The Real Moby Dick Was So Much Worse
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This video was significantly informed by the excellent research done by Nathaniel Philbrick in his book, "In the Heart of the Sea". Thank you Mr. Philbrick for your insight, scholarship, and for telling this whale of a tale!
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@robertlewis6915 3 жыл бұрын
What I learned today: when eating a starved man, crack the bones open and eat the marrow.
@indridcold8433 3 жыл бұрын
Also, save the bones to make a very sharp spear. Human dead bodies can be an extremely good source of life saving resources. The bones being hollowed after the marrow is removed make the sharp spear also drain out the blood of the speared animal or human speared to facilitate the cleaning of the slaughtered animal.
@gateway8833 3 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the Brain, it’s mostly fat.
@robertlewis6915 3 жыл бұрын
@jason mcallister whalers. and I doubt they had tackle for fishing.
@indridcold8433 3 жыл бұрын
@jason mcallister Worse, many of them did not know how to swim.
@algini12 3 жыл бұрын
Useful knowledge. Ya never know.
@nopenope273 4 жыл бұрын
“Tortoises are flying everywhere.” Aw man, I hate when that happens.
@Naharu. 4 жыл бұрын
Man, that sucks. Lost three tortoises that way...
@megiab 4 жыл бұрын
That may have been a screensaver I saw at CompUSA.
@adde9506 4 жыл бұрын
Who knew Super Mario Brothers was inspired by Moby Dick?
@terrydigenti8756 4 жыл бұрын
She is so hilarious!
@terrydigenti8756 4 жыл бұрын
PLEASE COME TO ROCHESTER New York!!!!!!!! The Kodak theater! (Once covid is over of course) PLEASE!!!!!!
@rgibson7305 Жыл бұрын
"uhhh, has anyone seen...THE SHIP?" Caitlin, you deserve an award for that delivery, istg.
@devindavidson3976 6 ай бұрын
To my recollection, the ship was covered in excess of the whale oil they were collecting and it is theorized the whale that attacked they most likely thought it was another whale plus it was mating season.
@Old-Thunder69 4 ай бұрын
Nah. Sperm whales and orcas can have vendettas. Orcas are still taking out boats
@devindavidson3976 4 ай бұрын
@@Old-Thunder69 What vendetta did Moby have?? They killed his kind?
@District9Prawn 3 ай бұрын
Killed em' en masse.
@DemstarAus Ай бұрын
I reckon they're smarter than that. They know what a whale is and what isn't.
@devindavidson3976 Ай бұрын
@@DemstarAus But with the ship covered in Whale oil it smelled like a competing whale and he didn't swim up to check it out he just attacked.
@UlfhedinnNorsk 3 жыл бұрын
The three guys who stayed on the island were smart no matter how you look at it. An island with fresh water, possible fish and other sea creatures and I am sure they were starting to realize what would happen if they didn’t stay.
@ronchappel4812 3 жыл бұрын
The way the story reads i'm thinking there was nowhere enough food to sustain them all.The ones who left on the boats -insane as that is- seem to think that was a better option
@dandeleon2764 3 жыл бұрын
Not as smart as Henry Dewitt, the man that deserted the ship in South America. My dude must've had psychic powers, lol, he got off at the perfect time!
@GuinessOriginal 3 жыл бұрын
What happened to Henry Dewitt?
@aquariandawn4750 3 жыл бұрын
Stranded on an island with two strong, virile sailors...
@GoticoArrombado 3 жыл бұрын
@@aquariandawn4750 yummy
@unethicaldrinkingwater 3 жыл бұрын
16:31 Why do I feel like the whale was thinking “ my name is indigo Montoya , you killed my family. Prepare to die”
@blackthorne-rose 3 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHA!!! ilmao! Wonderful observation. Ain't it so!?!
@nyctoby 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@katielancaster6376 3 жыл бұрын
Literal lol
@blackthorne-rose 3 жыл бұрын
O ... surely we have to watch this again eh? One of the greatest displays of humorous chivalry EVER! Here it is... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jaqcjcKEvd6Zl3U.html
@blackthorne-rose 3 жыл бұрын
And the finale... of course... Moby Dick smashes the "six-fingered whaleboat" to smithereens, (did he eat the Captain?) and leaves the whalers to their cannibal fate... (dramatic music...) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oahzaL2Qx66bZIk.html
@alison4423 Жыл бұрын
Definitely a tragic tale for all involved. They really should've listened to Captain Pollard. He wanted to go back to get more boats in the beginning and the first mate disagreed. He wanted to go to the Society Islands and the same thing happened. He really should've put his foot down. At least eight survived! I can't imagine the trauma they had to live with afterwards. Excellent visuals and presentation!
@SitaraAleu Жыл бұрын
Seriously, how did experienced sailors like Chase NOT know about the mission in those islands if it had been there for decades by that point??
@AnakhaSilver 9 ай бұрын
@@SitaraAleu Likely a different country's mission. Also, note that no one really hunted in the Offshore Ground. But yeah, it's almost borderline fucking COMEDIC that Owen Chase went on to have a successful career when his bad advice got them into this mess.
@daveken9936 7 ай бұрын
Story is a lie. But a good one.
@jturtle5318 4 ай бұрын
Th@@daveken9936 this is a historical event. Look it up.
@lesliepropheter5040 2 ай бұрын
My favorite one from Caitlin. Her biography was really well done too. Thank you Caitlin Doughty !!
@maggiezhou4123 6 ай бұрын
love that she's afraid of whales but casually drive a body across the country by herself 😂
@MatthewTheWanderer 6 ай бұрын
What's scary about a dead body? Whales are scary (sometimes) because they are so huge that they could hurt you accidentally if you ever got too close to one.
@BerryBluePies4UuU 4 ай бұрын
Dead people don’t have a 20 ton tail that can kill you 😂
@user-ut7wz7mh2r 4 ай бұрын
A corpse ain't gonna drag you to the depths
@enbeast8350 4 ай бұрын
A corpse can't vibrate your internal organs by making its natural sounds. Whales are terrifying huge. Beautiful from a distance but let's keep them at that distance
@catflan1129 4 ай бұрын
a dead body doesn't have an absolutely terrifying call.
@midgey50 4 жыл бұрын
I want “and we haven’t even gotten to the cannibalism yet!” on a t-shirt.
@celialovett5880 4 жыл бұрын
I bought my brother one in the same vein that said "It's all fun and games until somebody gets sacrificed to Satan."
@maiskitty 4 жыл бұрын
OMG YESSS!!!!
@megiab 4 жыл бұрын
That'd be perfect for me at kindergarten drop off next year. 🤭
@hippopajamas 4 жыл бұрын
I'd buy it tbh
@Emily-ye1qy 4 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes yes!!!!
@BirdieBirdieBirdie566 4 жыл бұрын
I like the pictorials used to keep the people straight. There were a lot and I would’ve been confused. They were also cute in a story filled with horror.
@aprilh9210 4 жыл бұрын
"Cute in a story filled with horror" is going to be the title I put on my next personal journal.
@Missfoxtooyou 4 жыл бұрын
Look out Edward Gordy. The illustrations were great!
@Donteatacowman 4 жыл бұрын
I was so scared for that smiling kid.
@henrycolestage4249 4 жыл бұрын
@@Donteatacowman Especially when he could have been such a tasty morsel! :-0
@eqqusole1 4 жыл бұрын
Kathleen is very talented at visual story-telling. Not many people can inject humor into a story about death, despair, dire straits, and cannibalism and still have it be in good taste!
@nomorepikachu 8 ай бұрын
I come back to these videos often. Because even though the stories are morbid and terrifying, Caitlin tells them so well with great humour that I could listen to them dozens of times.
@justvibin1447 6 ай бұрын
Saaaaaame I've seen the Linda Hazard video like 15 times
@luissantos6852 6 ай бұрын
I put this one on to put myself to sleep more times than I'd like to admit, too.
@csj9619 9 ай бұрын
Cetaceans are fascinating critters. It's been said that whales could have intellegence on par with humans and Sperm whales have exibited vengeful behavior, picking the harpooner out of a whaleboat, when they could easily just crash right through the boat, turning it to toothpicks. (all while sporting a furrowed brow, displaying thier displeasure at being chased)
@osajohnson1957 8 ай бұрын
Imagine what we can learn if we communicate with them, rather than see their home as just another field to plow.
@angelawildman122 7 ай бұрын
They were defending themselves and their pods from the humans who were trying to murder them. Of course they’re going to fight back.
@RobinFletcher-ve4xm 7 ай бұрын
You are a great storyteller!
@ArunMadisetti 7 ай бұрын
Whalers targeted the babies when present, naturally the mothers would try to rescue and protect their offspring . Caitlin, thanks for using some of my images (those of Franco Banfi too). as a species, we only stopped killing whales in 1986. Sperm Whales have distinct personalities, recognize people and boats, and their communication is currently being decoded by project CETI here in Dominica.
@ericmixer 4 ай бұрын
I know and believe that too !
@SovereignStatesman 3 жыл бұрын
The irony is they avoided safe havens because they FEARED cannibalism.
@maskedmarvyl4774 3 жыл бұрын
The captain should really have stopped listening to that idiot....
@fife8332 3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, back then cannibalism was often the topic of horror stories and was the stuff of nightmares to sailors.
@LucianCorrvinus 3 жыл бұрын
-Irony joins the chat...-
@snooks5607 3 жыл бұрын
kinda contradicted less than minute later 18:10 if they're just hoping to get somewhere picking a target isn't really meaningful
@jordanleighwheatley 3 жыл бұрын
Good call. Hypocrisy at it's finest
@TheDiplomancer 4 жыл бұрын
Things Caitlin is afraid of: - Underwater Caves - Whales I'm sensing a pattern
@sexyangel072 4 жыл бұрын
I 100% percent agree with her fears, don’t get me wrong I know you were stating a joke (a very good one). But I honestly fear both those things too 😅 Underwater caves are incredible scary to even think about and whales are massive
@jthompson2379 4 жыл бұрын
Whitney S Cthulhu!
@sandpiperr 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh, thalassophobia!
@amandamfds 4 жыл бұрын
just wait until you hear about whales that live in underwater caves!
@naomygoetz1850 4 жыл бұрын
Me toooooo
@misfortune_owo8777 Жыл бұрын
I am also afraid of whales. My fear started at the American museum of natural history. There is a display under their big whale sculpture and it was really dark so I couldn't tell what the display was. Then, someone took a photo using their camera flash and it was the whale with the squid on its face and I was terrified.
@rottensquid 10 ай бұрын
I think it's possible there's some kind of natural fear built into our DNA. I never really thought about whales one way or the other, but once when I was snorkeling in Hawaii, I reached the edge of the reef, and the dread of some gigantic sea creature looming out of the deep sea just washed over me out of nowhere. It was such a strong, clear anxiety of something I've never thought about before, it was really strange.
@Heroo01 9 ай бұрын
@@rottensquid Nope, random phobia lmao. People scuba and deep sea dive all the time. I believe the fear is called thalassophobia Kinda wild to draw a conclusion about the whole of humanity based on one personal anecdote lmao
@rottensquid 9 ай бұрын
@@Heroo01 Wait, that was just my personal experience and not a universal truth about humanity? Again?! Dammit! I hate it when that happens.
@VilhelmHammershoi1666 8 ай бұрын
Whales are massive animals when you actually get lucky enough to see one close enough to touch your anxiety levels. Do go through the roof. We all have self-preservation built into our psychy fear of danger, which keeps us safe and alive to tell the tale.A whale on your TV screen isn't a threat, a whale four feet away from you ,your self preservation kicks in
@vidaperlow3699 8 ай бұрын
Hahaha! Same!!!
@EdwardTHead1776 4 ай бұрын
"it wasnt whale revenge, it was a whale that was pissed at all the random slaughter of its family" Sounds like whale revenge to me bud.
@ghoullovinbutch 3 күн бұрын
Self preservation. They would kill a predator that kept attacking just so it would stop attacking them. Don't anthropomorphize, it's dangerous to perpetuate those ideas, even as a joke, because it projects malicious intent on an animal that isn't malicious and is just trying to survive and stay safe.
@donniemontoya9300 4 жыл бұрын
So they resorted to cannibalism because they were scared of cannibalism.
@glittery_cucumber 4 жыл бұрын
To eat or to be eaten, that is the question
@shadowmatrix0101 4 жыл бұрын
When becoming so obsessed with stopping perceived monsters from hurting yourself or anyone around you that you become the real monster.
@krh6239 4 жыл бұрын
@@shadowmatrix0101 couldn't have said it better myself.
@TXejas19 4 жыл бұрын
@@shadowmatrix0101 that's an interesting assessment
@spacecowgerl 4 жыл бұрын
Donnie Montoya naturally
@jdzencelowcz 4 жыл бұрын
Also, "the black dude dies first" is an older trope than I thought.
@lj.853 4 жыл бұрын
At least that one guy had some foresight and dipped!😅
@URKillingme100 4 жыл бұрын
My exact first thought.
@Swnsasy 4 жыл бұрын
ROFLOL right !!😆😆
@TheRealNormanBates 4 жыл бұрын
David Morris “Oh you’ll be fine” CN#6: _”Did you even read the book?!”_
@Swnsasy 4 жыл бұрын
David Morris They ALL had names, she put them up and said it multiple times.. Did I hear wrong or are you joking around and or being sarcastic? Sorry just asking..
@matthuck378 10 ай бұрын
Hi. 2023 here, and about that Orca's never knowingly attacking human vessels thing...
@autumninautumn 22 күн бұрын
And we stan
@michaeljames1154 9 ай бұрын
This was the best told story of the Essex and Moby Dick I’ve ever encountered. I have read Moby Dick numerous times and was familiar with the real story of the Essex and her doomed fate. This rendition with its in-depth accounting of the race relations aboard the ship and the in-depth look at the whaling industry at the time, all the historical tidbits and cuts of Katie actually being in Nantucket at the whaling museum there and the museum in Hawaii really gave the viewer a first person feel of her accuracy of history. Not to mention all the cool organizations that proceeds she gets will go to ie the orca research and Native American Covid relief fund really made this an amazing, interesting and worthwhile watch here on KZfaq. I was already a Subscriber but this video alone reaffirms my original subscription and made me want to watch more and more of her incredible videos. Not to mention the comic relief was top notch. I am just enamored with her historical accuracy, the on scene cuts to Nantucket, the truth about how early Americans decimated the Wampanoag inhabitants original land of Nantucket and the subsequent decimation of the whale population in and around Nantucket waters. I am just gushing at all the accurate historical information and no-filter realism this video provides.
@SadisticSenpai61 3 жыл бұрын
One of the first rules for survival if you find yourself stranded at sea: If you find land where there's food and water? Stay put! Just staying there increases your survival chances significantly.
@gobalbucs 2 жыл бұрын
The food and water ran out-that was the problem, and that was why those three boats left to begin with.
@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 2 жыл бұрын
@@gobalbucs See, though, there's a big difference between the 1800's and the modern day. Nowadays, we have technology, fast ships, helicopters, and dedicated organizations that go find people when they're lost at sea. A retired coastguard member described three separate instances, two where the parties had died and one where they survived. The survivor stuck to a single island and was recovered in a few weeks. The other two had set out on rafts, one party dead well before the coastguard got there, and the other with only a single member left barely clinging to life (who died not long after). Back in the whaling era, they may have needed to leave the island. Nowadays, you sit your ass right down on that island and stay there. Catch fish, distill water, but DO NOT LEAVE.
@njrom2975 2 жыл бұрын
Yes the boat people are dumb . The three men were smarter . Choosing to go open sea is like taking a lottery . A dumb lottery . And I KNOW FOR SURE They EAT THE BLACK GUys and killed them
@njrom2975 2 жыл бұрын
@@gobalbucs that’s not true . Food and water on the island can be replenished. My grand parents were island people . They catch fish and birds Caine and go but they do come because they migrate and nest there. Insects are abundant . Make an island farm. Eat the mangrove worms . sea urchins , crabs . Seaweed . Fish ,coconut,shells . Leaves and not to mention you can make shelter or house out of the trees. Distill water. Rain will come and go but it will never run out of water to distill. My island people ancestors survived because I am here born to this day so sorry YOU ARE WRONG. you will have higher survival rate on an island than in open sea . DUH
@njrom2975 2 жыл бұрын
@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 no . You stay on the island because you will still have higher chance of survival. those 3 guys survived without eating anyone. I myself come from island people and visit islands . Open sea and unknown is very risky. even ask an expert . He will tell you stay on the island . I’d rather stay on island and die peacefully than live a life full of trauma from eating MY FRIEND and some black people . Yuck 🤮 no conscience
@frankmoyer5822 3 жыл бұрын
So, I was on a plane once, sitting next to a woman who was reading "In the heart of the sea" and I said, "Pretty weird huh, how they all become cannibals in the end." She gave me a weird look. She was reading a romance novel.
@AG-hn4ng 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@yourinnerlawyer4035 3 жыл бұрын
I would be embarrassed in the moment but cherish it later when sharing it with my friends lol. Or an amazing ice breaker, by the reactions you'll instantly be the cool friend . 😂
@kayfey9544 3 жыл бұрын
*Pffft* You should've said, "I'm sorry. That happens in the sequel."
@captc0ck5lap60 3 жыл бұрын
Well, in novels like that they do often eat each other, in a sense.
@davidtucker9498 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Twilight....
@cuprum166 7 ай бұрын
I been putting off watching this video for more than a year now. I'm glad I came back to it. Caitlin your work is second to none!
@jackhamilton9825 9 ай бұрын
Ask a mortician... A good story teller, and very entertaining with all the asides. Well done. Jack...
@gusjenkins1193 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the story was interestimg and well told the humor was outstanding.I'm black 77 years old and injoyed every minute,Gus Jenkins!
@finn3883 3 жыл бұрын
Gus Jenkins!
@jarrettemcdonald9525 3 жыл бұрын
Are you related to leeroy
@hayleymarques8776 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed, Gus Jenkins!
@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys 3 жыл бұрын
Ditto~!!!
@guswurm8958 3 жыл бұрын
Bro my names Gus no way
@ultimateninjaboi 3 жыл бұрын
I just wanna point out how the historical record of the black sailors was "they died and were eaten." And the record of the white men were these detailed accounts of their deaths, and the sorrow everyone felt.
@noesunyoutuber7680 2 жыл бұрын
Breaking News: old-timey men racist as hell, monocles remain firmly in place. If the Black sailors had actually received some respect or dignity in death from a predominantly white crew and society, that would have been an unusual break from the cavalcade of indignities they were subject to as second-class citizens at home and at sea. The sailors probably didn't care as much about them, and lord knows the historical record of the time was solely kept by white men.
@gabe7535 2 жыл бұрын
@@leeroyholloway4277 It's not just modern sensibilities - it was the sensibilities of the black people at that time too, who were also people who would have wanted to have their lives and deaths remembered. What we consider modern sensibilities at this point is often just the viewpoints that were already held by people who weren't listened to as much before the modern days.
@leeroyholloway4277 2 жыл бұрын
@@gabe7535 All very good points. I suppose I am referring the tendency of many people who like to use a historic event or norm (however misguided it might have been) as a chance to shine a light on their own virtue. Thank you for replying,
@MammalianCreature 2 жыл бұрын
Non racists were scarce at the time, even then those who weren't racist were either outcast or hid it well. It was a matter of "the nail that sticks out, gets hammered back into place", if you think social outcasts have it bad now, imagine it back then.
@bimbodice624 2 жыл бұрын
@@leeroyholloway4277 exactly
@grey8940 8 ай бұрын
I love the sound effects for when someone dies on the boat... lmao
@idahogie 6 ай бұрын
I read "Moby Dick" after college and before marriage and family, while I thought I was some sort of intellectual or something. It was actually a great read, given that there was no test at the end.
@smrk2452 2 ай бұрын
I know I read it in school but barely remember it
@NG-gy6iv 3 жыл бұрын
your honor, the whale would like to plead self defense
@ronburgundy9428 3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7xdmMmCurSncZc.html
@cheeseburgersuperior1874 3 жыл бұрын
Prosecutor: "Goddamit!! They got us!"
@Panda72021 3 жыл бұрын
Or insanity from witnessing several of their species being killed off. 🤷🏼♀️ Either way I think we can plead 'Not guilty'.
@bobowaii7683 3 жыл бұрын
PLS
@anonymike8280 3 жыл бұрын
Then there's my joke. There's a guy sitting at the defense table in acourtroom, wearing a shirt that says on the back, Acme Exterminating Company. The judge is a beetle, the guards are praying mantises, the jury and spectators are various insects. The judges ask the defendant, "You are charged with nine million, eight hundred and fifteen thousand, nine hundred and thirty two counts of insecticide. How do you plead?"
@davidbostock6089 3 жыл бұрын
"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian." Herman Melville, Moby-Dick He probably knew both in real life.
@Wayne_155 2 жыл бұрын
Never slept with a cannibal but I have slept with a few drunk Christian ladies and I can say I've never had a bad time with the Christian ladies
@jerry12314 2 жыл бұрын
There's an island called Sentinelese to remove all doubt. Have a safe trip.
@vincent7520 2 жыл бұрын
Read Typee, Melville's account on how he was stranded on an Island and remained a year with cannibals. A beautiful true story, and the very first book of true anthropology… Despite these people being cannibals and eternally going at war against their neighboring tribes he cannot help to admire them and love their sense of community and gentle manners.
@jake_from_statefarm7209 2 жыл бұрын
Also, az we've learned from Caitlyn, cannibals are rarely the "Ah, yes, I'll just eat the first person I see" type, but treat it more as a ritualistic thing.
@redraiderrider3289 2 жыл бұрын
@@maxotto9877 oh but your version of "morality" is the correct one I suppose? 🙄
@martinbscott8815 7 ай бұрын
The first time I encountered Owen Coffin was the dedication to the title track of Mountain's album "Nantucket Sleighride"; a song & album I have loved since I first encountered.
@brianjackson9801 8 ай бұрын
this is my first time checking out your channel. Excellent. Intriguing story, great presentation and much appreciated morbid comic relief especially when dealing with such horrific circumstances. I will be subscribing.
@scrunglenut6222 4 жыл бұрын
the black sailor ""refused"" his last ration and ""was buried at sea"".... god. sure. of course! 🤦
@roinerwinkler8426 4 жыл бұрын
*defaming dead people without evidence*🤔
@jakisfly 4 жыл бұрын
Ya cause everybody is so racis. Shut up
@blackirish781 4 жыл бұрын
Where were they supposed to bury him? Burial at sea was the norm, they couldn't very well have a rotting body onboard for weeks or months. Also, if you know you are dying, you probably won't be too concerned with food.
@HerrMisterTheo 4 жыл бұрын
It's really not that far-fetched to believe that he'd rather he died than possibly suffer on for a few more days before inevitably dying anyway. At this point we can't really tell.
@jakisfly 4 жыл бұрын
hailey elaine sigh. I don’t think the word “racism” was a thing lol. That’s a luxury we’re afforded now. I’m the wrong one though, I know
@CRVYGRL 4 жыл бұрын
Caitlin: "...and instead of super Nintendo, he ate you." Me: go on..
@josephaltman460 4 жыл бұрын
I love the way she tells the story.
@kaylonimalcolm7752 4 жыл бұрын
LMAO. K, so I was a bit slow. Took me a sec, then I got it.
@nigelft 4 жыл бұрын
I remember a Lesbian author describing Jodie Foster performance in 'Silence of the Lambs': Her : "Her kidneys aren't the only thing I wouldn't mind eating ..." Me: "Hang on ... it was a liver that Dr. Lector described eating, not kidneys ..." My brain: - that is not what she meant, yah doofus ... -- Me "Ohhhhh ... naughty ... but nice ..." Yeah, me and my brain have conversations like that ... I think I have been social isolated a tad too long ...
@Chief2Moon 4 жыл бұрын
nigelft No doubt the "dining out" will resume with a vengeance after Covid isolation, with lesbians& men alike ordering the same delicate dish,...which surely won't be kidneys or liver nor will it require silverware.🤗
@hhgff778 6 ай бұрын
I don't exactly consider myself superstitious or anything, but it's such a strange coincidence that the whale attacked them after they set that island ablaze.
@norm5785 6 ай бұрын
Great presentation, thank you for sharing. Great details. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia. From Henrico County Virginia
@pettingbears 3 жыл бұрын
George Pollard Jr. was said to lock himself in his house and fast every year on the anniversary of the tragedy in honor of his crew mates. He did this until he died.
@kyrab7914 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder what day the anniversary was... Since this takes place over a few months
@pettingbears 3 жыл бұрын
@@kyrab7914 probably the day it sunk, if I had to guess. Or maybe the day they came back home. Good question tho🤔
@LuciaLight100 3 жыл бұрын
@@kyrab7914 11/20 according to Wiki
@pettingbears 3 жыл бұрын
@Big Daddy idk why you're telling me I didn't make the video
@breendart134 3 жыл бұрын
@Big Daddy Unrelated to the comment chain entirely..... And weirdly rude..... And it's not demonizing whites to point out that race relations at the time led to black sailors being valued less culturally, in a broad and real sense, than their white counterparts. And animal conservation isn't strictly environmentalist, especially not in any bad way; conserving animals and other natural resources is only sensible, and avoiding cruelty to a living thing can't be a bad goal.
@cocok.291 4 жыл бұрын
To the whale that attacked the Essex: you're doing amazing sweety
@h.calvert3165 4 жыл бұрын
Goals! 🐋
@SeanMcGuire92 4 жыл бұрын
This is a very rare comment that actually made me laugh aloud.
@valpardo6405 4 жыл бұрын
Right!?? * That gravity falls character* get emm! Get emm"
@nopenope273 4 жыл бұрын
*WHALE REVENNGEEE!* 🐳🐳🐳
@chickennoodlesoup9303 4 жыл бұрын
@Jayanga S Um... what?
@Tracy_LLC 10 ай бұрын
I live in New Bedford Massachusetts where Herman Melville's Moby Dick Started out, there is a whaling museum here with historical facts about the whaling industry and Herman Melville.
@sickdan.b.v.p6910 Ай бұрын
My mom was born and raised in New bedford
@dawnpalmby5100 8 ай бұрын
Gawd I miss this channel and it's in depth history! Really hoping to see our beloved mortician again someday!
@darianestes6813 4 жыл бұрын
Caitlin: and so after causing the extinction of an entire species of tortois the ship was capsized by a vengeful whale Me: look at god
@RealElongatedMuskrat 4 жыл бұрын
LOOK AT GOD hahaha
@kissarococo2459 4 жыл бұрын
whale meat is GOOD.
@fredflintstone8048 4 жыл бұрын
@@FC-ku4ez Yes, and the historical record should show a dramatic spike in CO2 levels and a shortage of O2 when the whale population was almost completely decimated due to Phytoplankton dying off due to not having enough whale shit to munch on... If they could have eaten bullshit in stead , this video could have fed the oceans for years...
@miso.1993 4 жыл бұрын
lmao #TeamWhale
@nunyabiznez6381 4 жыл бұрын
Nature usually finds a way to balance the accounts.
@Dri-xr9tf 4 жыл бұрын
“Have you thanked your whale poop today” *party air horn*
@6yjjk 4 жыл бұрын
Air horn? That's a whale fart!
@trishaforeman3998 4 жыл бұрын
Love Caitlyn...so damn funny😂
@meghanmonroe 4 жыл бұрын
That and "Mocha Dick!" had me rollin 😂
@pamelareeves3574 7 ай бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. They have made me unafraid of death and have helped me decide how to let my body go so that it is much easier for my loved ones. You are lovely and I thank you!
@tedsmith3061 9 ай бұрын
You got me on this one Kaitlin, I'm subscribed. Only took 3 videos. You definitely have delivery. All your own and entirely captivating.
@katherinebarlow6446 4 жыл бұрын
What I'm getting from this is that HP Lovecraft's depiction of the horrors of 19th and early 20th century New England fishing communities is not entirely unfounded.
@thcu 4 жыл бұрын
You can be both paranoid and right sometimes it seems
@SourEggz 4 жыл бұрын
hey_there And extremely racist. **aggressively sips tea**
@thcu 4 жыл бұрын
@@SourEggz that too. I was trying to ignore the huge elephant in the room
@angelachouinard4581 4 жыл бұрын
@@alekandhisdogs Agree. Grew up in New England.
@angelachouinard4581 4 жыл бұрын
Not just Lovecraft. A whole English class of New England writers found inspiration in all the strangeness, all the way up to Stephen King.
@henryhunter9643 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the whale was saved by vegetable oil. The last thing we used whale oil for was cooking. Crude oil (and it's refined product) had taken over many whale oil's niches. Cooking oil was the last thing we used it for. When vegetable oil became a thing, combined with the lack of whales to hunt, whaling became utterly unprofitable and stopped in most of the world.
@l.c.7168 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, vegetable oil is killing the orangutan.
@kurtnulf3362 2 жыл бұрын
expect Japan
@jeffrocookster4508 2 жыл бұрын
And Iceland
@shiaseedsalad2726 2 жыл бұрын
Olive oil became easier to get too. I don't know if olive oil harvesting hurts any animals, but it comes from a plant at least. Palm oil is killing tigers and many ecosystems, tho.
@helenanilsson5666 2 жыл бұрын
@@l.c.7168 Depends on WHICH vegetable you're getting your oil from. There are several different plants that oil can be extracted from, and I'm reasonably certain that the rapeseed oil and sunflower oil in my kitchen has not inconvenienced any orangutangs. I'm guessing you're thinking of palm oil?
@plasticwrapcharlie 5 ай бұрын
23:30 lmao the comical sound effects notating the method of corpse disposal are my everything!
@user-yp2mw2ko9k 6 ай бұрын
This woman has got something that many other people nowadays are lacking. Thank you for your channel, here`s a new fan of yours.
@DownhillAllTheWay 4 жыл бұрын
A funny thing about Moby Dick is that it starts with the sentence : "Call me Ishmael". I once wrote that into a word processor (I think it was MS Word), and the spell-checker 'corrected' it to "Call me fish-meal" - which seemed humorously appropriate, given the subject of the story.
@shannon3944 4 жыл бұрын
👍😂❤💯
@troubledsole9104 4 жыл бұрын
That Herman Melville was a damn genius. He must have envisioned future autocorrect.
@lizardog 4 жыл бұрын
"Call me Fishmeal" was the first line of the MAD Magazine parody of Moby Dick.
@mikehood3424 4 жыл бұрын
How many ship are buried in the ocean (?) to be honest we do not know
@DownhillAllTheWay 4 жыл бұрын
@@lizardog Interesting. I wonder if that's where they got the idea.
@gwugluud 3 жыл бұрын
If just the sperm whales are that large, imagine how huge the ADULT whales must be.
@ronswanson9324 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@jjjjames126 3 жыл бұрын
🤣😭
@harolddburke4726 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but due to overwhaling the world will never know.
@yourinnerlawyer4035 3 жыл бұрын
@@harolddburke4726 I don't want to laugh more or facepalm 🤔😂😂😂
@yourinnerlawyer4035 3 жыл бұрын
Needed to read it a few times before I got it. 😂
@brianfisher4940 6 ай бұрын
Ahhh... that explains a lot! As a decendant of Capt. George Pollard (totally unaware of the cannibal thing thank you) and as a decendant of a survivor of the later ill fated Donner party I'm beginning to think it's best to go camping alone. 😅 Loved your video. It was enlightening to say the least. 🎉👍
@flyingtoaster1427 5 ай бұрын
you have 14 thumbs up at this moment. Even though you are not a descendant.
@mackerel9875 5 ай бұрын
@@flyingtoaster1427 how do u know
@flyingtoaster1427 5 ай бұрын
@@mackerel9875 you had to ask.
@mackerel9875 5 ай бұрын
@@flyingtoaster1427 yeah good point
@ellyllljyy 3 күн бұрын
and lemme guess…your grandpa was on the plane that fell in the andes
@charliekill88 3 жыл бұрын
My great great great grandfather was on the Essex. He was Owen Chase, the first mate on the ship. We still have family on Nantucket and Tuckernuck. We’re also related to the Coffins. Man were my ancestors fucked up.
@vudi2103 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, most if not all ancestors of modern man are fucked.
@fredhasopinions 3 жыл бұрын
humanity in general is and was even more fucked... but at least we got cool stories out of it. thanks for sharing, chaminar killz, it's pretty crazy that there's still living ancestors!
@h.r.9563 3 жыл бұрын
I give the average person 2 steps from crazy in their family tree
@dollymadison2397 3 жыл бұрын
Meh... that's just a few ppl in your bloodline. We all have those. Atleast they're your ANCESTORS & not your recent or still- embarrassing-you-relatives down the road. And heck...you got to tell us something super interesting about your family! That's pretty neat!
@michellerobin5461 3 жыл бұрын
Dolly Madison Agreed!!
@jwbarnhartmusic 4 жыл бұрын
Damn, I so glad we live in a time where people aren’t sacrificed for economic reasons. Oh wait!?!
@kauaijohn 4 жыл бұрын
jwbarnhartmusic You nailed that one!!😂
@thcu 4 жыл бұрын
Go stand in the corner
@judemelroses9920 4 жыл бұрын
Haha
@supersaiandemon 4 жыл бұрын
Oh dang. That hurt.
@camillefaith2005 4 жыл бұрын
jwbarnhartmusic Someone’s gonna need some ice for that burn. 😆😆😆
@Sephirajo 11 ай бұрын
21:17 is ironic now we're in the Orca Uprising.
@emmadrew3911 6 ай бұрын
Ikr lol
@samangelus 10 ай бұрын
As someone who loved Moby Dick as a kid, I found this very interesting. Thank you. 😊
@TheSfelex 4 жыл бұрын
she's afraid of whales, but is raising funds to help them, respect to you :D
@pninasimmer5723 4 жыл бұрын
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer I guess
@diobrando2209 4 жыл бұрын
@@pninasimmer5723 hmmm is dat breaking bad reference???
@joaquinel 4 жыл бұрын
She's afraid of revenge whales knocking her door.
@johnmills5879 4 жыл бұрын
What have you done for whales?
@HeferCat 4 жыл бұрын
Fear and respect are often found together
@evanatchison9738 4 жыл бұрын
I wasn't even that entirely grossed out by the cannibalism thing until I realized they didn't have fires and had to eat them raw.
@willyam9735 4 жыл бұрын
evan atchison, Well, at least they had some salt, for seasoning ya know!
@alexanderarkum4793 4 жыл бұрын
You are so right because uncooked human flesh is disgusting
@kiteme1141 4 жыл бұрын
how do u know
@krystalreverb 4 жыл бұрын
The meat was heated on flatstones, basically cooked in the sun. They did cook the meat before eating it.
@azby7925 4 жыл бұрын
...Oh, shit...
@martcrins Жыл бұрын
found this channel a week ago and now i'm hooked on it.
@cuz_i_sedso9574 8 ай бұрын
read it a 3rd time as a 50 year old. immersed myself over an entire summer. Took the time to research all the references he made. Mind completely blown. Melville is one of the great geniuses in human history. Cant believe the audio is only 22 hours. BTW - The sharks were not "waiting". They attacked the sailors standing on the whale carving it up. Imagine standing on a piece of floating whale meat in the middle of a shark feeding frenzy fighting against time and 100 sharks ripping your whale raft to shreds as you try to carve up pieces and tie them to a rope to be hauled on board the ship.
@draxiss1577 3 жыл бұрын
Lesson Learned: If you're starving and have to resort to cannibalism, make sure to suck out the marrow.
@briancritchley5295 3 жыл бұрын
You are spot on, we are only doing what was designed by nature
@jjoshaugh 3 жыл бұрын
A definite life hack.
@cursedragdoll7078 3 жыл бұрын
in my own experience.....yes , that is true
@SushiElemental 3 жыл бұрын
Oooh is that what people mean when they crotch chop and say "suck it"? They are concerned for your health in case of an emergency. So considerate.
@pinkie5963CP 3 жыл бұрын
100th like!
@anja4469 3 жыл бұрын
"You can't even get your own childhood trauma right!" is an iconic quote and I will use it for e v e r y t h i n g
@elaina8260 3 жыл бұрын
That's on the true true!👏😈
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa420 3 жыл бұрын
“I got laid” “You can’t even get your own childhood trauma right.”
@wandererxiaoflowers 3 жыл бұрын
VoiD i can't tell if that's a joke and just really really dark or what.....
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa420 3 жыл бұрын
Veronica Thomas really really dark joke
@CIS101 4 ай бұрын
I think I saw this video a couple of years ago. I like our host's personal style, and good documentary too. Nicely done.
@pierre6625 7 ай бұрын
Hello to you, love to listen to your stories. You are entertaining as well as very well-described subjects with some good humor added. Good Job. Best Regards.
@Agaettis 4 жыл бұрын
"You can't even get your own childhood trauma right" "It's a beautiful day to enter the bowels of hell and face your fears" If it makes you feel better I was terrified of a statue of a bee at my local museum, it was about 2 feet long, and scared the ever living crap out of me. Seeing it as an adult is still terrifying... I have no clue why because I'm not scared of bees
@janisi9262 4 жыл бұрын
THE GIANT MOTH MODEL AT THE PEABODY MUSEUM. I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT. Ugh, I refused to even walk under it, it gave me the creeps.
@danatrick4868 4 жыл бұрын
There was a giant squid replica statue hanging above the sea exhibit at the Ventura County Natural museum that still freaks me out.
@OpalBLeigh 4 жыл бұрын
To be fair to you- I’m not afraid of a normal sized bee but would probably be scared of a 2 foot bee.
@mr.mohawk4190 4 жыл бұрын
This isn't a museum caused fear but one time when I was at the zoo on a school field trip a baboon ran full speed and jumped on the glass right at me. For years I was terrified.
@gifttanz 4 жыл бұрын
My museum childhood fear was an old diver with the big bulbous headgear model.
@jhjjhg1 4 жыл бұрын
It makes me sad that those 12 previous whales died for no reason basically.
@ReptilianTeaDrinker 4 жыл бұрын
Same. :( Just how many animals have been killed by greedy, selfish humans? It's really sad to think about.
@johnbrasher1495 4 жыл бұрын
Just try to think of all the whales who survived due to the scuttling of the Essex.
@JesterfaceBassplayer 4 жыл бұрын
@@ReptilianTeaDrinker 74 billion land animals and trillions of sea animals every year. Most of those 74 billion are raised and fed plants that could easily feed our entire human population directly. There I said it.
@pixie1118 4 жыл бұрын
Jesterface YES! Thank you!
@cj694x2 4 жыл бұрын
@@JesterfaceBassplayer Animals are more yummy. There I said it.
@akesq01 6 ай бұрын
Wow. What an amazing video and so well done. You do such an amazing job. I was transfixed by the whole thing. Your delivery and production is delicious! Marvelous job. Thank you for doing this and educating and entertaining us. Instruction and delight, indeed!
@the_dark_soul_of_man 11 ай бұрын
I simply love your editing, thanks for the awesome vid!
@errortryagainlater4240 3 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine being the ships coming across these guys?? The sea is scary enough without bringing "live skeletons sucking the marrow out of their dead crewmates" aboard.
@mareofmaers3590 3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they took them in and didn't kill those guys. I imagine them to look like zombies or ghosts and during the time, people did believe those things existed.
@errortryagainlater4240 3 жыл бұрын
@@mareofmaers3590 me too actually, but tbf they all knew how dangerous the sea was and probably just took pity on them.
@anonymike8280 3 жыл бұрын
@@mareofmaers3590 The law of the sea. Both the written law and the apocryphal law.
@quester09 3 жыл бұрын
especially when they're reluctant to give up said bones
@peterlynch1451 2 жыл бұрын
This always happened with shipwreaked crew's. With the British Navy " the men would draw straws in the evening " and upon sunrise " if there was no ship sighted , then the crew mate would be sacrificed . sailors eating their crew mate's is nothing new ...
@girl.exeofficial 3 жыл бұрын
I feel really bad for the whales,, i know whale oil is a big part of history but the killing process sounds so violent and painful for them :(
@lisadunn1138 3 жыл бұрын
It would be awesome if it were only part of history.. Unfortunately whaling still goes on today. And it's not much different from the painful way the poor beings died then.
@246kisses 3 жыл бұрын
What happens to whales and sharks is more disturbing to me than the cannibalism
@Andre-id9dl 3 жыл бұрын
@Milena Shvedova They don't have intelligence on par with a human. Though compared to all other animals, whales are probably the smartest ocean animals aside from Octopuses.
@kg7219 3 жыл бұрын
@@Andre-id9dl this is SO something a human would say lmao
@Andre-id9dl 3 жыл бұрын
@@kg7219 am I lying?
@bujabusiness 5 ай бұрын
Phenomenal job telling the story. I'm already with Audible or I would have joined under your reference .
@glashoppah 7 ай бұрын
I just tripped over this fantastic video and realized the author wrote one of my very favorite books. Good job!
@rickc2102 4 жыл бұрын
Lesson learned: if forced to engage in cannibalism, be sure to remember to suck out the marrow. 😎👍
@bunzeebear2973 4 жыл бұрын
Remember to bring steak sauce and tenderizer for that tough meat.
@bella-iu7ku 4 жыл бұрын
@@bunzeebear2973 oh my god
@bev0666 4 жыл бұрын
Bahahahaha!!! Hilarious!...Caitlyn is awesome!!!
@paulmyers7078 4 жыл бұрын
Oh, Gross man!
@irishime 4 жыл бұрын
Hey...the more you know...
@angelmiller3331 4 жыл бұрын
This is Gilligan's Island written by Edgar Allen Poe.
@donaldmoon 4 жыл бұрын
A 2-year tour? A 2-year tour?
@dayaautum6983 4 жыл бұрын
Sit right back and you'll hear a tale a tale of a fateful trip. That started from Nantucket shores aboard the small Essex. (sound of thunderclap) A white whale started getting rough the Essex got tossed If it wasn't for the turtles and the hard baked bread All food would be lost All food would be lost The crew set sail on the water of uncharted open sea. Where they were rescued one fine day, But many would starve many would be ate.
@khalilrazak6486 4 жыл бұрын
How many times do humans have to be told not to F**K with nature. The fact is that us humans are earth's parasites and just messing this planet and its animals up but we will pay dearly and then it would be too late. The Covid19 pandemic is just a taste of what nature has in store for us as Karma is surely a bitch.
@jamesbreeden3061 4 жыл бұрын
They should do a Gilligan's Island Movie- Haunted Addition.
@fukpoeslaw3613 4 жыл бұрын
@@dayaautum6983 you forgot 🎵s and also 🎶es and maybe a 🎼 . Despair not: 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 there's enough where that came from!
@M335h1 10 ай бұрын
21:39 wait did they also not know how beautiful Tahiti is? I mean if you’re going to be eaten, that’s the landscape to die looking at…
@uniquely.mediocre1865 Жыл бұрын
Over 2 years of watching this video, I never noticed the small mistake at 8:25 when she says 1918 accidentally instead of 1819. Obviously it's not a big deal, more happy that this Fandom is chill because any other KZfaqr and they would've been ripped to shreds for something so insignificant
@lilykep 4 жыл бұрын
Nantucket having the "oh shit are we actually racist?" crisis way earlier than most places.
@capie44 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to humanity. . It's only the '60's that libtards flipped the Jim Crow laws like a pancake, decided to discriminate against "Majority Rules" (the foundation of Democracy) and become racist and sexist to Whites, males, and especially White-males. . But cheer-up! . The hippies, flower-children, civil/equal rights marchers achieved equality!! Now EVERYONE is equally racist and sexist. (But you can't talk about the minority racism and sexism...it's politically-incorrect.)
@lukecremecheese597 4 жыл бұрын
capie44 yikes
@rrai1999 4 жыл бұрын
@@lukecremecheese597 And a yikes to you too.
@iambiggus 4 жыл бұрын
@@capie44 Well if "majority rules" is the foundation of democracy, then those pesky "conservatives for the win!" characters are the ones who killed it. George Bush... Donald Trump? Both elected in opposition of the majority, and not a single "conservative" stood up and complained. And yet those "libtards" keep getting blamed for the same bullshit state of affairs? Interesting.
@Ash_W04 4 жыл бұрын
@@lukecremecheese597 I looked at his KZfaq channel and he's exactly what I expected 😂😂😂 Don't bother 🤷
@peterlynley Жыл бұрын
"Tortises are flying around". I have never heard, and do not ever expect to hear, this particular sentence again.
@lakeireland 3 ай бұрын
I guess you don’t play Super Mario Bros? There are flying tortoises all over the place.
@peterlynley 3 ай бұрын
@@lakeireland Mystery solved.
@SuperPlastered 8 ай бұрын
Great story telling! I listened to this, knowing the story already, before bed and had nightmares.
@pierovittori1076 7 ай бұрын
You're great!! Absolutely loved the book and this video is the perfect cherry on the cake
@abbipage1 4 жыл бұрын
The tortoises flying across the screen was absolute class 😂😂
@d.leighannbatemon3192 4 жыл бұрын
"and we haven't even gotten to the cannibalism yet" may just be my new favorite phrase ever. I'm going to sprinkle that into every conversation possible!
@m.l.t.6568 4 жыл бұрын
"Speaking of cannibalism... 😉" shall be mine!
@iciajay6891 4 жыл бұрын
As you should.
@IonIsFalling7217 4 жыл бұрын
I want it on a shirt 😂
@Ash_W04 4 жыл бұрын
@@m.l.t.6568 Speaking of cannibalism, what did you eat for lunch 😂😂
@monamedley6666 Жыл бұрын
Mr Ballens channel brought me here, and I'm so glad it did!!! New sub! Love your style!
@35southkiwi16 6 ай бұрын
Wow! What a tale! terrific presentation. Thanks
@amethystrose2671 3 жыл бұрын
I honestly feel bad for Thomas Nickerson. He was only 14 years old when he had to endure the trauma of watching his fellow crew members starve, die, and cannibalize one of the men. I don't know the logistics of a teen in a starvation situation but I genuinely thought Thomas would die. Still that poor kid.
@thetruth3768 3 жыл бұрын
he wasnt big enough to eat
@altyfranco5952 3 жыл бұрын
This is true but no less disturbing
@kolloduke3341 3 жыл бұрын
This is on a par with the la dam fail where they had boy scouts marking the sights of bodys located with white flags ,only found out about this today , those poor kids having to live with that memory the rest of their lives .lol
@henryfreeman7748 3 жыл бұрын
Human flesh, I was told don't ask who tastes a lot like pork.
@henryfreeman7748 3 жыл бұрын
@@thetruth3768 Yes, he had some meat on them thar bones. Trust and believe! taste like pork, eat the meat suck on the bones, yum yum time baby.
@user-ns3vs3bp3e 3 жыл бұрын
Killed a bunch of whales, eliminated a species of tortoise, won’t sail/row to nearby islands because they’re scared of cannibals... kinda feel like they deserved the outcome after all this
@mariahbd8365 3 жыл бұрын
They for sure did lol as a South American I frowned the entire time she was talking about the amount of environmental destruction they did and got really happy whenever they got fucked up 😂 not sorry
@randomchance7796 3 жыл бұрын
What's striking is that a weak captain listening to a man of poor decision making skills led to a boat capsizing after it had almost capsized before. They blame a whale. Did anyone question this? Weak people tend to blame others and when leaders are this weak they do get people hurt or killed. It happens. But 'A whale did it'? Did the dog eat his homework, too?
@bennypagesaunders6895 3 жыл бұрын
You're judging these people based on the standards of today, but you have a point I guess. Somebody remarked at least back then it was a fairer fight, not like modern industrialised whaling which there is no excuse for. To a degree maybe they didn't know much better back then, like the enormous destruction of the buffalo in North America. Back then you could argue the products derived from the whale were used for practical purposes as oil and gas uses were still probably being experimented with as regards it's energy applications. However, Doesn't take a lot of common sense to realise that if you indiscriminately kill animals that have taken countless years to reach maturity- and in vast numbers, Eventually their numbers will decline. I actually felt physically sick when she described the process of stripping them of their valuable organs. No thought for these animals or the ecosystem, but I guess there view was God gave us the animals to use, as they were all into the bible and God bothering so like they believed that the animals were for man's use (in his words to Noah after the flood story in Genesis)- Just a commodity. What a dreadful scourge on the planet man was and still is. We are spoiling it for no good reason but greed.
@alanabear2736 3 жыл бұрын
@@bennypagesaunders6895 My dude, the killing of the buffalo as 100% intentional, not a lack of understanding sustainable hunting. They were trying to starve the natives by eliminating their primary food source. It was calculated genocide.
@bennypagesaunders6895 3 жыл бұрын
@@alanabear2736Really? That sounds depressingly true to form. I must have a look into that. So is this part of U.S. history conveniently edited out, or is it a well known thing?
@Stuloud 6 ай бұрын
Caitlin, your videos are to die for!
@lauraannecialinilacello8992 10 ай бұрын
I’m so glad I found this video! I love Nantucket ❤️❤️❤️ I am well versed in the whaleship Essex!
@Panda72021 3 жыл бұрын
Pro Tip: STOP listening to OWEN CHASE!
@millennialgirlie2029 3 жыл бұрын
His name even sounds like the one friend who you never accept advice from 🤣😂
@quickchris10 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, talk about ``not learning a lesson.'' If they'd returned to Nantucket, like the CAPTAIN wanted, they would have had a decent boat and none of this would have happened.
@Panda72021 3 жыл бұрын
@@quickchris10 I'm glad at least SOME of the crew members saw the writing on the wall, and asked to be dropped off at different locations before the REAL chaos ensued. At least THEY survived and were able to be picked up later...wonder how THEIR lives went after they were left on various shores to fend for themselves.
@quickchris10 3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe he had the nerve to write a book about it/owned up to his culpability.
@Panda72021 3 жыл бұрын
@@quickchris10 Yeah, not sure what's worse....writing a book about it (and thus making money off of it), or if he were to do the opposite which would be to try and sweep everything under the rug. Either way poorly handled. I kind of hope he at least feels guilty; the way Caitlin tells the story he seems to be very much an "hehe...oops MY BAD 🤷🏼♀️" kinda guy. Just reeks of narcissism honestly.
@proxycakes935 3 жыл бұрын
Man if this was the type of stuff history teachers taught, and in this way, i'd listen all day every day.
@chrisschneider850 3 жыл бұрын
for real. i hated history so much in HS, now i love it. and its actually my job.
@We_Are_All_Vultures 3 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@jeffelkins1905 3 жыл бұрын
Not me this girl got on my nerves
@variableaxis9652 3 жыл бұрын
I got lucky and had a teacher who was really passionate about history, half the time we were in that class we didn’t feel like we were doing any work, just having conversations about the subject.
@darthmaul2005 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I wish schools would teach more real history like these moments that are lost to hearing about topographic maps, and landmarks, like come on we learn this every year.
@pistos777 8 ай бұрын
You are hilarious. Thank you so much. You were just what I needed just when I needed it.
@r.l.7160 7 ай бұрын
Very interesting and well presented. I liked it so much that I subscribed!
@jojol.2630 3 жыл бұрын
I’m just. The idea of tortoises chilling out on the ship is amusing me
@ownpetard8379 3 жыл бұрын
Tortoises had no food. So, "chilling" is relative.
@aliciacantin7993 3 жыл бұрын
also... tortoises can't swim so..... capsized boat = bad
@Validboy 3 жыл бұрын
ninja-tortoises?
@saga2964 3 жыл бұрын
Having a tortoise myself, I feel so bad for those little (or really not so little) guys. They're such gentle animals, they can seem "chill" when they're actually very frightened or actively suffering. They didn't have food, the habitat they needed, or the surprisingly involved care turtles/torties need to be healthy and happy.
@theworld3069 3 жыл бұрын
I am also just.
@laurahoughton5911 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so sad about how they would kill the whales - it sounds so painful and slow and traumatic
@newprojects7847 3 жыл бұрын
There's no way to kill whales immediately with the kind of technology they had. They shouldn't have killed any whales at all though
@consentclub8431 3 жыл бұрын
That's what makes the whale attack kind of cathartic
@StephenWarrenArt 3 жыл бұрын
Humans = dumb torture monkeys
@MegaMementoMori 3 жыл бұрын
@@newprojects7847 Remember the part about whaling oil jump-starting the industrial revolution. Plus, they seriously did not consider that whales were in danger of being over hunted at that time. Even "Moby Dick" tries to prove that the population of whales is not affected by whaling.
@Rithene 3 жыл бұрын
@@MegaMementoMori Moby Dick also tries to prove that whales are fish. Let's not take Melville as any kind of biological authority for the time.
@NTGreekGal Жыл бұрын
Here from Mr. Ballens channel. Your video was recommended in the comments of Mr. Ballens acct of the Essex story.
@AndyZach 8 ай бұрын
Best product placement ever! I liked and subscribed to your channel.
@aleahlrb 4 жыл бұрын
So... none of it would've happened if Pollard had the balls to tell Chase, "No." And that he's the captain, they do what he says?
@adde9506 4 жыл бұрын
It still might have happened but it would have been a lot less stupid.
@Scorpia161 4 жыл бұрын
SERIOUSLY after the first shitty call why was he still listening to that dude??
@veronicavatter6436 4 жыл бұрын
Or after that one it would have been "Because your last idea was so great? NO!"
@mfitzburger5137 4 жыл бұрын
they should just totally stab Pollard!
@amberdulay7238 4 жыл бұрын
“I don’t have to tell you how important whales are...” Um, no, Spock and Captain Kirk did that YEARS ago!!
@spiritmatter1553 4 жыл бұрын
Good God, that movie BLEW!
@Ennead13x 4 жыл бұрын
Robert Hibbert Sounds like someone doesn't like Italian food.
@garycorbin2789 4 жыл бұрын
Scotty : Captain ! there Be Whales here
@maryinsanfrancisco 4 жыл бұрын
I thought of Star Trek, too!
@luckeyducks888 4 жыл бұрын
I really really really wish there was a way to like this comment like a thousand times. Not a day goes bye that I do not think of that movie
@tx.tactical3165 4 ай бұрын
Just found your channel, great stuff...
@Jessica-Jasmine-Green 4 жыл бұрын
The description of the whale killing is so heartbreaking.
@madelinegutierrez1720 4 жыл бұрын
Because it was... And today the Japanese are still doing it. Google it.
@critically.panned 4 жыл бұрын
I’m currently sobbing over it. Whales are so gentle.
@kylelapointe2289 4 жыл бұрын
@@critically.panned lmao imagine sobbing over animals hunting each other. You'd probably faint over wolves bringing down a bison.
@pix_d20 4 жыл бұрын
@@kylelapointe2289 but this isn't animals hunting each other??
@trevoror8668 4 жыл бұрын
@@pix_d20 at what point during evolution do you say human's stopped being animals?? (This will be interesting)
@viabrus8609 4 жыл бұрын
Caitlin- I'm terrified of whales Also Caitlin- Save the whales! Also also Caitlin- Listen to this awesome, horrifying tale of whaling! A true queen.
@mluna1 Жыл бұрын
Proving once more that just because you are afraid of something, doesn’t mean you should kill it/get rid of it. True queen indeed ❤️
@Gatsu_Gambino Жыл бұрын
Like Drag queen? Or actual queen?
@momar678 Жыл бұрын
Take the whalepill
@jermasus Жыл бұрын
she'll make a fine politician
@garethbaus5471 6 ай бұрын
@@Gatsu_Gambinodoes it matter?
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