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00:00Welcome to the special limited series of our program
00:03where we will bring you fairy tales of the future
00:08from different continents.
00:10But our stories are still from different parts of the world.
00:14This time, we will go to the deepest
00:16and darkest part of the ocean
00:18where we will get to know the unique sea creatures
00:22to find out how their wisdom and abilities
00:25were tested for millions of years.
00:27In our new wildlife series, Alien Abyss Origin Stories.
00:32Rocks that look ordinary,
00:34but were once ruled by the king of the world.
00:43Fruits that look like they're about to die.
00:52Happy eyes that look like they're walking.
00:57Fruits that look like they're about to die.
01:02Join me as I explore the beauty of the world
01:05from the Mira Nilar Heritage House and Library.
01:08I'm Ding Dong Dantes, and this is our special limited series,
01:12Amazing Earth.
01:28If you're new to the city,
01:30the first thing you need to do is get to know each other.
01:33Of course, you need to know the history of your new barangay
01:36and get to know the people who used to live there.
01:39They're the old-timers.
01:41Just like us now.
01:43Just kidding.
01:44They've been ruling the ocean for three billion years.
01:47So here are the OGs of Amazing Stories 3,
01:51Hayop the Old School.
01:54For centuries,
01:56we've been imagining if it's possible to live on another planet.
02:01And because we know that we need water to live,
02:04we imagine that there's a sea on the moon,
02:07rivers on Mars,
02:09and oceans on Jupiter.
02:13But until now, we've only discovered a few things
02:17other than here, on our planet.
02:20Where the oceans are hidden by creatures
02:23that look like they're out of this world.
02:27There are creatures that have different shapes,
02:30different rituals,
02:32and different paths.
02:35They are what we call the Alien Abyss.
02:39Our oceans are constantly changing.
02:43For billions of years,
02:45Ice Age and Vulcans and Asteroids
02:48have brought about changes in the ocean.
02:51If you want to live, you need to fit in.
02:55Everything will be done to survive.
02:58This is how the story of each alien creature on the ocean began.
03:03The oldest of them all.
03:06Three and a half billion years ago,
03:08there was life on our planet.
03:11Three and a half billion years ago,
03:13there was life on our oceans.
03:16But the smart ones?
03:19Not really.
03:21If there were Martians who visited the world back then,
03:24maybe they wouldn't appreciate it.
03:28Back then, all life was so small,
03:31it was almost invisible,
03:33except for these living rocks.
03:36These rocks have stromatolites,
03:40the oldest living creatures on our planet.
03:44They are colonies of bacteria
03:46that have lived here for three and a half billion years.
03:49Back then, stromatolites ruled our oceans.
03:54Now, they can be found in just a few places,
03:57like the Shark Bay in Western Australia.
04:00Bacteria cells stick to each other,
04:03even on the surface of the sea using mucus.
04:06That's why the sediments stick to them,
04:08and they are gradually being covered.
04:10Bacteria live in photosynthesis,
04:13that's why they need sunlight.
04:15They climb up and come out to get sunlight.
04:19And the rocks are formed,
04:21reaching half a millimeter every year.
04:24They and other single-celled creatures
04:27ruled the oceans alone
04:29for almost three billion years.
04:31But eventually,
04:33only the bigger ones came,
04:35the ones they wanted to eat.
04:37This is where our concept of food chain began.
04:41Stromatolites, plants, and other creatures
04:44that do photosynthesis
04:46get energy from the sun.
04:48There are herbivores, like this dragon,
04:51that they eat.
04:53Then, carnivores come,
04:56and there, they eat them too,
04:58but let's not show that.
05:00Let's go back to stromatolites.
05:02Unfortunately, most of them
05:05were eaten by insects like sea urchins.
05:08But some were saved
05:10because of their unique ability.
05:12They live in extremely salty water.
05:15That's why you can only see
05:17stromatolites in tidal pools
05:19that are twice as salty as the sea
05:22because of their evaporation.
05:24It's very salty for the enemies.
05:26The evolution of evolution
05:28is difficult for single-celled creatures.
05:31But it made life in the world more interesting.
05:34It gave us unique creatures
05:37like red-lipped batfish
05:40and tasseled wobbegong.
05:43To make these animals,
05:45you need many different types of cells.
05:48Each type has a special job.
05:50That means, tassels can't be made
05:53using the same cell that can be seen in reptiles.
05:56Have you ever seen a creature
05:58that has no heart, brain,
06:00and only has a faint sense of smell?
06:02Have you ever watched fantasy movies
06:05or science fiction movies?
06:07But you don't know what I'm talking about.
06:10We're going to show you
06:12what they're made of
06:14in the story of Mazy No. 2,
06:16The Fruits of Death.
06:18The first animal that was made
06:20by many cells and leveled up
06:22was the sponge.
06:26The sponge is the most unique thing
06:29that happens in the world
06:31from the very beginning of life.
06:33It's an animal that has no organ,
06:35no tissue,
06:36and no nervous system.
06:38But even so,
06:39they still leveled up.
06:41They're the first ones
06:43to have cells with different jobs.
06:46To reproduce,
06:47the sponge makes egg cells and sperm cells.
06:51They hide the eggs in the body
06:54and the sperm is taken out
06:56to be divided into other sponges.
06:58They also have the outer layer of the cell
07:00just like the human skin.
07:02The special layer of cells
07:04is hidden inside
07:06to bind the bacteria from the water.
07:08They're herbivores,
07:10experts in small and microscopic foods.
07:13Jellyfish are some of the first
07:16multicellular creatures
07:18to be found in hunting.
07:20Hammonds?
07:21How can you catch them
07:23using a body that is 95% water?
07:26Their bells are like jellies
07:29that are bound by a thin membrane.
07:31There are muscles around the bell
07:34that squeeze out water.
07:36This is the first jet propulsion system.
07:40But their biggest invention
07:43are microscopic neurotoxic darts.
07:46The king of all is the Nomuras jellyfish.
07:50This could be the biggest jellyfish
07:52that has ever lived.
07:54It's so big,
07:55as big as a refrigerator.
07:58The Nomuras jellyfish
07:59comes from the Yellow Sea
08:01between China and Japan.
08:03It likes to go on food trips.
08:05Their size is different
08:07from most of them.
08:09It has hundreds of mouths
08:11that can be seen
08:13around the big arm
08:14under its bell.
08:16Its friends, the small fish, are safe
08:19as long as they can avoid
08:21the long and thin tentacles
08:23of the fish.
08:25It's interesting.
08:26The Nomura's mouth
08:27is only one millimeter wide.
08:30Only the small floating animals
08:32or zooplankton
08:34can fit in here.
08:36But each of them
08:37is being stung first.
08:40If you're afraid of these
08:41powerful stinging aliens,
08:43there's another bad news.
08:45We don't even realize
08:47that we're doing something
08:48to increase their numbers.
08:50We're pouring nutrients into the sea
08:52that plankton blooms.
08:55We catch the fish
08:57that eat plankton,
08:59so there's more food
09:01for the Nomura.
09:03It's like we're giving them
09:04a chance to launch
09:06an alien invasion.
09:08Why are they so fast
09:10to multiply?
09:11Because they can clone
09:13themselves.
09:15Their larvae stick
09:17upside down
09:18to the bottom of the sea.
09:20They don't just grow up
09:21to become an adult.
09:23Each larva
09:24makes many identical copies
09:27of itself.
09:29In just one generation,
09:30they can launch a clone army.
09:33If the conditions are favorable,
09:34and so it is,
09:35the population of jellyfish
09:37will suddenly explode.
09:39If this is scary,
09:41well, the truth is
09:42this has happened many times
09:45in the history of the world.
09:47Many animals live
09:48under the sea,
09:50but there are also those
09:51who can climb
09:52and walk on top of the sea,
09:54like a jellyfish
09:56that can walk.
09:58This is not a gossip.
09:59This is the exclusive story
10:01of Amazing Number 1,
10:03The Amazing Walk of the Jellyfish.
10:06500 million years ago,
10:08there was an explosion of life
10:10on our planet.
10:11That's why we named it
10:13a whole era.
10:16The Cambrian Explosion.
10:19A time when
10:20many evolutions took place.
10:23New animals experimented
10:25with different ways of life.
10:28Some succeeded
10:30and lasted over time.
10:33The most successful invention
10:35was a simple body plan.
10:37That's why alien animals
10:39looked more familiar.
10:43The Bilaterians.
10:46Almost all animals,
10:47except for sponge or jellyfish,
10:49are bilaterian,
10:51like sharks,
10:52remora,
10:53scuba divers,
10:54and sharks.
10:56Within 350 million years,
10:58sharks remain
11:00the most familiar to us.
11:03You know,
11:05they have sharp teeth,
11:09pointy eyes,
11:11a terrifying look,
11:14and a body like a torpedo.
11:18But one design
11:20is really unique.
11:21Why are you different,
11:23Hammerhead Shark?
11:24His head is wide
11:26and his eyes are at opposite ends.
11:28He was given
11:30an amazing stereoscopic vision.
11:33But this doesn't help
11:35in hydrodynamics.
11:36It only slows down
11:37and destroys the torpedo
11:39in the shape of a shark's body.
11:42Because of this,
11:43they are up to ten times
11:44less energy efficient
11:45than other sharks.
11:47What is this for?
11:49They use this
11:50in a steering device
11:52that, in a short turn,
11:53is extremely smooth.
11:56Perfect for chasing rays.
11:58Their favorite,
12:00but very hard to catch victim.
12:04But the most unique shark
12:06among all of them
12:07seems to have given up swimming.
12:09This is the Epaulette Shark,
12:12also known as the Walking Shark.
12:15It lives in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.
12:18It also has the extraordinary ability
12:20to overcome death.
12:24Their habitat is shallow
12:26and heavily affected by tides.
12:29They are easily trapped
12:31in a small pool
12:32when the tide is low.
12:34Oh no!
12:35The water temperature suddenly rose.
12:37The oxygen level dropped by 80%.
12:40This is the death zone.
12:43The solution?
12:46Get out of here first.
12:48Their feet are almost worn out.
12:50They have extra muscles.
12:55But even the experts
12:56may run out of pool,
12:58air, and luck.
13:02So they will shut down their brains first.
13:05The brain uses a lot of oxygen.
13:09The heart beats slowly
13:11and the blood pressure drops.
13:14The important system is just being maintained
13:17until the tide comes back.
13:21Brain, switch on.
13:23And walk away
13:24without a scratch,
13:26the Walking Shark.
13:27Back to Alien Abyss.
13:32NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
13:34California Institute of Technology