Rare Sperm Whale Encounter with ROV | Nautilus Live 

Whale: OMG! Aliens!

you guys won the internet today :)

Keanu Reeves: *whoa*

lol

LMAO

Exactly what I was thinking

I'm totally not competent in this field but god I would love to be in a research group like that

Yeah makes being a plumber look like a sh*t career choice.

I just love how all the serious researcher behavior goes right out of the window, and they all become a bunch of excited kids. At that moment we’re all the same. [Alien voice] “We come in peace.” Really fun to watch.

So true 😭😭😭

LMAO

This may be the greatest RU-vid comment of all time.

ROFL Was thinking the same thing

Ninna jacobsen legit!

Thank you for this. It legitimately made me el-oh-el

humans are not primates

Humans are primates. Scientific Clasification of Humans: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Primates

+Le Coeur humans are primates

Every human being on earth is most certainly a primate...

+Le Coeur science proves you wrong

Is there a human down there with the whale that I didn't see? lol...

@@louis-on5vj prob cause that robot isn't a mammal

Well..it isn't...at all 😂 dunno who liked that but I love it too

yeah, but one is wearing this huge bio mechanical suit.

@@Kreemerz ? it's operated elsewhere

It's technically not wrong.

Hahahaha

Most people don't love animals, sadly. Not to mention, we destroy most ecosystems.

They probably don't need to know that we love them, they just need us to stop slaughtering them and polluting every habitat.

The Lord wishes his humans know how much he loves them. ❤

@@PraiseJesusOurKing amen dude. guy wasnt asking for a Christian look at it though. amen anyways.

​@@PraiseJesusOurKing🙄🥱

Hahahaha 😆 great comment dude 👌👍

Here's a fun fact to ruin your comment 🤪: Sperm whales don't stay in long-term relationships

@@alceratops6853 you nailed it

@@alceratops6853 Yeah? But they're great at long distance relationships

Fun fact : there are many fish that can light up in the darkest deepest water

That should have gotten way more laughs than just a casual "yeah..!"

I heard someone doing the Finding Nemo 'whale talk' too.

@@dr.altoclef9255 oowh, yeah! Now I heard it! At 02:42 hahaa that's great XD

That was the funniest part.

And that’s when the whale took out his laser gun

The fake is us in this environment, we were 1 dimensional and learned only a fraction of what the whale learned from that encounter, that’s the true wonder, so at one with an environment. Glorious nature.

@@therickpound ummmm... You don't have to be ignorant to enjoy nature.

Samuel Foresta lol

They must drink lots of *M I L K* to get bones that strong.

It is also really amazing to see it so curious of the submersible. That whale was really checking it out.

For them is just like walking 600 meters to the grocery shop, amazing

They have a collapsable rib cage to help with the pressure.

If I remember correctly Sperm Whales can dive deeper than most other types...

We have a humpback. His professor back at university🙄😏

Not all of them, we had a very angry marine biologist come over to 4chan to teach us about the deep ocean or as he called it "underwater vore hell".

@@theonlytnargmatt Note: If you have or develop thalassophobia, don't try getting into marine biology.

@@ammocan2796Certainly contributing more to science and the world than you are.

This same calm tone comes from astronauts too

Yet the whale doesnt realise how much we know about them already...and we really have no idea what they know about us... How can we be sure that any species isnt just playing dumb around us but actually rules the world? How can we really be sure ? I dont know..thats for sure..maybe whales are really alien space crafts? I guess technically it could be depending on whos the star of the show

I see the quarantine is hitting some people hard with their nerves.

@@toucan2227 Hard to tell the difference, really. We receive information from our sensory organsー My point being that Reality is nothing different from a hallucination. It's matter of perspective. So no one is inherently "wrong"ー but, it's just good to keep an open mind

Felix Da Housecat how would a housecat know the difference between reality or fantasy, Felix?

@@toucan2227 That isn't any more valid than what I said though. ーI meant to say that it's impossible to prove a physical reality actually exists. Like "pain". It doesn't actually 'exist' per se,, unless you choose to think it does. Because Reality is a matter of perspective. A canine isn't seeing the world "wrong" just because it basically can't see color, right? It's just perceives the world differently. This is no different. That then begs the question. What actually 'exists'? ーThere's no way of knowing. Therefore, it's a matter of belief. I could be hallucinating or even dreaming of writing this comment,, and I could never tell the difference. It's impossible to tell if anything exists at all. But of course, that isn't to say that your perception is any more wrong than my own

For mammals of that size, diving that deep is probably just like swimming for us; feels a little weird, but it's doable.

I thought the same. Always wondered what it would look like when they got down there

There lungs are huge

@@supme7558 no, they actually don’t go down with air in their lungs. They super oxygenate their blood to the point it starts to turn almost black as well as shutting down all non critical organs.

@@myagonyisceaseless8486 that makes much more sense, since something like inflated lungs would have long collapsed in such depths Nature is wild.

it still amazes me how some comments can have over 500 likes but no comments

​@@gloomycrewmate2622 wild

The biggest predator on the planet. Insane.

*Read more*

while the other team spotted a mermaid lol

Just like in spaaaaaaaace!

Whales are in like 0 gravity so there are not directions ergo they can’t persive the world in 3D as we do

How can you be sure that he isnt more confortable in a certain way? I couldnt tell much..

my girlfriend is same way u describe.

All sea-bound mammals instinctively know which direction is up. That whale is comfortable in almost any direction for certain periods of time. The structure of their ears allow them to do pretty much whatever they want. If i remember correctly it’s something to do with a soft inner ear or something like that?

Maybe that's why they are so smart. We could all do with a bit more wonder.

You don't necessarily have to be that smart to be a marine biologist. That being said, I'm sure anyone would act like this when presented with something so unbelievably magnificent.

it’s so cute. especially if you imagine that they are normally very serious and professional people.

@@lukejposadas Not the japanese

@@lukejposadas I know I would!!!!

Yeah... Swimming animals usually are able to control where they are in the water collum... You know... Because they swim.

@@MonsieurFeshe😂

⁠@@MonsieurFesheactually sperm whales are quite unique. They have extremely large brains and have an oil cavity in their head and the oil is believed to harden in the deeper, colder depths and help as almost a diving weight. They also have an amazing way their ribs and lungs collapse to accommodate the high pressure. They’re super meat creatures. The ocean is equally interesting and terrifying to me.

@@redwoodtrail I agree, that's extremely cool! I'm also fascinated by the ocean, but my specialty is fish. I've never particularly had any interest in cetaceans, but I'm so glad you find them interesting. I already knew about the ribs, but I had no idea the oil would harden, that's amazing honestly. I still think it's dumb to point out they can swim 💀

​@@MonsieurFeshe it's not that he can swim. Anything that can move can swim. It's all the axis of control he has. Not just "straight forward" like most big sharks. Talk to me when great whites stop RAM ventilating, can dive as deep as sperm whale (though I find it cool that great whites can effectively if shared, especially of being hunted, dive deep and close their gills, holding their breath, as the deep gets too cold for them! Wonder how long they can survive closing their gills?) And swim backwards! .

I wouldn't assume every biologist has a PhD but I still get your point and agree with it.

All that smarts and they say it’s a humpback whale at first lmao.

If you think attaining a phd is a lot of studying, try medicine.

@@hrush437 They're both worthwhile achievements. Let's not downplay either one by comparing lol

@@smtx-dk8864 You are so right! Humpbacks are, literally, completely different animals and they don't go that deep. Greetings from Brazil.

ProtagonistNonTheist That's probably one of the most accurate comment

ProtagonistNonTheist To this day, Barry the whale swears to his friends he saw the UFO...

zimThuet Unidentified Drowning Object?

zimThuet It's called a USO, actually. Unidentified Submerged Object.

ProtagonistNonTheist Yes but Unidentified Drowning Object is just funnier.

Max Hernandez RU-vid has suggested a wide range of videos for me during quarantine

I have no idea how I got here. I'm not complaining though. This is cool.

That's funny! RU-vid hasn't deleted all the videos from a couple years ago for me either! HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA!

Lets hope we can still see them in 50years from now 🥺🥺😢

This is so cool! How deep was this. I think they can dive up to 10,000 feet of months you'll have to look it up but that's amazing.

Sorry for your loss

My Mom would have loved this as well. She had whale art everywhere in her house, and whale watched in CA., HI, and Maine. Great post, people!

women always being late smh

I'm Sorry for your Loss.

​@@unicornhuntercg😂

Ha - I was thinking the same thing 😅

If they stuck their heads underwater, they could probably hear it from wherever they are. Whale sounds are *seriously* loud. Im talking above 200 decibels...

I was thinking the same thing exactly...

they do pick up sound, they are listening and mapping and doing a lot of different things as a crew. just wont hear it on the live feed like that, its separate because the sounds would drown out the pilots and scientist and crew and u couldnt hear what they r saying and they need crisp clear mics to communicate with each other

@@davecrupel2817 200db? Isn't that like sonic boom loud?

​@@agerven I think it would be odd if you didn't respond like them if anything like this happened. Isn't that why we become scientists? Because we are amazed by the world? Their reaction has nothing to do with being a trained professional or not. Many of us would do the same.

@@agerven I'd rather work with them than with you.

@@agerven What the hell are you babbling about?

The streaming business is the same, no matter how good your degree is.

@@agerven you seem to know a lot. Also, you seem devoid of emotions, any kind of compassion and etiquette. And you must be amazingly fun to work with, I bet.

holdup i remember you

Imagine if it was a Wailord

I think I would talk goofy and act strange If I was being eyeballed by a huge whale. I' d also hyperventilate boss or no boss in the room.

Scientist here. We all do that when something cool or exciting in our field happens. We're people too :)

= Best job ever

Sperm whale whenever see a Kraken: *GET IN MAH BELLY!!!!!!*

Sperm Whale: Why do I hear boss music?

ssjlucario (chuckles) I'm in danger

Scandinavian sounding guy: “Maybe from a KR-KR-KRAKEN” Other scientists: .....

It's possible. Whenever a sperm whale hunts a giant squid, there is potential for it to leave a scar.

That's how I react when it's something I can't fully comprehend. I'm 100% jealous but also so grateful they could share this.

Also sperm whale: "who gave me that name? is there a jizz shark? a cum turtle? no of course not..." :D:D:D:D

This made me chuckle)

Jack Grady where???

Juice less I think at 2:40

Scientists are such nerds I love it

@@dyslexiusmaximus me too.😄

Chortle

To each his own I guess. The little banter and laughter completely ruined it for me

@@drej1015 I guess not everyone can find joy in scientific discoveries.

Amateurish juvenlie rambling to keep the below 80 IQ crowd engaged.

@@N3G4T1V3_ Careful! You're investing an awful lot of self-worth in a fundamentally flawed test score there, bud.

@@N3G4T1V3_ do you perhaps think that once in a submersible, no one talks at all?

Not too surprised it isn't scared, pretty sure sperm whales are the biggest things that spend any time at that depth by a large margin. Not a whole lot that can realistically threaten it there. Fun fact, sperm whales are the leading contenders for largest active predators ever. Like EVER, in all 2 billion years or so of the history of life on Earth. A couple other prehistoric toothed whales, Megalodon, and Spinosaurus were similar size, but we can't be sure if they were bigger or smaller overall. Also, size estimates for ancient giants tend to go down over time as more evidence is found and hype dies down. We at least KNOW that sperm whales can grow to over 65 ft long, which can't be said of the others. So yeah, it doesn't have much to be scared of down there. Even if Megalodon actually had survived to the present (it hasn't) the Sperm whale would be at worst an equal match lol.

​​​​​​​@@Jimera0heck out deep-sea cephalopods, and deep sea gigantism. There are giant squids much bigger than whales. In fact there's a few pictures of dead whales that have been found with enormous tentacle scars all over their bodies. The further down they go the smaller they become compared to whatever else is down there. They can easily become prey. There are even crabs bigger than humans down there. Some of them are the size of a small vehicle.

@@Jimera0 they're the biggest observed things, we think giant squids are maybe bigger but we don't know. the only specimen's we've found are juveniles and very unwell. the only real evidence we have is the scars on sperm whales from fighting them

This is much better than going to the moon.

Jokes on you, at this depth nobody sees anything ;)

@@HarryCaneNo1 well with the lights he was seeing something, and that certainly grabbed his attention.

Everybody was thinking that haha

I nearly spat out my water when i heard that. And then to see the little white board waggle... i about died.

Me too. But, this has been millions of years in the making - so a few months probably wont matter much!

I got 5 lol and just as amazed 🐋😍

i think the video was lagging behind a few seconds, because then i could clearly see the eye.

Their eyes look tiny in relation to their heads. The eye is directly behind and above the outer edge of their mouths. Like slightly more than halfway between the mouth and the pectoral fin (edit meaning closer to the mouth than fin). They're super hard to see if you don't know where to look, due to the sheer size of their heads (particularly their mouths). I'd say, look for the mouth line, focus on the upper part and then scan backwards towards the pectoral fin, and you'll find it.

Why’d this comment give me deja vu

Yup

@@JessicasASMR Deja revu deux fois

💖😄Mee too😊

Mee threeee!

The best jobs out there are the ones you'd do for free!

There’s an old saying that goes something like “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life”. I think that certainly applied with the people in that control room during this particular dive. That just had to have been an incredible experience to witness first hand.

overwatch, its a live stream

best comment...both parts

Thats...the paradox, I think. If we arent blowing each other up, we could be reaching greater height. Yet, its the threat of being blown up by others that cause human to progress.

We could be blowing each other down.

We could be blowing up sperm whales?

@@eleethtahgra7182 what a bunch of crap.

king dodongo *The Cold War and Space Race would beg to differ.*

Down deep pinging for large squid and they find a UFO instead.

Idk same for me hahah

Funny because those scars might be from giant squids attacking the sperm whale at deeeper depths

1:45 krrracken

Because whale went to court against these paparazzi`s?

Very interesting! I'm going to check WB Yeats out :)

beautiful

That quote isn't from Yeats (look it up) but it's a wonderful one regardless. Definitely applies. =)

🤣

Hell yeah!

Obvious co op confirmed

That's a dope was game!

blue planet 2 4k hdr qled 75inchs episode 4 big blue has sperm whales.rookie!

Unit 731 also had scientists. Most of the disgracefully terrible things in humanity were and still being done for "science". This is not science. This is just innocent curiosity and RESPECT for the feelings of the other living forms. Things science despise.

You know what's even better? They dive hundreds and thousands of meters and commonly fight giant squids in the depths, that's where a lot of the whale's scars come from

This video suggests to me that such fights at these depths may be a lot less intense than what we imagine. The whale is barely moving. Presumably preserving oxygen by lowering its metabolism.

Tormod Steinsholt Well they're obviously not wielding sword, but I would think that two massive creatures strangling, crushing and biting each other would be pretty dramatic

Oh absolutely. That whale skin does not give off scars willy nilly. But the way the whale placidly drifted around the ROV suggests to me that it's far less animated at these depths than what we're accustomed to seeing from these creatures. If you search on youtube whale vs giant squid, then you will see a kind of high speed pursuit. But maybe the whale just swims up to it, clamps down on it and starts swimming up to the surface in a sedated state. I have no special knowledge about it, it was just a thought that struck me.

Tormod Steinsholt While that makes sense in itself, I don't think these shots are any basis to that claim. He was (rather obviously, I think) very curious and observing about the beeping, blinking box. He might have inspected it very thoroughly, thus not swimming at pursuit speeds. Because squids are generally extremely fast.

Actually I don't want to get recommended these videos, not that I think they aren't good. Just a matter of taste.

@@daven1 no problem :)

@@VashdaCrash Oh! in that case RU-vid has a "Not interested" feature when you open the video's quick menu while in the Recommended list/view (the 3 vertical dots button)

@@daven1 oh right! I forgot about that. In that case, the dislike button is pretty useless, isn't it?

@@VashdaCrash Not at all. Used under exceptional circumstances like YT Rewind Videos or Justin Bieber's 'Baby' or Taylor Swift

Exactly what i was thinking. Especially when the whale came out of complete nowhere. Its gorgeous but i probably would have tinkled a bit upon seeing that lmao 😂😂

​@@madamsmols4359well you should unlike all other whales sperm whales are predators in fact they are the largest toothed predator known and they are also dolphins and not real whales which also means they might mess with you just because they feel like it out of curiosity when other whales would usually pay no mind to you as you are not potential food

Whales are harmless to humans.

German Morgan Freeman :-D

He was looking at the live stream and stepped in to help when he realized the others were too stunned to make observations. After all, he is Freeman to teleport anywhere he likes.

He needed more freckles!

Or Schwarzenegger lol

True facts about sperm whales #1: Sperm whales hunt giant squid by clicking, partly because the oseean is dark and partly because they click louder than a Saturn v rocket. Imagine beatboxing a Mugger to death. Now imagine that mugger is a two ton eight-armed plate of calamari sushi. That is how the sperm whale do.

Maniac Magge they sound like a bunch of virgins who be teased by the one female in their group. li

Harris Naseem ok

"Screencap this!"

It brings us such fear because it is full of giants.

Same here! I loved watching the Nautilus livestreams during their 2020 expedition. The 2021 expedition starts this June with some very interesting locations so stay tuned!

I agree, thank you for making my day.

Smoking on some cereal milk by berner

***** Everyday Joe Doe would be like: Oh shit shit shit, I got it on camera i got it on camera. going to youtube. :D

Smart guy that Nietzsche.

If the abyss = one big friendly whale boi I think that's kind of the opposite of Nietzsche tho.

Nietzsche also went utterly insane. Would not hold him as a good role model.

You don't even have a clue about his philosophy, don't you? Nor his general theories nor the Aphorism 146 have anything to do with the video, 0.

The abyss came to say hi

GORGEOUS

Rich Parr she is my future wife.

Thing is, it is thought these creatures fight with the giant squid and that's where the marks come from.

YAKUZA hahaha that was so under rated too. I died laughing.

A krrrrraken

Giant squid are what they eat, they resemble and are fierce as the kraken.

that series of deep grooves do look like a propeller strike though

Sequoia trees. The redwoods. Two giants, the heart of peace. Watched a vid on the redwoods recently, and mention was made of a Finnish arborist who cried with joy the first time he saw sequoias. Why do so many of us react that way? Read a scifi story a long time ago, sequoia are actually aliens, came to earth to help us, with a REALLY long attention span. Finally realized their true nature, when an autistic child communicated with them. Story goes from there to an official sequoia ambassador to earth. I can almost believe it.

Hahaha yeah! Along with the "We. Come. In. Peace!" 😂👏

I am Waving to the Whale 🤣

I was reading your comment right when that part came up 😂

People always find ways, both good and bad, to use technology. This is one of the good ones!

Other sperm whales: What the hell are feet?

I wouldn’t say so. I hear “screen grabbing” a lot as a term for screenshotting or recording in professional environments, usually with films or digital photography. Doesn’t really have much to do with age.

Ive got it in my head that his inner monologue is like and old british guy. . . "Oh deary me, what is this perposterous contraption before me. . . Friend? Foe? Food? Unquestionably odd nonetheless"

@@leviroch I think I read that someone studied how animals sound different around the world, and I think it can be something like our accents hehe its such a fun thought

Or the lines of the whale from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

@@loud_hailer6240 i know orcas and other cetaceans have very specific 'accents' depending on where they live. . . Different pitch and bass kinda stuff

@@leviroch I heard that different cetacean pods actually have different syntax. In terms of whales though, I think it's just a species specific pattern and frequency.

i feel ya

what iv that whale is homosexual...should we call kayne west???? nevermind....incredible footage. some we only see today and next 250 years until the last has been caught

Only a gay fish would think of that remark..

Because you get drunk and start watching youtube videos that make you cry xD

InfiniteCyclus gay

That part was hilarious! 😂

IamYou86 Most human rarely encounter such amazing creature in their lifetime. We took for granted what we get to see on recorded footage but to actually encounter one in one's life time , got to be the scariest and awestruck moment ever.

IamYou86 same:)

IamYou86 Women.

IamYou86 Me too.

IamYou86 No wonder we have big seas, you cry a lot!

It's suspected they regularly dive between 1000-3000ft but have been recorded going upwards to 4000ft deep. To put that into perspective, most Navy submarines, excluding the ones specifically built for extreme depths, max out around 2800-3000ft.

Yea they dive deep and ping for large squid. They do end up staying down for quite a long time as they swim patterns while searching. There are some very good videos on this, particularly a recent one researching them in the north sea area and the impact that both the military subs pinging each other, and the explosions set off by the oil companies to search for oil have on them.

they can dive deeper in search for giant squid which is their main food source