Something's Been Making Weird Pits in the Seafloor

For years, scientists couldn't solve the mystery of strange pits on the floor of the North Sea. Initially they blamed methane seeps, but it seems like the pits were actually made on porpoise.

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[scottcraig]

This same phenomena was happening in the Florida Keys. A friend of mine worked at the Dolphin Research Center in Marathon and told me about it. They didn't know what had caused the dimples there, either. She said they were able of observe one of the dolphins burrowing down into the sand in a rapid corkscrew--like motion. It was going after food just beneath the sand. I don't know if there's a paper documenting this, but she told me this story in about 1990.

[SAMURIADI]

"deeper than lake Michigan" wow that must have been a eels worst nightmare having a loonytoon villan pourpise chase after them

[jonjimihendrix]

So the porpoises are… mass… turbating?

I had to. I regret nothing.

[AmandaBrooks-ji]

I was so afraid that last pun wasn't going to make it in. 😂

[gravestone]

Me with my ocean pit digging shovel behind my back.

"Yeah it was definitely porpoises"

[OGCURLY]

Definitely doesn't look like an accident.

Something is doing it on porpoise

It's orcas preparing shallow graves for the yacht people ⚓

[reijiriffic]

My takeaway is im so happy there are so many of these researchers in the world to give us this information

[erlannderrantem]

i would never have thought my home town Kiel will be mentioned in a SciShow video.
btw. it's pronounced like the keel, the bottom of a boat or ship.

[icreatedanaccountforthis]

Excellent. Keep thinking it's the porpoises. Everything is coming together perfectly.

[Roroxane]

3:41 I love what you guys have been doing with the editing and how you're taking advantage of the new set! (Plus Savannah's so cute!)

[thalesb]

The combination of the background and her t shirt makes it look like a show from the 90s

[herp_derpingson]

I am not saying that it is Godzilla's footsteps, but it definitely is Godzilla's footsteps.

[cudaman-yqpq]

At least there still IS marine life in the North Sea....

[Sensei_BigJoe]

Oh god, the weirdos are gonna say they're giants footprints. I can hear it now "how can a dolphin do that, they don't even have feet" lmao

[AuntieDawnsKitchen]

As soon as I saw the title, my brain started with “Please let it not be methane pockets.”
Thank you, elusive porpoises. Our GHG budget (once we get around to making a meaningful one) will be easier.

[jaimecastells]

But... you said some of these pits are huge "deep as lake Michigan", right? That's not holes dug by porpoises, I think.

[xitheris]

Nah, bruh. It's where the gnomes have been hiding the all beans they steal.

[Toadaboticus]

Deep as Lake Michigan makes this all seem like the first ever observed marine animal mining operation.

[Sxcheschka]

That pun tho, got me a chortle, goodjob!!!