.

09:39If this is scary,

09:41well, the truth is

09:42this has happened many times

09:45in the history of the world.

09:47Many animals live

09:48under the sea,

09:50but there are also those

09:51who can climb

09:52and walk on top of the sea,

09:54like a jellyfish

09:56that can walk.

09:58This is not a gossip.

09:59This is the exclusive story

10:01of Amazing Number 1,

10:03The Amazing Walk of the Jellyfish.

10:06500 million years ago,

10:08there was an explosion of life

10:10on our planet.

10:11That's why we named it

10:13a whole era.

10:16The Cambrian Explosion.

10:19A time when

10:20many evolutions took place.

10:23New animals experimented

10:25with different ways of life.

10:28Some succeeded

10:30and lasted over time.

10:33The most successful invention

10:35was a simple body plan.

10:37That's why alien animals

10:39looked more familiar.

10:43The Bilaterians.

10:46Almost all animals,

10:47except for sponge or jellyfish,

10:49are bilaterian,

10:51like sharks,

10:52remora,

10:53scuba divers,

10:54and sharks.

10:56Within 350 million years,

10:58sharks remain

11:00the most familiar to us.

11:03You know,

11:05they have sharp teeth,

11:09pointy eyes,

11:11a terrifying look,

11:14and a body like a torpedo.

11:18But one design

11:20is really unique.

11:21Why are you different,

11:23Hammerhead Shark?

11:24His head is wide

11:26and his eyes are at opposite ends.

11:28He was given

11:30an amazing stereoscopic vision.

11:33But this doesn't help

11:35in hydrodynamics.

11:36It only slows down

11:37and destroys the torpedo

11:39in the shape of a shark's body.

11:42Because of this,

11:43they are up to ten times

11:44less energy efficient

11:45than other sharks.

11:47What is this for?

11:49They use this

11:50in a steering device

11:52that, in a short turn,

11:53is extremely smooth.

11:56Perfect for chasing rays.

11:58Their favorite,

12:00but very hard to catch victim.

12:04But the most unique shark

12:06among all of them

12:07seems to have given up swimming.

12:09This is the Epaulette Shark,

12:12also known as the Walking Shark.

12:15It lives in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.

12:18It also has the extraordinary ability

12:20to overcome death.

12:24Their habitat is shallow

12:26and heavily affected by tides.

12:29They are easily trapped

12:31in a small pool

12:32when the tide is low.

12:34Oh no!

12:35The water temperature suddenly rose.

12:37The oxygen level dropped by 80%.

12:40This is the death zone.

12:43The solution?

12:46Get out of here first.

12:48Their feet are almost worn out.

12:50They have extra muscles.

12:55But even the experts

12:56may run out of pool,

12:58air, and luck.

13:02So they will shut down their brains first.

13:05The brain uses a lot of oxygen.

13:09The heart beats slowly

13:11and the blood pressure drops.

13:14The important system is just being maintained

13:17until the tide comes back.

13:21Brain, switch on.

13:23And walk away

13:24without a scratch,

13:26the Walking Shark.

13:27Back to Alien Abyss.

13:32NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

13:34California Institute of Technology

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