The New Hunt for the Colossal Squid

The deeper you go, the weirder it gets... Visit http://mercury.com to join over 200 thousand entrepreneurs who love Mercury. Gigantic, monstrous, beautiful creatures thrive in the cold dark depths of our oceans. Until now though, most of our discoveries have just required decades of work for the chance to just get… lucky. Now, there’s a NEW WAY to discover the animals hidden in the deepest oceans. And all you need is a drop of water… In this video, come with us as we dive into our deepest oceans. Together we’ll see what’s hiding there, explore how we discover new animals today, and reveal the shocking new tech that is unlocking a new age in deep ocean discovery. Huge if true! Mercury Note: Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC. Chapters 00:00 What did they find in the deep ocean? 03:16 What animals are hiding in the twilight zone? 05:29 How do we find giant monsters in the deep? 06:43 What else is still hiding in the abyss? 07:42: Why do they get so BIG? 10:20 What can a drop of water tell us? 11:28 How does eDNA work? 12:24 Can we find the colossal squid? 15:03 What about totally unknown species?? 16:19 What’s the new frontier of ocean discovery? 17:04 Why is this huge if true? 18:00 :) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ You can find me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/cleoabram On TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@cleoabram Or on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/cleoabram Bio: Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, HUGE* If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s popular YouTube channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s YouTube Originals show, Glad You Asked. Additional reading and watching: - NOAA's eDNA Fact Sheet: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/environmental-DNA-fact-sheet.pdf - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: https://www.mbari.org/know-your-ocean/what-is-environmental-dna-edna/ - How eDNA technology is changing the game for protecting ocean species: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/12/this-will-finally-lift-the-veil-how-edna-can-see-the-oceans-hidden-life - Tracking Down Ocean Species On the Go Using eDNA: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/tracking-down-ocean-species-go-using-edna#:~:text=A%20drop%20of%20the%20prepared,previously%20run%20via%20the%20internet. - New DNA tool 'changes everything in marine science: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/edna-environmental-dna-counts-fish-changes-marine-science - DNA left by ocean animals provides rare glimpse of marine ecosystems, Stanford researchers say: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2017/06/dna-left-ocean-animals-provides-rare-glimpse-marine-ecosystem - Exploring Deepwater Ecosystems with eDNA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSSLigCl8Y - eDNA in the Twilight zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2djwE5-SG8 - eDNA: How Scientists See Hidden Animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8m8SLQZX0Q - How we can detect pretty much anything: https://youtu.be/bdwU_ZPk1cY?si=CMe19bv49U2PcBrP - The Wild: Eily Andruszkiewicz Allan: The magic of eDNA https://www.kuow.org/stories/eily-andruszkiewicz-allan-the-magic-of-edna - NOAA's Ocean Omics: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/noaa-omics/ - Ocean Census: https://oceancensus.org/ - 1OceanFoundation: https://www.1ocean.org/news/the-untold-story-of-mediterranean-sea-through-environmental-dna - UNESCO: https://www.unesco.org/en/edna-expeditions - Minderoo OceanOmics Centre: https://www.minderoo.org/resources/oceanomics/ - WilderLab (where our test kit is from!): https://wilderlab.co/ Vox: https://www.vox.com/authors/cleo-abram IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10108242/ Gear I use: Camera: Sony A7SIII Lens: Sony 16–35 mm F2.8 GM Audio: Sennheiser SK AVX and Zoom H4N Pro Music: Musicbed, Tom Fox Follow along for more episodes of HUGE* If True: https://www.youtube.com/cleoabram?sub_confirmation=1 — Hey, welcome to the joke down low! What do you call a fish with no eye? A fsh. Find a way to use “fsh” in a comment to let me know you’re a real one who made it to the end of the description :)