Life goes to extraordinary lengths to survive this immense underwater realm. A 30 ton whale shark gorges on a school of fish and the unique overhead heli-gimbal camera reveals common dolphins rocketing at more than 30km an hour. Descending into the abyss, deep sea octopus fly with wings and vampire squid use bioluminescence to create an extraordinary color display. The first ever time-lapse footage taken from 2,000m down captures eels, crabs and giant isopods eating a carcass, completely consuming it within three hours.
Life goes to extraordinary lengths to survive this immense underwater realm. A 30 ton whale shark gorges on a school of fish and the unique overhead heli-gimbal camera reveals common dolphins rocketing at more than 30km an hour. Descending into the abyss, deep sea octopus fly with wings and vampire squid use bioluminescence to create an extraordinary color display. The first ever time-lapse footage taken from 2,000m down captures eels, crabs and giant isopods eating a carcass, completely consuming it within three hours.
General Note
Originally released by BBC Worldwide Learning, 2006.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 20, 2018.
Content Note
Feeding Opportunities (4:37); --Hunting in the Ocean (6:08); -- Sunset in the Ocean (2:34); -- Following the Plankton (5:04); -- Life on the Sea Floor (5:00); -- Steam Vent Ecosystems (5:08); -- Undersea Mountains (5:49); -- Shallow Water Volcanoes (6:43); -- Roaming Hunters of the Ocean (3:23); -- Giants of the Oceans (3:20); -- Credits: Ocean Deep (1:01); .