Eel Suffers Toxic Shock From Brine Pool, Blue Planet II

This is an exclusive clip from the Deep episode of Blue Planet II. At the bottom of the ocean there are brine pools which have a salinity level three eight times the usual sea level. When a Cutthroat eel gets too close it goes into toxic shock and is lucky to make it out alive. Subscribe: WATCH MORE: New on Earth: Oceanscapes: Wild Thailand: Welcome to BBC EARTH The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you ll find 50 years worth of astounding, entertaining, thoughtprovoking and educational natural history content. Dramatic, rare, and exclusive, nature doesn t get more exciting than this. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service Feedback