ORCAS - BIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, COMMUNICATION

[@mymom1462]

why doesn’t this have more views

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

yeeeeees, whyyyy????? :)

[@robertspaggiari7033]

At 8:20 there is a moment that for me is very sad. Pierre asks the question, "What happens when the oldest female dies?" His answer is about the daughters replacing her as matriarch, which is what happens in the culture of the Southern Resident Killer Whales depicted. The photograph nonetheless is of K25 Scoter, a male Southern Resident who died when he wasted away after the death of his mother K13 in 2017. This community of orcas is famously known to be facing extinction, mainly because their prey is becoming extinct. There has been no new baby in K Pod for nearly a decade. The K7 matriline that K25 belonged to once spanned 5 generations, but now is reduced to 2. I and many people in the Pacific Northwest follow these orcas' individual life histories intensively and with some anguish. Seeing the photograph of a beloved whale we have lost, I felt grief and a desire to speak about the plight of his struggling community. It seemed to me to be a respect he deserved.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

You did well, Robert. The death of a matriarch is a natural process of life. But what is happening to the SRKW is terrible Your message deeply touches me. The lack of food is probably one of the reasons of this process that is threatening BC' residents. We know that it is not the only one. It would be a huge loss if this population.... Sorry, words don't come. You know what I mean. You know what I fear If there is anything I can do. If I can help in anyway, I would be happy to help. All the best for your projects and actions.

[@robertspaggiari7033]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR Thank you for your generous response. Actually what I wish for you is the opportunity to travel to Canada or the U.S. and meet the Southern Residents. Every community of killer whales is unique and precious, and the S.R. are very lovable.

[@CalebSalstrom]

Thank you for sharing. It is important we all understand.

[@bari2883]

Isn't there anything we can do to bring their food source back to sustainable levels for this pod? Im ready. My children are grown and nothing would bring more meaning to my life than to halt the decline of these creatures that need not happen.

[@alexia3552]

That's so heartbreaking that he died of grief after her passing.

[@emilybillett5294]

This is amazing I love orca sooooo much

[@my2cents980]

ORCAS are the absolute best animals! I can watch them for hours! I love ❤️ the hunt, I love there family values , I love the way they teach and I love 💕 how beautiful, I love there shear strength...........I literally love everything about them! My next life, I want to come back as an ORCA!!!!! 🐬🐳💙🌎🌊💦

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

you are so right

[@mollystroot3908]

This just fascinates me. I believe the Orca are as smart as humans. Probably smarter than a good share. It troubles me greatly that we humans capture and basically enslave the Orca. Humans in general need to start listening to all the creatures in our world. What will our great great great grandchildren do in a world without them. We have a lot of learning to do. Thank you for all your work in learning about the Orca and teaching it to us. I send links like yours to my grandkids that they may learn respect and compassion for these magnificent animals. Personally as a retired vet tech I feel it's important to listen to all the animals. If we stop to look and listen we will have a better understanding of what they are telling us. I may not have been the best at many things but I was a really good listener. Not just to the animals but their humans as well. Both human and animal ended up happier. It's a great comfort knowing people are out there listening to the animals. And then getting the information out to as many people as possible. Good Job!!

[@alexia3552]

Being a good listener is such an amazing gift, it's one of the most precious things in life to be heard

[@danielponcin8158]

Bonsoir j 'ai vue votre tante cet après midi je lui est un gros bisou de votre part trop touché

[@maddi5109]

I just seen that Orcha from Majorca how lovely 😊

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

I hope more will be done to protect them. They are the most beautiful creature and deserve to live. I am so glad I can be educated about them like this! Thank you.

[@user-wt2dx6bd4k]

Thank you so much for this astonishing video! Orcas truly are magnificent!

[@Colossus-Tone]

Absolutely incredible. Humans as we evolve, are becoming more empathic. These beings are far ahead of us. That you FELT their emotional communication / projection brings a tear to my eye. There are beings far more intelligent and evolved than man (in a different way), and many of them are residing in the ocean. It is time that mankind realize how sacred and evolved these giants truly are.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you for this comment🙏

[@J0k3rziNhUBR]

absolutely amazing, there's nothing in the world that compares to this work that you do!!

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you❤🐬🐋

[@farangiznurmukhamedova9171]

Second video I watched from your channel! This is amazing. I learned so much about Orcas. Thank u for being so gentle with these beautiful and intelligent sea creatures. Lots of love from Uzbekistan 💕

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you

[@SageRosemaryTime]

Thank you for posting. This is the most concise and informative I have seen so I've subscribed to continue getting an education . I also like the "tone" or attitude very much . Thanks and praise for both the dedication AND character to tolerate ignorance and deal with ignorance SO appropriately : )

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you for your kind words, Rosemary🙏

[@melissawysocki2385]

Beautifully informative, thank you. 🐾

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

thank you so much Melissa

[@dr.rockzo]

The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli! I got about 50ft out and then suddenly the great beast appeared before me. I tell ya he was 10 stories high if he was a foot. As if sensing my presence, he gave out a big bellow. I said, "Easy big fella!" And then as I watched him struggling, I realized something was obstructing his breathing. From where I was standing, I could see directly into the eye of the great fish! Then from out of nowhere a huge title wave lifted me, tossed like a cork and I found myself on top of him face to face with the blow-hole. I could barely see from all of the waves crashing down on top of me but I knew something was there, so I reached my hand and pulled out the obstruction!

[@Takeshi_9000]

Absolutely fascinating. I am a student about to graduate, i will check out your ambassador scheme👍

[@alexia3552]

It's heartbreaking that our pesticide runoff is causing such high mortality in these whale populations. I can imagine the damage isn't limited only to orcas. I hope we can adopt less damaging farming methods!

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

I hope so too🐋🙏🐬

[@SpiralDown2077]

Orcas were my favorite as a wee lass, carried a plush everywhere. Eventually their footage became more graphic-consistently, and I couldn’t watch. But I was thinking about how much I love sharks; what else got shafted besides black cats? Orcas. Thank you for this video- I’ve been in a learning rampage for these beauties today. Ocean panda persons🧐

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thanks🐋🐬🙏

[@fannetter.5500]

Je suis tombée par hasard sur votre vidéo, et quel plaisir de vous écouter. Cela me donne envie d'approfondir encore plus mes recherches sur ces fantastiques êtres, et pourquoi pas un jour nager avec eux. J'apprécie énormément le fait que vous insistez sur les différente sortes d'intelligences, chose dont on n'entend pas assez parler malheureusement. En bref, merci beaucoup pour toutes ces informations.

[@wixskid]

Amazing. Really

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you🐋🐬🙏

[@Pfirsichaffe]

That presentation shows once more how awesome and dadicated we humans can be and at the same time how stupid, blind and unbeliveable ignorant we are towards nature. That vid should have wayyyy more views.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you very much, Pfirsich. I am deeply touch by your kind comment

[@whoops8412]

Your voice is so nice to listen to and learn about whales. I want to learn how to scuba dive! I swam with whale sharks and this beautiful female swam beside me for an hour and a half interacting with me following me and swam slow enough for me to keep up. It was the most beautiful experience I ever had. I just kept thinking how unworthy I was, how beautiful and majestic she was. It was like looking into the eyes of a goddess!! I wish I could communicate with whales to tell them thank you from the depths of my heart 💕

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you for sharing your experience🐳🐋🙏

[@whoops8412]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR thank you for your wonderful videos!!

[@CalebSalstrom]

Thank you so much for this informative and fascinating video

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you caleb

[@amilyaaa9425]

New subscribers lover the video

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you all, A sisters.🙏🙏🙏

[@katelyn371]

This is a fabulous video! Will be forwarding this to many, thank you so much for this knowledge!

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you🙏🐋🐬

[@vivianlevan9098]

Très interessant!!

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Merci🙏

[@hannaely3963]

thank you amazing

[@melanieb.4655]

Tellement intéressant, merci beaucoup 🥰

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Merci🙏

[@danylaley]

I started watching the accidents at SeaWorld and ended up here. These animals are amazing but I'm still a beluga person.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Belugas are amazing. I never interacted with them. But I would love to.

[@danylaley]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR hey Pierre I've seen there's a lot of controversy around the validity of the observations on the cymascope experiment. Do you know if there had been any successful attempts at reproducing the experiment or any other publication on the topic? In your scientific view, how true are the claims? You shurely know more than I do.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

@@danylaley there is a lot of controversy. That's true. Some experiences are filmed. And the spectacular result is just a visual effect due to the number of frame per second chosen. This is why we must be careful. That doesn't mean it is wrong or there is nothing. But we must work on it to understand what is wrong, and what is usable by the science.

[@michaelcavalier4598]

Me too! I fell in love w them when I watched Blackfish and have been educate myself since

[@leafriant9094]

Wow merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo ! J’ai une fascination pour les orques inexplicable. Super fan de toute l’information et la prise de conscience que votre vidéo donne aux mondes. Mon rêve sait justement d’aller en Norvège et avoir la chance de nager avec elles. J’espère pouvoir vous rencontrer la bas est répliquer tous ce que j’ai appris grâce à vos vidéo.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Merci🙏

[@tdNin]

When you mentioned emotional channeling, that they can communicate emotions to each other and that when diving close to them, we can feel these emotions, I immediately thought of captive orcas in amusement parks and their respective trainers. The trainers are supposedly spending their entire day interacting, via "training" and feeding and socializing, with these animals. How on earth is it possible that they don't feel how miserable these creatures are in their hands..? Could it be the captive orcas are sort of jaded and thus can't even feel anymore, or is it the repulsive selfishness and narcissism of these so called "orca-lover" trainers that stops them from feeling the orcas emotions? Would love to know your educated opinion about this mater Pierre. Thank you so much for your contribution to spread knowledge and awareness of these incredible animals. I would like to share this quote from Henry Beston, as I find it quite fitting, especially when it comes to orcas. "We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth. "

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Thank you for your interesting comment. And this question. You know, some trainers feel it. When they do, they leave the industry. And they become anti captivity activist. But most of them dont feel it. They are choosen, selected for that. Their ego is way bigger than their empathy.

[@alexia3552]

That's such an insightful quote, I love it. It's so easy and deceptive to feel as though all the joy you feel in a particular interaction is the total truth of how the other creature you're interacting with feels. There is the added complication that likely the orcas did enjoy, to a certain extent, the training sessions, as it was the only enrichment they had in that environment. As for the ugly side, pressure to keep your paycheck will find you justifying a lot of things that are otherwise unjustifiable. In the end, some trainers did receive the most clear "communication" of all, by attack from orca.

[@konradcomrade4845]

play music for them, excerpts from Jean Michel Jarre Equinox 4 or Magnetic Fields 2 (From The Best Hit Collections 1&2). Look how they react, would they enjoy and maybe repeat? and be aware, that at age 14 they go through puberty and become (more dangerous?) adults soon after. They certainly become less playful, too.

[@josephinewarnet]

Hey Bonjour Pierre, I was wondering, if one toothed whale echolocates, do the other members of the pod would be able interpret that echo / can they see the same thing? Without using echolocation at that moment? Merci Joséphine

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Not sure but I would bet that the echo back will be received and heard by all other dolphins.

[@alemanhaforadarota]

Pierre, quando eu observo o homem e como ele destrói a natureza chego à conclusão de que as orcas e outros "animais irracionais" são mais inteligentes.

[@FriedFreya]

I found this on my own, looking for more information on the ways Orcas communicate, and how in-depth their language is. (I'm kind of in love with Cetacea overall.) I was stricken whenever you mentioned that there's a form of emotional communication that was perceivable to humans, because this reminded me of a diver's recount of a fear she'd felt when diving with a whale (I believe it was a blue whale, but I'm not sure). She said it was unlike anything she'd ever felt. So I was thinking: maybe the whale was projecting its own personal fear, so maybe it had a past traumatic experience with humans? (I'm almost sure it was being rather aggressive as well... I'm not to sure where I read this or I'd send the article.) Just my thoughts, maybe I'm just drawing false conclusions... ^-^; Lovely work, by the way. I desperately hope we make strides in cleaning our oceans to preserve these wonderful creatures. ❣️

[@alexia3552]

I'm very interested in the possibility of communicating emotions directly. It's so difficult to gather clean, unambiguous data, because of the nature of our own emotions--we are always having emotions, and they can be so complex and shift continuously in quick response to our environment and our thoughts. We would have to be able to note what exactly our "own" emotions are, and part of that would require knowing what emotions you are used to having in any given environment and circumstance. Diving with a whale is a rather unique experience vs diving in empty water vs sitting at home vs etc. So, you'd not only have to spend a lot of time (months and months of accumulated time) spending time with whales in order to glean a "baseline" of emotion, you would have to be very in tune with your own emotions normally so that you could detect a difference. And in that whole time, you would basically have to ask the whales to refrain from any emotional communication so you could gather that "baseline" of what your emotional reactions are to being in the water in proximity to a whale, observing their body language, etc. After that, if it were possible, then you could ask the whale to communicate emotion and repeatedly work to compare against your baseline. Otherwise, it is such an unknown mix of your own emotions and (potential) communicated emotions, that you either throw out all emotions as being your own emotions, or you assume that every emotion you experience when near the whales is a communicated emotion. In the case with diving with a very large whale, especially if it was showing erratic or slightly aggressive behavior, I personally believe it is possible for the human body to churn out un-before-experienced levels of primal fear. In our modern life, we don't experience very many situations of total abject vulnerability, like when you are free-floating in water totally at the mercy of the movements of an incredibly large creature. It is also, in my opinion, possible for something previously unknown to us to be happening, such as the direct communication of emotion. And even if you want to replicate the same conditions, there is another complication, that humans often do not have the exact same emotional reaction to the same situation twice. You could experience either more OR less fear in the same situation versus a previous time, depending on whether you quickly exited the situation, or whether you survived the previous situation without something going wrong, and so on and so forth. So, it's very very hard to correctly "delete" your own emotions from the data, even if you can gather a large controlled baseline. I don't mean to say that they definitely don't communicate direct emotion, they may very well do so! It's just hard to know exactly for sure, so I get frustrated lol. imo, it's very valid to consider body-language communication as a direct expression of emotion. The most effective communication makes the "listener" fully understand the thoughts, emotions, intentions of the communicator, so the genius of the situation may lie in the pairing of an animal that communicates clearly and a "listener" who knows how to listen and understand, and is fully focused and mentally present in the moment. Even just on that level, it's a great lesson on how much connection can be made when fully focusing on an individual, understanding their behavior, and being fully immersed in the situation without distraction.

[@kw7268]

Maybe our intelligence is evolving and building towards the intelligence that other animals already have! For instance, we do not have the biological function of echolocation. We have to develop technology to have this functionality. So interesting.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

And because we don't have this physiological system, you brain is not made to really understand it. It's a good and interesting message. Thanks🙏🙏

[@rmarriott2]

I have a question about the bent, bowed, or sagging dorsal fins you sometimes see in both marine parks and the wild... what causes this to happen? Also, is this unique to the males? I don't know if I am correct, but it seems like it is only the once tall, straight (and proud) dorsal fins of the males.

[@AstralAkshay]

Yo I got the answers for you. The bent dorsal fins that happens in marine parks is caused by the lack of movement the orcas get. Because they are not moving 100 miles daily the collagen in the fin breaks down and becomes loose. The fat also gets broken down due to immense stress, however when orcas are released their fins get restored. This Dorsal Fin Syndrome mostly effects makes but still effects females.

[@nseriously2704]

Thank u🥺💞amazing video! 😭 how u started getting interested in orcas? Would be cool to know your story! Love orcas, my spirit animal💖

[@OliviaEllinger]

Good 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@LibertyDino]

The tribe structure has similarities to the structures the celtics had.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Really? Thats interesting

[@m1toshow]

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[@nanasshi0711]

imagine being a newborn and already taller than yao ming

[@shadowhamato9878]

Hiii, when I want to book at you, Do you need to have your own diving/wet suit or do you get them there? And can you also go when you have no diving/snorkeling experience?

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

You can come with your own. Just know the water is between 2 and 6°C. So own drysuiy if you have, or 9mm custom made wetsuit mandatory. You don't need experience. We say "diving" or "snorkelling" but actually it is mainly swimming. Choose an operator who will give you theory courses and who put systematically a underwater guide/ safety diver to secure each drop in the water.

[@shadowhamato9878]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR Thank you for replying, but I don't have one. Do I need to buy one or can I get one for the swimming when I book?

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

@@shadowhamato9878 contact me at [e-mail] for all technical information. I prefer to keep this space to answer to the questions about behavior of orcas. Thank you for understanding🙏

[@shadowhamato9878]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR Thank you very much and I understand 🙏🏼😊

[@oliviamx5452]

Can you become an orca scientist with engineering degrees

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

I would like to answer to you. But i want to be sure i understand the question before. What do you want to know exactly?

[@oliviamx5452]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR so I’m very interested in engineering and the biology of Orcas I just wonder if engineering degrees could be used in this field

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

@@oliviamx5452 follow your passion, Olivia. Then everything is possible

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

@@oliviamx5452 I am not sure about that but why not? People must come from different fields, with different compétences. This would give a better "picture"

[@sansebastiansj]

If they are more emotional than us how does that presents itself? It's hard for me to believe this.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

The part which is the center of emotion ( limbic and paralimbic lobes) is bigger in orca's brain.

[@sansebastiansj]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR Yes it's bigger but does that actually mean they are more emotional? If so, how can we observe this in their behaviour?

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

@@sansebastiansj behavikr is very difficult to observe and even more to interprete. Their social structure and the bond could be an element. Orca mothers are known to have very long mourning that bring them to push the carcasses of their dead new borns for days (maximum observed: 17 days). But the most important according to me is not scientific. It is what you feel from what you see when you are close enough to observe them underwater. A bit when you see 2 people who dont look each other and you know that they are in love. I know its a bit clumsy. But I cant explain it otherwise

[@genesisesofmankind7864]

Hi, we won't understand them intellectually in any satisfactory way. When we recognise who we are spiritually, we have the capacity to understand how we are truly communicating... non-linearly Not the best explanation. Thank you. Really enjoy the social mapping

[@captainsirjackchucklebutty6147]

Back in 1977 we mounted a student kayak expedition round Ireland .The very first day, on the 22 mile crossing from the Mull of Kintyre , we 3 kayaks suddenly found ourselves surrounded by an orca family. VERY scary. We waited to be attacked and eaten.! But they just looked at us ,and one surfaced within 3 meters of me. I found myself staring into the eye of a fully grown killer whale 4 miles from land. And there were more in front of us. As I looked into that eye I felt an almost telepathic connection. As though it recognised our intelligence and was saying we may pass.. The fishermen later told us, they never attack boats. Years later I was able to sail round the world in a catamaran. And did get involved with the Humpback seasons in Tonga. I wonder if I was inspired by that Orca?

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Hey can touch our heart, yes.

[@mikhailrovensky7517]

'emotional""'

[@medbyhi5114]

utra cute

[@kellyhain3649]

The life span is wrong

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

explain, please.

[@NUSORCA]

Maybe you should speak French in this video if it makes you comfortable

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

If only I could, mot... fu... er😉🙈

[@alainrobertmassicotte7410]

it is not are intelegence,it is are lazyness.

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

👏👏👏 try again.... In English, this time

[@FriedFreya]

@@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR lol 😂 he got roasted 🔥

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

@@FriedFreya 😄

[@m1toshow]

it is not understand, it is dumb