Deep Sea 3D

00:13:09,498 --> 00:13:13,252 The kelp rafts are a favorite gathering place... 107 00:13:13,418 --> 00:13:16,755 ...for one of the strangest creatures in the ocean. 108 00:13:18,090 --> 00:13:21,426 It's called a Mola mola. 109 00:13:24,388 --> 00:13:26,890 This one's about 5 feet across. 110 00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:30,853 But he can grow to more than 4000 pounds... 111 00:13:31,436 --> 00:13:34,439 ...mostly on a gossamer diet ofjellyfish. 112 00:13:39,611 --> 00:13:43,115 But Molas don't come here for food. 113 00:13:43,282 --> 00:13:48,287 They come here to be cleaned by halfmoon perch. 114 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:53,750 It's a cleaning station in the open sea. 115 00:14:02,426 --> 00:14:06,138 Looks like this time, the entire family came along. 116 00:14:18,817 --> 00:14:24,156 Currents are as vital to life underwater as rain is to life on land. 117 00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:27,826 Along the North Pacific Coast, they sweep nutrients up... 118 00:14:27,993 --> 00:14:30,996 ...from the depths to nourish a dense growth of plankton. 119 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,586 The basket star has sensed the current... 120 00:14:37,753 --> 00:14:42,841 ...and opens serpentine arms to snare passing tidbits. 121 00:14:56,688 --> 00:14:59,024 Barnacles are feasting too. 122 00:14:59,858 --> 00:15:03,737 They stick out their furry little legs to catch food. 123 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,036 The translucent creatures clinging to the kelp... 124 00:15:11,203 --> 00:15:13,497 ...are called nudibranchs. 125 00:15:14,498 --> 00:15:17,334 They come in a thousand varieties. 126 00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:23,382 They're close relatives of the common garden slug... 127 00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:27,386 ...but much more beautiful. 128 00:15:30,514 --> 00:15:32,474 These are hooded nudibranchs. 129 00:15:32,641 --> 00:15:34,852 They use their hoods to scoop in water... 130 00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:38,021 ...then slowly squeeze out all but the food. 131 00:16:01,420 --> 00:16:04,923 The hairy arms of feather stars... 132 00:16:05,090 --> 00:16:07,217 ...are great for combing out food. 133 00:16:08,093 --> 00:16:09,928 But in a pinch... 134 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:14,057 ...they're even better for escaping from marauders. 135 00:16:21,273 --> 00:16:24,276 The marauder is a sun star... 136 00:16:24,443 --> 00:16:29,364 ...and it will eat a feather star if it can catch one. 137 00:16:40,626 --> 00:16:44,254 But it much prefers to dine on juicy shellfish... 138 00:16:44,421 --> 00:16:46,131 ...especially sea scallops. 139 00:17:52,364 --> 00:17:54,449 Did that one bite back? 140 00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:09,798 What an intriguing landscape. 141 00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:12,885 It's home to one of the oddest relationships ever... 142 00:18:13,051 --> 00:18:15,053 ...between a predator and its prey. 143 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:17,389 It's actually a forest... 144 00:18:17,556 --> 00:18:19,516 ...of animals known as tube anemones. 145 00:18:21,727 --> 00:18:26,440 They protect themselves with stinging cells hidden in their tentacles. 146 00:18:27,316 --> 00:18:30,319 But there's a predator who covets those stingers. 147 00:18:33,238 --> 00:18:35,657 It's a rainbow nudibranch. 148 00:18:36,408 --> 00:18:38,202 And he's a thief. 149 00:18:39,328 --> 00:18:42,080 He eats tube anemone tentacles. 150 00:18:51,757 --> 00:18:54,259 But he doesn't digest the stinging cells. 151 00:18:54,468 --> 00:18:58,347 Instead, he'll pass them on into the feathery gills on his back... 152 00:18:58,514 --> 00:19:00,766 ...where they continue to live. 153 00:19:01,433 --> 00:19:05,479 So now the stolen stingers protect him. 154 00:19:12,611 --> 00:19:14,696 The sun star is back... 155 00:19:14,863 --> 00:19:19,618 ...and he'll devour a nudibranch, stolen venom and all. 156 00:19:22,788 --> 00:19:24,623 But like any good thief... 157 00:19:24,790 --> 00:19:27,793 ...the nudibranch has a getaway plan. 158 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:10,502 The Irish lord. 159 00:20:11,128 --> 00:20:14,506 He can hide from his enemies and his prey. 160 00:20:17,926 --> 00:20:21,180 It's not so easy for the crab to hide. 161 00:20:21,972 --> 00:20:24,016 But he has great defenses: 162 00:20:24,183 --> 00:20:27,019 Sharp pincers and a rock-hard shell. 163 00:20:39,198 --> 00:20:41,033 The Irish lord... 164 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,619 ...may have bitten off more than he can chew. 165 00:20:44,161 --> 00:20:46,038 Before he can swallow his dinner... 166 00:20:46,205 --> 00:20:49,875 ...the crab will have to release that death grip on his upper lip. 167 00:20:55,130 --> 00:20:57,966 And now, a rare close-up look... 168 00:20:58,133 --> 00:21:02,804 ...at the domestic life of the California mantis shrimp. 169 00:21:03,639 --> 00:21:05,891 He's only 10 inches long... 170 00:21:06,058 --> 00:21:08,894