Show Notes
More than three quarters of all animals in the deep ocean produce some form of living light. Not a few. Not a rarity. Most of them. In a place without sunlight, light did not disappear from life. It simply changed hands.
🌊 In this episode: • The anglerfish and the bacterial lantern it carries inside its own body • Lanternfish and the greatest daily migration on Earth, happening in the dark • The dragonfish and the private color almost nothing else in the ocean can see • The vampire squid and the art of surviving where almost nothing else can • The bobtail squid, and a night spent glowing in order to disappear
You are drifting through a dark that was never actually dark, surrounded by lights the sun had nothing to do with. Let them carry you down. Perfect for falling asleep, unwinding, or anyone curious about ocean life.
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