The Ridiculously Extreme Lives of Deep Sea Whales

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Sperm Whales Dive 1000s of meters below the surface in search of food, entering into a completely alien enviroment, such a strange place for a mammal of all creatures to be and it isn't just sperm whales. There are at least a dozen species of whales that have adapted to dive into the abyss for their food and these whales aren't closely related and have evolved to be deep sea divers on separate occasions. So why don't these beasts hunt near the surface, what lures these giants into the deep?
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@bonecanoe86 Ай бұрын

Holding your breath for an hour to go down to a realm of darkness to hunt giant squid is metal af

@Adam-tu1qx Ай бұрын

Then they surface, and fly off into space to truly become metal af (Gojira reference for those who dont know)

@TheOuroboros84 Ай бұрын

Spermaceti sounds like cool band name

@JohnyG29 Ай бұрын

They don't hold their breath to avoid crushing their lungs, its says so in this video.

@SubvertTheState Ай бұрын

@@JohnyG29 well their lungs do get crushed to almost 1% their surface volume, their ribcage is hinged to accommodate this inevitable crushing pressure.

@osmiumGE Ай бұрын

@@Adam-tu1qxthis comment would have been way funnier for people who know what it means if you didn't explain it

@pscel Ай бұрын

"Using their sonar to interrogate the darkness" is actually such a beautiful line lmao

@kenW13 Ай бұрын

Isn’t it! 🤌🏽 so poetic. We need more writing like this

@marcopohl4875 Ай бұрын

"WHO SENT YOU!? WHO'S YOUR CONTACT!?"

@muhammadhasanimran7687 Ай бұрын

thats what i thought immediately as he said it and then i found this comment hahahahaha

@offshoretomorrow3346 Ай бұрын

Unlike "Laugh My Ass Off" 😩

@marcopohl4875 Ай бұрын

@@offshoretomorrow3346 Has anyone ever said that *while trying to be poetic?*

@pkre707 Ай бұрын

I’m just glad that there are still some truly “mega” fauna out there to observe. Whales are just as cool and awe inspiring as any Mosasaur or Spinosaurid of the past.

@m3rkbullw0rm48 Ай бұрын

Why is "mega" in quotations

@Kargoneth Ай бұрын

Likely to emphasize it.

@Mallchad Ай бұрын

@@m3rkbullw0rm48 Megafauna is a scientific classification of very large animal, there are very few of them left in the world. OP migh tnot have realized sperm whales are one of the few animals alive classified as megafauna.

@m3rkbullw0rm48 Ай бұрын

@@Mallchad i know this already. I was asking why they put mega in quotations

@Cranndaddy Ай бұрын

@@m3rkbullw0rm48I feel like the quotations/ separation of the word megafauna is a humorous play on words to emphasise their appreciation for whales. Mega is used more generally to say something is cool/big in the UK where I’m from, whereas megafauna is just the scientifically accurate way to describe their size.

@Astrapionte Ай бұрын

My wish that we get camera footage, photos and a documentary over the beaked whales. It’s time to get them out of obscurity.

@MaoRatto Ай бұрын

Screw that, I want the whale POV what they are smelling, seeing, hearing, and touching down in the deep ocean!!!!

@Danin4985 Ай бұрын

@@MaoRattoMay be in your next life you can become a beaked whale.

@joeybulford5266 Ай бұрын

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen a beaked whale. I thought pilot whales were the deepest diving mammal.

@cyrilio Ай бұрын

@@MaoRattothis!

@yukeenakamura1398 Ай бұрын

So true! So many people don’t even know they exist.

@snoutysnouterson Ай бұрын

Petition to bring back the amphibian splash intro

@phoenix-sound Ай бұрын

Count me in

@M_Dun Ай бұрын

Aye

@fuferito Ай бұрын

I miss that intro.

@takenname8053 Ай бұрын

Something so simple, is quite impactful!

@mikeycbaby Ай бұрын

I second that emotion

@mabamabam Ай бұрын

Do baby sperm whales follow the mother down? If not are they left alone on the surface? Are there sperm calf nurseries, with babysitters? Do the mothers not dive while the baby is young? What age can they start diving?

@notoriousbigmoai1125 Ай бұрын

Female and juvenile sperm whales live in large groups of up to 20 individuals called pods. They take turns to find foods and protect their youngs. Baby sperm whales can't dive, so other females within the group will guard them on the surface while another will dive into deep water to find foods.

@kylecollier7569 Ай бұрын

There's a two episode documentary series about sperm whales and in particular follows a male who eventually winds up getting stranded on a New Zealand beach. I know part of the documentary's title involves "Odyssey", but I don't remember the full name.

@vincentx2850 Ай бұрын

The youngest calves stay at the surface, mainly in warm water nurseries where killer whales are rare. Older members of the family often babysit with them, not just to defend against predators but also prevent them from getting lost. These babysitters include aunts and grandmothers, but also older subadult siblings. Also, new born sperm whales are still big animals, at 4 meters long few tropical marine predators would threaten it. The greater problem lies with the beaked whales, which mainly rely on being sneaky as their main defence against killer whales, and many live exclusively in cold waters with high killer whale density.

@stevenschnepp576 Ай бұрын

@@kylecollier7569 I wonder if being followed around by a camera crew contributed to the whale beaching himself.

@kylecollier7569 Ай бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 no that wasn't the case. It was actually the sonar emitted by a submarine that caused the whale to eventually get stranded.

@Gilgamesh_Prime Ай бұрын

If you think about it, even more scary than the idea of just diving down into the abyss is actually being one of those abyssal monsters yourself. Think about it, you're lurking down there, doing your thing, being an abyssal monster as one does, and then there starts to be this faint clicking sound, growing louder and louder. As one of these giant beasts from the great "above" plunges down to devour you. You can't get away. It knows exactly where you are. It can see you through sound even in the complete darkness, and the sonic pulse may even be able to stun you in some cases when close enough. Your doom is just homing in on you and you can only wait for it to arrive. Click, click, click...

@stejer211 Ай бұрын

Damn that scared me LOL.

@abigbiscuit Ай бұрын

u should def write a book

@yimwee2401 26 күн бұрын

Chilling

@lucasvignolireis8181 16 күн бұрын

beautifully written!

@quinngriffith7064 Ай бұрын

New moth light media video always makes my day :)

@Jwinius Ай бұрын

While studying for one of my technical diving exams, I learned that the record simulated depth to which a human (commercial diver) has ever descended is 701 meters (the COMEX Hydra X project). That was apparently the point at which high-pressure nervous syndrome (HPNS) essentially became unavoidable and debilitating. I think it took the test subject about a month in that barometric chamber while the pressure was slowly decreased and he could safely come out again.

@Kargoneth Ай бұрын

Did some brief reading. You are correct. Théo Mavrostomos. Amazing!

@ias2424 Ай бұрын

A MONTH in decompression?? How in the world did they cope? Aren’t those chambers tiny?

@Kargoneth Ай бұрын

@@ias2424I was unable to verify the month-long decompression. Saturation divers can require a week of gradual decompression.

@Kargoneth Ай бұрын

@@ias2424 Based on the Wikipedia page for Decompression practice (not a medical source), it looks like the deeper one is, the faster they can ascend at that depth without suffering issues. The rate of ascent decreases as the surface is approached. The page does not specify depths of 700 meters.

@Kargoneth Ай бұрын

@@ias2424 That week (7 days, 15 hours) was for a depth of 180 meters. So it does not seem unreasonable for it to take a month to decompress for a depth of 701 meters. Fascinating stuff.

@mishka1138 Ай бұрын

If Azhdarchids were living planes, then sperm whales are living submarines

@klaasgoossens1520 Ай бұрын

"using their sonar to interrogate the darkness" damn that is a beautiful line.... *chef's kiss*

@sunset_Ruby Ай бұрын

great video! your talk about the large squids reminded me of the fact that some of the largest squids in existance, the robust clubhook squid, the giant squid, and the colossal squid, are all huge and deep sea squids, yet are distantly related and evolved their size and range completly independently. I think it would be cool if you did a vid on the evolution of these squids, although since there probably isn't very much information on these rarely seen creatures, a video on abyssal gigantism, or the tendecy for deep sea creatures to evolve to huge sizes, would be cool too :) keep up the great work !

@LucifersLandLord Ай бұрын

@mothlightmedia !!!

@dronesclubhighjinks Ай бұрын

Video about deep-sea squid would certainly be fabulous! The “blue planet“ DVD series has an episode on “the deep.“ That has the most alien-looking creatures I have ever seen. And the word “bioluminescence“ is used approximately 1000 times. And it’s cool every single time. The phrase “evolutionary arms race“ is also used quite a bit. Highly recommend! 🦑

@diktatoralexander88 Ай бұрын

@@dronesclubhighjinks Deep sea creatures remain intact since the paleozoic, since alot of them still have copper blood.

@orionspur Ай бұрын

The Australian ones are called New South Whales.

@apost0167 Ай бұрын

Exactly, it’s such an iconic part of this channel

@snoutysnouterson Ай бұрын

@@apost0167 huh?

@Quklasa Ай бұрын

lol, yes 😂

@shekharthingore9477 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@MichaelT_123 Ай бұрын

New Holland

@vincentx2850 Ай бұрын

In addition to the species mentioned in the video, there is another whale that feed on large deep sea squids. Killer whales are now know to be surprisingly competent deep divers, capable of reaching a depth of more than a 1000m. They also prey on squid more often than people realize: the transient killer whales of North Pacific rely heavily on squid to supplement their marine mammal diet, and those in Bremer Bay in southern Australia, famous for preying on blue whales and beaked whales, have also been observed feeding on giant squid. Interestingly, this means that killer whales are not only a potential predator of pilot whales, but also an important competitor. This might explain the antagonistic behaviour between the species, where pilot whales are often the aggressor. There is even one observation where a large group of long-fin pilot whales tried to rescue a strapped tooth beaked whale from killer whale attacks. Many beaked whales feed mainly on small fish and squid, and hence do not compete that much with pilot whales, who focus on larger prey.

@dronesclubhighjinks Ай бұрын

Thank you for the information!

@diktatoralexander88 Ай бұрын

A part of me wonders if maybe they just really like squid, as a preference or if they're so plentiful compared to other sea creatures so easier to take.

@vincentx2850 Ай бұрын

@@diktatoralexander88 Squid is probably not as nutritionally dense as many of their other prey, and though killer whales can make deep dives they are obviously not as good, so I would say squid is a prey item they exploit during lean times when other targets (migratory whales in particular) are out of reach. Its like the situation in East Africa. Lions prefer wildebeests and zebras, but when those migrate, they have to be creative and get by with more tricky, more dangerous or just less profitable prey, things like warthogs, impalas, baboons and even elephants for instance.

@nathana.m.1622 Ай бұрын

Orcas ain’t Whales..

@diktatoralexander88 Ай бұрын

@@nathana.m.1622 Whale is a term used to refer to all marine mammals of this type; all dolphins are technically whales.

@whiteegretx Ай бұрын

I never looked into this, but a thought occurred to me that squid may have evolved to live in the deep sea to avoid large mammals like whales from hunting them in the first place. Then sperm whales (and others) evolve to exploit that food source later.

@vincentx2850 Ай бұрын

Squid has been master of the deep sea long before mammals evolved. Molecular studies suggest that different deep sea lineages diverge from one another 100mya, in the mid Cretaceous. Also, I think the pressure of predators as driver of evolution might be overstated, especially for r-selection species that can easily swat off any predators using overwhelming reproductive output.

@whiteegretx Ай бұрын

@@vincentx2850 - Interesting information and hypothesis (about predation). Thank you

@whiteegretx Ай бұрын

I suppose, when I think about it, I think I meant "animals" rather than specifically "mammals" but I guess it doesn't matter.

@Nick-yz9fd Ай бұрын

After watching cave diving accident videos, I'm incredibly amazed at deep sea mammals' ability to dive down so far and come up so quickly without getting the bends.

@buckroger6456 Ай бұрын

Same here.

@asmodiusjones9563 Ай бұрын

I have a hypothesis that the other reason they target deep-sea squid is they use the dramatic pressure change on the squid to kill it. Squid are very hardy and flexible; a predator would have trouble killing one by bite force or even by whole swallowing (and can you imagine a sperm whale forcing a live, fighting squid down its relatively small throat?). But to kill a deep-sea squid, a sperm whale just has to grab one at the bottom and swim to the surface, and let the barotrauma do the work.

@MrGetItIn 29 күн бұрын

are u saying there are exploding squid in our oceans

@vincentx2850 13 күн бұрын

No they just suck them right in. These hunting trips can last for hours, and most of the targets are small squids. Bringing each and every one of them up to the surface wouldn't make ends meet.

@notoriousbigmoai1125 Ай бұрын

Strange fact: there was once a very aggressive species of unknown whale, possibly a sperm whale or a very large orca which harassed and sank ships for over 50 years around the waters of the sixth century Byzantine Empire capital, Constantinople. It was so feared that Emperor Justinian I ordered its capture, but was unable to do so. It was given the name Porphyrios.

@user-kf1me5zr6f Ай бұрын

I heard that it was a sperm whale

@JohnyG29 Ай бұрын

@@user-kf1me5zr6f No, it was definitely a killer whale.

@krankarvolund7771 Ай бұрын

@@JohnyG29We don't know. It was 13,7 meters long, that's four meters longer than the biggest orca ever measured. it could also be an exaggeration from our source, Procopius, I'm not sure they were able to measure it well when it stranded, as it was immediatelly attacked and eaten by the local population. Also, his name Porphyrios, means purple, probably because it was purple, or a dark-wine colour. Not really the black and white of killer whales. So the sperm whale is the most logical explanation, but sperm whales don't normally live in the Mediterranean sea ^^

@CasperVanLaar Ай бұрын

@@krankarvolund7771and orcas do?

@tallpine466 Ай бұрын

@@JohnyG29most likely no. Just looking at historical evidence, killer whales have rarely sunk or attacked ships. Only a handful of ships have been documented to have been sunk by orcas. Meanwhile, sperm whales have been recorded sinking ships for hundreds of years. One individual Mocha Dick, was famous for attacking ships and was thought to have sunk between 5-22 ships alone. Another incident was the sinking of the Essex where a bull sperm whale intentionally sank the ship. Furthermore, the whale polyphiros estimated size was well above what any orca has been recorded to grow to. It also hunted alone, a behaviour more typical of sperm whales. Polyphiros had extensive descriptions of its skin colour, dark purple. No mention of the tell tale white patches and no mention of the distinctive fin on orcas. Based on all the evidence it seems highly likely that this whale was a sperm whale. It’s also more typical behaviour of sperm whales to sink ships, a weird one at that. Sperm whales barely spend time at the surface and mainly live in the deep ocean. Yet many accounts exist of sperm whales battering and attacking ships intentionally. Weird when you consider that if any sperm whale feels threatened by a ship it can just dive so deep nothing can bother it. Sperm whales are odd in that they seem to hold grudges, waiting for and attacking human ships out of spite.

@albatross4920 Ай бұрын

The fact that a couple different types of big cetaceans exploit the twilight zone shows that, despite being a cold dark place, there's enough animal life there to feed tons of whales on a regular basis. Makes me wonder what all those fish/animals are doing in the twilight🤔

@krankarvolund7771 Ай бұрын

As you said, there's enough food and light for a lot of animals, so as Nature hates void, animals get there to avoid competition in the waters above ^^ Pretty much every time you wonder why would animals or plants live in hard conditions, it's to avoid the competition in the more gentle conditions XD

@vincentx2850 Ай бұрын

One should bear in mind that, while deep diving cetaceans are numerous and diverse, they are not nearly as numerous as the surface feeding baleen whales. Despite extreme overhunting in history, baleen whales still account for about half of the total marine mammal biomass. Their impact on the marine ecosystem is so massive, that their recovery is perhaps one of our greatest allies in fighting climate change.

@widodoakrom3938 Ай бұрын

Animals who lives in twilight zone has constants migration in the night for search of food in shallow water

@nunliski Ай бұрын

They are eating each other. And the ones at the bottom of the food chain eat little bits of poop from the ones that live in the upper layers of the ocean. True story. Poop that rains from above is the foundation of the deep sea ecosystem.

@alveolate Ай бұрын

i miss the amphibian splash :(

@JohnyG29 Ай бұрын

Me too.

@adariesa Ай бұрын

knew smth was missing

@forexbatman998 Ай бұрын

and the ambient background song

@DemonetisedZone Ай бұрын

Been watching Moth Light Media for a few years and have watched all of the catalogue, never disappoints 👍😊

@maxcasteel2141 Ай бұрын

It makes a lot of sense but it's still wild that they don't actually have any air in their lungs when they dive. Keep up the great work Moth Light!

@RedScarGaming Ай бұрын

Another fine video mate. You always seem to remind me that there are things about living organisms I just don't understand. Keep it up.

@panzertorte Ай бұрын

That diving sperm whale footage is for some reason creeping me out - they seem like such benign creatures on the surface, but they are the kings of the deep dark.

@hugoclarke3284 Ай бұрын

Amazing. Such densely-packed, relevant and intriguing information, in a relaxing voice.

@NextToToddliness Ай бұрын

It must be a trip to "spot" your prey from such distance, then have to race down to get it, only to go back up again. I think it's so neat how our human perceptions of fear, and our capacity of immense imagination, creates such a seemingly impossible barrier between surviving and thriving. I recently heard a quote I like, "Everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear." Anyway, enough waxing; I love Sperm Whales (see what I did there?).

@tombombadilofficial Ай бұрын

There’s a pub a couple blocks down my place called The Abyss and you could almost always find whales in there.

@TragoudistrosMPH Ай бұрын

I loved the explanations of the GPS data. First I've heard and a great way to discuss behavioral differences!

@ToeShimmel 18 күн бұрын

Your channel is just the greatest. Love your content and your voice is so soothing! Thanks for doing what you do.

@sander258258ify Ай бұрын

Great video (as always).

@densamme1752 Ай бұрын

I must say that I like the direction you are taking with your content and I wonder how many more in your audience saves your videos for moments when distractions are absent and unlikely to occur.

@harriehausenman8623 Ай бұрын

Great video and fantastic footage 🤗

@JaneAustin-wn1lx Ай бұрын

Hey Moth Light, could you please put your videos in one long playlist so the videos can play one after another? Great content 💕

@tellemanndergaertner Ай бұрын

^^^agreed!

@Bo-my5bn Ай бұрын

This was fantatic i love the depth of information you go into especially the whales physiology and structure, i've also never heard of the Cuvier's Beaked Whale so facinating! The pace of the videos is also perfect

@johnnijenhuis2296 Ай бұрын

Great as always

@reggiefurlow1 Ай бұрын

I love educational videos with soothing voices and nice music. Great job

@user-ii9dn9hr7n Ай бұрын

Another incredible video!

@BonafideJas Ай бұрын

I used to watch these videos years ago but I guess I never subscribed😅 but today I've happily rediscovered you and subscribed!😊

@davidmorgan3328 Ай бұрын

Very informative, thanks for sharing

@alexanderstone9463 Ай бұрын

It’s a good day when you upload.

@jakobraahauge7299 Ай бұрын

You just have the most beautiful voice and diction! Thanks for all of this 🤗

@zachariaszut Ай бұрын

Well put, fascinating. Cheers.

@mirrorblue100 Ай бұрын

As always - a wonderful program - thanks.

@25or624 Ай бұрын

Great job, very informative.

@quangminhnguyen6541 Ай бұрын

Seems like that mammals which forage to 1000m depth all have really big size (around a tons at least). Even true about 2 elephant seal species. Elephant seals are the only 2 non-cetacean mammals make it to top 10 deepest mammal divers

@drgrounder Ай бұрын

Beaked whales are probably my favourite cetaceans. They don't get enough attention

@taagoallas3336 Ай бұрын

Yay! A new video!

@jasonwood5424 Ай бұрын

They are so beautiful. I love to listen to them talk to each other. Beautiful ❤ i love to learn about sharks also

@pennywar4677 Ай бұрын

Subscribed! ❤

@carlweston4808 Ай бұрын

Great Video👍

@Phownk Ай бұрын

New background music!

@alecfoster4413 Ай бұрын

I actually like the older Fauré-like music better.

@samdelange5594 Ай бұрын

Good video liked and subscribed I don’t do that often

@alexsherer5583 Ай бұрын

Awesome video, thanks!

@GarryCox-tx5mw Ай бұрын

I really liked your video, subscribd

@Fredysaurus Ай бұрын

New moth light media video amd its about whales my absolute favourite im eating good today

@da_ostrichyeet7999 Ай бұрын

Great video as always. It’s amazing to think that sperm whales and dwarf sperm whales are the remnants of a much larger family.

@falsevacuum4667 Ай бұрын

I really love the description of their hunting grounds as an oasis for them. To a human, that environment sounds terrifying, but with this perspective change we can actually understand that perhaps they are living the good life with easy access to food!

@travisbicklejr Ай бұрын

Amazing video! More whale content, please!

@tomdarco2223 Ай бұрын

Right On nice video

@limitbreakeradam4076 Ай бұрын

My favorite animal!

@84hippo Ай бұрын

Mine too.

@drummerofawe Ай бұрын

Very cool video as always. Interesting how these deep diving whales convert their ready access to an oxygen-rich environment into a powerful hunting advantage in the deep sea.

@RoseNinja9 Ай бұрын

It is crazy how we can know the composition of planets so far away we could never reach them in our lifetime, but we still don't know so much about some of the largest animals on earth. I am always looking forward to science finding out new things!

@Khichira2012 Ай бұрын

Incredible, such fascinating creatures!

@FunBotan Ай бұрын

I dream of living to see the day when we can actually discuss it all with them

@fruitytarian Ай бұрын

That would be amazing if it ever happened..

@presidenttogekiss635 Ай бұрын

Ahh, the tasty horrors of the deep.

@justinwilliam6534 Ай бұрын

Could you do a video on the evolution of vultures both old and new world species please to explain the differences between them.

@Joel_Mc_J Ай бұрын

How is your voice so relaxing

@hornetscout2579 Ай бұрын

Would it be weird if MLM did an April Fools video? Evolution of Rocks?

@bendonoghue3433 Ай бұрын

If you define Evolution by its second definition as “gradual development”, then yes Rocks will have evolved, and on a much longer timescale than most life forms. Remember the atmospheric conditions, geological activity, temperatures, interactions with other solar system objects and radiation have all changed over time as well. Large scale Iron oxide and rust was not common until oxygen was made more common by life for example. They might not go through the same kind of natural selection as life does but rocks do “evolve” after a fashion.

@liamredmill9134 Ай бұрын

Fascinating small whales,didn't know others went deeper,amazing ice sea evolution,and relatively recent(5M

@widodoakrom3938 Ай бұрын

Also elephant seal capable to hunt in midnight zone deeper than some cetaceans mammals event though elephant seal is semi aquatic animals

@JamesKing2understandinglife Ай бұрын

Wow! I was amazed. The whales exhale before deep diving and just allow their bodies to be compressed.

@duhduhvesta Ай бұрын

Thank you

@carlosguimaraes624 Ай бұрын

EXCELLENT!

@JG-zs8tr Ай бұрын

I’m curious whether we’ve found evidence of similar adaptations (such as the hinging ribs) on extinct marine reptiles like icthyosaurs and mosasaurs. Presumably some species lived in a similar way to today’s deep diving cetaceans.

@MarcoAntonio-hw7si Ай бұрын

Ichthyosaurus and Mosasaurus weren't mammals, they were reptiles

@JG-zs8tr Ай бұрын

@@MarcoAntonio-hw7si Edited. Reptile is what I meant.

@songerie846 Ай бұрын

Thank you for a great video! So do we know if these whales eat any carnivorous deep sea fish like the angler fish or dragonfish?

@benmcreynolds8581 Ай бұрын

I'm so fascinated with how sperm whales are capable of utilizing their insane sonar abilities that has an array of abilities. Even a sort of weapon mode that effects it's prey or as defensive tactics. I'm sure the intense sonar can highly overwhelm them and help them catch them. Even if for a brief second. Also it's crazy how animals can adapt to live in nearly freezing waters and not succumb to hypothermia or other negative effects of some sort? Deep sea corals have also proven to be much more abundant and diverse than was used to be thought. There is this brand new 1 hr long documentary released on KZfaq covering the research of the Schmitt research vessel and this guy does an amazing job narrating, editing, and compiling all the brand new deep sea footage alongside top notch quality information around marine biology as a whole

@sarahjamiesonn Ай бұрын

Apparently, the whales rib cage has adapted to basically collapse and hold a limited amount of air to account for the insane amount of pressure when going that deep. Super cool!

@semistro Ай бұрын

I need you to start narrating nature docus. Such a soothing voice, my favorite after sir attenborough himself

@lauravansanten7804 Ай бұрын

Fully agree!

@evilershark_2043 Ай бұрын

This is a nice little surprise after my 10 hour work shift.

@Nicholasmcgadden1 Ай бұрын

To me, sperm whales hunting is probably the coolest thing we haven't been able to observe. Even the giant squid is an incredible animal that I must see more footage of

@user-gt2lh2ec9e Ай бұрын

Wow, what an amazing whale! John P.

@kobaltocr6927 Ай бұрын

And the splash sound😢❤

@samig9032 Ай бұрын

The music adds a lot to the production here. Always love the vids but you knocked this one out of the park!

@misterx168 Ай бұрын

Moth Light Media using present day footage is uncanny

@nicholas1173 Ай бұрын

Pleeeaase do a video on bees/wasps!!!

@Ben-bg2lp Ай бұрын

You've got a beautiful voice.

@quyiter Ай бұрын

Apparently, based on the number of giant squid beaks found in the stomach of sperm whales - scientists estimate there could be 100 million or more giant Cephalopods in the ocean.

@BeeHash Ай бұрын

“Using their sonar to interrogate the darkness…” wow

@luudest Ай бұрын

Sometimes I ask myself how it would be to life if I were a whale in my next life.

@ThommyofThenn 28 күн бұрын

I hope people don't get the ability to dive down here regularly anytime soon. It's incredibly neat to me that these whales traverse such a range of conditions. It's also cool they get oxygenated beforehand and have adapted to the intense water pressure