The Deep-Sea Podcast

Tales of monsters persist to this day and there’s no better place to hide them than in the deep sea. We are joined by paleontology student and cryptozoology blogger Tyler Greenfield to look at some of the most famous sea monsters and see if there is any truth to the stories. We discuss megalodon, globsters, plesiosaurs/Nessie and all manner of strange carcasses that wash up from time to time.

We have a good hard listen to The Bloop and I call upon an expert in the undersea calls of marine animals, Nicky Harris. She also has a tale from the high seas for us... a rather grizzly bit of nature in action. People in the front row will get wet.

Also in this episode, we talk about glowing sharks, the largest bioluminescent vertebrate. Soft robotics to the planets deepest places and Alan picks a fight with a polar bear, taking on The Octonauts’ very own Captain Barnacles.

Finally, we hear from Don Walsh, who shares some ocean myths that went on to have a grain of truth.

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or you own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

Read the show notes and find out more about us at:

www.armatusoceanic.com

Links

Bioluminescence of the Largest Luminous Vertebrate, the Kitefin Shark, Dalatias licha: First Insights and Comparative Aspects

Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench

10 Bizarre Deep Sea Creatures (treehugger.com)

Tyler’s fantastic blog

Tyler’s cryptozoology paper archive

A link to Beebe’s book, Half A Mile Down

You can find Tyler on Twitter @TylerGreenfieId

Papers on Helicoprion

1. Jaws for a spiral-tooth whorl: CT images reveal novel adaptation and phylogeny in fossil Helicoprion
2. Eating with a saw for a jaw: Functional morphology of the jaws and tooth-whorl in Helicoprion davisii

On the Giant Octopus (Octopus giganteus) and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill

How to tell a sea monster: molecular discrimination of large marine animals of the North Atlantic

NOAA’s response to the Mermaids: A body found

Fish tales: Combating fake science in popular media

Credits

Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel (http://marvel.nu/)

Additional music - Lost In The Forest - Doug Maxwell, Media Right Productions

These little oddballs are closely related to sharks and rays but often go unmentioned. They are full of intriguing quirks, from lacking a stomach to possessing a reproductive appendage on their head! We speak with Dr Brit Finucci from NIWA, a lover of deep water sharks and champion kicker of heads (she is also a competitive Muay Thai fighter) all about these fascinating fishes and why they are so interesting.

We also speak with Leo Richards from Natural World Facts about his journey into making deep sea documentaries. If you have ever searched for deep-sea videos online, then you will have definitely come across Leo’s content, as his captivating way of sharing the deep-sea has reached millions of people.

Talking about high-quality content, The Professor has been joined offshore by a team of filmmakers, ready to capture the latest in hadal research. So expect some highly professional footage to come out in the next few weeks!

Finally, Andrew talks us through some physical features of the Chimera, including its pretty hefty defensive spine and some gnarly stories about things getting impaled.

Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!

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We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Monty Priede | Audrey Gathright

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Twitter:

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley

Georgia - @geeinthesea

Instagram:

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Thom - @thom.linley

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Spade-tooth whale washed up

Earliest shipwreck found

Submarine canyons in Australia

Gold below the seabed

Dark oxygen discovered

Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks and rays

Seals predating on Chimaera

Brit Finucci - Fisheries scientist at NIWA, New Zealand

Leo Richards - Founder of Natural World Facts

Andrew Stewart - Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Museum, New Zealand

Isabella Liu - Illustrator inspired by the ocean

Meghan Jones - Artist inspired by the deep sea

Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Logo image - Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Published 1895)

Edited by - Georgia Wells

#deepsea #deepocean #chimera #chimaera #ghostshark #rabbitfish #shark #podcast #science #marinebiology #alanjamieson #thomaslinley #britfinucci #sharkweek #NIWA #int...

We’re back on the elasmobranch train with our latest episode all about deep-sea sharks!

We speak with Justin Cordova, co-founder and deputy director of The Rogue Shark Lab all about the fascinating world of deep-sea sharks! What makes them different from their shallow-water relatives? Why do their eyes glow green? How exactly do you get into a career in deep-sea shark research?

The Professor is trapped in paradise (somewhere in Fiji) whilst he quarantines before his next big offshore expedition. But he’s not alone - alongside his new pal Roger (the guard gecko) he's quarantining with deep-sea celebrity, Jason 'J-Rod' Rodriguez. The famed SuBastian ROV pilot is joining Alan on this next leg of the expedition to the Tonga Trench. Make sure you're following us to hear all of the updates in our next episode!

Andrew is back from his travels and was just as excited about our Lake Baikal episode as us! In this month's Coffee with Andrew segment, he talks us through the unbelievable similarities between deep-ocean and the deep-lake fish of Baikal.

Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!

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Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community!

We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Claudio Zanette | Becca Nicholls | Rebecca Rulnick

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Check out our podcast merch here! Which still includes Alan’s beloved apron.

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Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO

Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic

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Keep up with the team on social media

Twitter:

Alan - @Hadalbloke

Thom - @ThomLinley

Georgia - @geeinthesea

Instagram:

Georgia - @geeinthesea

Thom - @thom.linley

Read the show notes and find out more about us at:

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Study shows sexual parasitism helped anglerfish invade the deep sea

Biological Sunglasses in a Deep-Sea Squid: Pigment Migration in the Retina of Gonatus onyx

The huge new paper on the classification of ray-finned fishes (living and fossil)

Ryan Howard - AUT Squid Squad PhD Candidate

Kat Bolstad - AUT Squid Squad leader

AUT Squid Squad Website & Twitter

Andrew Stewart - Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Museum, New Zealand

Justin Cordova - Co-founder of The Rogue Shark Lab

Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Logo image - AMNH

Edited by - Georgia Wells

#deepsea #deepocean #shark #podcast #science #marinebiology #alanjamieson #thomaslinley #justincordova #sharkweek #megalodon #goblinshark #interview #scicomm

Located in southern Siberia and covered in thick ice for almost half of the year, the colossal Lake Baikal reaches depths of 1600m making it the oldest, and deepest lake in the world. With hydrothermal vents, methane seeps and vast swathes of endemic species, this ancient lake was too tempting not to talk about.

We speak with Professor Marianne Moore, a Limnologist who has been working on the lake for over 2 decades. She guides us through its incredible ecosystems and species such as the world's only freshwater seal, deep water insects and foot-long flatworms! Plus, we hear about the myths and mysteries of the lake: from scientifically testing whether the mafia can use amphipods to effectively dispose of bodies, to whether there really is 1600 tonnes of gold hiding at the bottom of the lake.

The Professor is back on land after a succession of crazy adventures which includes writing a paper on backwards swimming in deep sea fish, finding the worlds deepest nudibranch (possibly) plus discovering his friends live in the most metal place ever.

There’s no Coffee with Andrew segment this month as he is taking a well deserved break (and is possibly touring the country looking for the strangest milks he can find), but we do hear from Kakani Kajita about the recent release of FathomVerse - the mobile game helping to contribute to deep sea citizen science. Kakani tells us about how it’s doing in its first month of release, and how it’s already making an impact in training deep sea AI models.

We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:

Elinor Wahl | Andrew Stewart | KJ Quintanilla | Thomas Brattheim

Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!

Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...

Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on:

[email protected]

We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!

We are also on

Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO

Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic

Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic

Keep up with the team on social media

Twitter:

Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke)

Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley)

Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)

Instagram:

Georgia - @geeinthesea

Thom - @thom.linley

Read the show notes and find out more about us at:

www.armatusoceanic.com

Triton submarines are building a new submarine to visit the Titanic to show that deep sea exploration is safe

Robotic Explorers Uncover Unexpected Ancient Origins of Strange Seafloor Formations

Deep-sea sponge's 'zero-energy' flow control could inspire new energy efficient designs

Intro to Lake Baikal and lakes:

Mogolov, L.S. 2017. The Soul of Siberia at Risk. Wellesley Magazine. p.16-22.

Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest’eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world’s ‘Sacred Sea’ – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417

Thomson, P. 2007. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal, Oxford University Press. 320 p.

Vincent, W.F. 2018.