Have you seen the rare footage of the Anglerfish in shallow water? The viral tiktok video of the deep sea creature that swam to the surface from the depths has gone massively viral.
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00:00The internet is currently enraptured by the poetic and tragic story of this very scary-looking fish.
00:08On February 5th, 2025, Instagram user Condric Tenerife posted footage of a black sea devil
00:13anglerfish swimming vertically up toward the surface of the sea near the coast of Spain.
00:17The caption on the video describes that the footage was taken during a shark research campaign
00:21and credits the team who captured it. The description explains that black sea devil
00:24anglerfish are typically found between 200 and 2,000 meters in depth,
00:28considered the midnight zone of the ocean, meaning that this is a rare occurrence and
00:32may be the first recording of such an incident. They write, the reason for its presence in such
00:36shallow waters is uncertain. It may be due to illness, an upwelling current, or fleeing a
00:40predator. The video is set to the eerie-sounding instrumental music from the Phantom of the Opera.
00:49The same video was shared to TikTok on February 6th by Haranatura,
00:52where it garnered a staggering 120 million views in approximately 10 days.
00:57Following the virality of the video, it was reported by the New York Times and other
01:00publications that the anglerfish died a few hours after its rise to the surface,
01:05with the team behind the video claiming it was injured, which was likely the reason it
01:08swam toward the surface to begin with. The story of the fish inspired creators across the web to
01:13make art, memes, and other sorts of reactionary content about the anglerfish who swim up from
01:18the depths, with many imagining that the fish was aiming to see the sun for the first time before
01:22dying. For example, on February 9th, TikToker GoPickUpYourBook posted a video mashing up the
01:28anglerfish video with an unrelated 2024 webcomic about an anglerfish who surfaces and dies by
01:33ex-user Beetle Moses, garnering 5.8 million views in a week. On February 16th, TikToker Drew J.
01:39Garcia posted an animation depicting the anglerfish swimming to the surface in a Pixar animation style,
01:44garnering over 2.1 million views in a day. The internet would continue to creatively express
01:49their sorrow for the frightening-looking creature's life coming to a poignant and poetic end.