The Insane Biology of: The Sperm Whale
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Instincts debunk evolution
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little human brains need ai to listen to whales lol i hope our little brain ai do understand what whales are saying 100
Credits:
Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann
No scientists think that sperm whales have a language more sophisticated in our own
This video is trash
Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault
Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)
A Giant Submarine could easily spook or cause whales to beach. Unless they are sick. Some whales will beach with a sick Dominant Male or Females even if they are not sick themselves.
Editor: David O'Sullivan
Illustrator: Elfy Chiang (https://www.elfylandstudios.com/)
I watched and forgot the time
Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations)
Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/)
Anyone here after the whalefall trailer?
Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net)
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel)
Sperm whales spend more time traveling to work than any other mammal.
Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering)
Special Thanks To:
I've never been scared of the ocean, let alone whales, but I just learned that sperm whales are anatomically capable of swallowing a person whole, and I don't want to suffer alone with that information.
Dr. Joy Reidenberg
Susan Bird
Who else is binging sperm whale vids after reading Whalefall?
Tom Mustill - and be sure to check out his new book How to Speak Whale
https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/tom-mustill/how-to-speak-whale/9781538739136/
I like the ending the most
Imagery courtesy of Getty Images
References:
Lame to use the laptop graphic as a framing device
[1] https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sperm-whale
[2] http://www.biosciences-labs.bham.ac.uk/butler/Lewis/UDivers.pdf
This documental is amazing!!!
[3] https://www.orcaireland.org/deep-diving-adaptations-in-the-sperm-whale
[4] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn3315
08:54 they are known as the loudest animals on earth. Do they maybe catch their prey by stunning them with those crazy loud noises, targeting it at a prey?
[5] https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/ocean-depths/pressure/compare-contrast-connect-deep-divers#:~:text=The%20sperm%20whale%2C%20which%20holds,contain%20into%20a%20small%20space.
[6] http://www.eurocbc.org/Gas-bubble%20lesions%20in%20stranded%20cetaceans.pdf
[7] https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/saltwater-science/do_whales_suffer_from_decompression/
[8] https://wildwhales.org/speciesid/whales/sperm-whale/
The bit about whales possibly learning and conveying strategies for evading whalers is extremely interesting.
[9] https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/133/4/990/6263583?login=false
[10] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774244/
everybody gangsta until the sperm whale starts plotting on them in 200db morse code
[11] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244204
[12] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0030
Thats a lie we know exactly why they suddenly pop up u it's us it's always us the sonar that we use throws them off
More User Perspectives
It was definitely one of these bad boys that swallowed Jonah.
@JinxTheWriter821:35 I thought blue whales were the loudest critters
@grandpashlipshlap4950Orca's in captivity sleep upside down because they prefer more depth in fathoms.
@edzelmejia323313:10 yall are scientists bro, why can't you petition to change this name?
@DhananjayRRSatyanarayanWhalers removed the whales junk in search of a sperm city so they can rub it on their bodies and create candles. Like what!!!
@stargoddschannel37200:06 images aliens landing and they see this. "fuck this shit i'm out"
@UnknownOnionRingI've recently become fascinated with Sperm Whales and I'm not sure why. They live such interesting lives. Diving down into the abyss to hunt GIANT SQUID. Also, the clicking noises are badass. They seem to have this complex language. It's hard to believe they are there out right now as I'm typing this diving deep into the ocean.
@PNW-TwelveThe ultimate Dreadnought nature has ever created.. at least in the shape of an adult male sperm whale which simply has nothing to fear, except for human whalers historically and tankers/ships..
@danielballard3364It’s said that depending on section of the world they have different languages. Just like humans.
@merrymay1982Saying "huge stone monoliths" is like saying "huge wooden trees"
@ujustgotpwned2008It’s their biology; label it “insane” creates alienation
@zingg7203I have a lot of sperm and my boyfriend
@ReggieJohnson-pk7giHow can we make Fluent Pet buttons for marine animals as big as whales?😀
@maburydavies888They didn't talk about the fascinating but HORRIFYING history of Nantucket.
In the 1800s thousands of whales were slaughtered for their oil. ( spermaceti ).
The use of oil than is like our need for gasoline today.
The Island of Nantucket was the epicenter for the process of the whales. Check......
" Nantucket Sleigh ride ".
Another sick and sad chapter in our history.
P.S. Love this young woman narrator. Didn't get to see her as in her other videos.
I enjoyed this a lot
@wildbalance360The reason giant squid have gigantic eye balls is to be able to see sperm whale predators! 😂😮
@RP-oh9hcMoby Dick brought me here. Fascinating animal.
@capnlunch1537I feel like they can read minds too! there's no way they cant
@BewithzeeHigh-quality content for sure.
@AnimalMysteryLabTVa spermwhale reading moby dick: wait what?! thats what you humans thought of us?!
@coffeebux"Lookin Good Pengy" -the Ice King to Gunter's chief of staff in Adventure Time Elementals...
@DrewCharp14 fn Spermits in 2002?! Isnt that exactly how many Journalistas worked on the September 10th, 2001 Boston Globe Spotlight Piece?!?!
@DrewCharpMeanwhile American children are arguing about pronouns
@Aaron-rk5kl13:41
What band is that, Flogging Molly? Only band I know that uses an accordion.
0:33 sperm whales are the largest PREDATOR to EVER LIVE
@samk2407seti
@timothybowden4426if u turn on captions, than go to 7:19 (the part about how hunting methods are unclear) u can see parts of the video that she edited out. 😂
@BloomtoTablethis is such a great video thank you
@JourneyMoorcroft17:40 yah thats like comparing goals to scoring attempts, cant possibly have anything to do with the fact that they murdered a whole pile of them and there weren't as many opportunities to chuck a spear at one eh? Or did the research specifically say that they chucked the same amount of spears but missed more? Good thing the majority of people watching won't think twice at made up "facts"🙄
@aidkik580Excellent documentary re life cycle spermWhales! You communicate clearly.These whales very distinctive clicks!😊😊
@MichaelGondekImagine your a small cuddlefish and the last thing you see is a gaint maw comeing in from the darkness
@Mrmidknight-yx9pgThe black bolt animal
@karimhamouda8606