The Nektons are a family of underwater explorers who discover the hidden secrets of the oceans, including sunken cities, sea creatures and pirates.
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00:00I've never seen them in these concentrations before and they go on for miles and miles
00:28they glow and they feel like slime i love them strange and totally but what can you do
00:37sorry slipped normally all of this would be eaten yeah not by me no no no no no no
00:46slipped let's go see why the fish in taiwan aren't hungry
00:59take us forward slowly fontaine
01:04no fish you mean there are low concentrations he means none there are no fish on sonar within
01:11five kilometers well the smaller ones wouldn't show up on sonar no the fish
01:17all the fish are just gone the ocean is empty
01:29my family are explorers we have been for generations while others look up to the stars
01:35we know there are an infinite number of things that shine in the darkness below
01:39there are things lurking in the seas that long ago vanished into men
01:43my family are explorers and we explore the deep
01:59the taiwanese fishermen sound frustrated there are no fish to catch
02:03very unusual our instruments show volcanic activity on the seabed aunt
02:09maybe that's producing poisonous gases i'm not reading any toxins theory number one just
02:15crashed and burned and i don't have a theory number two i can see algae larval shrimp the
02:21occasional nematodes it's like an all-you-can-eat buffet here just no fish to eat it it's okay
02:29jeffrey come on in the water's fine right let's see how deep this problem goes i'll take us down
02:37it's okay mom i've got this are you sure you've never piloted below a thousand meters before
02:44you said i needed more piloting hours the depth should be part of my practice mom
02:48if fontana's driving could you get jeffrey and maybe make him a little seat belt bye aunt
02:55hey wait for me
03:00most fish live in the top sunlight zone so let's try below 200 meters what if the twilight zone
03:06is empty too then we're in very strange territory indeed
03:16and you should be able to see fish here that have adapted to low light
03:20nope they're staying away maybe they just don't like you or there's some major fish party that
03:26we haven't been invited to and everyone else has tickets i'll admit it's a long shot come
03:31back inside aunt we're going deeper
03:39okay we're below a thousand meters welcome to the midnight zone around 180 atmospheres
03:46of pressure squeezing against the aeronax right now fontaine slow steady moves please
03:53keep your eyes peeled oh come to port three degrees fontaine i saw it too look kill the
04:00interior lights anglerfish it's possible but many species use bioluminescence down here
04:11at least it's something nice to see you guys so we do have fish in the midnight zone
04:20what happened outside temperature rising volcanic thermal vents
04:26so stay clear trying
04:35gently my remote diagnostics picked up multiple alarms it's okay professor we're handling it
04:43are you really at 190 atmospheres boiling water rising fast enough to pick up pieces of seabed
04:52i've never seen vertical currents this strong mom it's okay fontaine i've got this
04:58thermal vents in the midnight zone are no place for a driving lesson thanks
05:10so if all the fish seem normal down deep then the problem is up here
05:14right i've got something on sonar a large object another submarine no it's not solid
05:25but what is it you're the marine biologist you tell us is that every fish in the area altogether
05:34i told you there was a fish party we weren't invited to coming to full stop i need pictures
05:40here
05:49totally bizarre what are they all looking at
05:54i have to see this up close fontaine take over you'll be fine
06:01so
06:08very very strange they don't even notice me they're turning to port now
06:17what's glowing i'm not sure moving closer just be very careful keiko
06:24fish are letting me brush them aside like they don't care
06:28there's something moving in the center a creature about half the size of the rover
06:36but so pretty oh so pretty oh it's a pretty witty creature it's just cuddly
06:49okay that's uncomfortable um can you hear me keiko uh
06:57you okay pretty witty kindly one more time mom talk like an adult if you can hear me okay
07:14her vital signs are fine pulse normal blood pressure normal but she's not responding to us
07:19it's like she's in a trance are you reading me keiko
07:22uh mom's still controlling her night that's good i suppose
07:31fish keep getting drawn to the light like they're hypnotized
07:35mectans i've checked everything in our database nothing matches this
07:39bioluminescent blurs are used to attract prey to eat right well um yes right now keiko is prey
07:49i'm going to get her
07:55dad hey you might need these mom's welding goggles
07:59they'll cut out most of the creature's light good thinking
08:02hey i'll bring her back don't worry
08:21is it possible that those geysers of warm water force this thing up from the midnight zone without
08:26it disintegrating it's not unprecedented for example sperm whales go down and back
08:32they're strong enough to withstand the pressure difference it's changing course
08:39fish up here i've never seen a bioluminescent lure it doesn't need to hunt fish come to it
08:45and professor bioluminescence attracts fish not people oh but light affects people too fontaine
08:52we get vitamin d from sunlight there's sunburn and strobe lights can make people ill i still
08:57think it's hypnotism remember when i put you under for five minutes you thought you were a penguin
09:03what you will forget i said anything switching on the rover's infrared camera
09:12good we can't afford to see the creature's visible light spectrum
09:15can you hear me
09:30got her yes good job dad
09:38i i can see dad
09:45dad what's happening no no no don't do it
09:52who's the pretty one yeah it's you it's not me it's you who's the pretty one
10:05no dad
10:05dad whoa that felt good if we can't get mom and dad away from that glow
10:21they're never coming back dad talk to us
10:25coochie coochie coo the rover's remote control system we can bring it back
10:38yes i love it when a plan comes in
10:41oh no dad just overrode the remote
10:56do you really think this is a good idea two nights are stronger than one maybe we can grab
11:00mom and drag her back then worry about the rover how do we see we don't we can't afford to
11:06we'll rely on instruments you know how i'm often critical of your hair brained ideas
11:11so often i've got nothing better i'll take that
11:20jeffrey i'm leaving you in charge i have complete faith in you captain
11:25turn on your sonar uh i knew that activated stealth mode too keeping a low profile only
11:32for radar he can still see you okay the fish just changed direction again get lost is that what's
11:41okay the fish just changed direction again get lost is that what's going on
11:58dad can you see us dad i don't think he's even looking at us wait the cloud has stopped moving
12:07something's happening the creature's coming it's a gigantic anglerfish
12:11what's it doing up here it's heading towards you but i'm undercover i'm in stealth mode
12:17why me am i the fish mind reader i don't know okay staying calm you're my backup if it tries to eat me
12:26you got me right buntane kinda just don't move
12:36what do you think it's doing it seemed to be lost but now it's staring at you like it's found
12:42something well i am very charismatic to a fish jeffrey thinks so of course he does just don't
12:50move a muscle mr charisma am i allowed to breathe i'd prefer you didn't
12:58i can't stand this it's like it's sizing me up thinking will it take a bite of arm or leg
13:04they both look so good oh why was i cursed with being so appealing to fish
13:08one of the world's great mysteries okay i'm gonna move aside slowly not smart but that's so you
13:16it's moving with you but why just go away you shouldn't even be here go home wait a minute
13:27and disengage stealth mode are you crazy what for just trust me i hope you know what you're doing
13:35i hope so too it's swimming away but why i'm still food it was attracted to the shadow knight
13:45stealth glow it's almost identical to its own maybe it thinks you're related that's it come on
13:53and
14:00mom loves that mirror yeah she won't mind now i need you to follow behind me in the aranax we'll
14:06use the claw arm to grab mom and dad great idea except i can barely see anything on the infrared
14:11monitors through all those fish it would be like picking a needle out of a haystack just follow me
14:17i'll start leading that thing down back to where it belongs once we get deeper some of those fish
14:21won't be able to take the pressure and they'll start to back off that's when you grab the rover
14:25with the claw at those depths it'll be harder for me to steer the ship and maneuver the arm i know
14:31well it's the best harebrained idea i've got are you up to it as long as it gets mom and dad back
14:37that's all i care about me too
14:43stay close to me i'll try
14:48hang in there dad this will work mom trust me hey slow drivers move coming through if you're left
14:58look out okay there you are all right fish who is this like what you see so far so good
15:13fontaine keep it smooth come on that's it let's just get you home
15:20come deeper okay entering the midnight zone
15:33a lot of these fish won't be able to handle the pressure here
15:41they're leaving
15:42oh but you keep coming big guy i've got a clean visual uh aunt how deep are you going as deep as
15:52i have to aunt we didn't discuss this the rover can go right to the very bottom but not the aranax
15:58and definitely not the knights my knight is stronger than you think and you're not as strong
16:04as you think maybe but home for this guy is down deep in the midnight zone not my favorite zone
16:10to drive in you can do it fontaine gentle moves take it easy
16:25huge pressure here getting really hard to move i'm reading 219 atmospheres 219 times normal and
16:33i don't want to think about it our friend is feeling fine for him it's like a walk in the
16:37park i think it's time it's your turn now fontaine come on i'm being gentle
16:49okay pressurizing the moon pool room equalizing with the midnight zone pressure
16:59engaging claw arm
17:01contact
17:14this is your plan are you sure the claw arm is stronger than the rover um when i say
17:19plan it's really more of a shot in the dark and you're telling me this now
17:32oh thermal vents here
17:37i can't hold this for long then we'll have to be quick it's time for part two
17:50don't fight it please
17:53oh no
18:04ed don't do this snap out of it please
18:14don't leave me here alone
18:16oh no right no one else can do this up to me
18:35so much for gentle moves i'm not letting go now or ever
18:45oh what's happening okay dad i need you to grab mom but whatever you do don't open your eyes
18:57okay what where am i
19:07oops sorry about that mr fish and don't look at it
19:15fontaine what just happened don't worry about it dad i need you to get mom
19:22right do exactly what i say and remember to not open your eyes
19:31when i say i need you to clamp down with the rover's arms gently i'll direct you
19:38straight ahead get ready get ready
19:44a little to the left right now
19:50got her
19:54where am i it's okay mom everything's all right except and it's coming right before you
20:02where is it to your left the mirror oh no
20:13it's typing and you did it it's following all of its reflections down
20:19safe travels big guy come back to the aranax the fish are safe now and so is the amazing hypnotist
20:33dad don't open the canopy the pressure is too strong thanks for that i feel like i've just
20:39woken up from the nicest dream okay that's one way of looking at it
20:48do you think that is the creature's mother well there's a definite family resemblance family
20:54reunions are a good thing he's back home now let's hope he stays down there you guys did
21:01very well we should let fontaine pilot more often thanks well that'll be up to jeffrey
21:09he's captain though gee you fall into one trance and you miss so much it's okay captain jeffrey
21:16the good news is you'll never have to see the scary fish again bad news is
21:21you still have to see and apparently that was humor jeffrey
21:51you