Hey, I'm an autistic guy from France and I just wanted to let you know that your channel has been life changing for me. I have a very deep and strong interest in marine biology, and your videos have helped me to fall asleep more easily, handle meltdowns and shutdowns, and just globaly make me feel really happy and euphoric. Your voice is so soothing and your videos are so calm and well documented. I'm incredibly glad that I found your channel!! I've always thought of becoming a marine biologist, but now I'm truly working to achieve this goal and it's mainly because I've been watching your videos for the last couple of weeks, so thank you ^^
@Charlie A This might just be the loveliest comment I’ve ever received! It makes me so happy to hear my videos can help you in this way, and that you’re pursuing a career in marine biology! I hope you go far and achieve all you set out to do 🐋🐡🐠🐟🦐🦞🐙🐬
I love how autistic people start every one of their speeches by saying that they're autistic. Take it from decades of silent observation, it's generally not to your benefit to seem to out of step with the rest of humanity, and starting out by saying you are autistic is basically just putting a hat on a hat. Be glad if they don't turn you into chopped liver is what I'm saying. Hopefully you will become a marine biologist or something like that and then you'll be able to start out by introducing yourself as a marine biologist, instead of what behavioral disorder sets you apart from this great big mass of unthinking cysts we call the human race. So as not to seem like a dick, may I recommend you read some HP Lovecraft. Don't ask me how I know it, but he was onto something with his stories. Things like deepsea gigantism and the reproductive cycle of eels or even the immortality of most dark ocean dwelling creatures hints at something terrifying lurking at the bottom of our big bodies of water. It's something that could potentially undo everything we think we know about science, history and even cosmogony. Seriously, dude, you aren't going to make many friends by telling everyone you are autistic. That's a piece of information reserved for those that closely observe your mannerisms and behavior. Besides, to the normal people, it comes off as something like a man with a missing leg starting out his monologue by how he's a man with a missing leg. It's literally obvious almost immediately.
@@evanharrison4054 First of all i'm proud of being autistic thank you very much, and it's totally relevant to state that i'm autistic in my comment considering that this channel helps me WITH MY AUTISM, and that's the whole point of my comment I get that you're trying to be kind and not rude, but i'm sorry, it is rude Idk why i should take advise from strangers on the internet on how to manage my disability and whether or not i should say publicly that i am disabled.
I think it sounds serene. The great giant of the ocean passes away, explodes, and falls down, then all the bottom-feeders celebrate it like it's an eclipse.
A whale-fall is so tragically, beautifully poetic. One can only hope that when they die, their body can sustain life of such diversity and quantity for decades to come like a whale can.
I wonder how whaling could have impacted this fascinating ecological cycle. Knowing how whale populations are a fraction of what they used to be in pre-industrial times and how we been robbing the sea of the whole carcasses. How much more alive would be the bottom of the seas with thousands of whales falling every so often, how many species me might have lost in the dark as they were not able to cross or survive the ever growing sparsity in both space and time bewteen these life-giving events. I wonder how our own world is affected by the lack of them. To what degree deep-sea gives back to shallow seas, how many of the shallow-water species we eat feed on deepr water, etc.
Don't forget whale poop! It's basically marine fertilizer supporting all sorts of life at the upper levels, and therefore helps to increase the amount of nutrients/marine snow reaching the deeper levels of the ocean. It's so sad to think how much we've deprived the oceans of life, directly or indirectly. This is why I stopped eating fish/seafood
whalers in the olden day would often throw significant portions of the carcasses back into the water, as whaling vessels often do multiple hunts per trip, and the bones are simply too large to carry on the boat. whalers were only interested in meat and oils most of the time, anything else they threw back
@@LimitlessLiger4404 oh yea. I knew they butched the whales at sea besides the ship. I don't know how modern-age whalers do it. I've seen them drag out the entire animal.
Somebody I don't remember once said "Death is only the end of the story if you consider yourself the main character." That becomes incredibly clear once you take the ecosystem into account instead of focusing on one organism
“I see the sun one last time before I float down. Miles upon miles I sink until I reach the everlasting depths. As my body becomes no more, I still grow. Those that feed on me are grateful. I grow communities that last well beyond my living years. A tiny city forms from my bones and I shelter the small and many. Snow continues to fall on me as my time passes and I slowly become no more, yet I meant everything.” -the whale
I have a pretty bad phobia of deep water/ the ocean, but I still love to learn about it. The calmness of your voice helps me both learn and not get uncomfortable with the deep sea imagery. The work you do is so very appreciated!
Saaaaaaaaaaaaame. I have a crippling fear of the deep ocean but I am fascinated by everything that lives there. Subnautica and Soma are two of my favourite games XD
I wonder if anyone has calculated the effects of removing tens of thousands of whales from the ocean during our age of whaling. Mind you, it may be that much of the carcass ended up in the ocean after all the oil was removed and blubber boiled down, but the "waste" wouldn't have been towed way out to the middle of an ocean to be dumped. I imagine the very long-term effects of such a removal from an ocean ecosystem might be surprising.
Yeah well the eco system of the ocean break it all down to nothing.at almost 4000 feet in salinity water would eat the bones to grains the crabs eat it too ;
Whalers processed the carcasses at sea and abandoned the remains. 19th century whalers were mostly after the blubber, and just left the flayed carcass to the sharks, so most of it would have sunk.
I cannot wait to give my body back to nature, once my day has come. I would love for worms and small animals to feed off my corpse, it would be giving back to Nature whatever I took from it
We don't think about it since we're used to it, but when we go to the supermarket to buy a steak it's the same thing. In the US alone roughly 23 million land animals are slaughtered each day, so our own lives are sustained by death too. (To be clear I'm not saying this is good or bad, it's just an observation)
@@jaredatanacio7375 I learned that from the lion king, where we humans eat lions, produce grass that's eaten by the dirt... or something. It's not that complicated.
Your work is simply fantastic . You're so talented. My fiance and I will be watching Your videos and like 2 or 3 will go by before we even know it , because we're so engrossed in the content. It's a perfect mix of your narration and awesome footage.
Aw thank you, I honestly still can’t believe people watch my content let alone enjoy it this much!! I’m just a 19 year old uni student with a deep-sea obsession 😁
@@mohd.shaheersiddiqui6792 if you go back a little on the channel, there's a video of him showing viewers around a beach :) *edit I went and got the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OncyTg9Dlec.html
I've never considered how most areas on the sea floor would be so low on nutrition that events like this would be like rain in a desert. And acts as a catalyst for animal growth and an amazing opportunity for us to study rare or even unknown species in our oceans.
Ah, another soothing video on oceanic biodiversity... Ah, the calming sight of a whale viscera exploding in the blood-tinged surface waters. How peaceful. How relaxing.
@@NaturalWorldFacts I think it would be a good idea to put a warning cause some people like me have a weak stomach, just a suggestion, your vids are so top notch tho 👍
@@IMNBDF The video is literally called STAGES OF WHALE DECOMPOSITION, what were you exactly thinking you were going to see here? Cute puppies playing in the snow?
@@GroovyLeon A warning would take a few minutes to add and take up a few seconds of the video. I agree with you that it's pretty dumb, tho... like if you're interested in learning about biology and ecosystems, you should know what you're getting into. That said, a warning would hardly be any effort, and if you don't need it, then nothing lost.
I skipped an album to watch this right now, typing as an ad is going on. That’s how much I appreciate the ocean and earth we live in. I find it way more interesting and informative. Thanks for this video.
I know you probably won’t see this but as a over-caffeinated young adult with a fascination of the sea this channel helps me learn and fall asleep at the same time! Keep up the wonderful work, I can’t wait to see what you upload next!
As a fellow over-caffeinated young adult, I really appreciate this comment 😆 so delighted you enjoy my channel, honestly getting feedback like this still blows me away
I'd love to see a video on what ocean creatures live in and around those deep sea brine pools if you haven't made such a video yet. I'm always fascinated by the adaptions ocean dwelling creatures have that allow them to survive environments that would almost immediately kill unadapted creatures
Awesome to see your transition over the years, going back and seeing your first videos as a young kid interested in nature to where your videos are now, well edited, produced and narrated. It’s a nice thing in times like these to see people doing what they love. Keep at it my man, you do good work.
Dude, I REALLY gotta thank you for everything you’ve done to help enrich the flavor of my D&D games with inspiration for interesting environments, and flavorful monster ecology. For example, this video directly inspired an important location in my current game, Deeplight, an underwater city built within the thriving ecosystem created in the wake of a Sea Monster’s death within a deep chasm in the sea.
Your videos bring me so much joy! I’m autistic and fascinated by the deep sea, and I’ll only watch your documentaries :) you really know how to nail the perfect level of information and facts while still being highly accessible! Your voice is soothing, and has been a fantastic research for when I’m overwhelmed as well as on a hunt for more deep sea facts! Thank you for all you do!
I’ve always said the exact same. Or if I am to be buried, I’d like it to be someplace out in nature where they don’t mow the grass. I want to nourish the plants and enrich the soils.
@@victhehampter Definitely, there’s nothing more poetic or beautiful than that. People say to me sometimes that not believing in a religion must take the beauty out of life and death, but I wholeheartedly disagree. This cycle of decay and new life is a true wonder.
@@NaturalWorldFacts I completely agree. I personally think that the beauty of nature and all its different aspects can be highly spiritual in itself. You don’t need religion to believe in something and I believe in the poetic beauty of nature and the circle of life.
@Mossy THAT’S AMAZING!! I really hope you achieve those dreams someday, let me know if you ever want any tips or pointers on how to get there :) also, ignore the grammar police, you’ll do amazing!
I was JUST rewatching your other deep sea video where you mention whale falls bc it's one of my favorite videos, what a delight to find a new video going into even more detail. Thank you for the wonderful content :D
To think that you have managed to create such wonderful and educational videos, that due to the awesome content and your gentle and clear narration ,makes viewers want more from you, and then to learn that you are just 19 years old absolutely blows my mind!!!! You are unbelievably gifted ! Don't ever stop producing this wonderful content!! 😍
Thank you so much Ann, I can’t quite believe it either that so many people seem to enjoy my films and leave such lovely feedback. I still think of myself as just a kid with a wildlife obsession, so this is wonderful, your comment has made my day
This is beautiful. The narration, the visuals and this time especially captivating: the music. Of course this all would be for naught without the fascinating content.
Ahhh whales are one of my favorite marine creatures to research! I remember obsessing over whale falls and this video brought that obsession back full scale. Your videos are also particularly useful for my worldbuilding project, so thank you for that as well!
These videos are like melatonin crack. I've been watching one before bed for a few days now and they're perfect to unwind, relax and learn something new before falling asleep
Some big network or Netflix or something needs to give you your own show like every single one of your videos are absolutely perfect and your voice is perfect. Who agrees??
Another brilliant, beautiful video Leo… I look forward to learn from every one you post. You’ve come a long ways from teaching how to care for goldfish. Please keep sharing your insights into nature.
Might be a bit snobbish here but- theres something kinda poetic about whales being just so integral to ecosystems in both life and death... artistically too even I love marine mammals + biology itself so much this is amazing Keep up the great work NWF 👏👏 Trully makes my day watching ur vids on marine biology
Fascinating that whale falls can support sea floor ecosystems for decades--I was wondering if the bones themselves were going to be broken down into their constituent minerals, and it would appear that they are. As usual, great footage, music, and narration. Natural World Facts team, you are swiftly becoming my favorite nature program, and I am sure I am not the only one here who feels this way. Please keep up this important work of revealing this mostly unexplored frontier of our beautiful planet!
Not sure how I missed your notification yesterday, but I'm glad I got here eventually. Whale falls are one of my favorite events to learn about. It fascinates me just how much a single body provides and for how long.
Wow, Leo, you've done it again. Every time I think that I have been saturated with facts about a subject, you come and create an educational course about it with details I have never before heard, and then compile everything into data points with categories and a summation at the close of your film. I am always overjoyed to see that you've released a new topic because the way you put everything together, with your easily understood (and soothing) accent you enrich my life so much more. Thank you for taking us along on your journeys of the deep realm. We know more about space than we do about our own oceans, but we have you to put it together for us. You SO rock!
THANK YOU 😭 This comment is everything, thank you so much!!! I never expected my videos to have this much of an impact, so comments like this are so rewarding
not going to lie, i've found your channel because i've fallen asleep on the couch with autoplay on. but don't get me wrong, i'm in love with your videos. amazing content, lots of effort, and it looks really professional.
It always blows my mind how interconnected all of life is. Like how there are around 3 times as many bacteria cells in a human than their own cells, and most of them help our own bodies digest nutrients that we need. Life finds a way.
@@NaturalWorldFacts Oh my god thank you, I thought I was going nuts. The video seemed familiar but when I knew there were four stages before you mentioned it I got a little deja-vu-y
It's so fascinating to study Animals That's why I choose to Study Zoology ( Animal Sciences). Well My specialization is in Entamology ( insects ) and also Fisheries.
People are so scared of death and what comes after, and barely can talk about what happens to a corpse, but this here is comforting to me. It's such a pity nowadays the deceased in the Western countries are pumped full of chemicals, poisoning the ground instead of providing for the life that could otherwise thrive. I'm glad it's not as widespread in my country, I don't mind giving a jackpot for the worms, and I certainly won't mind after I die.
So you want to explode and have thousands of weird looking deep sea monsters rip apart your body only to have some British man make a video documentary on you? I'll stick with the burial 👍
could you do a video on tool use in fish like tuskfish or in my case cichlids in one of my aquariums my texas cichlid will attempt to break a hard algae wafer by smashing it on rocks and wood to try to crack it. so far none of the other cichlids in the tank can do it and he would probably break it open if it wasnt for the fact that i have a catfish that steals the wafer when he drops it. it would be great to know more about this
this one really stuck with me since i saw it first. now i’m doing a writing project on whale falls for one of my classes, so i just had to come back to it and say thank you for the inspiration
I'm always surprised that mobile scavengers manage to find a new carcass. With so little whales left, I find it hard to believe that there are organisms that can still thrive off of whale falls alone.
Isn’t it a beautiful soundtrack?? Dear Esther takes me to this beautifully desolate and ethereal space, and the deep sea evokes a very similar feeling for me, so it felt like a perfect fit. ☺️
When Nautilus came across that whale fall the reactions were amazing. Spending hours exploring the sea floor seeing nothing and then out of the dark that just comes into view. It really is breathtaking
What a beautiful process. Life itself is just amazing isn’t it? A collection of atoms working in tandem to turn biological matter into energy, no matter where in the process you look. One day you’re feeding on the matter, and the next day it’s feeding on you. Kind of beautiful to be given life, and then give it back, even if it scares us. Great video NWF. Loved it
Man, videos like this really make me wish I could like a video twice. It's like watching a high quality documentary on youtube. The footage, facts, voice and music are all great in this. Definitely subscribing
It’s amazing and terrifying how humans can negatively impact life even so deep as the bottom of the ocean. Whaling is an evil and cruel industry, our detriment to Earth knows no bounds…
Found your channel and absolutely adore the depth, video choices, explanations and the amazing voiceover! Your voice is so relaxing, and your videos are so interesting. Thank you so much for feeding my intrigue of the deep! Hope you're having a good day!
I've had a hyperfixation with whale falls recently and I ADORE this channel. I was wondering, are whale falls only baleen whales? Or can this happen with toothed cetaceans too? Can't find an answer on the internet.
you've used music from the game "Everybodys gone to the rapture" for this and I had to sit down. That game and its music sent me into another life lol. Thank you for your uploads and work, but especially thank you for picking top tier music. I love.
Great video! Not only interesting but all around great. The narrating, the music and the volume of it, the sections and even the fact that you saved the sponsor part until last. Brilliant mate, thank you!
