The ocean is a new world; creatures that have never seen the sun, creatures that we have only seen from video footage from submarines who's purpose is to discover new life. The ocean is vast, and has more bio density and biodiversity than even the rain forests.
David Gallo and his team went into the ocean to discover new life in 1998, and while down there they discovered 198 new species that had never been discovered, just by peering through the eyes of a robotic camera. In the video, they talked about the diversity of life within the oceans, and how they live off of no sunlight and simply eating the bacteria that grows on the plants and other creatures. Even though it was filmed years ago, the information still holds valuable lessons such as the fact that the ocean is still unexplored, and in order to explore and learn about our planet, we have to preserve the oceans the best we can.
I think it was fascinating. I didn't know about all of these strange little creatures living without sunlight, and feeding off bacteria and getting around without that vision we have. Life can form in even the darkest of depths, and to me that opened up a whole world of ideas. Literally anything could be lurking in the depths of the ocean that we just can't see. If you don't think that's exciting, then you need to watch this video. It shows you cute little octopi to beautiful coral reefs and plant life to creepy, spider-like crabs crawling around. It shows you what the ocean has to offer and all of the cute and creepy and beautiful creatures down there. It ignited a lot of thought about what might be under the water. The fact that there's more biodiversity and density than rain forests tells us a lot; life is capable of living in any condition, and even thrive. We know what's walking on the surface of the earth, and its about time to find out what's under the surface of our oceans.
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