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"i feel besquintled", said no one ever. because that's not a word.

The problem with studying the deep ocean is that humans need light to look at things, the depths of the ocean are extremely dark, and what lives there is accustomed to spending most of its time in that darkness. So when we go down there with submersibles and turn on Big Lights to see, we invariably and dramatically alter what's going on, in the same way that it's generally difficult to observe the natural behaviors of terrestrial animals if you whip out a megaphone and shout HEY GUYS WHAT ARE YOU DOING at them first.

I put this in the comments but feel it needs a reblog- Check out some of Dr Edith Widder’s work on light in the deep sea! Among other things, she used the bioluminescence of stoplight fish to deduce wavelengths which most deep sea animals can’t perceive and used that to create light filters to be able to film with minimal disturbance! And that’s how we got 25 minutes of giant squid footage!!!!

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They don't talk about it on the show but it was actually really meaningful and clever that they had Dennis look skinny and sickly and pale and also have a harder time focusing in season one, then in season two, after having shelter and food for eight months, his skin is more flushed, he's filled out, the circles under his eyes are much less pronounced, and he's much calmer and steadier, has a better memory and quicker thinking. In season one he drills an IO into a person that doesn't need it, he confidently says "Everyone gets an IO," and then someone says "If unresponsive." When you're sleep and food deprived, your brain moves slower, your memory fails more, you have a harder time paying attention. And they don't talk about it but the difference is so clear and I like that they subtly show that. Say what you will about Trinity but giving him a place to stay and food in the fridge could have saved his career

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s

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