10 Strangest Things Found By Deep Sea Divers

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10 Strangest Things Found By Deep Sea Divers
The universe is full of surprises and although we’ve into a ton of them, something mesmerizing comes out every single day.
Take the earth’s waters for instance. It’s no secret that much has been discovered about them. But on the other hand, also, there is still a lot to be studied. That’s why it’s only natural to run into completely interesting stuff once in a while when you dive in.
So in today’s video, we’ve compiled some of the most interesting finds by deepsea divers over the years. Have a look.
#10 A Lost City
Well, lost cities aren’t completely unheard of especially if you’re familiar with Greek mythology – think Atlantis. But as mentioned, this is all fictional.
And the idea of an ancient city being buried under the sea remained far fetched until just recently. In 2000, Egyptians ran into the ruins of a reallife ancient city near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile. That’s about 2.5 kilometers into the Mediterranean Sea and about 10 meters below the surface.
The city is probably one of the most prominently mentioned by ancient writers and historians such as Strabo, Herodotus, and Diodorus.
In the Egyptian antiquity records, it was referred to as Thonis while the Greeks called it Heracleion. That’s why, at one point, historians believed these two names referred to two different cities.
In its heydays, the city served as a trading port with its significance increasing in the Late Period of ancient Egypt when it doubled up as a place for tax collection.
It’s believed that Thonis grew increasingly weak due to earthquakes and tsunamis along with rising sea levels. This destruction began at the end of the 2nd century and by the time the 8th century was wrapping up, the city was below the Mediterranean Sea.
#9 A Giant Eyeball
Our second item in this video wasn't really found deep in seawater by some diver. Rather, it was discovered on Pompano Beach in Florida just lying there. Finding stuff on the beach this way is only natural thanks to water currents moving back and forth.
But something like a giant eyeball is sure to raise attention. The ball is said to have been the size of a softball and whatever creature it belonged must have been remarkably huge – and it has never been known up to this day.
The guy who picked it up handed it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission forwarded it to the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute for further studies. Scientists were speculating that the eyeball might have belonged to a large fish like a tuna.
But according to National Geographic, the most likely owner of this big eye was a squid. Why? Squids generally have their eyes embedded in soft tissue, hence easier to detach. This was later disproved after it emerged that the eyeball was surrounded by a bony structure.
This among other properties like the color has led scientists to believe that the eye once belonged to swordfish and was probably cut out by a fisherman.
#8 An Undersea River
This was discovered in 2010 by scientists at the University of Leeds. Named the Black Sea undersea river, it is the first such known stream. That said, such streams had always been picked up in the past by sonar scanning. The discovery of the Black Sea stream provided proof that these streams were just like surface rivers.
One of the largest rivers of this kind runs below the Amazon River from its mouth into the Atlantic Ocean. But such rivers are usually unpredictable and possess immense power rendering explicit studies a major challenge.
Just like the surface rivers, the Black Sea undersea river has the usual features like waterfalls, riverbanks, rapids, and floodplains.
Interesting, right? Let’s hope it will be sooner before scientists figure out a safe way to uncover more information about these underwater rivers.
#7 Oarfish
Oarfish are top contenders in the fish kingdom as far as size is concerned. At a length of roughly 8 meters at maturity, they’re the longest bony fish alive today.
You would expect that they’re a common sight with such conspicuous body frames but nope. They're deepsea swimmers and come in shallow waters only rarely. An oarfish swimming closer to the shore means it’s most likely looking to die or, on rare occasions, injured. That’s why most of the oarfish that have been spotted near the surface are usually dead.
To catch these beasts in their most real glory, you'll have to venture down between 200 and 1,000 meters in temperate and tropical oceans where they frequent. At these depths, the currents are way weaker as compared to the surface waters