Time-lapse video of deep-sea feeding frenzy

This video clip from NHK's "Planet Earth" shows the scene at dinner time on the deep ocean floor. The footage, which appears to have been shot by the Japanese submarine Shinkai 6500 in Okinawan waters at a depth of over 1500 meters (5,000 feet), shows sea-floor scavengers fighting for their piece of a fish carcass that has drifted down to the bottom. Crabs, eels and giant isopods (Bathynomus giganteus), which look like 30 centimeter (1 foot) long wood lice, join in the feeding frenzy that lasts several hours. Here it is time-lapsed to about 20 seconds for maximum impact. Itadakimasu.

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Pets & Animals

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• Time-lapse
• deep
• sea
• feeding
• frenzy
• fish
• ocean
• floor
• scavengers

[RIVEXNGLE]

ZERG RUSH!

KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE

[Scythemantis]

I find 100% of arthropods jaw-droppingly beautiful and am shocked/appalled that any human being can find them ugly or frightening. Yes, I know how common that is. I feel like I'm living in some backwards alien world where ugly is pretty and vice versa.

[RIVEXNGLE]

@TheEDBShow Yeah, I noticed. I couldn't help saying it, though.

It was the first thing to pop in my head.

[TheEDBShow]

@RIVEXNGLE wrong country, bro

[h1m0m]

GIANT ISOPODS ARE SOOO CUTE

esp. Bathynomus giganteus

[mrincodi]

Hi, TVTroper! :)

[IcaraelTheWanderer]

The first part I found really entertaining was at 1:03. "Hey, guys, look! I'm on camera! Awesome! I wonder if they got my good side?" And then every other crab onscreen just doesn't give a shit but keeps stampeding past him to the buffet.

And the other part was the crab at 1:05. "Hey! Am I late to the-- Oh, you pricks! You ate everything again!"

[Qu3ntin777]

Now just think, those Isopods were 3 feet long!

[OnThatPowder]

wow that was nuts

[aBerlin1945]

Just your average day at Red Lobster

[BAZSLAVENovBRADFORD2]

@Scythemantis i agree, to be sickened is quite extreme, but to be scared of what people dont understand is not a fault i think.

[Scythemantis]

@BAZSLAVENovBRADFORD2 furthermore, the irrational disgust people have for various animals is NOT natural or normal. Biologists have found that a fear/hatred of insects, reptiles or other harmless creatures is both recent and regional, It's restricted primarily to highly developed countries where we aren't as exposed to nature...in other words, it's an abnormal side effect of sheltering ourselves too much from the outdoors. You're really going to get pissy with me for pointing out how dumb it is?