I Didn't Know These Whales Existed! **And I'm a Zoologist

[@ClintsReptiles]

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[@jamespassifiume4837]

thank you again for making the video on betta fish

[@jamespassifiume4837]

my year of asking you that worked

[@graffic13]

Toledo zoo had pink amazon dolphins in the 1920's maybe .. I recall seeing black and white photos of them in the museum when the had historical photos up in the 90's

[@CobraRaptor]

Could you please do a video on the five types of amphibians: Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, Newts & Caecilians

[@carlocuoghi3977]

Clint, why do you use meters and *pounds*? Please switch to metrics altogether like a real scientist! 😉😝

[@poposao1]

As someone from Brazil, the pink river dolphin was always a very well known icon since there’s a folklore creature that’s basically a seductive partier that was secretly a pink river dolphin who attracted ladies into the water, many times taking them on a one-way trip down the river.

[@drbuni]

It always amazes me when we figure out what kind of animal gave origin to some of the wildest myths and legends, such as a flying Peacock being likely what was interpreted by ancient people as a Phoenix. Some theorize the Harpy Eagles from Brazil may be the origin of Harpies, and maybe even the Mothman. It makes me wonder what people from the past saw that they interpreted as the "Mula Sem Cabeça" (Headless Mule).

[@poposao1]

@@drbuni It depends, since a lot of folklore is mostly based on cultural norms and messages of the time. Some can be interpreted as incidents that starting getting passed around and eventually distorted into something mythical. But many others are just cautionary tales and stories that reflect the values of the time. The Headless Mule is most likely just a story about how bad it is for women to have premarital sex. Negrinho do Pastoreiro and Saçi are pretty self explanatory. And Cuca is mostly a story to scare kids and teach them to behave.

[@gabrielp7213]

And we call the comedor de casadas too because he is the "explanation" that women get pregnant out of the blue. Brazilian folklore is so interesting

[@rottweilerfun9520]

I've read that they are dangerous and mean.

[@NefariousSpineLizard]

@@rottweilerfun9520 Not more than any other dolphin, really. Dolphins are all kinda thugs :p

[@mastergecko1178]

Whale evolution in a nutshell: fish comes on land, spend countless years of evolution to become mammal only to find out they like the ocean better and went back.

[@annwithaplan9766]

Right. He talks as if it's a fact when it's never been proven.

[@InferiorRaven77]

​@@annwithaplan9766 has been proven lol

[@rasputin7633]

@@InferiorRaven77 It actually hasn’t been proven. But it does make sense, even as a Christian. What does not make sense, is one species evolving into another species. I do however believe animal’s can evolve to better suite the surroundings. But I do not believe we as humans, evolved from anything. I believe we were lovingly created from the earth by God, and he breathed his own breath into man and we were.

[@jack76thegamer30]

Sounds like me

[@JubioHDX]

@@rasputin7633 yes, it has been proven. "theory" in a scientific context does not mean its just a plausible idea, to become a true scientific theory it needs to be tested against countless times to be proven incorrect, and only when it cant be is when it becomes a theory (also, im not gonna argue this further so just as a little extra, a zoology channel that deals with phylogenetics is not the right place to argue that evolution is in any way false, just a heads up)

[@Zappygunshot]

I remember looking through a list of whale species on Wikipedia (for ADHD reasons, you know how it goes), and whenever there were no pictures available, the image field in the table would say "cetacean needed" and I thought that that was a little piece of humour that I feel like we could do with having more of in this world

[@needfoolthings]

There's puns and there's having fun with words.

[@chewy99.]

That’s not necessary adhd it’s just a big interest. I do the same thing, looking at all the whale species and genera, as well as many other types of animals.

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@chewy99. The difference is that while people without ADHD can look at whale species lists on Wikipedia, people with ADHD can't not do it. I'm struggling real hard not to do it right now, with the suggestion in my head. 😆

[@MsMarco6]

@@audreymuzingo933 Yes omg. I find myself trying to look at a specific page on wiki only to find myself compelled to travel down a huge rabbit hole opening 20 tabs in the process and never finding time to read what I came to learn, just today I was trying to read up about a specific type of lemur (for autistic reasons lol) and ended up learning all about Graham Sprye a Canadian socialist campaigner who led the major campaign to found CBC, fought in the Spanish civil war, got exiled for being a socialist, became ambassador to the UK for Saskatchewan (whilst still in exile), several times refused a senate seat from Trudeau's father and ended up getting honors back in Canada a really interesting guy. I remember all that and yet still know nothing about those damn Lemurs. I don't think people realize just how difficult it is to resist these compulsions and focus on what you need to do, I'm on disability benefits due to it as trying to work and focus on a job leads to racing thoughts, extreme stress and eventually a very public panic attack. And yet whenever I explain that ADHD is my disability they act like it's no big deal, ADHD is just a made up term for lazy kids and I'm just being dramatic, this is despite the fact that the government agrees that I'm disabled and pays out benefits for it and if you know anything about the UK you know just how difficult it is to get them to agree that you can't work, they literally force terminal cancer patients back to work. but still despite all that people don't care, they've been convinced by the papers and BS alternate medicine Facebook posts that ADHD is just nonsense made up by woke parents or drug seeking Uni students, sigh 😥.

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@MsMarco6 Yup, a thousand percent yup. At 48 I'm now a full-time Ebay reseller and I love it because I can work whenever I want. I actually work almost ALL the time time I'm awake (in some way or other) but that includes researching whatever vintage item I've gotten my hands on, and that tends to lead to rabbit holes of all sorts. Or today I've been on the Community forums for hours, discussing, learning about, and contributing to other sellers' understanding of new features on the platform. I'm not lazy in the slightest, but I was always miserable in jobby-jobs because of the humdrum repetition and micromanagement.

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

Clint seems so happy to teach us all about animals. I love it.

[@ClintsReptiles]

This is my dream come true!

[@assininecomment1630]

Clint's manner in these videos - and now we learn, his dreams - are the result of drugs. Skunk. Maybe horse. Possibly monkey, or ox. Might even be in the form of horse sized pills. Sad. Very sad. 🙄

[@ag6475]

​@@ClintsReptiles you could learn how to pronunce a bit better latin though, -Ceti read as City is very unbeareable. I say that just beacouse you got the meanings, just finish that walk with the extra step ^^

[@mskelisej]

Can you imagine teething as a young narwhal? “Don’t mind little Johnny, he’s just grumpy because he’s growing a unicorn horn through HIS FACE.”

[@ExploringUndercover]

I live in Shetland and recently I had the virtue of seeing a sperm whale pretty close up. It was stuck in a bay for about 2 weeks, before the decision was made for some island residents too band together and chase the whale out the bay in their boats. And what was thought to be a dying whale actually showed signs of being a healthy whale, and it got free. Very cool!

[@KismetLizard]

I was born on Shetland and while I never saw a sperm whale I do remember the basking sharks :) Shetland's excellent for all sort of wild life.

[@ulalaFrugilega]

Maybe it was depressed...

[@exnedu1738]

"The Monodontidae contains two of the most wonderful of all cetaceans, the beluga and the Narwal." Clint speaks the truth, I have been up close to belugas and they are absolutely the most wonderful animals.

[@Ghredle]

For the same reasons if think the Narwal is the most wonderful whale😅

[@neasulavuori4955]

One tried to poop on me once...

[@mister3horn153]

Your taxonomy deep dives(if you'll excuse the pun) are some of my favorite things to watch on earth. I could watch you cover every clade of animals ever discovered. You're the best Clint!

[@clockworktri]

Not sure why I didn't already guess that Clint was an instructor, but the moment that title card came up it made a whole lot of sense! No wonder his presentation is so excellent and engaging.

[@Lazazia]

I love these philogeny videos! Truly, they're the best. I learn so much. Next, would you consider doing one on squid and/or octopus? 🐙

[@zacg_]

It's sad that we don't get to see non avian dinosaurs on earth. But is pretty cool that we live on earth at the same time as the largest animals that have ever existed. Seeing a blue whale in the wild would be an absolute dream.

[@renacuajo277animalesanimal7]

Yeah but i would prefer to See a t rex honestly

[@zacg_]

@@renacuajo277animalesanimal7 Fair enough.

[@BulbasaurLeaves]

Avian dinosaurs are pretty great too, though

[@Robo-xk4jm]

@@renacuajo277animalesanimal7 true but i bet theyll be as boring as other stuff we see nowadays everyday like alligators & polar bears, if whales were extinct and we found a skeleton almost 100 ft/30 meters long with a giant 20 ft long mouth, we would want to see that behemoth, theorizing things completely different from the boring reality of a 200 ton mammal eating large amounts of very small animals a couple cm in length weighing up to 1 gram completely unable to swallow anything larger then a small ball

[@jackkrell4238]

@@Robo-xk4jm While you did make some reasonable points as to why our interpretation of extinct organisms will always be less "boring", extant avian dinosaurs do have some fascinating biomechanical capabilities and extensive evolutionary histories.

[@danhester4408]

I love these biology/zoology/phylogeny (if that's the right word) videos so much. For someone who didn't get much of a life sciences education in school, they're super interesting and informative.

[@antmolitor]

As a kid I was on a mediterranean whale tour. The ship itself was about the length of a sperm whale (made them look even more massive) of which i had the privilege to see several. A couple of them emerged a boat length away from us. Truly an amazing experience.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

6:03 i like how your editing is fun. these jokes and fun special effects/sound effects really keep me on my toes!

[@ReginaRegenbogn]

I have wondered for a very long time why whales have not changed to lateral movement of the fluke. Sure, I knew it had something to do with their evolution, but exactly how? This video did an excellent job at explaining how fish/reptiles move and how mammals evolved with their limbs under their center mass. Thank you! I'm learning new things and I love it!

[@keithfaulkner6319]

Mammal's backbones bend front to back. Fish bend side to side. A very basic difference. A whale is just a water-going mammal, so it has to bend front to back, or up and down, same thing. Lie on your belly. Which way do you bend most.

[@a_whitlow21]

Clint is just the most wholesome individual in this universe. He just radiates positivity and inspiration. I adore this channel. I love videos about groups of animals. They’re very interesting.

[@jennyanderson9357]

Clint is an actual genius. My respect for him was high but the amount of times I was mind blown within the first five minutes is insane. He makes extremely complex things easy to understand and is very engaging. So cool.

[@emilyb4583]

I had the pleasure of, completely unexpectedly, seeing river dolphins in the Ecuadorian Amazon when I visited in college. I knew about river dolphins but never expected to actually see one in the wild, so it still kind of blows my mind to this day that I actually got to see one.

[@davidpierce7629]

Clint gets all jazzed up about everything he talks about, very knowledgeable and i love listening to him. He tells it straight and in a way I find easy to understand. Awesome guy! Props bro 👍

[@takingbackangie5]

I have to say that your speech cadence and tone combined with your short fact delivery and excitement is perfect for those of us that struggle to pay attention for extended periods of time. I mean I can watch a video but to say I actually absorbed any real knowledge from it is a rarity to say the least. Lol it warranted an immediate sub from this girl right here!

[@zammyb4535]

Absolutely love this topic!! One of my great uncles was an amazing eccentric who had traveled the world extensively. When I was seven years old, he showed me a narwhal tusk and tried to convince me that it was a unicorn horn. I precociously told him he was wrong and that it was a narwhal tusk. He was so disappointed that he couldn't convince me but I had always read everything I could get my hands on regarding whales.

[@reptilesrodents]

This is what I absolutely love about Clints channel. I never thought I would even be interested in whales, but hear comes Clints expertise showing me everything can hold interest if you learn enough about it. Thanks guys.

[@johngrisham3784]

Yep Clint's enthusiasm for animals is contagious

[@reptilesrodents]

@@johngrisham3784 It really is.

[@darylwilliams7883]

This is a particularly good and informative video, and I like that your content is expanding so much. And as a fellow biologist I can't help but empathize with your first few statements. Haven't we all had that experience? For me it was the Nudibranchs that can photosynthesize.

[@SockyNoob]

I love nudibranchs so much. They're so bizarre and adorable.

[@darylwilliams7883]

@@SockyNoob And the funny thing is, they're cute. I know I'm not supposed to think like that.

[@realityshotgun]

Same, I am very happy with the new format of videos.

[@LCD_scream_0217]

I love Nudibranchs too!! They're so cute 🥰

[@AHunterInTheShadows]

I happen to own a baleen from a whale but it's actually pretty small. My grandparents were actually pretty shocked at how small it was as they themselves only have ones that they thought were small (it looks ginormous to me personally lol) and mine is teensy compared to there's which blew their minds on the size. And no, I didn't randomly get it, I got it pretty legally and signed from a native but I am very pleased I actually get to have something not that easy to obtain. I love whales, they're very interesting creatures and I use the baleen as an opportunity to educate a little bit about whales especially to children and adults alike. Ah, it's so cool how they're actually made of keratin. The small size conveniently is easier for me to carry around if I do choose to show anyone outside of my home without having much space issue as I live in a fairly small house. Even though I own a part of a whale, I'm not someone who is too keen on the whale hunting, especially... If it really isn't legal.

[@irenafarm]

I’m starting to think we should globally draw a line at hunting anything that’s an apex predator, anything that’s a main predator (ie coyotes are the main impactor on rodent/rabbit populations), and anything that has NO large predators (ie megafauna and literally all endemic island species).

[@Symphing12]

​@@irenafarmI would not oppose that

[@IanMorav]

As a Brazilian, the Pink River Dolphin is super well known here, and we call them "Boto-cor-de-rosa", there are even legends here about these animals, I'm honestly surprised how these glorious animals aren't well known in the rest of the world.

[@phoenixfire8978]

It’s a shame the Lipotidae didn’t get a mention. The Baiji or Chinese River Dolphin is so cool! It’s a shame that they are possibly extinct (as of 2006) I definitely regret never getting a chance to see one in person.

[@NefariousSpineLizard]

Same!!! They were my favorite animal as a kid.

[@thureintun1687]

I think the relatives are still swimming in form of ayarwaddy dolphins in Myanmar/Burma

[@BCSTS]

Especially now with Yangtze river virtually dried up!

[@phoenixfire8978]

@@BCSTS That’s so sad. And was in the news that the Dugong is probably extinct in the waters around China as well. It’s tragic how many species humans are harming.

[@Alan74_ynwa]

Another Brazilian commentor says they have blind pink River dolphins. Yangtze is so polluted it's amazing they were there at all.

[@keefer88]

Watching a cheetah run in slow motion is so elegant and revealing. The body, head and tail barely move, each stride is at maximum length and its as close to only 1 paw touching the ground at a time as it can be. So freaking efficient.

[@kendra_sk]

I was thrilled to learn Clint’s favorite whale is the Sperm Whale! I love them so much & hope someday we will be able to understand their “click” language 🐳

[@ClintsReptiles]

You speak whale??

[@jamescanjuggle]

that has always been a dream of mine, i can already imagine the scene now someones out in the ocean, sees a whale doing its thing, starts clicking and the whale just stops.....looks directly at the human as if to say "hold up" 😂

[@rottweilerfun9520]

I hope so too . Imagine what they could tell us.

[@lauradietrich6736]

There are definitely scientists who study dolphin and whale “languages.” It’s quite interesting

[@gecko2738]

@@ClintsReptiles hey Clint, what would happen if a sea gull took a sh it inside a whales blow hole.

[@rikspector]

Clint, It might have been a good point to mention that the "right" whales were so named because they were the right ones to slaughter. A sad thing but worth mentioning since some whales are still being hunted:( I enjoyed your comprehensive review of the differnt species and YES, the Belugas are amazingly cute:) Cheers, Rik Spector

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Despite this highly plausible rationale, nobody actually knows how the right whale got its name. The earliest references to the right whale offer no indication why it was called that, and some who have studied the issue point out that the word 'right' in this context might just as likely be intended "to connote 'true' or 'proper,' meaning typical of the group. - E.J. Dolin, Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

[@rikspector]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio thank you for your reply to this post I am happy to see your improvement on my message I try my best 😊

[@irenafarm]

I appreciate this interesting story! And agree that commercial cetacean hunting needs to be off limits, globally. I doubt this is where the name comes from, though. It’s attested widely (ie, in literature and documents) a time when there would have been no concept of some things being okay to kill. People killed anything they wanted up to late in the last century. “Right” didn’t mean “correct” until pretty recently. It was used to mean “good” or “proper” (see: “upright” and “right thinking” which both mean staying inside the norm). Apparently these whales were more convenient to kill for people restricted to primitive technology. Which is….neat. 😢

[@drchrisfrykman7573]

Just watched this with my 5 year old. Better than biology class. We love you Clint!!! #clintforpresident

[@Armegeothm]

Between growing up about an hour's drive from a large marine park, being a Canadian child born after 1980 and thus having full exposure to Baby Beluga, having an enormous beluga ornament on my shelf in my childhood bedroom and being a massive nerd for animal facts, I loved and still love the beluga with all my heart. As a result, belugas in captivity are a sort of mixed bag for me. On one hand, they're very hard to study in the wild and as cetaceans go, they're the perfect blend of size and temperament for confined human interaction. Even in the wild, they seem to like interacting with the weird hairless monkeys that endlessly gawk at them. On the other hand, their life expectancy is generally cut in half in aquaria and captive breeding has had limited success, so most captives are nabbed from the wild. They're the most reasonable captive whale by far, and would probably score better than the human child, but their viability as a captive species for most people and places is not very high. Loved this video, Clint, and while I'm still holding out hope for Aves being the next group covered, I'm excited for whatever it might be!

[@tenzinsmith]

I am a massive Hvaldimir fan personally

[@tursiopstobie]

to be fair, marineland canada has to be one of the worst western facilities, especially for belugas. i think they could do OK if marine parks were actually willing to put the resources into belugas rather than other species

[@kated3165]

Its not just their lives getting cut in half, they often get cut FAR more then that. Hunting is entirely stripped from their lives. They can't use their sonars (which is their primary sense), don't have natural family groups and lives. Don't get to travel and explore. Their world of sound becomes one of constant booming music and roaring crowds. The dimension of depths is entirely gone too. They get all sorts of infections (which is usually what kills them) and skin problems wild belugas don't have. Its a life of predictable monotony, boredom, forced silly antics. There's nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nothing to hunt. No ocean waves or currents or even saltwater. Birth success are no less abysmal then that of wild ones (who are struggling with years of forever chemical accumulations in their food chain). When the babies don't die from infection, they often end up dying from the mothers not knowing how to care for them properly.... because they force breed them too young then they would in the wild. These females are also clueless mothers because they don't have the support of family unit they would have in the wild, with aunts and sister and mom and grandma watching over their shoulders and teaching them to become mothers (while making sure the baby remains safe while the mom is still prone to errors). While belugas in the arctic are far harder to study, we don't need captive belugas at all because we have the St-Lawrence belugas which are much more accessible year long and under constant close observation by marine biologists! Another reason to not support captive belugas goes back to how terrible the long-term survival odds of captive born belugas are... which comes back to how aquariums (world-wide) acquire these animals in the first place. Russian hunts. Russian hunters will gather whole pods of arctic beluga whales in outdoor pens. Then they start to break the animals by offering them dead fish to see which animal is willing to accept this (highly unnatural) source of food. MOST of them never do, and end up either starving to death or from the stress of being held captive. The few that survive and finally start accepting dead fish as food then undergo basic aquarium-style trainings, preparing them for their captive life and making them ''sellable''. Once determined to be ready, the animals are then sold to aquariums all over the world, with fake papers that claim they come from captivity. This is not to fool the buyers (the aquariums purchasing them aren't dumb nor clueless), its just to get border controls and animal protection off their backs in case they wish to scrutinize the legality of the animal's origins... cause most countries don't technically allow wild caught whales.

[@Armegeothm]

@@tursiopstobie Definitely something I'd encourage, even if only for the ones still in captivity to have better lives. Marineland is 100% an awful place, but hopefully they continue giving their belugas to competent research firms and clean up their act as a whole in terms of animal welfare.

[@tursiopstobie]

@@Armegeothm i made a video a few years back about Kiska (marinelands only surviving orca) if you want to check it out. it should be pinned

[@samantharupert5656]

I really loved this Clint. I remember looking at a Cetacean Cladogram with pictures when I was a little kid and I was really blown away at how many different whales there really are versus how many anyone really talks about. Also: would you be interested in breaking down other order-specific videos like this? Sky's the limit, thanks again! Stinkin' rad!

[@VictoriaEMeredith]

From September of 2023, I can assure you that he will! Er, did. Does.

[@venomoussound5050]

I love each and everyone your videos and I love the enthusiasm you display in them. I can confidently say your channel has certainly changed my life for the better. If not for you I would not have my lovely Tegu, Zhongli, who has truly brought me out of very tough mental spot. So I thank you for that. And keep going cause I'm sure you've helped many others too

[@nextral7955]

You're awesome. Grateful I found you yesterday! The search to learn more about the Emerald Tree Boa led me on a path to you!

[@brassbuckles]

Random fact: Some narwhals have two tusks, and some female narwhals have tusks. One female narwhal specimen also had two tusks. Also, if you understand that captivity greatly reduces their lifespans and that belugas are fairly notorious for not being able to be safely moved to new enclosures, you should be aware that belugas are not, in fact, having a great time in captivity (and nor are any other captive cetaceans). I'm not against captivity for all animals, but we do not have appropriate facilities or enrichment to ethically keep any species of cetacean. Even in cases where they live reasonably long lives, they suffer significant numbers of ailments due to captive conditions that they would not have experienced in the wild, are often forced to cohabitate with animals from different social groups or even different species (as it has turned out there are multiple species of several animals once considered conspecific), and it greatly decreases their overall quality of life. Therefore rather than try to keep them in captivity and treat them as circus animals, we should strive to preserve them along with their natural habitats in the wild.

[@ryancook4771]

Loved this! And modern Sperm Whales are definitely rad, but my favorite one has to be Livyatan Melvillei. If you ever decide to do a video on extinct prehistoric whales I’m sure it’ll be on there 😁

[@cactusgamingyt9960]

smh sperm whale fan? don't go near the squid fan hq, they'll be prepared

[@diaflux]

A quality Phylogeny/Taxonomy refresher of the Cetaceans. Entertaining and educational. Thank you for the great content Clint and team.

[@marydonohoe8200]

Dude, you are hilarious, as well as highly informative and enthusiastic. Love it. It was great fun to learn of the distinction between the right whales and the rorquals re their feeding styles. Looking forward to your reptile vids, and I hope you have some on amphibians!

[@MRptwrench]

Thanks! Because even though I knew all of the whales (cheated, I had a poster once) I did NOT know all the facts Clint just schooled me on. For example, I had no idea Bowfin whales ate by ramming into large groups of baitfish and scraping the food with their huge tongue! THANKS AGAIN, CLINT!

[@hadassahtannenbaum8828]

You are my favourite zoologist, humble and exited about new species! Thank you!

[@jamiedawson7060]

I absolutely love these animal family explanation videos! Please keep doing them.

[@darrenmorales3885]

I just learned today what rorqual whales are. I did not know humpbacks and blue whales were THAT closely related. I would’ve thought they were part of the other two branches of baleen. Additionally, just like Clint, I learned of a new species of whale. 2 actually. Fin whale and Byrde’s whale. Extraordinary!

[@queeny5613]

Fin whales are my favourite they r just cool

[@irenafarm]

It’s neat how filter feeding is one of those things that keeps emerging, in animals that start out actively predatory. Like all becoming crabbe. 😂

[@Losaru]

I can attest to the playful and docile nature of belugas. We had a young one near the docks by our local fish plant that would come up and say hello when you pulled on the wharf chain. I got to touch its melon which felt so weird to me when I didn't know much about them. It eventually followed the fishing boats back out to the ocean. It was just so awesome to see though.

[@shibolinemress8913]

Very refreshing that you admit to not knowing everything in your field, and take us along on your journey of discovery! I enjoyed this very much! I was most surprised by the relationships between the various species. For example, I'd always assumed that all the river dolphins were more closely related to each other and to the oceanic dolphins and porpoises.

[@elizabethroyal7429]

Just wanted to say that I love your videos. I'm a registered veterinary technician, and your unashamed animal nerdery is just fantastic. I enjoy your channel in the same way that I enjoyed animal shows on PBS as a kid. Keep up the great work!

[@gitsays]

But is it the best pet whale for me?

[@sparkyfister]

If money is no object, they might be a 1.9

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

Whales make a poor pet, because they have no neck to put a collar around, making it very inconvenient to take them for a walk.

[@HomeSlice97]

I’d love to see Clint nerd out about Mustelids *because they’re stinking rad!*

[@hismajestylordsmenkhare5878]

Its very interesting to learn that killer whales are actually accurately named instead of always being told their not whales, all dolphins are whales but not all whales are dolphins like all humans apes but not all apes are human

[@OleGeezerCirca1941]

I just found your well prepared and interesting channel. I am a graduate biologist (B.S. 1965) and although I haven't taught (MEd science education 1969) for many years I like to keep my biology education fresh by watching channels such as yours. Thank you for your educational and entertaining presentation.

[@Pug_Gamer12]

1:21 what,I’m a fish, I’m a fish, I’M A FISH

[@AwkwardAnxiousJennifer]

I LOVED cetaceans when I was a kid (still do). It was fun reviewing stuff I still remember, re-learning stuff I forgot, and probably learning a few new things - I'm willing to bet some classifications have changed in the last 30-40 years. Thanks for this video!

[@GodisaVerb2.]

I never knew whale skeletons had fingers, or that they could have dolphin faces. I didn't even know dolphins were whales or that orca's were dolphins. I even thought sperm whales were the largest whales. Yep, I learned a lot. Nope, not a zoologist Awesome video!

[@avrivah1101]

I imagine that you've seen these dolphins before, many times, as pictures in a book. Without something else in frame to demonstrate scale, they just look like slightly longer dolphins.

[@alexandergausJTP]

Did I tell you, that what I love most about your work is your enthusiasm? That gets me every time

[@DragonUdo]

I Love Your Personality and the way you really sell it as if you are talking directly to each of us as if we are sitting in a classroom with you! Awesome Content My Friend!!!

[@celtzen]

I loved this!! What a great video to have first thing on a saturday morning!!! Other marine mammals would be cool- seals, sea lions, manatee, dugong etc. Have a great weekend!

[@jackkrell4238]

Pinnipeds and cetaceans are quite the fascinating taxa!

[@celtzen]

@@jackkrell4238 absolutely fell in love with them when I lived in Northern Cali - dead broke (because Northern Cali) but I could scrounge up bus or BART fare and go down to Pier 39 and spend the afternoon watching the Sea Lions

[@sampagano205]

Clint Laidlaw, famous discoverer of every kind of whale on the planet.

[@ClintsReptiles]

It's true, all of it.

[@allinaday9882]

@ Clint’s Reptiles You did? Absolutely amazing. Thank you 🤙,

[@woomy2343]

I think during your section on Porpoises you should have talked about the Vaquita, which is my favorite cetacean They are perhaps the most endangered cetacean and also the smallest at 1-2 meters in length. When I say most endangered I mean as of 2022, the Vaquita has a population of just 10 individuals.

[@f.u.m.o.5669]

I thought it went extinct? Or was that false?

[@woomy2343]

@@f.u.m.o.5669 there are estimated to be 10 left, but there may be as many as 22 or as few as 6. Regardless, they're still extant as of now, but it is advisable to help as much as you can to keep them that way, as without immediate and extreme action, it's certain the vaquita will go the way of the dodo.

[@peterdarr383]

@@woomy2343 From what I've read of The Florida Panther having numbers under 40 doesn't provide the genetic diversity for a species to survive. The idea of capturing, breeding, and re-releasing Panthers doesn't work because you are releasing domesticated kittens. At 22 and under it would seem hopeless at this point.

[@woomy2343]

@@peterdarr383 perhaps it is hopeless, but if it is at all possible to save them, we should.

[@Music_is_Breathing]

I love your eager, happy and excited delivery!! It makes your video so much fun to watch :)

[@peachescozynook9003]

I got giddy when you pointed out that orcas are dolphins. I learned this fact when doing a report on them in middle school back in the early 2000s. My teacher didn't believe me and I showed him the information found. They have been my favorite animals since I was 3, I'm now 33. I read about them whenever I can, and last year I had the greatest joy of going to The Whale Museum up in Friday Harbor, Washington. Missed seeing any wild orca though. Next time!

[@CMZneu]

3:10 The mechanics of locomotion are fascinating! i would like to add a few things, some monitors lizards can run "better" than other reptiles because they have a sort of throat assisted breathing enabling them to run and breathe at the same time, birds aka dinosaurs have a respiratory systems pretty different from mammals and arguable much more efficient. Also the sideways vs up and down locomotion is quite intriguing if you compare the two, they both seem to have benefits but mechanically speaking i would argue sideways movement in water is better, especially for fish eaters in shallow water, for example crocodiles especially gharial it's just much more efficient to be able to snap sideways since vertebrate mouths generally close vertically(up and down) meaning there is much less water resistance and the mouth does not interfere with prey entering it while snapping side to side. I think this is one of the reasons(there are many) river dolphins have such flexible necks it's because they partially use this motion to capture prey. Though i would imagine that vertical flexibility has its upsides when one requires to constantly breathe air like cetaceans, reptiles two but they don't need to breathe as much because of numerous factors. Also the agility to make sharp turns in shallow water is very interesting, check out this epic chase of a dolphin catching a fish kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGnKiZKbmr2XY7M it's very interesting how it changes swimming styles when chasing, breathing and turning, i bet it only caught the fish because it tiered it out.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I remember reading my grandparents Audubon's guide to marine mammals and finding out a good 20% were beaked whales that people have only seen a few dozen times so it doesn't surprise me that a few whale species got past you.

[@medea27]

What an awesome video to stumble onto! As a fellow zoologist I know only too well the wonder of coming across a species that you've never seen or heard about before... and that _indescribable_ mix of excitement, satisfaction + pure joy in learning the most random but _utterly fascinating_ details about them. 💙 Also that unique trait that seems burned into our DNA, to reflexively add caveats like describing _"South Asian river "dolphins" (which aren't actually true dolphins but beaked whales that look like dolphins, and are more closely related to....)"_ 🤓👍 And while I did correctly identify your 'mystery whale' at the start, I'm now enjoying going down an internet research rabbit hole to find out more about La Plata dophins (which I'd _also_ not heard of before now) - brilliant! 🤔💭🐋

[@jonalban4349]

Beaked whales are famous for washing up as globsters that “look like plesiosaurs”

[@danytoob]

So here I go again ... falling on a channel I wouldn't have looked for. Fascinated...and subbed! Thanks.

[@takane691]

it would be amazing if clint did a video on sharks and just chondrichthyes in general theyre terrifying and fascinating. the deeper you go, the more absurd they get which is mind blowing

[@ClintsReptiles]

Agreed! I would like that!

[@CMZneu]

Hey clint! great video! incase you didn't know it existed you should check out the VAQUITA porpoise, they are pretty interesting, it's the smallest of all living cetaceans!

[@iSyriux]

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[@iSyriux]

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[@iSyriux]

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[@iSyriux]

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[@iSyriux]

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[@katbairwell]

I love Dr Clint's passion for all animals, for everything about this living planet, he really does strike me as the natural successor to David Attenborough (I say this as someone who grew up with Sir David, and I adore him for all he has contributed to the world, this is no lightly-made comparison) as a nature communicator, and I hope we get to see him involved with programming beyond KZbin. This channel is wonderful, and I wouldn't want it to go anywhere, but the world will soon need a new, passionate, expert voice in nature documentary, and I know of no one better for the job.

[@gforceforever]

Damn, I love your enthusiasm and wit! I get excited when I see you've posted a video! Education was never this much fun!!!

[@whistlerwade]

12:45 my wife, who has a masters degree in family medicine and knows how biology works, saw a duck on top of another duck the other day. She wondered what was going on and asked me if ducks attacked each other.... Turns out she thought that the eggs were somehow fertilized after they were laid....I dont even know anymore.

[@JeffreyGoddin]

The scorpions in the background make me want to recount to you what I feel was an extraordinary experience I had last fall driving across the southern US. From San Diego to Augusta, GA, after topping New Mexico's Lincoln National Forest on US 82 (I was taking only back roads for reasons) as I was descending I started to notice skittering critters on the pavement ahead. From the tails in the air, clearly scorpions! Hundreds, perhaps a couple thousand, over the next few hundred miles, warming up I assumed, as it was still AM. Kinda like all the tarantulas on the road when I was a ranger in King's Canyon/southern Sierra Nevadas?

[@tylerzerbe6861]

Thank you so much for answering the question "why do they call them sperm whales?". That question has kept me awake a few nights thinking about "ok, yeah, they're shaped like big giant sperm cells, but they already had that name before we had microscopes and knew what a sperm cell looked like." Been thinking about this since i heard a Jim Gaffigan bit.

[@HkFinn83]

You could have googled it

[@rebelmage6929]

I'm making a fantasy setting for a D&D game, which has a lot of sky islands and airships, and this video got me thinking. Well, if we've got airships, why not flying whales? I mean, isn't that visual so cool? And then, when you mentioned the sperm whale hunting giant squid, my next thought was: flying squid, or even worse, air krakens. Thank you for that absolutely terrifying idea that I'm sure my players will enjoy. Possibly. Or they'll be horrified.

[@CoolAdam247]

Flying kraken sounds terrifying

[@phoenixfire8978]

Sounds cool. But I think it’s partly the buoyancy of water that lets whales and squid get to the size they do. But it’d be pretty funny to imagine flying sea creatures squabbling with a gaggle of Canadian geese.

[@Nizati]

Ok... if you have air squids, make em spew out black clouds.. like, literal clouds, like smoke, as a defense mechanism.

[@KasirRham]

You have a delivery and depth of knowledge that makes me excited about zoology, like when I was a kid before the bills sucked all the joy out of life.

[@scottcannon5341]

Love this channel, been a minute since I visited. So glad I did. What a great episode. I love learning something new, so thank you!

[@marlenenadeau6029]

I was fully expecting you to review them as a pet I have never clicked on a thumbnail this fast in my entire life. Could you please do orcas and how they do not belong in captivity. I’m certain you can find a tasteful way of phrasing it

[@Exquailibur]

The vaquita is the smallest Cetacean and perhaps the most likely to go extinct, there are at most 10 in the wild right now and they are not doing great. They are native to the very most northern part of the Gulf of California where fisheries have been wrecking their population. Also the name "Vaquita" is Spanish for "little cow" which just makes for an even more adorable endangered animal.

[@Acridotheresfuscus]

They look so cute :(

[@brianfox771]

The Yangzi River dophin aka BaiJi, are extinct. I taught English in 2001 in Wuhan and while there tried to see one; I asked around if an aquarium there had one to see, but no one knew. To my chagrin, a few years ago I found out that the last Bai Ji was at an aquarium in Wuhan back in 2001 and I missed it. So disappointed.

[@CatDragon2]

That was crazy awesome! I also realised some things: “Baleine” is often translated from French to English as “whale” but they clearly reference the baleen whales. Tho we wrongly call the sperm whale a “baleine” as well. And also, blue whale, humpback whale and other rorquals are called just that in French: rorquals! (Rorqual bleu, rorqual à bosses, etc.) I love zoology and biology but I’m also a language nerd 🤓 Thanks Clint and all the team for all you do, I love your channel!

[@irenafarm]

French was the language of European science (and European politics) for about 150 years! It really only lost hold when English and US amateur explorers started publishing so prolifically, and German speaking authors were doing a lot of important work in philosophy and mathematics. Weeeeelllll, also French colonies were experiencing a lot of upheaval as the gov’t of France itself was in a chaotic phase. Spicy politics aren’t good for science. 😶

[@YayComity]

Spectacular communicator! Glad I found this channel.

[@natebell4764]

I found it fascinating the correlation and importance of the side to side movement over the up and down erect movement tying one species that would seem so drastically different to another. This deep dive into wales has me thinking about a collection of stories by Italo Calvino called "The Cosmicomics.," specifically "The Aquatic Uncle." Its an impossible comedic look at what it might be like if evolution could talk to itself. I suppose that's is the best way to sum it up, anyway I highly recommend it.

[@tommyvictorbuch6960]

Recently I watch a documentary about whales in captivity, and the miserable life they live, when the famous Flipper was mentioned. She ended up in a tank, and got so depressed that she committed suicide right in front of her trainer. I don't think many knows this. The way we treat these magnificent intelligent animals is a disgrace. Sorry about this wet blanket, but I think you shout know. Greetings from Denmark.

[@golddragonette7795]

All cetaceans in captivity are essentially tortured by it. It's insane that it's legal anywhere

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

He has the perfect speaking-voice for child audiences. Wonderful! May God be with him taking care of God's animals!

[@Rogue1stclass]

This is great! Back during COVID, I did a series of posts like this for my friends and family. My goal was to break down all of Mammalia by the major groups, starting with Carnivora. I'd saved Primates for last because I knew I'd get bored with them, and only managed to get through lemurs. But, the whales were probably the coolest part.

[@malaikamillions]

South American River Dolphins are Beautiful! They instantly give the impression of an impish personality. I can’t wait for your video covering them in depth. I’m grateful for this video. It’s fantastic! Just the level of academic depth I crave. Thank You ♥️ Might just learn to appreciate reptiles and other subjects of your specialty, simply because you offer such a thorough and joyous education opportunity.

[@emom358]

I would enjoy a video about hybrids: dolphin/whales, polar bears/brown bears, etc. As climate changes, this may become more common.

[@caring-assoul_]

0:24 it’s not cool to use my sister’s picture on your KZbin channel bro

[@isaiahmoore-jb1sy]

😂

[@Ofthecruise]

Thanks for tickling my brain Clint! Always love to learn more about animals from you.

[@_dboy_]

This was definitely stinkin rad. I have loved whales and dolphins ever since going on a whale watch boat while in Cape Cod when I was about 8 years old. We saw humpbacks, dolphins, and a couple right whales. I've done it a couple times since and haven't gotten the same show. I hope to bring my young son out on a boat one day in hopes of giving him this awe inspiring experience. Great video as usual, Clint!

[@beclouise8686]

I only just recently discovered your channel and I LOVE whales. I had no idea half of these existed either and its reignited that love for learning about them 😍

[@jeanneferguson7124]

Your enthusiasm is contagious!

[@slunalang]

Great video! So much info and so well explained. You got the fastest subscription I have ever made. 3:30 minutes in I subscribed and was so surprised it had only been 3:30 minutes with the amount of info. I can’t wait to see your other vidéos!

[@m_materias8751]

I was waiting for the Toninas..... they are so cute! But I love Sperwhales and Belugas

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

Blue whale : i am the largest specie to have ever existed. Perucetus : allow me to introduce myself.

[@rhondabrooks5317]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH AN INTERESTING & EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. I TRULY ENJOYED EVERY SECOND FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING BECAUSE I WILL SURELY BE WATCHING!!!

[@ldqa2737]

18:00 monodontidae (both) have always been my favorite. Fascinating, these two.

[@nordicnugz]

Grey Whales have always been my favorite. and Sperm Whales are hands down the most terrifying whales alive.

[@David_Patush]

The school I work at has a complete Baird's Beaked Whale skeleton hanging from our ceiling; I hadn't heard of them either until I started working here haha

[@MandieKearns-Moore]

You tell jokes exactly like a science teacher I freaking love you man