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19 hours ago
Could the light be blinding all the animals? I would assume their eyes would have evolved to be extremely sensitive to light.
19 hours ago
Could the light be blinding all the animals? I would assume their eyes would have evolved to be extremely sensitive to light.
Yes, there is an issue with exploration lights effecting native life.
Recent attempts to capture a giant squid on video were only realized when they switched the lights off.
Could they use very low light cameras? or perhaps lights and cameras that dont operate in the visual range?
or have little vision to begin with
They can...swim away
Perhaps they may not have an instinct to protect themselves / swim away from blinding lights?
And might well swim toward light (as with, say, moths, sans swimming).
Probably, most sharks have nictitating membranes to protect the eye, but this family of sharks didn't evolved one apparently. In any case, they can avoid easily the light source swimming away.