This fish SINGS and it's incredible 

Fall asleep, meditate or study to the soothing (creepy?) song of the plainfin midshipman: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-22Eo5o6NyYU.html

40ish years ago as a kid I was playing in the tide pools around Avila Beach, CA and found one of these things. I told everyone I found a fish under a rock on dry land and it grunted at me, but nobody believed me. Today I'm vindicated! Fascinating!

For humming at such a low frequency, those fish actually deserve the name “bass”.

I have no clue why the algorithm shows me this, but I love it. Very interesting.

It sounds like buddhist monk chanting in a monastery, which is relaxing and meditative

Sounds kinda like a ship horn in the distance.

That fish was a second away from being called a farting rockfish.

0:42 The captions said " *FART SOUND* " when the fish made the noise! 😂😂😂😂bahahahahahaha

I love how she gets us excited about science because she is so passionate about it when she speaks

I was a child when I watched Don Knotts in the movie “The Incredible Mr. Limpet”. It’s the story of a man that loves fish so much he becomes one after falling into the water. He becomes a WW2 hero when he discovers as a fish he can make a loud bellowing sound to warn the navy of the presence of enemy ships. This fish makes that story come alive for me!

I love her passion and communication style ☺️

Sarika, you sound like the type of marine biologist that ignites the interest of science and discovery in children... and that must be a most fulfilling task!

“Far over…the misty mountains cold… to dungeons deep, and caverns old..” I think that’s what the fish are singing. 😂

Imagine going out to the sea at night before humans were everywhere with our light and noise pollution and hearing the sound of their mating call and seeing the gentle glow is bioluminescent algae as the waves strike the rocks beneath the starry expense of the Milky Way.

They OM chant and it sounds divine… like a group of monks chanting it!

My daughter wants to be a marine biologist, I'm totally sharing this with her. Thank you

This is so underrated. The presentation is quite different from the usual animal science videos. The atmosphere here is so warm, cozy, casual, and whimsical due to the visualizations and the music.

I’m so pleased to have lived long enough to see such a change in how underwater creatures are understood instead of being dismissed as a lower order of animal. Now more people understand that like land animals, water animals feel pain, live interesting and complex lives, etc.

THESE FISH ARE JUST LIKE FROGS IN A WAY, THEY SING TOGETHER THE SAME WAY FROGS SO AFTER IT RAINS.

I have never seen a video like this on RU-vid. Fun, light hearted story telling with a scientific theme intertwined.. puppetry, reals models of the fish, footage, audio and authentic laughs. Genius!

2:27 is what you came here to see, skip the contrived mock interview

Now I want 1 hour long recording of the plainfin midshipman fish's humming sound on SPOTIFY!..

They're ohming. This is probably the coolest natural phenomenon I've ever heard of. ❤

As a fellow fish enthusiast (and herpetologist, fellow studier of the misunderstood underdog) I’m so excited that fish are FINALLY appreciated by the public. Listen, I have intuition and I foresee a time within our lifetime where fish verbal/ electromagnetic communication will become a significant field of study. And we’re going to realize just how intelligent so many of them are. It’s already started. I also think that with AI’s help we will be able to start communicating with Cetaceans in the near future. I truly do. I’ve been training my yoyo loaches to know when it’s feeding time vs water change time, vs other tank maintenance. My goal is to see if they react differently when I hum a different series of notes to them through the glass. So far they have begun to act accordingly for each “song”. This is far from a scientific experiment, but observations are incredibly important as you know. I need to start documenting this little personal experiment, but this indicates that they are able to identify precursors to change in environment, and anticipate this change. This would suggest the cognitive ability to comprehend a “future” point in time. Also, that they may be able to identify different frequencies and sequences but they could also just be reacting to visual cues and stimulus too…though as you know loaches have poor eyesight lol. This is all just hypothetical at this point, but you might want to start looking into developing studies for these observations, for as many species as you can! (I won’t ask for my name in your research paper lol) Anyway, sorry nerding out. Thank you so much for your research!!! I quickly fell in love with this fish. I can’t wait for my husband to wake up so I can show him this video. Sisters in STEM 💪

If I was at the beach and heard rocks farting, I would be traumatized, and never return.

I love the puppetry and stop motion story telling! This fish is not hideous at all....

She’s adorable. She makes me want to learn more. Her delight of fish is contagious 😊

I love how they look like they have rows of bedazzled jewels around their... throat? neck? whichever.. it looks like little diamonds

The puppets caught me off guard, they were great! I literally said " Wait, WTF WAS THAT?!" and rewound it several times to verify,lol 🤣😜😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂

I love that this critter's defensive vocalization sounds like an angry whoopie cushion!

I caught one of these around 17 years ago while night fishing off Pepin Island, New Zealand. Made me jump out of my skin when I was retrieving the hook (Barbless) from his mouth and he growled at me. They're amazing little things.

She's a great teacher. Her passion is infectious.

The more we learn about nature, the less we know, how beautiful, how harmonious❤

This was my favorite thing I learned today.

This is beautiful and sounded like the “om” of meditation. Truly magnificent. Without context, it’s easy to mistake this for something dangerous, but when you know that they are singing to praise their existence, and the existence of their opposite gender, you just can’t help but feel wonder. Life is absolutely beautiful.

It sounds like the humming of a big boat coming near the coast. 😊

I truly admire her passion.

I absolutely love her excitement and enthusiasm, as well as learning all sorts of info about this species of fish.

Their song really is relaxing.

That sounds like Buddhist monk chanting…comforting.

Sounds like the perfect man to me. If I kiss one of these fish, will he turn into my prince? 😂😂😂

A Midshipman is what a new graduate of the United States Navy Academy in Annapolis MD is called.

This is awesome it sounds like monks singing Ohm or a fog horn.

This lady's incredible! I want her to teach me more stuff!

Plainfin midshipman. That is astonishing. These fish should get the Fish of the Millennia award. I love the deep singing. Having lived near this bay for so long I'm surprised I never heard it. Thanks for such a great story!

Her passion, his playful spice… cute puppetry… sold! I loved this fish story. Thanks guys! 🎉

As a singer myself I can appreciate the dedication.

That would be the ultimate white noise to sleep to

@7:36 They way they stopped music is funny. I like when someone put so much attention to these kind of small details while editing.

Her interest is contagious! What a great teacher and what an amazing world we have to live in!

1:55 plain fin midshipman meditative hum. 100's humming the same note so loud their hum escapes the ocean into the surrounding air

The visual gags in this are top notch

I like that their defense move is to give predators the raspberry!

It's like they're saying Om, and yes it's a very meditative sound

She was a delight to listen to. It's this kind of person that makes kids love the natural wirld

I didn’t think I would watch the whole thing, but this was truly amazing how you keep the audience engaged with your approach to learning and teaching! ❤

Her enthusiasm for this little fish is great!

I wonder if these kind of shenanigans are how our ancestors first came out of the ocean?

At the beginning it sounds like monks chanting “Om”! I think its relaxing and beautiful. It must be sending great vibrations to the residents and enhancing their lives at that meditative frequency. Wonderful.

This fish reminds me of the mamma octopus and sacrifice for her children. it's so noble. We need more men like this in human form. The kind that don't put their ego's first but put the community and the children first!

Monty Python would have a field day with these facts.

"... 🎶take me to the river🎵..."

I saw this fish on the beach about 20 years ago and never knew what it wa until today! Thank you Sakira!

I am by no means a water person and know nothing about fishes but this story is just amazing!!! 🙌🏻. Thank you for explaining it. ❤️

It sounds like monks chanting!! I love it!!!

Wow. This was so refreshing. If our children's camp and education company here in China could collaborate or work with this team I would be thrilled. It's actually increadibly hard to find wonderful people in the sciences for my daughters and all the children we nurture to look up to and wish to emulate. Sincerity, warmth, relaxed humor, passion, joy in discovery, attention to facts and truth, just fantastic Sarika and Anthony!

Sooooo interesting! And so well-produced. The puppets made me laugh so hard.

GLORY BE TO THE CREATOR THAT CREATED ALL THOSE WONDERFUL SPECIES.

She is right!! It actually sounds like OOOHM very relaxing 😊

Better "midshipmant" than "fart song fish".

She's incredible! the way she describe these fish is making me more interested in fish! what a scholar!

That sound is totally hypnotic and relaxing. What incredible creatures !

This is what I live for , the discovery of these fun things about natural

Wow that one special fish allright!

When I was doing my masters of marine science at San Francisco state, we had a professor emeritus around who worked on these guys' acoustics. His name is Roger Bland. This has brought back a lot of fond memories of my times in the intertidal zone working with porcelain crabs

This story is delightful and could only have come from the CBC. Well done.

This was so much fun! What an amazing fish. ♥ Thank you Anthony, Sarika and the production team

Thank goodness for people like Sarika. Very cool to know about this fish :)

I lived in a sailboat for a while. It’s one of my favorite memories. If I could, I would do it again in fact, I would never leave the ocean. At night is my favorite time. Laying in my listening to the sounds. There are many unwritten rules of living in such a community of boats. Sound travels through the water, most wonderfully, or horribly depending upon the sound. And one of the boats was a musician. He would play at night until 10 o’clock. 21:00 or 9 o’clock at night was the time to quiet down, 22:00 or 10 o’clock was the hour of silence. He played the violin, the French horn, I’m not sure, but I think the oboe, sometimes the guitar but very seldom… but this could’ve been a record player. His violin at times could break your heart as a song, always travel through the water and verberate off my hull. The French horn was so romantic it would make your heart sway. But I think was the oboe, that I can’t really describe, but when you close your eyes, you were floating suspended over a hidden paradise lightly with exotic flowers, and the fresh breeze off of clear crystal water. Just say I I look forward to the evenings of listening to the music is a great understatement. When he changed his plane to more subtle and sweet music with the tones of woodwinds, music to put children to sleep. At 10 o’clock silence. Well…. Almost silence. The orchestra and the choir of the sea would begin its turn. The snap shrimp would be busy, snapping and clicking, and the fish would start to sing your songs looking for mate. I so love the sounds this day. I miss them. A recording would not do it. You need a feeling of floating on the water to accompany. The sounds. And then there’s a sound of the riggings as the lines and halyards back-and-forth. The night here on a boat so full of sounds, they can transport your imagination to another plane where your heart can do nothing else but sing.

How much you appreciate this fish is so endearing.

I’ve heard that sound!I thought it was my imagination!!

This is my new favorite fish, I don't know what my other favorite fish was but this fish rocks. No pun intended 😊

It’s a pretty fish. And so dedicated to its family.

Seriously, those fish could be used as a background for an awesome ambient track.

This was brilliant. Love how she presented it all.

I could listen to & watch this woman all day, she told us these facts perfectly, ive absorbed her knowledge, bravo lady 👏 🙌

I agree with the guy. If I heard the fish humming like that, I would think it's my impending doom 😂. Not today Final Destination! Not today! Hi-yah! But what an interesting fish. Learned something new today.

I love this fish talk . Such a great vibe .

That is incredible. I never heard of that singing fish. You learn something new all the time😁☮️

They don't know the words... ...so they hum. 🤭

wow, i have never cared for fish, let alone been fascinated by it....until this documentary. The host did a GREAT job, and the lady also was so good at explaining and making this super interesting. Thank you!!!

According to neuroscience we should learn something new everyday. So today I learned something I would never have thought about unless You Tube had this video available for us.

Mother Nature is awesome!!!

Sarika, you are great story teller and presenter. Had me hooked at Plainsmen Midshipmen.

Who knew? You learn something everyday. And it was a lot of fun doing it. Interesting conversation/information. Thanks for posting.

"Om" is the sacred sound of the universe and the essence of all creation in: yoga, Hinduism and Buddhism. What an amazing study, thank you.

WoW just an amazing fish ❤ The humming sounded like Tibetan chanting.

What an amazing species of fish. Thank you for educating me.

0:39 there’s so much more to this fish. Fish: 💨

I can't get over that fish spitting out rocks.