Why Crabs Become TERRIFYING The Deeper The Ocean Gets

Sign up for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/mKB030qC6RP Uploaded 25-05-20 Beauty comes in many forms, but what if that just happens to look like a football field absolutely chock full of writhing crabs? Today we're looking into mola mola, or the useless giant ocean pancake; Xenoturbella Churro, or the lovely ocean sock; And the snippy clippy, needle-armed Japanese Spider Crab, aka taka-ashi gani. Let's get into it. Sources: [Mola Mola - Ocean Sunfish] https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/fishes/ocean-sunfish-mola-mola/ http://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Mola http://www.oceansunfish.org/lifehistory.php https://asknature.org/strategy/tissue-provides-neutral-buoyancy/ https://youtu.be/KZCJfIg0RBo [Xenoturbella Churro] https://youtu.be/QrlIHaClWmg https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689910/ https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-churro-sea-worm-bilateria-20160205-story.html [Japanese Spider Crab - Taka-ashi gani] https://www.ranker.com/list/japanese-spider-crab-facts/laura-allan https://youtu.be/iQSHfutIzh8 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macrocheira_kaempferi.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macrocheira_kaempferi_01.jpg [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/bvuYk-X_qzw https://youtu.be/na9eBzLMhTg https://youtu.be/39qe0EajbIA https://youtu.be/A1WBilMrDIU https://youtu.be/kCmlHg0InK4 https://youtu.be/U60obmWODLQ https://youtu.be/xFQ_fO2D7f0 https://youtu.be/Id1Mqh1Pfws https://youtu.be/yJXNcoxL2Xs https://youtu.be/bUViJkaQeaY https://youtu.be/mYusk06Hjhg https://youtu.be/hsBVvlJjNtc https://youtu.be/v8LuK80IbVI https://youtu.be/CWFyxn0qDEU https://youtu.be/Gd10m6VPqqA https://youtu.be/ivk_irrH1WY https://youtu.be/-s8yEhRZgvw https://youtu.be/35xM18cek0c https://youtu.be/QrlIHaClWmg https://youtu.be/_qmNCJxpsr0 https://youtu.be/yIoTRGfcMqM https://youtu.be/-sHMmeWzywM https://youtu.be/-nwA1hW0kUw https://youtu.be/WEM_m3dBTmY https://youtu.be/tdIfc5awlhE https://youtu.be/YrEr9Z0LUtA https://youtu.be/OviiJt8Zdy4 https://youtu.be/JZKZA0GM2DM https://youtu.be/P9_VINMmsus https://youtu.be/m6Uw2DJ9Md8 https://youtu.be/iQSHfutIzh8 https://youtu.be/GmVlSEcRrEc https://youtu.be/qpr3tXZF0mA https://youtu.be/evd6NTD1wf4 https://youtu.be/aHBNueZ39Kc https://youtu.be/LDU_Txk06tM https://youtu.be/EMhANHI9YhA https://youtu.be/hyHRppgBXMo https://youtu.be/lEqlG6bhZ80 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices