[00:00.39]The riches of the Galapagos were something
[00:03.15]the survivors of the Essex could only fantasise about.
[00:08.85]One month into their ordeal,
[00:10.95]and still adrift in the Desolate Region,
[00:13.80]they were slowly starving.
[00:16.02]What the sailors didn't know
[00:17.56]was that the endless blue hides a secret.
[00:21.35]At dusk,
[00:22.33]huge areas of otherwise empty ocean are transformed.
[00:27.38]Squid shoot up from the depths to feed near the surface.
[00:31.21]Surprisingly,
[00:32.00]there are more squid in the ocean than fish
[00:34.89]and they take part in the greatest migration
[00:37.86]of animals on the Earth.
[00:39.46]Every night,
[00:40.28]a world of creatures rise up
[00:41.82]from the depths to dine on the small amounts of surface plankton.
[00:46.65]They are among the strangest-looking life forms on our planet.
[00:50.65]In this dark world,
[00:52.26]some are see-through,
[00:53.68]perhaps for camouflage.
[00:55.87]Some create their own light
[00:57.49]to communicate or lure in their prey.
[01:00.27]Others form inexplicable alliances.
[01:04.21]This young slipper lobster
[01:06.26]may be using this jelly as a buoyancy aid.
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