Observing a Natural Whale Fall | Nautilus Live

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[@--Paws--]

I wonder if whales have a similar enthusiasm as these researchers when they discover a sunken ship

[@tactic34wot52]

Oh my God bill loook it's a sunken ship! XD

[@christinechan6162]

I'll have to ask brb

[@Anonymous_Eyeballs]

"ooowwWOOOOO. weeeooooOOO. OOOOOOWOOOOOOOH." Sorry, I'm not 100% fluent in whale. Haven't watched Finding Nemo in a few years

[@trivkypeak-eye3557]

@@Anonymous_Eyeballs he's speaking the language of gods

[@iCazZiStronZi]

_Paws_ Whales don’t swim near the floor of the ocean, they probably almost never see shipwrecks

[@fringes475]

it is fun to be a marine biologist today. 1800's marine biologist are like, there's a Kraken.

[@shoeshooey5464]

Fringes those Kraken’s are whacked!!

[@trodat07]

Fringes ... or a bishop fish. Meh.

[@readytogo6569]

🤣🤣🤣

[@fringes475]

@JJ Sundra you just need a marin biologist or related degree i supposed. There are some videos with geologist, climatologist and paleontologist on board nautilus.

[@davidbeddoe6670]

There were no "marine biologists" in the 1800's. Just nerds on fuckin whaling ships.

[@jamesburk8145]

Man I want a job where me and my like minded colleagues essentially just explore the deep with a submarine and talk about how cool everything is. I'm sure there is real science happening but I'd rather assume you guys just poot around the ocean floor saying hi to dumbo octopuses and exploring long dead whale skeletons.

[@nggaknormal]

Eh you won't get funding that way

[@JackJackKcajify]

no its a lot less work than you think

[@dogezuelo2284]

So I want to be a marine biologist.

[@coolfrymaster]

But you dont want to pay for college

[@antoniohuertas6345]

I'm. Very proud.

[@mrbill806]

DogeZuelo probably won’t be doing this lmao

[@theflyingsquid]

It does sound like a very interesting and fun job, especially if you like whales. As was already said, you probably won't be doing this very often, but the people in the video did say that marine biologists are often in contact with whale carcasses. I think you'll get enough knowledge of the insides of a whale from there haha. Just be careful to move away before they, you know... explode...

[@ikw4384]

Do still want to?

[@RonInDune]

So did you guys eventually confirm whether the golf ball was an anemone or not?

[@KingNefiiria]

It's in the description of the video, it's a kind of snail iirc

[@dalephillips6684]

Ti

[@happycakes1946]

"100 males in a single female." Massive sausage party.

[@rainbow_vader]

Sounds like my ex

[@rainbow_vader]

@Brody Massey you probably did lmao

[@TVIDS123]

Osedax or Piper Perri?

[@milky_wayan]

"Two mysterious orbs in two weeks... just another day on the Nautilus" wow goosebumps. This is like science fiction!

[@mattwandell7415]

The white golfball/orb at the end is Heteropolypus, formerly Anthomastus, a colonial octocoral or soft coral. The common name is “mushroom coral”. The “pores” are where the polyps reside and they are retracted in this video.

[@mattwandell7415]

lol okay

[@samir.221b]

Oh my god ... This is just way way too incredible: A natural whale fall 😲😂 wow, just ... Wow !!! Once again you guys on the Nautilis have rocked my world, this is like the tenth time my mind's been blown since I discovered this channel a month ago. I had never even heard of a whale fall a few weeks ago - but now I'm very well versed in the topic ( for a lay person ) and that's all thanks to this channel; your previous whale fall video prompted a study session on the subject. I reacted in a similar way to other videos of yours and yeah , today I am MUCH more knowledgeable about the ocean and honestly I care so much more, or rather I feel so much more invested in ocean conservation than I did just a few short weeks ago before discovering The Ocean Exploration Trust and this channel. Thank you so much EV Nautilis - you are literally changing my life and the lives of many many others all over the world!! Respect!!

[@DominikFretz]

They really do a great job! And great to see that you learn so much about the ocean. Are you aware that the Nautilus has a live video feed as well? Http://nautiluslive.org

[@dmeingojohnson2570]

Samir Oucherfi great way of looking at it

[@drej1015]

Changing your life by looking at whale bones? I just dont get it

[@mickcarson8504]

@@DominikFretz It says: "The page can't be found". 🤔

[@bonk9731]

This channel deserves so much more attention!!!

[@alfatazer_8991]

"There can be something like hundreds of males within a single female...Wow" Those worms sound like they know how to party:)

[@edthegoomba]

What kind of parties do you attend??

[@70mustang302]

It’s like the Houston 500!

[@P_Wigs]

5:06 “It’s exactly 10cm in diameter...a little bit larger.”

[@codyking4848]

Guys, please.... I need a job. This would be the coolest job on the planet. Can I apply? :)

[@cardboard2night]

Oh, that's easy! Just go get that degree in biology and then... oh :/

[@mrbill806]

McDonald’s is hiring

[@AntifoulAwl]

RIP whale

[@kadabrium]

why didn't you capture the pickleball

[@AlbanMathew]

0:29 "Pew pew"

[@lolroe]

when i die, make me a human fall

[@jasonhernandez619]

It's called burial at sea. Yes, it is legal; I have told my family that this is what I want when I die.

[@barleyarrish]

"take me with you! i can see perfectly well, look i can see that radiolarian over there" "take me with you".

[@itchyeyesmcrealize165]

"It's exactly 10cm in diameter, or a bit bigger."

[@VinylUnboxings]

"60% of the time, it works *everytime* "

[@itchyeyesmcrealize165]

@@VinylUnboxings 😄😄 gold lol

[@sheriffbutterball7824]

people: wow i found a chest of gold Marine biologist: wow we found a natural whale fall (I think finding one of those is like treasure for a biologist)

[@suep9445]

Fer shure... 😎

[@moottzzy]

How often are you finding new life previously unknown?

[@auroratrent9938]

why did I get teary eyed?!! it is a special thing to have seen...

[@ChaosMagnet]

Parasitic males... I see you found my ex-boyfriend.

[@BeeHash]

This sometimes feels like Mystery Science Nautilus Theater

[@noneya8831]

What is a while fall? just a bone yard basicly?

[@ScottyHunter]

It's the specific spot a dead whale carcass fell to the ocean floor. By saying its a "natural whale fall" means it was a wild animal that died naturally on its own in the open ocean; ie: it was not beached and hauled out by boats.

[@noneya8831]

Scotty Ah wow thats interesting, thank you :)

[@pluggedin-the-ratbird]

+Scotty - fascinating. Thanks for the description

[@unknownwatcher8213]

I know I'm late by 4 years lol but I'm thinking humpback without looking at the comments.

[@3ro3ro]

Minke Whale?

[@joserenteria5406]

No sweetie we are the only weird species we dont make sense to this world at all lmao!

[@yingfang5683]

Very interesting I would like to be a marine biologist that is just incredible thing to stumble upon. But weird mushroom on 5min and 26secs

[@alexboutlas3716]

we are so lucky that we can have free access to such interesting material.

[@AllFiery]

A hundred of simps within a single tho-

[@zatoth13]

at about 3:23, it looks like one of the pelvis bones on a rock.

[@SynthgodXXX]

I loved this video! And the details on the worms..... OMG!!! Truly strange! I love this channel!!!

[@allthingsgumball]

Whale falls are much better than whale summers.

[@KaliforniaKelly63]

So cool! Can't wait to show students in school!!! Great job, guys and gals of the E/V Nautilus!

[@ezcreations777]

I love how much fun you guys have

[@mauricesmith3006]

I 💘 this channel

[@grendelum]

While this is insanely cool, I couldn’t help but eye the rock formations that looked like gold might be hiding there...

[@mericaman8877]

Better than observing an artificial whale fall.

[@ambergris5705]

It looks to me as if the whale fell on its back, and rot like this, and then the jaw fell on the side. Do you agree ? The vertical shots were quite clear for that, I think.

[@jalspach9215]

Not "parasitic". Commensal = living in/on the host but causing no damage/injury.

[@ruzahel6287]

j alspach Did u not see them boring into the bone? Pretty sure that’s damage.

[@jalspach9215]

@@@ruzahel6287, female voice says they are Osedax bone eating worms and points out an interesting fact that all the worms visible are females and all the males live within the females while briefly describing their reproduction. Male voice says, "...so they're parasitic?" Asking about the males living inside the females. She says yes. That is NOT "parasitic." The males are considered commensal. For a further comprehension lesson within this context, did it not occur to you the definition of "parasite" requires that it occupy a LIVING host not dead tissue or bone. Think before you click.

[@Ranstone]

Wouldn't it be mutualisim, because the female can reproduce with the males? Just went over this in class yesterday, and trying to flex my limited, incomplete knowledge as soon as possible to strangers online. XD

[@jalspach9215]

@@@Ranstone Since I cannot find any specific term, in cross-searches, representing the unique specificity in this case may I suggest "intra-species commensalism". Mutualist commensalism just becomes more ambiguous. Great question though.

[@Ranstone]

@@jalspach9215 I was trying not to sound like a know it all, but it actually is mutualisim. I'm going to uni for oceanography. Good luck!

[@utopiaOKC]

Makes me wish i had kept going with my dream to do this. Too late now though🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Shamariah2011]

At the various phases of consumption of the carcass I would imagine sea stars and worms To be among the most common, next to crabs/crustaceans?

[@ryosworkshop500]

what did the previous mysterios purple orb end up being anyway ? they never said

[@locolobos0035]

Tentatively it's a pleurobranch. Science takes time, and announcing a new species is a big deal so the scientists involved need to be triple sure. But they're thinking it may be a new species of pleurobranch.

[@ryosworkshop500]

locolobos0035 ohhh thanks

[@mattwandell7415]

It’s a coral, specifically Heteropolypus.

[@SKARKIBANEZ]

Depth?

[@scottwpilgrim]

Late reply, but to qualify as a whale fall, it's 1000 meters or below

[@gregorymckenzie7511]

I kinda just want to know what those mushroom like lumps on the mandible are.

[@martiweber1214]

Can u imagine how many dinasure bones are in the ocean deep?

[@mortified776]

The seas and coastlines have changed so much there is definitely loads of stuff down there from across Earth's history. Fishing trawlers in the North Sea regularly pull up things like mammoth teeth and stone spearheads from Dogger Bank. It used to be part of land bridge connecting Britain to mainland Europe.

[@martiweber1214]

@@mortified776 wow that's awesome buddy on day I wish be part of those groups

[@chasingmuskyandsalmon728]

Whale scientists have to deal with carcass frequently.....no shit......I’d assume any scientist studying any creature would have to study carcass 😂😂😂

[@mudimabiriani6467]

Greetings from Dar es salaam,Tanzania 🇹🇿 Mudi Mabiriani Alikuwa Hapa😎

[@ThePartarar]

I need this channel in my life

[@jasonhernandez619]

Have there been comparative studies of people who are buried at sea? That's how I'm going to be buried, and now I'm curious about what will happen.

[@ianvital8834]

Hmmm that give a clue why we don't see Megalodon remains or like fossilized Bones of it. just the Tooths. they are most likely conssumed by diffrent organisims

[@1_fishin_magician153]

there is always a " Darren the downer " in your vids.. ( ok ..that's enough now.... let's move on !! )

[@sealizeroceanic1978]

That’s whaly nice

[@Ra-ue5jo]

Тоже ищешь русский комент? А так неплохо жаль не на русском языке.

[@cardboard2night]

Хейо! :) не искала специально Русский коммент, но приятно удивлена

[@elkamaeesmillaren6411]

Oh loookkkk a starfishhh at the start of the video

[@tackyman2011]

Don'tcha LOVE the internet?

[@jaybone2321]

This is cool and all, but I’d much rather pretend to almost be an architect.

[@joshuagiomi9993]

A sperm whale?

[@locolobos0035]

A sperm whale is a toothed whale, so it wouldn't be one of those. They said based on the skull shape it's a baleen whale. :)

[@kingofflames738]

Boneless whale... Wait but its bones... _ERROR_

[@RenzitoARG]

These "biologist" despite the title tend to be VERY unprofessional. "Baleen whale" is the term you're looking for. Yeah, they mispronounce "anemone" wrong... twice.

[@joeyjaime3746]

Thousands of guys in one girl Hmmmmm

[@erik61801]

probably died from plastic ingestion

[@ArtGirl82]

Those parasitic male worms sound like some men I know lol

[@jac6362]

I heard her ask about lasers. What do they do with lasers?

[@markjade3587]

Do u believe me when I say that a dead whale can create a whole new ecosystem beneath or deep the water from where it landed

[@sorrowfulsatchel679]

Did they ever find out what kind of whale it was?

[@geld1620]

why is joe rogan in the field of marine biology

[@faizanar2067]

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist

[@louielouiepks]

Any baleen ? Good for corsets and baskets.

[@Anon8848]

"He died and left his body At the bottom of the ocean Now everybody knows that when a body decomposes The basic elements are given back to the ocean..." -"Think About Your Troubles," Harry Nilsson

[@UntrainableWizard]

3:20 - (On the 4th vertebrae up) Is that something connecting the vertebrae, or is that something growing out from under the vertebrae? I can't tell fully, but it looks like it's passing through the middle, and onto the next across, though that may be just from lack of depth perception.

[@mickcarson8504]

I don't understand what you're saying, and the KZbin subtitles are even worse.

[@polluxspeaks8925]

anybody saw the claws at 5:15 creepy!!

[@virid1021]

It looks like the tentacles of a brittle star

[@SaifKhan-wk4jj]

pollux speaks wait I think I just found a eye

[@dothedo3667]

pollux speaks Yeah...some really floppy claws... Come on guys.

[@davidbeddoe6670]

One day, Swimba, all this land will be yours, except for that dank pit over there...

[@Don.Challenger]

At 02:36, since one observer is talking of perhaps needing to examine a vertebrae to establish species, why wasn't one of the loose vertebrae on the right of the whale fall seen at 03:10 picked up - I'm sure collecting that would compensate for one rock less being collected and I presume they were rock collection from what was said at the end of this video excerpt.

[@hert.drs12]

first comentary

[@Shaden0040]

Did anyone discover what kind of whale this as? And did any other team come back to this whale fall to do follow up work on it?

[@joeschlotthauer840]

It would take a marine biologist to come up with the term "whale fall" to explain whale bones on the bottom of the ocean...

[@Calilasseia]

Has anyone provided a species ID for those worms with the weird life cycle?

[@johnLjelks]

Was that one of the Tympanic bones (ear) laying on the skull ??

[@bowjangles510]

I swear I hear norm McDonald in there with you guys.

[@ajinomou]

This boosts my interest in taking Marine Biology as my course.

[@sierrahatfield5883]

It looks like a small or juvie humpback, based off the area it would be a good guess!

[@skudzer1985]

I wonder how long that giant had been lying there on the bottom of the ocean in silent darkness. I would have had to take one of those loose vertebrae back with me.

[@rage1204]

I know what whale it is a fin whale or maybe a young humpback

[@lorispicer4598]

Can u tell how long a whale has been dead when its like this, or would it be more by how much has been eaten? How long has this one been dead?

[@aggabus]

is remote controlled? radio ? ?

[@donlove3741]

Wow nature ! Geez louise!

[@Shastasnow]

Maybe a gray whale or Minke not sure What is the location? That could help

[@scottwpilgrim]

Hard to tell unless you can get a good look but we shouldn't disturb whale falls cause it's the anchor teeming with life at those depths

[@sruijc5250]

so is that red thing the worms?

[@ostapbulba8590]

Когда покажите ктулху?

[@DanielRamirez-li6zc]

I love the interaction of these scientists.. especially their professionalism and expertise.. 👍

[@anthonygreer8648]

I'm probably doing this in the science department now

[@sruijc5250]

damn that whale jumped out of it’s tail RIP

[@robertpillowjr.1672]

That is amazing! I have never seen a natural whale fall before! Very cool!

[@cewapaiget5734]

How long has this whale been down here? Looks ancient

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

Whiffle ball

[@sixstringsmitty513]

she said anenome. lol even biologists have trouble saying anemone

[@theshuman100]

the thought that you can die at sea and not have your bones sink to the bottom

[@Iyana]

Amazing!