Scientists have managed to film the adorable super deep-sea snailfish in 4K
One Japanese organisation has gone where no one else has before.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has filmed a snailfish at a depth of 8,178 meters (26,830 ft) in the Mariana Trench — a record depth for capturing a fish in video footage.
"We've set a world record for filming a fish at an accurately measured depth," JAMSTEC senior research scientist, Kazumasa Oguri, told the Japan Times.
The video was taken with 4K cameras mounted on JAMSTEC's deep-sea research vessel.
The purplish-looking Mariana snailfish, who is believed to have visited the trench to feed, was caught on camera, likely attracted by the bait that the scientists placed. Read more...
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Scientists have managed to film the adorable super deep-sea snailfish in 4K
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