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Could you survive the real Twilight Zone? - Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel

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You’re traveling deep beneath the ocean’s surface, where faint lights flicker and toothy grins flash. Your mission is to survive these depths and journey to the surface after sundown to feed. And as a hatchetfish, almost every other deep-sea creature is trying to eat you. Can you complete the quest? Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel share how to survive the ocean's Twilight Zone.

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Life in the twilight zone looks weird or even frightening to us, but these animals have evolved to survive, and even thrive, in conditions that we could never hope to endure. What are some of the ways twilight zone animals might think we look weird or even frightening?

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Kenneth Kostel , Philip Renaud
  • Director Cris Wiegandt
  • Narrator Addison Anderson
  • Storyboard Artist Cris Wiegandt, Bárbara Fonseca
  • 3D Modeler Hugo Morais
  • Animator Cris Wiegandt
  • Compositor Cris Wiegandt
  • Art Director Bárbara Fonseca
  • Sound Designer Claudia Ioana Vasiliu
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Associate Editorial Producer Cella Wright
  • Production Coordinator Abdallah Ewis
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Fact-Checker Jennifer Nam

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