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Genre: Education
Date of upload: Oct 4, 2022 ^^
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It is hard to quantify, but I am almost comfortable with the overwhelming dread of the sea. It's as if, in a time when natural conquers and untouchable lands are relegated to history, I feel a sense of pride that the ocean is our final frontier, and after it is inevitably discovered and documented, we'll be left with one less fairytale. The part about beasts becoming animals is cathartic, I love each discovery but know I will only get to discover it once. Incredible video, Inspiring as always.
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A fun interaction with the Reaper Leviathan in Subnautica: if you hold a live fish in your hand when the Reaper approaches you, instead of attacking you it will eat the fish. I like this interaction, it reminds you that you are dealing with an animal, not some kind of a 'scary monster'. And the likely reason it attacks the player is only because they intrude on its territory.
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there's a scene from Happy Feet that always stuck with me, and it fits so well with this video.
The penguins are trying to escape a leopard seal by swimming through a glacier. It starts breaking off underwater, and for a brief moment, you see an excavator in the ice. There's a little Hawaiian bobblehead doll floating inside the cab. You had up until that point, seen no proof of humans existing, but deep within the ice, there it is. And it falls to the dark, icy dephs, never to be seen again. Still gives me chills
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These "fear of" videos are so enthralling for me, in large part because I don't have that alluring fascination with the horrible crushing depths of caves or the deep ocean drawing me down, so it just feels like "cool, more reason to stay away from the spooky murderthing", but then I remember I can't get TOO cozy patting myself on the back for how sensible I am, because I 100% feel the call of the void for Outer Space, a thing that would for sure kill me WAY more than the ocean -R
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Hey Jacob, I worked on the Owens lake drybed restoration project (phase 2) back in 2003. We laid 7 miles of 56" (inside height) steel and concrete lined water pipeline, about 50' deep in the sand. What a crazy experience. It was over 110°F in the shade. You drank over a gallon of water each day. Anything plastic became like playdough. The dust was choking, the wet sand was so caustic you had to wear rubber boots, it ate out cloths and burned exposed skin.
The first phase already in place, they used shallow flooding irrigation to grow tall grass marsh plants, as a test to control the dust and erosion. The affect they didn't think about, this shallow flooding leached out through the sand and collect deeper where we had to run the pipeline. It created sinkholes that ate bulldozers, and that water running through the crap in the sand made it super concentrated. It would burn skin if you rinse it off. We had to run dozens of huge pumps 24/7 to keep our dich dry. But with no real soil to absorb and hold that pumped water, it just leached back into the ditch. Setting the pipe was fairly easy and the welders followed behind us, welding inside and outside the pipe. My favorite job, was cleaning up after the welders inside the pipe. You lay on a small wheeled dolly, and start heading into the pipeline. At each joint, you do a quick sweep and pickup the burned up arc welder sticks. It was well lit the first hundred feet or so, but it quickly became a pin head of light untill it faded into a void. I enjoyed the adventure and how much cooler it was compared to the surface. Plus being the only person to not come screaming back out with claustrophobia earned me some free drinks back in town. And I got to stay in/ work on an old travel trailer that was used in one of the "I Love Lucy" movies. It was abandoned near Lone Pine, where tons of films still get shot around there. It ended up in the little trailer park, where I ended up staying. After that pipeline phase finished, I stayed there, becoming the trailer park/ campground manager, building maintenance man and cook at the Frost Chalet, the local ice cream and burger joint.
Thanks for all your videos, but especially this one for taking me back on memory lane.
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When I was 19 years old, I went skinny dipping into the sea with some people. It sounded like such a good idea on the well-lit beach. As we ran from the beach towards the sea, the light would become dimmer and dimmer. You could still see the waves crashing on the shore, but as we jumped in and swam a little bit we suddenly noticed the blackness of the water. All the light of the lamps at the beach were swallowed by the water, and as we observed it felt as if the light had a limit. There on the beach and at the shoreline was the safety of a visible world, but we had just entered a void. With nothing to see and only to feel, water swushed around us and it suddenly didn't feel as if we were in the sea anymore. It had become something akin to outer space. Me and my friends felt a fear run down our bodies that felt so primitive; so vulnerable. We swam, ran and clawed our way out of the water and never looked back that night. I love the sea and the ocean, but we'll always be a visitor.
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It is worth remembering that an animal can remain undetected through the combination of a few key factors. As a filter feeder the megamouth shark doesn't leave evidence in the form of bite marks in it's prey. As a raptorial species the megalodon would certainly have left evidence of their presence in the modern era.
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I don't know if Jacob is aware of the oarfish, but I think it at least deserves a shout-out in the same capacity as the Kraken/Giant Squid. Sea serpents are very real, majestic and beautiful in their natural habitat, and yet we know very little about them beyond what scraps wash up on shore and the brief, tantalizing videos we have of them swimming in the depths.
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My man, I absolutely admire your dedication to theatrical presentation.
You consistently have the most hypnotic and entrancing videos I can find on this website. They always leave me thinking for days afterwards. And a big part of that is because of how you present it.
You are genuinely the best writer I have seen on YouTube and I get as giddy as a schoolgirl every time I see a new video from you pop up in my feed.
Keep up the good work, it's appreciated.
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I'm an over the road trucker and listened to all of your video essays while driving mostly through the Southwest. It's a testament to their listenability and your descriptive nature without NEEDING to see the video, although I'm sure I'm missing out to a certain degree by being a safe, attentive driver. I love your videos and am grateful for every bit of work you put into these. Thank you very much for what you do.
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The first time I saw a real abyss was off the coast of Spain in 2013. I went for a swim in the sea, and the shelf just... dropped. All there was was my shadow beneath me and the rays of filtered sunlight through the blue, blue water. It was terrifying and fascinating, and I will never forget it.
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As someone who has both been deeply interested in cryptozoology AND worked as a marine science educator, the question of where to draw the line between enrapturing myth and engrossing science that you describe has been one that I've personally felt. Mystery or discovery, analysis or storytelling. These days I get drawn towards the more scientific side to things, it helps us better protect and understand the world around us as well as how we affect it, but I still like to smile when people ask me if lake monsters exist. I like to think they do :)
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This video, including the original song at the end, was 100% funded by my patrons. Join my Patreon and I will put in a good word for you with the kraken: www.patreon.com/JacobGeller
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