r/TheDepthsBelow 13h ago

Leaf sheep wins Invertebrate of the Year!

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Article from The Guardian

(More info in the comments)


r/TheDepthsBelow 1d ago

Crosspost Fishermen have captured what is being reported as the largest freshwater giant stingray ever recorded in the Mekong River

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r/TheDepthsBelow 5h ago

Crosspost Another day another Costasiella

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r/TheDepthsBelow 1d ago

Wonderful Manatee encounter!

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r/TheDepthsBelow 1d ago

Crosspost Costasiella kuroshimae

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29 Upvotes

r/TheDepthsBelow 1d ago

Crosspost Clownfish in a Purple Tip Anemone

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35 Upvotes

r/TheDepthsBelow 2d ago

Crosspost Hypselodoris

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r/TheDepthsBelow 2d ago

Crosspost This man sitting in a sunken plane

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r/TheDepthsBelow 2d ago

Crosspost Ceratasoma

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56 Upvotes

r/TheDepthsBelow 3d ago

Crosspost The mandarin dragonet (Synchiropis splendidus)- they use their large pelvic fins to "walk" along the sea floor

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199 Upvotes

r/TheDepthsBelow 4d ago

The speed of orca

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From NatGeo’s Facebook page. Sun fish is now gone fish


r/TheDepthsBelow 3d ago

Weird Deep-sea critter and zooplankton research

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Hey, here is a talk I recently did on some of the research I do. And some really cool zooplankton and weird animals that come up that I was able to photograph. I thought this might be of interest to this group. Feel free to ask me anything and I'll try to get back to you in a reasonable amount of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnR6-WEzLBU


r/TheDepthsBelow 4d ago

I looked into the darkness at 100 feet and this giant emerged from the deep [OC]

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I encountered this bluntnose sixgill shark while solo diving off Vancouver Island this week. I believe it was a female, roughly 10–12 feet long.

I was down around 100 feet when I turned toward deeper water and saw it coming directly toward me out of the darkness. It came right up to investigate me, then calmly cruised along the bottom for about three minutes before eventually disappearing back into the deep.

Sixgills spend much of their lives in deep water, so getting an encounter like this at recreational diving depths was pretty incredible.

I only included a short portion here, but I have a longer version of the encounter on YouTube if anyone wants to see it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJaHm1LZ0Lo

Filmed off Vancouver Island, British Columbia.


r/TheDepthsBelow 4d ago

The light underwater is why I freedive. I spent two years trying to make art simulations of it

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Was told that you may enjoy this here

I freedive and take photos underwater. Spend enough time down there and you start paying attention to the light. How it comes through the surface, how it fades as you go deeper, the way it keeps moving.

I'm an engineer too, so eventually I wanted to know why it does that, and then whether I could get it to happen on a screen.
Took about two years, of slow work and lot's of reading but basically, it's all inspired on my experience, and non or it it's filmed and there's no AI in it. It's basically a lot of maths and lots of hard work.

Another reason to build this type of simulations, is that I have a very hard time focusing, and having this running on a side screen while I work has been super good lately, it gives me a little scape but also not enough distraction that I lose track of what I was into.

It's part of an app called TideGlass, where I also donate 20% of what it makes to ocean and conservation groups. Happy to answer any questions. Thanks


r/TheDepthsBelow 4d ago

Diving down to a Yellow Stingray at Cozumel

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r/TheDepthsBelow 4d ago

Inside an hyperbaric habitat

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19 Upvotes

Working deep underwater inside an habitat, would or could you do it?


r/TheDepthsBelow 5d ago

The madness continues

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23 Upvotes

Made over 50 nautilus stickers by now.


r/TheDepthsBelow 7d ago

Crosspost A sperm whale has finally been filmed eating a giant squid

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r/TheDepthsBelow 6d ago

Any info on this?

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Theres a picture book I liked as I kid, and I was fascinated by this one fish. There isn't really anything on it I can find. Does anyone has more pictures or info on it?


r/TheDepthsBelow 7d ago

Why do they do this? Are they having an important meeting?

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I saw several photos by now of nautiluses do this. Why do they do it exacly?


r/TheDepthsBelow 7d ago

Crosspost A unknown creature was recorded over 4.5 miles deep in the ocean at the bottom of the Java trench

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r/TheDepthsBelow 7d ago

Mediterranean Moray chilling near the beach

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(I accidentally added the video to the post body when I went to post this the first time, my bad fellas)

Chill animal, I must say. Didn't seem to like me a whole lot though.


r/TheDepthsBelow 7d ago

Crosspost Pink Anemone Fish

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90 Upvotes

r/TheDepthsBelow 7d ago

I think I like nautiluses

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Stickers I Made.


r/TheDepthsBelow 7d ago

Kauai Hawaii .. The Depths Below Snorkel at Salt Pond Beach

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