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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[@UlfhedinnNorsk]

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]

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]

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]

What happened to Henry Dewitt?

[@aquariandawn4750]

Stranded on an island with two strong, virile sailors...

[@GoticoArrombado]

@@aquariandawn4750 yummy

[@NG-gy6iv]

your honor, the whale would like to plead self defense

[@ronburgundy9428]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4eQlpmHirN2d8U

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

Prosecutor: "Goddamit!! They got us!"

[@Panda72021]

Or insanity from witnessing several of their species being killed off. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Either way I think we can plead 'Not guilty'.

[@bobowaii7683]

PLS

[@anonymike8280]

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?"

[@rgibson7305]

"uhhh, has anyone seen...THE SHIP?" Caitlin, you deserve an award for that delivery, istg.

[@devindavidson3976]

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]

Nah. Sperm whales and orcas can have vendettas. Orcas are still taking out boats

[@devindavidson3976]

@@Old-Thunder69 What vendetta did Moby have?? They killed his kind?

[@District9Prawn]

Killed em' en masse.

[@DemstarAus]

I reckon they're smarter than that. They know what a whale is and what isn't.

[@devindavidson3976]

@@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.

[@ultimateninjaboi]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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]

@@leeroyholloway4277 exactly

[@pettingbears]

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]

I wonder what day the anniversary was... Since this takes place over a few months

[@pettingbears]

@@kyrab7914 probably the day it sunk, if I had to guess. Or maybe the day they came back home. Good question tho🤔

[@LuciaLight100]

@@kyrab7914 11/20 according to Wiki

[@pettingbears]

@Big Daddy idk why you're telling me I didn't make the video

[@breendart134]

@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.

[@alison4423]

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]

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]

@@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]

Story is a lie. But a good one.

[@jturtle5318]

Th​@@daveken9936 this is a historical event. Look it up.

[@lesliepropheter5040]

My favorite one from Caitlin. Her biography was really well done too. Thank you Caitlin Doughty !!

[@nomorepikachu]

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]

Saaaaaame I've seen the Linda Hazard video like 15 times

[@luissantos6852]

I put this one on to put myself to sleep more times than I'd like to admit, too.

[@gracehaven5459]

Me too

[@nopenope273]

“Tortoises are flying everywhere.” Aw man, I hate when that happens.

[@Naharu.]

Man, that sucks. Lost three tortoises that way...

[@megiab]

That may have been a screensaver I saw at CompUSA.

[@adde9506]

Who knew Super Mario Brothers was inspired by Moby Dick?

[@terrydigenti8756]

She is so hilarious!

[@terrydigenti8756]

PLEASE COME TO ROCHESTER New York!!!!!!!! The Kodak theater! (Once covid is over of course) PLEASE!!!!!!

[@BirdieBirdieBirdie566]

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]

"Cute in a story filled with horror" is going to be the title I put on my next personal journal.

[@Missfoxtooyou]

Look out Edward Gordy. The illustrations were great!

[@Donteatacowman]

I was so scared for that smiling kid.

[@henrycolestage4249]

@@Donteatacowman Especially when he could have been such a tasty morsel! :-0

[@eqqusole1]

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!

[@EdwardTHead1776]

"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]

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.

[@matthuck378]

Hi. 2023 here, and about that Orca's never knowingly attacking human vessels thing...

[@autumninautumn]

And we stan

[@evanatchison9738]

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]

evan atchison, Well, at least they had some salt, for seasoning ya know!

[@alexanderarkum4793]

You are so right because uncooked human flesh is disgusting

[@kiteme1141]

how do u know

[@krystalreverb]

The meat was heated on flatstones, basically cooked in the sun. They did cook the meat before eating it.

[@Azby64]

...Oh, shit...

[@donniemontoya9300]

So they resorted to cannibalism because they were scared of cannibalism.

[@glittery_cucumber]

To eat or to be eaten, that is the question

[@shadowmatrix0101]

When becoming so obsessed with stopping perceived monsters from hurting yourself or anyone around you that you become the real monster.

[@krh6239]

@@shadowmatrix0101 couldn't have said it better myself.

[@TXejas19]

@@shadowmatrix0101 that's an interesting assessment

[@spacecowgerl]

Donnie Montoya naturally

[@maggiezhou4123]

love that she's afraid of whales but casually drive a body across the country by herself 😂

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

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]

Dead people don’t have a 20 ton tail that can kill you 😂

[@user-ut7wz7mh2r]

A corpse ain't gonna drag you to the depths

[@enbeast8350]

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]

a dead body doesn't have an absolutely terrifying call.

[@csj9619]

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]

Imagine what we can learn if we communicate with them, rather than see their home as just another field to plow.

[@angelawildman122]

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]

You are a great storyteller!

[@ArunMadisetti]

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]

I know and believe that too !

[@robertlewis6915]

What I learned today: when eating a starved man, crack the bones open and eat the marrow.

[@indridcold8433]

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]

Don’t forget the Brain, it’s mostly fat.

[@robertlewis6915]

@jason mcallister whalers. and I doubt they had tackle for fishing.

[@indridcold8433]

@jason mcallister Worse, many of them did not know how to swim.

[@algini12]

Useful knowledge. Ya never know.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

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]

The food and water ran out-that was the problem, and that was why those three boats left to begin with.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

@@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]

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]

@@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]

@@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

[@misfortune_owo8777]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@Heroo01 Wait, that was just my personal experience and not a universal truth about humanity? Again?! Dammit! I hate it when that happens.

[@VilhelmHammershoi1666]

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]

Hahaha! Same!!!

[@cuprum166]

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!

[@midgey50]

I want “and we haven’t even gotten to the cannibalism yet!” on a t-shirt.

[@celialovett5880]

I bought my brother one in the same vein that said "It's all fun and games until somebody gets sacrificed to Satan."

[@maiskitty]

OMG YESSS!!!!

[@megiab]

That'd be perfect for me at kindergarten drop off next year. 🤭

[@hippopajamas]

I'd buy it tbh

[@Emily-ye1qy]

Yes yes yes yes!!!!

[@unethicaldrinkingwater]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="991">16:31</a> Why do I feel like the whale was thinking “ my name is indigo Montoya , you killed my family. Prepare to die”

[@blackthorne-rose]

HAHAHAHA!!! ilmao! Wonderful observation. Ain't it so!?!

[@nyctoby]

😂😂

[@katielancaster6376]

Literal lol

[@blackthorne-rose]

O ... surely we have to watch this again eh? One of the greatest displays of humorous chivalry EVER! Here it is... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXXPi5KJjd1onaM

[@blackthorne-rose]

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...) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXOmZo2Vl61qarc

[@michaeljames1154]

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 KZbin. 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.

[@grey8940]

I love the sound effects for when someone dies on the boat... lmao

[@scrunglenut6222]

the black sailor ""refused"" his last ration and ""was buried at sea"".... god. sure. of course! 🤦

[@roinerwinkler8426]

*defaming dead people without evidence*🤔

[@jakisfly]

Ya cause everybody is so racis. Shut up

[@blackirish781]

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]

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]

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

[@randomhumanoidblob4506]

I'm on the side of the whale, frankly.

[@TravelWithLisaMH]

Random Humanoid Blob me too.

[@crabbyj]

Can't disagree with you, but I admit I'm saying this from the luxury of the future, and resources that were unknown at that time.

[@davewestner]

same here. My whale hero.

[@ciara7172]

@@crabbyj What they got was karma, if not for the whales they killed, for the destruction of that island in the Galapagos.

[@commentsiguess1263]

Same. You go, whale!

[@jackhamilton9825]

Ask a mortician... A good story teller, and very entertaining with all the asides. Well done. Jack...

[@martinbscott8815]

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.

[@kirstenbassett3826]

I’m studying marine biology and I am so appreciative that you put an emphasis on how important whales are! Most people don’t realise how important they are for our survival! Also they are just so beautiful 🥰🐋

[@OuchingTigerLimpingDragon]

I certainly never realized how crucial they are until this video! I mean, I know EVERY creature is part of the whole and has a role to play in the overall balance, but WOW. I had no idea whale poop could be so interesting! 😆

[@Comfortdoll]

Lest we forget, even The Partridge Family tv show (1971) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) made features about the importance of whales and the Earth's ecology. Here is the original "Whale Song" kzbin.info/www/bejne/apm1qn6rrZumq8k

[@nigelft]

@@OuchingTigerLimpingDragon Fun fact: that ambergris she mentioned ...? Sometimes a whale, especially a sperm whale, would throw it up, only for some to wash up on shore. As it is used in very high end perfumes, pound for pound (well, technically troy ounce ...) that stuff is equal in value to platinum. A few Kgs of the stuff can easily fetch five figures ... in USD ...

[@nigelft]

Even when dead, whales are invauable ... Studies using beached whales that sadly died before being rescued, that have been towed out to sea, and sunk in deep water using heavy chains, have shown to support entire micro ecosystems, including hag fish, but, more importantly, two, really deap sea sharks: the six gill shark, and the even rarer sleeper shark. Even the bones can support bacteria for a decade, or more ... Look up 'whale falls' ... really fascinating stuff. Most are sunk in place, but, very rarely, a natural one is found. Hence why I think all dead whales should be towed out to sea, then sunk, because it is the equivalent of at least a decade's worth of food, in one massive 'pulse' ... and, yes, just because animals down there, a mile or so under the sea, are 'spooky/creepy', especially as the live in permanent blackness, doesn't mean they're still not an important part of our ecosystem ...

[@lilitheden748]

The evolution of whales is also super interesting. It’s amazing how they came from being a little dog like creature to evolve into a big whale. The transition they made is simply astonishing.

[@LtCaswell]

”Obviously, when someone *harpoons* you, you don’t stick around.” Truer words have rarely been spoken.

[@ownpetard8379]

Well, you DO ... STICK around.

[@bjoardar]

@@ownpetard8379 Like when someone points a crossbow towards you: *You bolt* 🤣

[@ownpetard8379]

@@bjoardar You may or may not bolt, but you are very likely to be cross.

[@nargarex2390]

😏😏😏

[@Nobodyimportant85]

I mean, we can't argue with her there can we?

[@idahogie]

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]

I know I read it in school but barely remember it

[@hhgff778]

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.

[@d.leighannbatemon3192]

"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]

"Speaking of cannibalism... 😉" shall be mine!

[@iciajay6891]

As you should.

[@IonIsFalling7217]

I want it on a shirt 😂

[@Ash_W04]

@@m.l.t.6568 Speaking of cannibalism, what did you eat for lunch 😂😂

[@Agaettis]

"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]

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]

There was a giant squid replica statue hanging above the sea exhibit at the Ventura County Natural museum that still freaks me out.

[@OpalBLeigh]

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]

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]

My museum childhood fear was an old diver with the big bulbous headgear model.

[@brianjackson9801]

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.

[@Tracy_LLC]

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]

My mom was born and raised in New bedford

[@gusjenkins1193]

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]

Gus Jenkins!

[@jarrettemcdonald9525]

Are you related to leeroy

[@hayleymarques8776]

Glad you enjoyed, Gus Jenkins!

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

Ditto~!!!

[@guswurm8958]

Bro my names Gus no way

[@SovereignStatesman]

The irony is they avoided safe havens because they FEARED cannibalism.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

The captain should really have stopped listening to that idiot....

[@fife8332]

To be fair, back then cannibalism was often the topic of horror stories and was the stuff of nightmares to sailors.

[@LucianCorrvinus]

-Irony joins the chat...-

[@snooks5607]

kinda contradicted less than minute later 18:10 if they're just hoping to get somewhere picking a target isn't really meaningful

[@jordanleighwheatley]

Good call. Hypocrisy at it's finest

[@dawnpalmby5100]

Gawd I miss this channel and it's in depth history! Really hoping to see our beloved mortician again someday!

[@brianfisher4940]

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]

you have 14 thumbs up at this moment. Even though you are not a descendant.

[@mackerel9875]

@@flyingtoaster1427 how do u know

[@flyingtoaster1427]

@@mackerel9875 you had to ask.

[@mackerel9875]

@@flyingtoaster1427 yeah good point

[@ellyllljyy]

and lemme guess…your grandpa was on the plane that fell in the andes

[@briscott6632]

There's a movie from 2015 called "In the heart of the Sea" where some of these events were accurately depicted (including the cannibalism part)

[@tessat338]

And Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, played Owen Chase.

[@jessiec668]

Which was based on a book! By Nathaniel Philbrick

[@renworksfornow]

Any streaming services that have it?

[@TracyW-me8br]

The book is really intense. I used to tell my class about this incident when I taught this part of American History. It definitely holds their attention as you can imagine.

[@Babounette]

@@renworksfornow Just checked, apparently it's on Netflix, but it might be relevant to your geographic zone

[@TheDiplomancer]

Things Caitlin is afraid of: - Underwater Caves - Whales I'm sensing a pattern

[@sexyangel072]

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]

Whitney S Cthulhu!

[@sandpiperr]

Ahh, thalassophobia!

[@amandamfds]

just wait until you hear about whales that live in underwater caves!

[@naomygoetz1850]

Me toooooo

[@plasticwrapcharlie]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1410">23:30</a> lmao the comical sound effects notating the method of corpse disposal are my everything!

[@samangelus]

As someone who loved Moby Dick as a kid, I found this very interesting. Thank you. 😊

[@henryhunter9643]

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.

[@DatBrasss]

Unfortunately, vegetable oil is killing the orangutan.

[@kurtnulf3362]

expect Japan

[@jeffrocookster4508]

And Iceland

[@shiaseedsalad2726]

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]

@@DatBrasss 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?

[@Dri-xr9tf]

“Have you thanked your whale poop today” *party air horn*

[@6yjjk]

Air horn? That's a whale fart!

[@trishaforeman3998]

Love Caitlyn...so damn funny😂

[@meghanmonroe]

That and "Mocha Dick!" had me rollin 😂

[@martcrins]

found this channel a week ago and now i'm hooked on it.

[@pamelareeves3574]

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!

[@charliekill88]

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]

Yeah, most if not all ancestors of modern man are fucked.

[@fredhasopinions]

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]

I give the average person 2 steps from crazy in their family tree

[@dollymadison2397]

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]

Dolly Madison Agreed!!

[@river1216]

Note to self: eat the bone marrow in life-or-death cannibalism scenario.

[@Phoebe5448]

Tasty, tasty bone marrow! And courage! It has a lot of nutrition in it I hear.

[@harmonydevaney8940]

When I’m sick and my mom makes homemade chicken noodle soup, she puts chicken bones inside the broth so the bone marrow get cooked into the broth. It takes great but also feels like magic

[@cosmic_poet7326]

Note to self: Even though you’re the trans, don’t chop of your boobs, their fat might save you some day.

[@NecroLiquor.]

I know, right?! 😱

[@wilsonrawlin8547]

Since I was a kid and very poor. I still eat the bone marrow from chicken bones. Tasty and healthy. If you give me a cooked chicken. Very little will be left when I'm done. Hate to waste food as well.

[@tedsmith3061]

You got me on this one Kaitlin, I'm subscribed. Only took 3 videos. You definitely have delivery. All your own and entirely captivating.

[@frankmoyer5822]

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]

🤣🤣

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

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]

*Pffft* You should've said, "I'm sorry. That happens in the sequel."

[@captc0ck5lap60]

Well, in novels like that they do often eat each other, in a sense.

[@davidtucker9498]

Yeah, Twilight....

[@draxiss1577]

Lesson Learned: If you're starving and have to resort to cannibalism, make sure to suck out the marrow.

[@briancritchley5295]

You are spot on, we are only doing what was designed by nature

[@jjoshaugh]

A definite life hack.

[@cursedragdoll7078]

in my own experience.....yes , that is true

[@SushiElemental]

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]

100th like!

[@norm5785]

Great presentation, thank you for sharing. Great details. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia. From Henrico County Virginia

[@uniquely.mediocre1865]

Over 2 years of watching this video, I never noticed the small mistake at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="505">8:25</a> 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 KZbinr and they would've been ripped to shreds for something so insignificant

[@Lill2895]

My boyfriend and I started watching "The Midnight Gospel" on NetFlix and I got excited because he pointed out that you were one of the characters talking about death as Death in the episode when he saw your name as a credit. Ahhh I stan! 💖

[@AT7outof10]

I instantly recognized her voice in that episode aswell. A surprise, but a welcome one to be sure.

[@KatjaMacabre]

Her episode is my fave

[@AspienPadda]

I didn't enjoy the Midnight Gospel at all, he kept speaking over everyone, especially Caitlin. His guests had super interesting things to talk about but his "plot" or whatever kept interrupting the conversation. Not that the visuals were bad in the slightest, sometimes it was so captivating that I was distracted from the speaking haha. I especially disliked the futile end.

[@XxXShevampXxX]

I've never heard of "The Midnight Gospel". Probably because I'm bout fed up with Netflix and haven't used it in a while. Is it interesting?

[@AT7outof10]

@@XxXShevampXxX Midnight Gospel is two things at once, a crazily animated show ala 'Adventure Time' but for adults; while the dialog is discussions of strange and heavy subjects taken straight from a podcast. It basically requires two viewings, that way you can enjoy both elements without stretching your attention span to the breaking point.

[@ronkledonkanusmoncher564]

When you destroy a islands natural ecosystem and then proceed to have Mother Nature destroy your life

[@lauratude5132]

You kill the wales from the sea and then the sea kills YOU

[@dumbun6660]

You've been VECTORED

[@diogeneslamplit6573]

Actually it was their own stupid choices that destroyed their lives. Nobody in those times ever heard the word "ecosystem" and none of their contemporaries thought of anything in the natural world as anything except something to be used up for human purposes. You're trying to apply modern concepts to a past where they simply did not exist and render unfair judgements. Undertaking years-long dangerous journeys half-way around the world when alternatives to whale-oil lamps is a horse of a different color and that's just plain *stupid.*

[@artistfloor9]

El Bearsidente - Most people understand that “Mother Nature” is just a figure of speech used to personify natural phenomena rather than an actual being. It’s kind of like referring to the ocean as a “she,” which is exactly what you did in your next comment.

[@mareofmaers3590]

@El Bearsidente Figure of speech. It's not that deep man.

[@glashoppah]

I just tripped over this fantastic video and realized the author wrote one of my very favorite books. Good job!

[@user-yp2mw2ko9k]

This woman has got something that many other people nowadays are lacking. Thank you for your channel, here`s a new fan of yours.

[@aceoflights.]

Moral of the story: Hunting whales gives you really bad karma.

[@generationfallout5189]

Also they set that island on fire for no good reason.

[@joelellis7035]

@@generationfallout5189 uh, it was a mostly peaceful campfire that got out of hand!

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

"It's bad luck to kill a whale, for every whale has a soul of womens that died at sea" The lighthouse movie refrence. Whale, got shot: I need to speak to the Captain! >:(

[@mitsuki4439]

It's like the ghost whale in japanese myths that gives u bad karma *Sorry for bad English

[@milascave2]

chaos: The other moral is that if you are drifting in a lifeboat, you go towards the nearest land, period.

[@errortryagainlater4240]

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]

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]

@@mareofmaers3590 me too actually, but tbf they all knew how dangerous the sea was and probably just took pity on them.

[@anonymike8280]

@@mareofmaers3590 The law of the sea. Both the written law and the apocryphal law.

[@quester09]

especially when they're reluctant to give up said bones

[@peterlynch1451]

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 ...

[@the_dark_soul_of_man]

I simply love your editing, thanks for the awesome vid!

[@MitchellShilling]

“Oh, Thomas. Oh, honey.” HAHAHA! 😂

[@proxycakes935]

Man if this was the type of stuff history teachers taught, and in this way, i'd listen all day every day.

[@chrisschneider850]

for real. i hated history so much in HS, now i love it. and its actually my job.

[@We_Are_All_Vultures]

Yep!

[@jeffelkins1905]

Not me this girl got on my nerves

[@variableaxis9652]

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]

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.

[@amberdulay7238]

“I don’t have to tell you how important whales are...” Um, no, Spock and Captain Kirk did that YEARS ago!!

[@spiritmatter1553]

Good God, that movie BLEW!

[@Ennead13x]

Robert Hibbert Sounds like someone doesn't like Italian food.

[@garycorbin2789]

Scotty : Captain ! there Be Whales here

[@maryinsanfrancisco]

I thought of Star Trek, too!

[@luckeyducks888]

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

[@eriklarson9137]

Keep in mind. When someone wants you to feel guilt for something you were not part of, run.

[@cuz_i_sedso9574]

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.

[@Zeruel3]

Honestly Pollard didn't end up so bad, he was known to be a friendly, jolly guy on Nantucket, relatively well liked and seemed to enjoy his night watchman gig, apparently he even ended up acting as a kind of detective on the island. Every year on the anniversary of the sinking he'd lock himself in his house and fast for the day

[@AliceT3a]

I'm generally surprise no-ones made a tv-series about him with that set up.

[@abbipage1]

The tortoises flying across the screen was absolute class 😂😂

[@M335h1]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1299">21:39</a> 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…

[@sammymartin7891]

working conditions and quarters were exactly the same for all Whalers regardless of race on the vast majority of ships. that's one reason Frederick Douglass was invited to speak Nantucket was a hotbed of the Abolitionist Movement. slavery on Nantucket came to an end in 1773

[@TheSfelex]

she's afraid of whales, but is raising funds to help them, respect to you :D

[@pninasimmer5723]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer I guess

[@diobrando2209]

@@pninasimmer5723 hmmm is dat breaking bad reference???

[@joaquinel]

She's afraid of revenge whales knocking her door.

[@johnmills5879]

What have you done for whales?

[@HeferCat]

Fear and respect are often found together

[@angelmiller3331]

This is Gilligan's Island written by Edgar Allen Poe.

[@donaldmoon]

A 2-year tour? A 2-year tour?

[@dayaautum6983]

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]

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]

They should do a Gilligan's Island Movie- Haunted Addition.

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

@@dayaautum6983 you forgot 🎵s and also 🎶es and maybe a 🎼 . Despair not: 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 there's enough where that came from!

[@akesq01]

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!

[@Satchmojones]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="525">8:45</a> It looks like Cpt. Pollard's real problem was he was a fucking muppet.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

My third great grandmother owned a boarding house in New Bedford near what is now the whaling museum. Her husband, my third great grandfather, had a photography business. Her boarding house became a very popular place for the elite to visit for dinner. She usually had three times as many people for dinner than she had overnight guests. Among her frequent guests were Samuel Clemons and Herman Melville. I have unpublished photos of each visiting my 3rd great grandmother for dinner. I am a huge fan of both authors. A great many people were involved in whaling. While Nantucket was a busy whaling port, New Bedford was the Whaling capital. Whaling was actually conducted throughout the New England coast. Oh and Nickerson and Chase were relatives of mine. Whaling of course is banned in most oceans but you can still see whales fairly close up by going on a whale watching tour. The best location in New England waters is Stellwagen Bank off the coast of Provincetown. I strongly recommend going on a tour based out of Provincetown. Make your reservation in advance and get into the parking lot before 7 am though as Provincetown in summer is impossible to find parking at, especially weekends. I live near a harbor in Florida now. I get the privilege of seeing whales up close almost daily from October through March every year. In warmer months I have to go out to the beach to see them which is three miles away. Little known fact: Whaling began as a result of indigenous people finding beached whales and harvesting from their corpses. This evolved into going out in crude boats to tow in dead whales floating in the water which in turn evolved in not waiting for them to die on their own. Little known fact #2: Within the last few years living whales have been discovered that were born before Herman Melville was born. He was born in 1819. One whale a few years ago was found with a harpoon stuck in it that was estimated to have been nearly 200 years old. Whales are believed to have very good memories. While there are few humans alive in the United States who remember when we had a whaling industry, many whales in the world's oceans remember when tall ships chased them and killed their friends and relatives. Despite this whales generally are gentle around humans when they have every reason not to be.

[@keekmiranda]

I’m from New Bedford mass! I went to New Bedford high where our mascot was a whaler 😂

[@janeodee1677]

Amazing post, thank you for sharing.

[@deficientgirl4224]

So cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@be6715]

Amazing information. Thank you for taking the time to add all this. I had no idea that whales could live so long, nor be id'ed at being that old.

[@alijones4985]

@@keekmiranda BOOO! Hilltoppers all the way!

[@CRVYGRL]

Caitlin: "...and instead of super Nintendo, he ate you." Me: go on..

[@josephaltman460]

I love the way she tells the story.

[@kaylonimalcolm7752]

LMAO. K, so I was a bit slow. Took me a sec, then I got it.

[@nigelft]

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]

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.🤗

[@Sephirajo]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1277">21:17</a> is ironic now we're in the Orca Uprising.

[@emmadrew3911]

Ikr lol

[@llouie4999]

Oh I had watched and read things about the Essex before and so appreciate how your research and perspective still helped me learn a new horror to this! And the grim aftermath of embarassed area (eeriely presient) marketing on top of it all

[@jwbarnhartmusic]

Damn, I so glad we live in a time where people aren’t sacrificed for economic reasons. Oh wait!?!

[@kauaijohn]

jwbarnhartmusic You nailed that one!!😂

[@thcu]

Go stand in the corner

[@judemelroses9920]

Haha

[@supersaiandemon]

Oh dang. That hurt.

[@camillefaith2005]

jwbarnhartmusic Someone’s gonna need some ice for that burn. 😆😆😆

[@aleahlrb]

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]

It still might have happened but it would have been a lot less stupid.

[@Scorpia161]

SERIOUSLY after the first shitty call why was he still listening to that dude??

[@veronicavatter6436]

Or after that one it would have been "Because your last idea was so great? NO!"

[@mfitzburger5137]

they should just totally stab Pollard!

[@darkstrifequeen1458]

I showed this to my theater director at acting camp last summer when we covered a staged performance of this classic story. But our “moby dick” had too friendly a face, but we all know he was anything but friendly.

[@CIS101]

I think I saw this video a couple of years ago. I like our host's personal style, and good documentary too. Nicely done.

[@phaedrus7971]

I’m far more frightened by living men than dead ones

[@jessicaabbott10]

Dude seriously.

[@serenity6831]

Same

[@Cookieofdoom]

A constant fear when catching a bus, eh?

[@ellefanning6585]

sadly it's the opposite for me.

[@phaedrus7971]

@Disc Golf I ❤️ whales

[@katherinebarlow6446]

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]

You can be both paranoid and right sometimes it seems

[@SourEggz]

hey_there And extremely racist. **aggressively sips tea**

[@thcu]

@@SourEggz that too. I was trying to ignore the huge elephant in the room

[@angelachouinard4581]

@@alekandhisdogs Agree. Grew up in New England.

[@angelachouinard4581]

Not just Lovecraft. A whole English class of New England writers found inspiration in all the strangeness, all the way up to Stephen King.

[@pistos777]

You are hilarious. Thank you so much. You were just what I needed just when I needed it.

[@SuperPlastered]

Great story telling! I listened to this, knowing the story already, before bed and had nightmares.

[@viabrus8609]

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]

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]

Like Drag queen? Or actual queen?

[@momar678]

Take the whalepill

[@jermasus]

she'll make a fine politician

[@garethbaus5471]

​@@Gatsu_Gambinodoes it matter?

[@MoniqueBoulangerMSG]

As problematic as the petroleum industry is, at least it replaced whale oil... We need to work on renewables...

[@ohmahgawdfilms]

Yeah except petroleum has proven to be far more destructive than whale oil. Of course at this point whaling is not possible or morally sound. There are approxamately 6.5 billion more people than there were back then.

[@MoniqueBoulangerMSG]

@@ohmahgawdfilms yep. I just see the devastation the Alberta tar sands have wrought. Oil spills...pipeline leaks...oil trains exploding. We need to figure out a better way

[@wretube]

Actually whale oil is renewable,just not if you kill all the whales

[@thismissivemisfit]

@@wretube I wouldn't call it renewable. Whales take a long ass time to reach maturity and breed, so it still remains unsustainable in the long term.

[@Scorpia161]

Watching that part made me weirdly hopeful.... like 200 years ago i'm sure the idea of running the world without whale oil was as unthinkable as a world without fossil fuels seems now.

[@lisamariepocza4377]

I am an Avid reader. I struggled through Moby Dick. I kept waiting for it to get better. It never did.

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

It's the language and the way he structures his sentences. Can feel very stop start. I do understand.

[@ragapple1mark895]

Moby dick only book I ever read with commercials. Whale boat closing on whale harpoon poised to throw his harpoon as whales flukes hover overhead but wait! Now let's have scholarly lecture on structure of a whale.

[@pierre6625]

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.

[@Jessica-Jasmine-Green]

The description of the whale killing is so heartbreaking.

[@madelinegutierrez1720]

Because it was... And today the Japanese are still doing it. Google it.

[@critically.panned]

I’m currently sobbing over it. Whales are so gentle.

[@kylelapointe2289]

@@critically.panned lmao imagine sobbing over animals hunting each other. You'd probably faint over wolves bringing down a bison.

[@pix_d20]

@@kylelapointe2289 but this isn't animals hunting each other??

[@trevoror8668]

@@pix_d20 at what point during evolution do you say human's stopped being animals?? (This will be interesting)

[@marlenezarah6501]

I learned from this video that if I ever end up in a situation where I have to eat othe people to survive I should always eat the bone marrow. I hope I will never need that knowledge...

[@middleC17]

I disturbed myself by thinking "they should be eating the bone marrow" before she even said it. I have no idea why I knew that. =/

[@Cosmiccoffeecup]

@@middleC17 😒🤫

[@bryntendo]

@@middleC17 I was thinking it too lol. But because I was thinking about what parts would be best if you had to just eat like a moose or something stuck in the woods or whatever. You'd wanna go for the most nutritionally dense bits, with an animal you'd probably wanna be eating liver and brain too, but uh... Those things are probably gonna kill you from a human, so I guess marrow it is.

[@chadcastagana9181]

I heard it tastes like chicken :-)

[@alexismontez4230]

@@bryntendo polar bear liver can kill you because of the vitamin A, and human brain can give you kuru, but human liver is fine, and kuru is only a problem if the brain is already infected, and it takes ages to manifest anyway, so short term you would be fine

[@taybakhan1397]

Some humans are just plain cruel.

[@supriyomitra6135]

Stumbled across one of your videos at about 10 in the morning. It is 9 pm now, and I have become addicted to your channel and death. Why didn't I find it before?

[@davidbostock6089]

"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian." Herman Melville, Moby-Dick He probably knew both in real life.

[@Wayne_155]

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]

There's an island called Sentinelese to remove all doubt. Have a safe trip.

[@vincent7520]

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]

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]

@@maxotto9877 oh but your version of "morality" is the correct one I suppose? 🙄

[@cleverusername9369]

One of the best headstones I've ever seen was that of a sailor on a whaling ship, can't remember the name or dates, sometime in the 1800's, but the epitaph read simply "whale, whale, whale, they finally got me." It was somewhere in New England, I want to say Connecticut. It makes me happy to know that people back in the day liked puns too.

[@viceb7]

Ah what a great find lol

[@bauerhans-christian5616]

There is a headstone in the old graveyard in Key West that reads: I told you I was sick! My second favorite after: Lester More, shot by a .44, no less, no more.

[@bobudd3555]

@@bauerhans-christian5616 boot hill that's my favorite as well. Other than one I read I think somewhere in southern California Which stated something along the lines of as you are now so once was as I am now so you will be.

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

@@bauerhans-christian5616 Spike Milligan has "I told you I was sick" on his gravestone. It's in gaelic.

[@pch2230]

"Beneath this sod lies another one."

[@kerrypitt9789]

You tell a great story with the truth rather than the fiction. This is a great video! Made my day!

[@bujabusiness]

Phenomenal job telling the story. I'm already with Audible or I would have joined under your reference .

[@jojol.2630]

I’m just. The idea of tortoises chilling out on the ship is amusing me

[@ownpetard8379]

Tortoises had no food. So, "chilling" is relative.

[@aliciacantin7993]

also... tortoises can't swim so..... capsized boat = bad

[@Validboy]

ninja-tortoises?

[@saga2964]

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]

I am also just.