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They sweep this marine desert for food
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Oceans: Our Blue Planet

They sweep this marine desert for food in a superpod 5,000 strong

They sweep this marine desert for food in a superpod 5,000 strong

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They sweep this marine desert for food
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in a superpod 5,000 strong.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:31
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary, short
Production
OceanX Media,BBC Earth,BBC Studios Natural History Unit

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Movie Summary

Embark on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. New ocean science and technology has allowed us to go further into the unknown than we ever thought possible.
And they're leading this research vessel to a rare feeding event. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
And they're leading this research vessel to a rare feed...
But to find it, they have to be fast. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:04
But to find it, they have to be fast.
Using echolocation, they lock on to their prey. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
Using echolocation, they lock on to their prey.
By pinning the school against the surface, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
By pinning the school against the surface,
They rip through the lantern fish - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
They rip through the lantern fish
Finally, mobula rays - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
Finally, mobula rays
In just 15 minutes, all that's left is a silvery confetti of scales. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
In just 15 minutes, all that's left is a silvery confet...
These fleeting events are becoming rarer - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:08
These fleeting events are becoming rarer
The open ocean may be featureless - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:11
The open ocean may be featureless
The deep ocean is as challenging to explore as space. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
The deep ocean is as challenging to explore as space.
We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the deep sea. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the ...
(Indistinct radio chatter) - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:14
(Indistinct radio chatter)
As we descend, the pressure increases relentlessly. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
As we descend, the pressure increases relentlessly.
Six hundred feet down, we enter an alien world. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
Six hundred feet down, we enter an alien world.
A fish with a transparent head, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
A fish with a transparent head,
A layer of mud. In places, a mile thick. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
A layer of mud. In places, a mile thick.
Over time, the mud here slowly decays. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
Over time, the mud here slowly decays.
(Booming) - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
(Booming)
The deep maybe hostile, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:08
The deep maybe hostile,
Because of their hairy arms - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
Because of their hairy arms