Deep Sea Thriver

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

Pop, Society & Culture, Culture, Games, Gadgets, News, Internet, Comedy, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It’s like having “an elephant stand on your thumb.” That’s how deep-sea physiologist and ecologist Mackenzie Gerringer describes the pressure squeezing down on the deepest known living fish, some 8 kilometers down. For animals that live in such extreme pressures and temperatures (1° or 2° Celsius), snailfish don’t look very robust, or armored; you can actually see the brain through the skull. Jeff and Anthony dive into how the snailfish survives.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You ever see that movie, Dr. Strange?
0:01.5	That's very good.
0:02.5	You know, he has that cape that helps him out.
0:04.4	Yeah, the magical cape that has sentience.
0:06.7	Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's this magical cape and every time he's in trouble,
0:09.2	this magical cape comes and helps him out.
0:11.2	Because he's a good dude and the cape likes what he's doing.
0:13.0	That's awesome.
0:13.6	Yeah, you can kind of do that for this show.
0:15.7	Why, you could be our magical cape?
0:17.2	You could be our magical cape and help us keep the show going
0:20.0	and help us grow the show.
0:21.1	To find out how, go to patreon.com slash we have concerns.
0:24.4	We are magical cape.
0:30.0	You know, I love the ocean.
0:55.1	You do.
0:56.1	You love the ocean.
0:57.1	You just hate everything that lives in it.
0:58.1	Yeah.
0:59.1	I love the ocean in the way that people love scary movies and haunted houses.
1:04.1	I love the ocean.
1:05.1	The ocean is vast and mysterious and full of terror.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.