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00:00Out of this world, a totally extreme creature
00:02in the depths of the ocean.
00:04They are the stars of our nature documentary series,
00:07Alien Abyss.
00:08Their feet are not just for walking,
00:10but also for eating.
00:19An octopus that looks unique
00:21in the outer space of the universe.
00:30They eat super extreme bacteria.
00:40From the Miranilla Heritage House
00:42in Quezon, I am Ding Dong Dantes
00:44and welcome to an exciting
00:46and extreme episode of
00:48Amazing Earth in the City.
01:00ALIEN ABYSS
01:0871% of our planet is the ocean.
01:11In the vastness of the ocean,
01:13only a few of our current inhabitants live there.
01:16If you thought that jellyfish or pufferfish
01:19are the weirdest residents of the ocean,
01:21you are wrong.
01:23Remember,
01:24in the parade of the unique creatures of nature.
01:27In the story of Amazing No. 3,
01:30a jellyfish with many feet.
01:32Not just feet or feet can be used for walking.
01:35Under the ocean,
01:37there are many experts in the field.
01:39They can adapt
01:41because of the different parts of their body.
01:43The feet of the sea stars are smooth.
01:46They use these for breathing,
01:48smelling, eating
01:50and of course, walking.
01:52They also don't have brains
01:54so each foot has its own decision.
01:56That's why they can still move.
01:59Even a shark can be a foot.
02:03One of the most successful bristle worms
02:06even though they only have a head
02:08and a segmented body.
02:11The bobbit is the biggest bristle worm.
02:14It is three meters long.
02:21If you are going to swim in Indonesia,
02:23avoid the three-meter long ones
02:25because they can kill you.
02:28Some bobbits are slow
02:30that's why they can escape from other prey.
02:35But they don't give up.
02:37They found a target.
02:41Fish!
02:43Wait a minute.
02:45They can't see it.
02:47So how can a jellyfish
02:49catch a fish and swim slowly?
02:53Just watch.
02:56The bobbit is hiding under the sand
02:58and then it will release
03:00the alien apparatus.
03:02Five surveillance antennas
03:04can detect movement around it.
03:06It will twitch
03:08as if it has a spring
03:12and it is almost invisible.
03:14It moves a little
03:16and the trap will be triggered.
03:18It has a muscle.
03:20It can split a big fish's body.
03:22It's there.
03:24It's not there.
03:26It's there.
03:30It's there.
03:32It's there.
03:34It's there.
03:36It's there.
03:38It's there.
03:40It's there.
03:43It's there.
03:45It will eat first.
03:47Bobbits have a scary image.
03:51Their tube worms
03:53are like feather duster.
03:55It's beautiful.
03:59They are bristle worms
04:01that can make structures.
04:13Just like the protective tubes
04:15where they hide.
04:17This is not a surprise trap.
04:19Its weapon is
04:21a unique backpack.
04:25This is what they use
04:27to breathe,
04:29to find food
04:31and to collect building material.
04:33The bobbit is the carrier
04:35of the material in the water.
04:37They don't like big pieces.
04:40They just put a small piece
04:42in their mouth
04:44to eat.
04:46The right size bottle
04:48of sand
04:50will be mixed
04:52in their mouth
04:54to make a tube.
04:56The Mediterranean fan worm
04:58is the most successful
05:00or the most popular
05:02among all of them.
05:04It doesn't permit them
05:06even in a beautiful place.
05:09This tube worm
05:11can be found
05:13in different parts
05:15of our planet.
05:17It grows fast
05:19and its larvae can reach
05:21everywhere.
05:23It travels
05:25from the Mediterranean
05:27to the other side
05:29of the world,
05:31New Zealand.
05:33They can cover
05:351,000 square meters.
05:38It's hard for them
05:40to leave.
05:42They also have a secret weapon.
05:44They suck heavy metals
05:46such as arsenic,
05:48which is poisonous.
05:50They use it to fight predators.
05:52They also have simple
05:54eye spots in their mouth.
05:56When they feel danger,
05:58they jump right away.
06:00Speaking of artists,
06:02if you like underwater photography,
06:04you can catch a lot of them
06:06but be careful
06:08because there's an enemy
06:10in capturing pictures.
06:12Dida is the cameraman
06:14of the planet.
06:16Let's talk about the eyes.
06:18The eyes of animals
06:20have only one origin.
06:22It's been more than 500 million years.
06:24It started
06:26with a simple eye spot
06:28until it developed
06:30in different weird ways.
06:32From the simple eyes of a scallop
06:35to the unique compound eyes
06:37of a mantis shrimp.
06:39The weird eyes
06:41of an octopus,
06:43squid, and cuttlefish are also
06:45on a different level.
06:47This is the head foot.
06:49It's also known as cephalopods.
06:51Of course,
06:53tentacles can't escape.
06:55And the head has
06:57very big eyes.
06:59The out-of-this-world eyes
07:01can detect
07:04a bright light
07:06and can focus simultaneously.
07:08The eyes of other octopuses
07:10have a built-in light
07:12to see in the dark.
07:14It's really alien.
07:16It's still a big mystery
07:18why the cephalopods
07:20look like this.
07:22In 2018,
07:24some scientists said
07:26the octopus's egg
07:28is possibly from a frozen comet
07:30from space.
07:33But it was denied
07:35by other scientists
07:37because they still believe
07:39that the eyes of the cephalopods
07:41are more simple
07:43like the nautilus.
07:45The nautilus is the most
07:47primitive of the living
07:49cephalopods.
07:51They are the only ones with an external shell
07:53and they are also the only ones
07:55with a weak eyesight.
07:57Half a billion years have passed
07:59and 2,500 nautiloids
08:02rule the ocean.
08:04Now, only six
08:06are left.
08:08The biggest of them is the pearly nautilus
08:10in the South Pacific.
08:12It sinks when
08:14its body is filled with salty water.
08:18It can swim
08:20up to 800 meters
08:22before it explodes
08:24due to the pressure of its shell.
08:26But it has a problem with its eyes.
08:28It's open while it's in the ocean
08:30and it doesn't have a protection lens or cornea.
08:32Its eyes are really unique
08:34because it's like a pinhole camera.
08:38This image is more blurry
08:40compared to what the octopuses can see.
08:44At least, they can still see something.
08:46Over time,
08:48the cephalopods developed
08:50lenses and other features in their eyes.
08:54Their eyes look different
08:56compared to the vertebrae's eyes
08:59and their retina doesn't have
09:01any color receptors.
09:03But they can still see
09:05colors with the help of
09:07their horizontal pupils.
09:09And instead of changing the lens
09:11to focus,
09:13they move it back and forth
09:15like a camera.
09:19Their ability to focus doesn't change.
09:23But it's not just the clear eyes
09:25that are the secret of their
09:28handling.
09:30Their brain is also there.
09:32It's not like anywhere else in the world.
09:36This is just an ordinary octopus.
09:38Its central brain
09:40wants to smash the rock.
09:42It orders its other brain
09:44to do what it wants.
09:48At the same time,
09:50but independent,
09:52each brain solves the problem
09:54for each body.
09:57Octopus' tentacles
09:59help it to process
10:01visual information.
10:03In short, they can see
10:05using their body.
10:07One thing the octopus can't do
10:09is to breathe.
10:11It just breathes
10:13in the water that's stored in its body.
10:15It has two hearts
10:17that pump blood to its intestines.
10:19The third heart
10:21is in charge of other organs.
10:23Isn't it amazing?
10:27Or maybe they were just created
10:29to kill the octopus.
10:33In the ocean,
10:35there's a solution to every problem.
10:37And no matter how extreme it is,
10:39it doesn't matter
10:41to the alien creatures.
10:43In the summer,
10:45the sea is the top destination
10:47for Filipinos to swim in the water.
10:49But did you know that not all parts
10:51of the sea are cold?
10:53There are also parts that boil
10:56And here's the story of Amazing No. 1
10:58At Spunk, Under the Sea.
11:00Our planet is a world
11:02of various extremes.
11:04There are places
11:06that if you think about it,
11:08it's impossible to live in
11:10such as the hot ocean
11:12or the deepest part
11:14of the ocean.
11:16But believe it or not,
11:18there are people who live in those places.
11:20Just a quick recap.
11:22If you live on Earth,
11:24the source of your energy
11:26is probably the sun
11:28through photosynthesis
11:30or its product.
11:34If not,
11:36you're probably an extremophile
11:38who lives in a hot volcano
11:40under the sea.
11:42It was discovered in 1977
11:44when people started studying
11:46the deepest part of the ocean.
11:50All of this looks like an alien.
11:53There are even octopuses.
11:55The water here almost freezes.
11:57The pressure is also very high.
12:01Volcanic eruptions
12:03release very hot water
12:05and toxic chemicals.
12:09But this is what the vent shrimp
12:11who live here want.
12:13They live in the Goldilocks zone,
12:15the boundary that freezes
12:17and boils water.
12:20These shrimp
12:22are very active.
12:26The question is,
12:28where does their energy come from?
12:32The answer is
12:34from the bacteria that live
12:36with the help of chemicals
12:38from the small volcano.
12:42This is called
12:44chemosynthesis
12:46instead of photosynthesis.
12:49Chemosynthesis is a type
12:51of bacteria that lives
12:53in their eggs.
13:03In their world,
13:05they don't need sunlight.
13:09Many scientists believe
13:11that life started
13:13in the dark and hot chemicals.
13:16And the ability to adjust to the sun
13:18is the true innovation of the aliens.