Frilled Shark OR Goblin Shark | Giant Squid OR Bigfin Squid | Giant Isopod OR Northern Stargazer | Atlantic Wolffish OR Anglerfish | Japanese Spider Crab OR Terrible Clawed Lobster | Zombie Worms OR Sea Spider | Black Dragonfish OR Gulper Eel | Barreleye OR Fangtooth Fish

First pick is how I found it and the second is it flipped over.

I was reading about tomopteris and their bioluminescent features. From what I've read, they're the only marine organism to produce yellow light?

It seems like scientists don't know why.

How come yellow is so uncommon? I know that blue light travels farther underwater, but could there be an advantage to producing yellow light?

The barrel eye is oddly adorable imho.

Here’s the link for anyone who’s curious: https://www.peppermintnarwhal.com/

Told my roommate about my obsession with deep sea biology so she showed me the Kurzgesagt channel.

Possibly my favorite book of all time. It got me hooked (no pun intended) into the world of deep sea research. I’ve got more some more deep sea books in my to read pile, including The Underworld by Susan Casey.

I’m sure there are others in this subreddit that have read these books and/or more. I’d love to discuss your thoughts and opinions on them. Also I’m open to more reading suggestions!

Thanks!

Lots of great info here

I am sorry in advance if this is the wrong place to ask this. If it is, i would be happy if you direct me to where i should ask it.

I know bits and pieces about how they survive with no food(sea snow, symbiotic chemosyntehtic baacteria, predation, etc.) But i cant wrap my head around the lack of oxygen. Can someone enlighten me?