Clione, a kind of sea angel
One day back in 2015, surfing the web, I saw someone mention their favourite animal was Clione. I didn’t know what they were, so I looked at some videos of them, and I found them mesmerising. When you search the name of an animal on Youtube, there are usually entire video essays about them, or at least clips from TV nature programmes, but that wasn’t the case with Clione in 2015. Perhaps because they are tiny (under 5cm), they are hard to find and record, and maybe not enough is known to say much about them. Whatever the reason, all I could find at the time were scattered short clips, each extremely simple but with a distinct feel. In order to admire these bizarre creatures and videos more seamlessly, I made a little video compilation of them. Somehow, it has accumulated around 50 thousand views to date. The third season of Planet Earth, the gorgeous BBC documentary, contains the best footage I have seen of this creature, and finally a little bit more context. Check it out if you get the chance.