{"id":38221,"date":"2022-04-04T00:05:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hakaimagazine.com\/?post_type=custom_visuals&#038;p=38221"},"modified":"2022-04-12T12:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:22:01","slug":"putting-the-deep-sea-on-display","status":"publish","type":"custom_visuals","link":"https:\/\/hakaimagazine.com\/videos-visuals\/putting-the-deep-sea-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Deep Sea on Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vimeo responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Putting the Deep Sea on Display\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/694525282?h=52b112cbef&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The deep sea can sometimes feel like another planet. It\u2019s cold, dark, largely unexplored, and inaccessible without sophisticated machinery. It is also home to a wide variety of other-worldly-looking creatures such as the vampire squid, barreleye, and salmon snailfish.<\/p>\n<p>However, the deep sea is no alien world, says Alicia Bitondo, a senior aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California and one of only a handful of aquarists specializing in deep-sea species. Over the past few years, Bitondo and her collaborators at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have pulled dozens of deep-sea fishes and invertebrates from the ocean\u2019s abyss in preparation for the world\u2019s first large-scale deep-sea exhibit\u2014one that will show people how connected they are to the deep sea.<\/p>\n<p>Tending to those recruits back on land has been a challenge, especially since scientists knew next to nothing about the biology and behavior of many of them and had to learn how to keep them alive in captivity. Recently, Bitondo became the first aquarist to breed a salmon snailfish. One of her breeders was rescued by the aquarium after being caught unintentionally by a deep-sea trawler. OG (which stands for \u201coriginal gangster,\u201d since he was the aquarium\u2019s first snailfish) initially refused to eat in his new home. After much trial and error, Bitondo determined she could stimulate his appetite by tickling his whisker-like pectoral fins, which are equipped with taste buds. Since then, OG has thrived and Bitondo has grown attached. \u201cHe might be my favorite,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>OG\u2019s offspring will soon be on display as part of the exhibit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montereybayaquarium.org\/visit\/exhibits\/into-the-deep\"><em>Into the Deep: Exploring our Undiscovered Ocean<\/em><\/a>, along with several other species that have never been exhibited before, including the bloody belly comb jelly and deep-sea siphonophores. Through the exhibit, which opens in April 2022, the aquarium hopes to introduce people to the wonders of the deep sea and show them that the habitat isn\u2019t as alien as they may have thought. \u201cWe don&#8217;t want people to think of the deep sea as something that is inaccessible,\u201d says Bitondo. \u201cBy bringing it to them, we hope to make that connection and have people realize that while [deep-sea animals] may look strange, they are still Earth creatures.\u201d She adds, \u201cSeeing these animals in person will create an experience that will hopefully be memorable and inspire people to want to conserve this kind of habitat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Producers\/Directors\/Editors: Annie Roth and Alex Goetz<\/p>\n<p>Camera operators: Annie Roth, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Emily Harwitz, Brian Phan, Graycen Wheeler<\/p>\n<p><em>Hakai Magazine<\/em> producer: Meigan Henry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deep sea can sometimes feel like another planet. 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