Hunt For The CRAZIEST Looking Creature In the Ocean (*Holy Grail* Of Diving) 

Which critter was your favourite?! You can only pick one! Although I think your favourite might change when you see part 2 👀 ...

@@barnydillarstone oooh that's a tricky question! hmmm.....let me think.... I don't know if I can do it..... choosing a favourite is out of my capabilities... but.... if I HAD to choose, it is between the purring fish and the little sea horse.

@@enchanted.evergreen good choice(s)!!

Thanks for the comment, Robert! Great to have you on board. New video out toady/tomorrow 🚀

Thank you, friend! Glad you enjoyed. This is obviously a slightly different style (and a new series) but really enjoyed making it and plan on making lots more like this. I can't wait to drop the next one either (I saved all the best finds for part 2!!).

Thanks, Paul! Appreciate the support, man. I think you'll enjoy part 2 more...

Oooo good choice, Claire! Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for your kind words :)

I'm sure I can record a nudi video just for you Brosky...

Haha I've just googled and you're right!! The soot sprites look a little friendlier though. I'll try and get some more footage of these urchins in future videos because they are incredibly bizarre looking, and interestingly, you can often find a lot of small critters hiding within their spines. They also move A LOT faster than you would think...

You won't believe how fast they can move! I'll try and get some footage for you at some point, Neville! 👀

Hey from Indonesia! I was actually watching some Blue Planet last night and taking notes on his delivery 😂 Really appreciate the kind words 🙌

@otome3072 Thanks for the comment - so glad you liked it!! Hit me up when you're in Bali and maybe we can dive together 🤞

👀 Nope, this is my first and only channel! Thanks for your kind words though - that's perhaps the biggest compliment I've received and I really appreciate the support :) Do you have any marines in your tanks, or freshwater only?

Thanks for the kind words!! The white balancing takes a while, and I can only do so much with some of the footage, but glad you appreciate the effort 😅 Completely agree with you about going after things. Interestingly, this weedy scorpionfish became quite famous in the area and I've seen tonnes of pics of this fish online. Frustratingly, I've even heard stories of people picking it up and carrying it into shallow water to photograph it. It hasn't been seen in a long time... Your point about finding rare things in places where mostly locals live is interesting. I've even observed this over small scales. For example, some of the sites I dive in Indo have 'end points' where 99% of divers ascend. All the cool critters know this, and they just sit 100m beyond these end zones. For me, 90% of the fun is in finding things that nobody else knows about or that you don't expect. For example, I recently saw a hammerhead on my home reef after about 600 dives. This will always be more memorable than dropping in on a site where I'm almost guaranteed to see them. One of the main goals for my channel is to get to a point where I can explore sites that have never been dived. I want my videos to capture the adventure and excitement of finding rarities, or things I didn't expect to find! Keep the feedback coming - really appreciate it!!

@@barnydillarstone Well, I do have this weird anxiety sometimes that I now need to go and dive all the places before the reefs all bleach and the last fish disappear from the waters. Well, I noticed what you're trying to do (because I'm a bit adept with video production) and have subscribed. Myself, right now I'm trying to organize my next dives. I'm freediving so it's a bit different than yours and I'm really trying to convey a sense of place in my videos. Fish are still tricky sometimes. Next to subspecies of plants it's one of the hardest things to keep straight through multiple languages and regional dialects. And sometimes it's just unlucky when you're trying to keep fish like anchovies, sardines, and sprats apart. 😅