Deep Sea Whale Fall Near Clayoquot Slope | Nautilus Live

During our NA161 #ONCabyss expedition with Ocean Networks Canada, we returned to the site of a whale fall near the Clayoquot site that we’ve visited in the past. ROV Hercules gathered impressive footage of the skull and vertebrae of this skeleton, as well as the benthic fauna that have made their home on top of it. This boney buffet provides an abundant of nutrients for organisms living near the seafloor.
While here, we continued photogrammetry efforts on the site by reproducing surveys performed in 2012, 2020, and 2023 to take high-resolution videos of the entire whale skeleton. Photogrammetry video surveys provide data on decomposition rates, helping us understand how whale falls support deep-sea ecosystems. This site was originally discovered in 2009 by an expedition led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and ONC and OET have been observing it since 2012.
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[@blackkittycat15]

Really smart people doing neat science, meanwhile my brain goes; I like the red fishy.

[@andrewdoucet1203]

I love seeing how it changes each year!

[@mfhex1398]

One of the most exciting places to follow in the deep sea, I find whale falls exceedingly fascinating.

[@douglasstruthers8307]

You continue to bring the incredible nature of the ocean-bottom to us to value & enjoy & appreciate. Thanks!

[@donkerbolls]

new whale drop just dropped

[@kipper1668]

How is it possible that they barely move from that spot at all in a year? Are they just that heavy?

[@bitter-bit]

Bones are heavy! Consider a single baleen plate can weigh as much as 200 pounds!

[@SAOS451316]

Aquatic mammals tend to evolve extra dense bones to help them dive. These bones are also very big and in calm water. The two green laser dots are for size measurement and are spaced 10cm apart (usually) and the bones are bigger than that.

[@galacticcannibl1966]

No current

[@LouiseHultcrantz]

Yeah and I was thinking about those marker plates as well and how much they weigh to lay so still on the ocean floor. They look so skinny but maybe they are very heavy ⚓🏋️‍♀️

[@vapormissile]

​@@galacticcannibl1966right? Is nobody looking at the screen & thinking while they type?

[@manveerparmar6570]

Will you guys try to find IJN Soryu off midway?

[@bevgordon7619]

1:38 please clarify: is this the pelvis?? How big, width, height, is it? Thanks everybodies involved and sharing,

[@jlzombiecat]

Whales do not have a pelvis, at most some have small vestigial bones there. I think the only thing it could be is the skull.

[@deepquake9]

You all are amazing!

[@takhi_tec]

Very exciting! 🤓

[@Hagebuttensamler06]

How can i Watch this live? It is even possible?

[@EVNautilus]

We live stream daily at NautilusLive.org. Streams will resume this week as we head into the Central Pacific.

[@shosplecolupis8794]

THIS IS SO COOOL!!!!!

[@ZyanZik]

Je commence à croire que les ossements des font marins sont très importants dans la formation des coraux et autres plantes- animaux de ce type. Les font marins ont toujours eux dans le passé une grosse quantité de calcium. Le lit des océans actuellement est trop pauvre en résidu marin.. c'est surtout plein de déchets humains. L'homme à intérêt à très vite changé la plupart de ses habitudes alimentaires et aussi changer comment on produits des objets ... Le plastique, les métaux inerte, les peintures.. la pêche et le matériel de pêche.. le gars ont est en train de foutre un énorme bordel !

[@iarwainthabombadil7724]

yall see me with that American Classic tonight?

[@Kubox93]

What is that metal square ? Gps ??

[@jamiew6326]

I think it’s marker so that they can consistently measure the changes in the whale fall. Kind of like a ruler/compass/marker all in one.

[@sandyaw3057]

How fascinating! Also, how clear everything looks..unlike how polluted filled the air we breathe is!

[@LprogressivesANDliberals]

Our bodies go back to Mother Earth. Treat her well!!! We all must go home to her ✝️🇺🇸🦅

[@iarwainthabombadil7724]

i feel like this is a very dangerous business to form an alliance with Sharky in. lololz😂😂🎉😮😢😅😢.

[@CHAD-RYAN]

Its a dino fossil!!!

[@deatheragefarms]

The dinos went extinct something like 25 million years before whales evolved.

[@neatodd]

Nice video spoiled by pointless music

[@mfhex1398]

I didn't even realise there was music, I think it complements the footage neatly on second watch. Way better than intensly dramatic music and a gazillion cuts every second like in the average US documentary..

[@rogertemple7193]

That is really awesome looking under the ocean at a lot of interesting things like this thank you.💞🛥️⛵💞