DIVING WITH BEAKED WHALES
Beaked whales are the most mysterious of all marine mammals. So far, there are about 20 species known around the world. They inhabit deep, pelagic waters spending very little time at the surface.
As a consequence, scientists are developing technologies to learn more about these elusive toothed whales. Mark Johnson has designed a non-invasive way to study them using a device called the DTAG.
We join Mark, Natacha Aguilar de Soto and their team on El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain, as they search for beaked whales to study their movements, habitat use and vocalizations.
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muy buen video siogan a si.
Excellent presentation of this activity, you should pubicise this link and clip more.
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Herzlichen Dank für die gute Dokumentation.
I’m a member of OceanCare, Switzerland and also the Newsletter of them. Look in your area to organisations like that. More members have more power to the governements.
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Thank you for your good dokumentations.
Thank you for your efforts to learn more about beaked whales, it sounds like you are making a real break through with detecting the difference in their clicks to other whales.
I enjoyed this greatly. I was just lookin’ for some marine biology podcasts, and this is one I found and as I was watching it, I couldn’t look away. I would love to see these whales sometimes, but I have no schooling or money for an expedition such as thus.
But if I can’t go on my own expedition, I can always watch yours. Please learn more and share the knowledge!
Some of us are going to be going to school for this, you know!
Cool stuff guys, would love to help one day, feel free to keep sendin’ me info, blessings, brianbutcher!
I have seen Cuvier’s Beaked Whales many times when crossing the Bay of Biscay to Santander or Bilbao in Spain and I am fascinated by this group of enigmatic cetaceans. This video footage throws some light on their mysterious lives deep down in the oceans depths. Congratulations on producing a very informative and educational documentary.
Great video and information on this unique animals. I am hoping to be diving in the canary islands next year. I dive a good bit in the Hawaiian islands and it is fascinating to study and analyze deep water / island environments. Keep up the great work.
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