BIGJOE FISHING

Deep-Sea Videos

The deep ocean is the biggest fishing hole on Earth, and almost nobody has seen it. These videos come from MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), whose underwater robots have filmed thousands of hours down where the sun never reaches. Tap any video to play it.

MBARI’s Top 10 deep-sea animals
The best of 35 years of deep-sea dives in one video.
The anglerfish: the original deep-sea fisherman
It fishes with its own glowing lure. Every angler should see this one.
Barreleye: the fish with a see-through head
Its green eyes look straight up through a clear dome.
The giant phantom jelly
A rare jelly with mouth arms over 10 meters long.
What the vampire squid really eats
Not blood. The real answer surprised the scientists.
Octomom: an octopus guards her eggs for over four years
The longest egg-brooding ever recorded for any animal.
The harp sponge: a meat-eating sponge
Shaped like a harp, and it traps tiny animals.
The pointy-nosed blue ratfish
A ghostly cousin of sharks, filmed in deep water.
Caught in the act: a crab eating frozen gas
A deep-sea crab snacking on methane ice.
The law of beak and claw
A squid and a fish fight it out in the deep.