Beluga Whales of the Mystic Aquarium | JONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD 

Omg Ikr! They are the best animals on earth!

Indeed

+Gwendolyn Fullerton I had a group with my friends called beluga squad I know it sounds wierd but yeah....................belugas are cute

livsantos I would join the beluga squad xD It does not sound weird, it sounds like the most amazing group on this planet

Me Too!!!!

Amber Sunflowerz hi

Lmao they think the humans are working for them 😂

@@kimberlina.54 They ARE working for their wealth 😌

Ya look at the opening the first thing you see is a frustrated baluga biting another baluga

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@@maryoushkash6717 ??? I am English

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We all need enrichment

Of course they are bored, there is nothing in that tank for them to see or to interact with, except the other belugas.

Bunni Armani yeah but they can’t release them because they were probably born in captivity.

@@Pashasmom1 Studies show this isn’t true.Nonetheless if they’re bored or not they like people to dance and do things for them.They’re mammals...they need some sort of stimulation..Seaworld is just....horrible..

@@its_ezralol seaworld is really really bad

Humans: Hey beluga ! I’m bored, dance for me... 😐

Sean Ó Briain Staff is trying their very best to give these animals the best care. But the truth is...they are not suitable to captivity, they develop all sorts of stress related health issues, and their lifespan is much shorter than in the wild. Out of 11 belugas that used to live in Mystic, only three are still living. And the common misconception is that some of them were rescued. No, all but one ( bred in captivity ) were "collected from the wild" meaning brutally captured for entertainment purposes. So you are right not being a big fan of aquariums :(

+Olga Pristin I agree with you Olga.

+Stefanie Elia Before you tell anyone to know the facts and do the research, maybe not the worst idea to do your own? The mere statement that belugas in captivity reproduce really well tells me that you haven't done it yet. This is a fact that even captivity industry admits, the population of captive belugas in the US keeps declining despite every effort made to breed them and make sure calves survive. I would like to see the reliable source of information about 20% mortality rate in wild beluga calves, really curious to see who published this data. Now you compare AVERAGE to MAXIMUM, well you cannot do that. You EITHER compare average to average, or maximum to maximum. Now, based on tooth ring analysis belugas in the wild can live up to MAXIMUM of 50-60 year( 60-70 according to NOAA Fisheries ), oldest captive beluga known lived up to 46. It's hard to estimate the AVERAGE for the wild populations but top marine researchers put this number around at least 20+ ( NOAA Fisheries put it at 30-50 years for wild belugas wild span). Let's look at Mystic belugas. Since 1975 Mystic Aquarium has housed 11 Beluga whales. Three whales are still living, and eight have died in captivity at the aquarium. Three whales have died under the age of three, four between the ages of 8 and 15, and only 1 lived 29 years. Overall, that's a staggering mortality rate of 73% and you can calculate the average. You asked where the facts are from? These are from the Ceta Base, the most reliable database of captive cetaceans in the world. Regarding helping wild population, please tell me how holding less than 40 whales in captivity helps wild population ( which are not endangered by the way )? NO RESEARCH done in Mystic helps wild population to survive. Yes, I have seen wild belugas ( no scars on the ones I saw ), yes I talked to many cetaceans researchers, yes I read Mystic and other aquariums research papers, yes I talked to their stuff, I have the e-mail conversation with Mystic representatives about research they do, and even according to them ALL valuable research is done on wild populations in Alaska where they go every summer. There is no educational or scientific value in keeping this animals in tanks, even putting ethical aspect aside.Sorry to be so closed minded for your taste.

Love how the person ( Stefanie Elia ) leaves rude uneducated comment and upon receiving an answer decides just to erase it and disappear...

+Olga Pristin Well you should probably check your own facts. One of those whales in the video is actually 35 years old so well over the 29 years old age you cited.

I WISH I WISH I WOULD BE YOU.

💙 *Free Beluga!*

It’s not „exploring“ if it’s always the same environment. Intelligent creatures need new things to explore regularly. But I get your point. At least they can watch outside and watch the humans. That gives them some stimulation at least

Still sucks

Was h2o a tv show or are you talking about water

H20 is a movie and a chemical on the periodic table. Known as water/wa wa.

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Pizza OMG THATS SO ME #TWINZES

Lindsay McLain I just said she is likee me i never said im a beluga

The Beluga and dolphins and beluga whales

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Me: Llamas

I LOVE THEM THEY ARE SO ANIMATED. JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF THEM.

MerksX209A You can play with me

The Beluga a

I volunteered there last summer was one of my best jobs I've ever had other then being in the Navy I worked with both the Beluga's as well as the sea lions

@@CDRhammond How did you go about Volunteering ? Is there a certain person to contact ?

@@178brayden go onto the website www.mysticaquarium.org and click on the volunteer tab down on the bottom fill out the info required and volunteer staff will contact you from there for a interview to see if your a fit

True dat there so cute when they smile

Saika Tags they don’t even lay eggs...

@perrier Lmao they're mammals dumbass. Nice try.

You have no idea :) if you ever make it down to Mystic just don't turn your back on Juno unless your wearing a rain jacket ;) he's one big attention hog and if he feels your ignoring him he'll soak you for it :D

@perrier that is beluga sturgeon you know

Yes. You splash the beluga and they splash back.💦🌊💧hahahahahaha😂🤣😄😁😆

The orcas too!

True

That's why so much more horrible of the locked up.

@@gv3252 you know i dont think having this huge tank is so locked.

GV , I agree.We have no right to take these whales away from their life and pods. They belong in the ocean where they can swim and be with their pods.

Andres parra they swim 100km or even more than that

jack davis I'm cute yay

HAHA yes you are

yes.I think Beluga whales are so cute.

General Kenobi

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A sound of distress...

+ZinNYC There were a lot of "alternate acceptable answers" to that one! LOL

i am thinks a white closet of 2000 pounds

BlueWorldTV your the best diver in the world

But its bright white

Lol

Poor whales

@@peterbeadman9010 huh

Cant at mystic too many risks involved. overseas though its a lot more Lax when I was at NSA Bahrain I went swimming with 2 Beluga's and a hyper seal pup

@@CDRhammond Omg did you really took it seriously?

@@D1CEI You'd be surprised what I've seen people do. plus I was asked that very question at least 4 times a day when I volunteered at mystic had to tell them sorry cant insurance wont cover it but if they ever traveled overseas they'd have better luck

Same

+Alime Jaramillo Shut up

You shut your " Gamers for ever " ass up little boy.

Ha now this is a nice channel no harsh language

+Aime Jaramillo ok that was fucking hilarious

Ivan Gonzalez it CAUSES depression...in animals. But "luckily" there are vets that give these belugas antidepressants on a daily basis, so we can cure our depression at their expense.

+Olga Pristin yeah so giving antidepressants is awesome for captive whales and makes it ok...lol...no they don't need them in the wild

leah messick All captive cetaceans are depressed, the fact that we don't want to see it, or stuff them up with drugs doesn't change the fact that we are killing them for our own pleasure.

+Olga Pristin I was being sarcastic...I think it's horrifying

Olga Pristin You want them to be free and end up as someone dinner? They cant hunt for themselves since they've never learned to now hush

Next time you go turn your back when Juno swims by he might spray you like "hey don't ignore me when I swim by"

Juno is very curious and likes meeting new people but he also knows that a new trainer means he can try getting away with things he knows he cant do with the rest of the staff ;) Kinda like how in school students would pull things on a sub that they would never think about doing when the regular teacher was in :p

I think so.

Same thing happened to me at the Shedd Aquarium! it was awesome! I love Belugas!

Rach Rach 😭😭😂😂

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Paulo papaeni they were raised in captivity, and they cannot survive in the wild. seaworld is a completely different issue.

That's true. Why then move them from facility to facility in attempts to breed more captive whales? Do you have any idea how stressful these transfers are for both the animals that are being shipped across the country and the ones they are leaving behind? Why try to bring in more wild caught whales thus encouraging more and more captures ( I hope I don't need to explain what I mean by that - assuming you are aware of collaborative effort of SW, Shedd, GA and Mystic to import 18 wild caught beluga whales from depleted Amur Sakhalin population )? How is it different from SW? They "share" whales with SW, they join them in supporting wild captures...so how different???

i think what they should do is take care of these ones to the best of their ability. seaworld is actually pretty cool for care (not their aquariums , but they actually do fund a lot of animal rescuing projects) but what they did and still continue to do to their whales and stuff is really cruel. but I'm not against aquaculture at all. they are extremely sustainable and they're suited to aquarium life.

What they did and still do? Since when is providing good care cruel?

They're pelagic Arctic whales adapted to swimming over 50 km a day...not swim in a small tank in temperate climates in circles which is bad for their back and tail fins. I could lock you in a room for your whole life and provide you with all the food you want and free dental/medical care but it doesn't mean you'll be living a happy and fulfilling life. I understand that zoos and aquariums are needed for conservation and educational reasons. Believe me, I work in an aquarium.... But cetaceans are not suited to living in confined spaces, they sometimes travel over 100 kilometers a day in pods containing 100s of individuals, you can't replicate that in this tiny tank

Wow so quirky

+Nate Witecki You will need a huge bathtub!!

+BlueWorldTV i have a tub that is 50x30 size :D we put it outside named Swimming pool xD

JustAZombie true dat

Nate Witecki Eh, you would need a tank same size as your school.

Watch blackfish

that's the Beluga experience its a extra cost event but well worth it :) though you might get sprayed by Juno down in the viewing area (where they were cleaning at the beginning of the video) if you turn your back to him and he starts feeling ignored He'll soak you till you turn around. I demonstrated this last year with a group of kids on a summer group field trip and he cooled us all down from the heat of the day ;) He's a good boy

You know he’s not smiling right that’s just the way the school is Shaped

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Typo

THEY ARE JUST AWESOME LOVING ANIMALS . GOD BLESS YOU FOR LETTING US SEE THEM.

Thanks for being a long term fan!!!!

@@BlueWorldTV can you sell some toys on your merch

People always make these about places.The aquarium is kinda like a rescue facility.It holds animals that can be put back into the wild and animals that can be put back in the wild but need rehabilitation to go back.An amusement park like Seaworld is bad.

David Parker Awesome David! Thanks for the kind words and study hard in Sweden!

David Parker This is true for me too! Except I’m not getting ready to study Marine Biology in Sweden. I’m going to in the US, but I’m only a teenager so I have to wait a little.

I hope didn’t go into marine biology, it’s very disturbing to think this inspires you, do you think there happy there?