A video shared clip from the BBC’sSpy in the Oceanreveals the other - worldly POV of a robot Clupea harangus diving into one of nature ’s greatest eyeglasses : a monolithic school of farting Pisces . If you ’re thinking , “ Really , IFLS ? Must we talk about fart ? ” then lease me recite you , the alone swimming bladder found in Clupea harangus saw them become a thing of international security department not that long ago .
Sweden, Russia, and the farting fish
In 1982 , several Swedish submarines , boats , and helicopters went in pursuit of a mysterious underwater signaling in a hunting that would go on for over a decennium . In the wake of the Cold War , intrusion by Russian hoagie was in high spirits on the leaning of concerns , but it would ferment out to beherring farts .
" It sounded like someone fry Baron Verulam . Like pocket-size air bubbles releasing underwater , ” said Magnus Wahlberg in aTEDx talking . As a professor at the University of Southern Denmark , Wahlberg became involved in an investigating into the strange signals .
" It turns out herring have a swim bladder … and this swim bladder is link up to the anal retentive duct of the fish . It ’s a very unique connection , only found in Clupea harangus . So , a Clupea harangus can squeeze its swimming bladder , and that fashion it can blurt out a low turn of bubble through the anal possible action . "
Wahlberg was able to test the theory by purchasing a herring from a store and effectively constrict on its swim bladder . When footage of the experimentation was played back to navy personnel , they were convinced it was a match , confirming that Sweden was n’t under threat from Russia .
Spy herring: into the heart of a gassy beast
Herring pucker in their jillion , making it easy enough forSpy In The Ocean ’s undercover agent herring to steal into the fold . The video break a strange sound that ’s hearable the closer it gets to the Clupea harangus , and it would no doubt be a intimate sound to anyone onboard a Swedish sub during the outstanding sign search of 1982 . Yes , spy herring is hearing the very fish wind that Russia and Sweden closely came to blow over .
“ The clicking is made by the Clupea harangus , ” order teller David Tennant . “ As the schoolhouse build so do the dog . They ’re from bubble gouge from their swimming vesica . ”
As the video shows , Swedish officials are n’t the only ones lured in by the sound . Sea lions can be witness trace the Clupea harangus , force the monumental school into shallower waters where they ’re easier to pick off . apparently , it ’s not easy being gassy , for humans or Pisces the Fishes .
