Living on the Ocean Floor

a black ghost shark is attracted to the light of the bated remote video system deployed by two papa scientists at almost 2000 metres food is scarce so the bait is very attractive the video unit lights up this dark world the Red Tails from slowly to conserve energy the green arrows indicate the long filaments that helped it to sense food and other animals in a dark this red tail was observed below a thousand meters more than 70 species of red tails have been recorded in New Zealand waters parasitic eels scrambled to get the bait stirring up the sedentary news with their frenzy the smooth skate is a New Zealand native seal sharks are notorious predators and will bite on anything they think could be their next meal while the hagfish is busy eating the bait the shark is planning a more animated dinner with attacked the hagfish releases a cloud of slime that clogs the Sharks gills and chokers hagfish have been around for more than 300 million years ample time to perfect this effective defense mechanism the wreckfish or New Zealand bass hovers among the quorum fragile coral habitats provide food and shelter for many marine animals the deep sea is full of surprises like this rare shark

Channel: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Keywords: TePapa, hagfish, ocean floor, deep sea

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Length: 3min 5sec (185 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 02 2012