FOUR Fabulous Fossilized Whale Jaws! | Nautilus Live

[@MonsPubis7]

Wow! What a fantastic few specimen the Nautilus crew found. I'm constantly watching your videos to see what you all find. Please keep the videos coming! I hope one day once im finished with college I can have the chance to join a team like yours

[@Strawberrymilkdrink]

"Take that megalodon tooth" Megalodon tooth: I did

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

loving the live streams, much appreciated!

[@PoweredbyRobots]

My inner Spock says, "Fascinating!"

[@jakemoeller7850]

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[@avaliador]

3:41 just when I was going to ask if they were being collected hahahaha incredible

[@johno1544]

Fossil hunting at the bottom of the sea awesome

[@oddsidian1691]

I’m curious to see what species the fossils could belong to, and why specifically are the jaws so well preserved?

[@complimentary_voucher]

Probably because they're strong and dense for their size, not too interesting scavenger-wise and shaped so that they slide and settle in protected crevices, as per these examples.

[@connorjohnson4402]

Its highly possible that they are extinct species that no longer exist, also the beak whale skulls are really the only types of bones that can last for any length of time in the open water, Their density and mineral composition is such that it does not dissolve and is not eaten like other bones which allows it to stay around long enough to grow a ferromanganese crust like they have which just further preserves it,

[@oddsidian1691]

@@connorjohnson4402 interesting, Are fossils of extinct species found loose on the ocean floor often?

[@cattoes1609]

I have found two fossilized whale vertebrae on my many walks on the coast of California. I cherish them.

[@That-No-Moon]

I always wondered if bones could fossilize under the sea. Makes me wish I had a submarine that could explore Columbia Bar just off the coast of Washington/ Oregon to see the possible shipwrecks and maybe farther off the coast to see if there is any signs of the residual from the lake Missoula floods, possibly fossilized Pleistocene creatures that were swept away in the floods.

[@sheep1ewe]

Maybe a smaller ROV fitted with a camera from a boat could be a small start? I think this may be of interest for sponsors actually. I would love to see it happen, i always fond the early history of Oregon deeply fashinating, alltought it is not as well known in Europe. I remember there was a German diving society not that long time ago who actualy did it and built a full size small research submarine from scratch complete with a divers dock and and rooms (i can't remember their name fopr the projject right now, but i did see some KZbin clips taken inside the submarine while it was in operation for safety testing it, as far as i know they did put it to use shortly after. ), etc. So i think it is doable, i don't think they where super rich people either, but extremely dedicated guys.

[@connorjohnson4402]

So in this case these skulls are kind of unique in their ability to remain in the environment long enough to become covered in a ferromanganese crust like this, most other bones will be dissolved away or eaten fairly quickly. Its pretty rare for bones that arent covered in some sediment layers to become fossilised

[@bruh-bm1he]

​@@sheep1ewe do you know their names?

[@sheep1ewe]

​@@bruh-bm1he I think it was "Euronaut" made by Carsten Standfuss.

[@Majoofi]

Please follow up with the testing of these fossils.

[@calladricosplays]

This is literally like the DK dinosaur game! I've always dreamed of picking up fossils like that

[@monsoonBloom]

Whoever controls that claw, do they win all the fun toys in those machines? Love your posts, love the commentary, questions and reactions of ya'll, still. Never gets old.

[@AlisNinsky]

So cool! That super interesting!

[@EVNautilus]

It really is!

[@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies]

I'm curious as to how 'delicate' the claw, on the rov, can be. Is there some sort of system, like a clutch of some sort, that allows you to adjust how much pressure can be applied, at maximum, through the claw? Or is it, perhaps, up to the operators input - simply stopping when they believe enough pressure is applied?

[@connorjohnson4402]

Yes they are hydraulics and they can adjust the grip force for the claws to different settings.

[@sbiecoproductions6062]

anytime a new ev Nautilus cames out is... poetry. love u guys

[@Crowstel]

"we can put the magnum on it" 😂😂😂 love you guys

[@Combywastaken]

What an amazing find!

[@aserta]

Might be a good idea to equip the ROV with rubberized jaws. In theory, they would not impede any operation and should be easily done even in DIY style, using something like plasti-dip or other similar products, which are reversible methods of coating items in rubber (without vulcanization). I'm saying this on two observations. One, i've seen a few things slip and two, rubber would have some compliance and give, thus less chance of damaging a specimen. Just my 2 cents. Regardless of that, stunning finds. I don't know the incidence of fossil bones on the sea floor, but it can't be a walk in the park either, so the crew cashed in on a lot of luck with these.

[@sheep1ewe]

I think such device could even be mounted direktly on the existing setup without any critical modifications.

[@connorjohnson4402]

The jaw does have a soft compliant section on it to help with the collections of coral that are next to the blades that are used to snip things its the yellow looking section on the jaws, but they do have things like that as well as different types of jaws but collecting these is kind of a rarity.

[@macking104]

I guess you would date by measuring thickness of the crust? I remember on 1 November 2020, Hercules found what looked like a backbone/ ribcage of some creature embedded in a rock near Cortes Banks/ San Diego.

[@connorjohnson4402]

i believe that was a mammoth tusk, and it will be interesting to see how they can be dated rates of ferromanganese crust deposition can vary with water conditions and its usually fairly tricky to date things in the deep sea

[@Nick-hm2dm]

The crew of the Nautilus have the coolest lives!

[@deralictv.]

just saw the the live streams are back!! i really enjoy watch along❤

[@31carny]

Ohh. Wonder if any are ichthyosaur Jaws

[@alexanderlowther4337]

So how good are you guys at claw games?

[@npcx-mq6cr]

anyone? can i do this? can i request the loan of a fossilized bone? like how cool would that be, people come over and say wtf is that on your coffee table and you'd go 'oh just a million year old fossilized whale bone from the bottom of the ocean the science hippies said i could borrow for a while'

[@oneshotme]

Sweet!!! So is there a place we can see them online??

[@sheep1ewe]

I would be awesome if someone had the time to make a 3D scan of them in the future!

[@readbooks172]

Were you able to bring that whale jaw fossil to the surface??

[@carto4028]

Fossils is definitely not something I expected you guys to find down there. I wonder how a bone gets missed by bone worms and other elements of decomposition down there. How come those bones were left untouched especially in such a nutrient starved ecosystem. I would expect every morsel of food to be eaten and processed down there.

[@Sonny1065LV]

Amazing!!!

[@andreaskeller7619]

Why only the jaw bones? What happens to the rest of these animals?

[@macajr]

I got a question: If its millions of years old, how come its just laying there? why isnt covered with layers and layers of sediment?

[@planeteopale]

same interrogation for me, how it can be fossilized just in top of the floor ... 🤔

[@gryaznygreeb]

​@@planeteopale Things shift and change. It could have been exposed at some point hundreds of thousands years ago due to some sort of earthquake or tsunami, and just so happened to be in an area that remains pretty still. I suspect the pressure in the ocean depths might keep sand in place pretty well compared to a shallow reef where it may shift daily like the sahara desert.

[@thespankmyfrank]

I get the question, but you could say the same thing about all the rocks you see. They're not covered either.

[@carto4028]

​@@gryaznygreeb this is a good point, there isn't much of a bottom current down there.

[@planeteopale]

@@serkeien Thank you so much for this , very interesting , I will try to find the one with the megalodon teeth 🥰

[@byomark]

Amazing

[@aternias]

underwater fossil hunting! ❤

[@reportedstolen3603]

Please cut this bone and show the interior

[@WundesHerz]

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[@christopherbartko6042]

.... What would be an 'f' word for "whale jaws?" ... ... f.... ffaaangss...? *squint* ... ... *ponders...* OOH! OOH! 'fálaina' is Greek for 'whale' ... maybe "Four Fabulous Fálaina Fossils" 😅

[@josephdracula7487]

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[@richmountain1128]

Looks like wood to me.

[@tonynewman8586]

Boring whale bones / hardly anything to get excited about / 🤔

[@scarypineapple8608]

You are in the wrong place. Tik Tok might be more up your alley. 😅

[@drtrowb]

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