4 Mysteries of the World's Oceans

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[@lordshaxx2165]

This sounds suspiciously like a product from a Tel Sell commercial.

[@jeffdroog]

You should do one of these on the most primitive animal of all.The human.You could go into great detail of ALL of the dumb things humans do,and have done,that have gained them 0 benefit,and yet they did it anyways.Seems we would see so much dumber things then flopping oneself out of the water lol

[@respectbossmon]

Simon, you didn't actually say which part of your skin received such benefit. As your face is mostly furred, it wasn't that. So where did it work so well? Scalp? (fairly clean shaven there, mate) Arms? Torso? Legs? Naughty bits?

[@GRosa250]

How come you turned off the blue background light?

[@brianredban9393]

Guy no one can see any wrinkles on your face with that giant beard

[@cleverusername9369]

I really love the idea of whales singing and breaching just because they enjoy it. The mental image of a cheerful whale swimming around happily humming to itself and occasionally leaping out of the water in a fit of uncontrollable joy makes me really happy.

[@VirgilTStone]

So, are you happy with uncontrollable joy, and do you run around humming and leaping?

[@jeffdroog]

I bet they think the same shit about us.Animals,in all of their infinite wisdom,work with the environment they live in,and haven't done nearly as many genocides as we humans have...I'd say they're likely the ones of higher intelligence

[@cheetarah9199]

I have watched seagulls apparently just playing in the wind - it doesn't seem that far fetched

[@michaelmignone5869]

​@@cheetarah9199"mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine" 😂

[@SkunkApe407]

Land mammals are known to play and do things purely for their own enjoyment. There's no reason to think that marine mammals wouldn't do the same.

[@Captain.AmericaV1]

Whales have an impeccably high level of empathy and intelligence, and on multiple occasions, they've saved peoples lives. They deserve all the respect and protection from scumbag poachers

[@pixiesouter9461]

It makes sense to me that whales breach out of joy. I went whale watching when I was seventeen of the coast of northern Australia. I don't know how to describe it, but the whales looked like they were having fun, like they were reveling in their audience. The same way, when you're watching a dancer, their passion for dancing and for performing shines through. You can feel how happy they whales feel. It's exhilarating.

[@tammyhaas9304]

What an excellent description , I can imagine how special that must have been !!! Thank you for sharing WOW

[@klaytonalexandermatthews2047]

it's a bit like the videos you see of people doing things in front of their pets, like backflipping, singing, dancing, balancing things on their heads, etc. I absolutely can see other animals doing something similar. Like imagine you went outside and noticed large groups of birds displaying joy when you hopped on one foot. You're probably gonna do it again, get a friend and the two of you will do it in front of the birds. Birds might bring their friends to see, making you do it more and getting friends.

[@timerover4633]

You could add to the whale breaching the case of the spinner dolphin. While working with Dr. Robert Ballard in the South Pacific on locating some wrecks, there were a couple of pods of spinner dolphins in the same area, and on a regular basis we would see them giving a demonstration of their spinning ability, shooting near vertically out of the water and spinning like mad before landing back in the water on their sides. It was fantastic to watch. Also, where we were working the in the Solomon Islands, the water depth dropped drastically from the shore, being over a thousand feet within a mile of the islands shore and a depth of 4,000 feet within a few miles of the shore. The bottom also through Bob for a loop, as he was expecting a mud bottom like he had discovered off of Guadalcanal. Instead we had a mixture of volcanic ash that looked like sand dunes in the Sahara, and lave flows and fields. A great mixture along with the coral reefs next to the islands. We also were hitting hot spots with the underwater sonar where the temperature jumped from about 53 degrees to close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. We did not have the time to see about deep sea vents. The thing that I found amazing with the appearance of life whenever there was a discontinuity in the volcanic sand. It could be a lave outcrop, or a sunken Japanese landing barge, or a piece of wreckage. When those appeared, life did as well. I saw a similar thing while working on identifying some Japanese carrier wreckage off of Midway, but there the depth was 17,000 feet. One of the other surprises was seeing a normally shallow water ray swimming between islands at a depth of 1500 feet. Think about the massive pressure difference that the ray had to deal with. There is so much unknown about the oceans. I felt while watching the view from the camera sled as we moved from place to place that I was an astronaut viewing the surface of a new planet for the first time. It was an incredible experience.

[@Julia-uh4li]

As much as that research job may have been difficult at times, I really envy you. I wish I could have experienced something similar in my younger days.

[@klaytonalexandermatthews2047]

that's absolutely amazing and fascinating to hear about! I'm glad you experienced something so beautiful, I hope you're current/future experiences are similar. Hell, I'd be delighted to hear about them

[@Bambisgf77]

Enjoyed reading this, thanks for sharing!

[@retriever19golden55]

Ballard is a treasure, sounds like you are, too. Thank you.

[@Felled-angel]

Nice 👌

[@MrAbraxus666]

Worst transition to an advert goes to Simon. "LOTS OF NARWHALS DIE UNDER THE PACK ICE...AND ON TO OUR SPONSOR!"

[@pakde8002]

You've got to admire Freud's determination to find a pair of eel balls. Confirming it's a slippery slope once one sets off on such a journey.

[@jellybeanboy]

No, I do not admire him for that. I think that's one of the most insane things you could do. Like chill the fuck out buddy, clearly they don't have testicles.

[@aidanwatson910]

Tusking sounds like something me and the boys would do at the sleepover

[@jamesobrien8529]

That's not called tusking. That's called tugging

[@HappySmilingDog-d7u]

💀

[@TheBreechie]

Tusking, tugging, docking…. its all fun and games until someone has to eat the soggy cracker

[@thelloyd87]

I think aquatic mammals in general are far more intelligent than we think. Orcas have a language we can’t decipher and different dialects depending on where they’re from.

[@danelynch7171]

Imagine if we finally decipher it and find out there are having full, advanced conversations and not just like "survival knowledge" or just primitive communication. It would be wild to know they are complimenting each other or talking trash about the dolphins! Think if we could learn to communicate with them!! The knowledge they might unlock about the other animals! Figuring out how to talk to them could be a "Rosetta stone" moment!

[@Sweeeetpeaches69]

Absolutely. In keeping a reef tank, all of my fish would blow me away with their intelligence. My possum wrasse was especially smart. Also, my clownfish pair was very intelligent--shame they usually used it for evil.

[@klaytonalexandermatthews2047]

​@@danelynch7171I'm all here for hearing about the drama coming from their convos. When you get tired of human drama, just tune into the orcas

[@PitboyHarmony1]

Heard an idea that the Narwal tusk is basically a sound wave antenna. The millions of nerve ending sensors resonate to faint sound, so they can hear severely extreme distances. What they listen for could be the sound of females, pods or predators or prey. Basically a looong ear. The reason they have this appendage as apposed to other whales, is that other whales that sound locate have larger heads/ resonance chambers to hear, and Narwals skulls are smaller, so nature provided an external vibrating antenna to provide the information.

[@Mark_GL]

They also use the tusk as a way to compete with other males by rising their heads out of the water to raise the tusk higher than the oponent.

[@pakde8002]

Could be similar in function to the lateral line in fish.

[@wombatillo]

It could be like a long distributed hydrophone array of a sorts. If the sound comes from the front the soundwaves will hit the tip first and then move down the tusk. If they come from the side they hit the tusk all at the same time.

[@BNewtonUK]

@@Mark_GLthose are the narwhals looking for signs of extra-aquatic life

[@williamhardes8081]

it might help them get Disney channel?

[@pmsavenger]

I'm oddly pleased with you pointing out that it is 10-20% and not the much lower number often quoted that is the area of the seafloor that have been mapped. I took a uni course in this exact thing(seafloor mapping, that is), and people getting it wrong have irked me since. It is not super hard to google it and get the correct number, after all. So yay! Go team your writer! Oh, and one of my professors worked with seabed 2030! Probably still does.

[@mattroper7214]

It's upto 24.9% now, that was announced earlier this year

[@Julia-uh4li]

Fascinating, and no, I'm not being sarcastic!!😊

[@LithiumProductions]

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

[@Indyofthedead]

Whale singing has also been hypothesized to be verbal speech between whales. There is evidence based on structured rhythms seen in them, as well as repeated patterns that only appear in groups around certain individuals, suggesting names, and even the fact that calves will sing without any structure seen in adult singing until they reach a certain age, suggesting baby babble.

[@tdyerwestfield]

Whales are intelligent creatures, I think they do a lot of things just out of contentment. Breach for fun, singing could be similar to a cat's purr. The 'WOW' signal is often attributed to whales. There's a lot of personality similarities between certain whales and elephants, they're distant relatives I suppose.

[@FischerNilsA]

Everything on earth is more or less distantly related. Yeast is our cousin, as are rabbits. The WOW-signal was measured by radiometronomy as a pattern in galactic radiation from the direction of sagittarius. Whoever are the supposed people attributing electromagnetic signals from space to whales? They sound hilariously clueless. Cats purrs are cat language for "thanks mommy, I´m good". All felines can and do purr as babies. Usually during feeding and the following "tummy massage" which most cats moms need to do to their young for a few weeks, to help their digestion. Its just a neotonic trait in domesticated cats they never let go off. And give off when pampered. Its not really for fun, but to tell momma cat all is well and the milk is staying down. Not saying whales arent great or sing for pleasure or have personality, mind you.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

There's plenty of fish in the ocean, just be sure to catch a Narwhal / Nawalt since it seems they do in fact exist.

[@johnr797]

​@@FischerNilsAbig cats purr too

[@Onewheelordeal]

​@@johnr797I'd imagine "all felines" was meant to include big ones as well

[@johnr797]

@@Onewheelordeal he said neotenic trait in domesticated cats. Adult big cats purr as well.

[@swj719]

Actually, it is INCREDIBLY easy to send people to study the deepest parts of the ocean. The trick is getting that person back, and alive.

[@xyz7572]

Badum tss

[@davidclaudy4822]

Ocean gate anyone?

[@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr]

Actually even that’s pretty easy.. in 60 years there was never a major/catastrophic incident in deep sea diving until ocean gate. And even with that company - their first two subs made many successful dives. And even titan made over 20 successful dives before imploding

[@ablebaker8664]

​@@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr That seems to have been completely accidental. Titan's construction leaves me amazed that it made even a single dive.

[@minimanadam]

The titan sub had no issue reaching the bottom

[@frankieslefttoe8210]

It actually didn't go to the bottom it imploded long before it reached the titanic

[@FlintSparkedStudios]

So that narwhal horn is a tooth huh? Hope they make narwhal sensodyne cuz that’s a lotta ice water exposure

[@85priesty]

"Every day I shave my head" The biggest oxymoron ever, Simon Whistler sponsored by "Keeps" but not any brand that provides shaving foam/cream/gel given the perfectly shaven "perfectly shaped head" haha

[@alastor8091]

Learning about the decline in wale population hurts me nore than learning there used to be millions and millions of Buffalo in the US. That amount of killing is unfathomable to me outside of a war.

[@martinstallard2742]

0:45 Narwhal conundrum 4:01 end of sponsorship 5:30 secrets of the whales 9:45 the deep dark 11:52 an eely mystery

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

Whales are such special creatures. I’ve caught rare glimpses of them as I visit the coast quite often. It’s a dream of mine to see one breach.

[@misterpig7739]

Another reason we know less about the depths of the ocean compared to the surface of the moon is also just the fact that there is far more area to cover for the ocean with the pacific being multiple times wider than the moon.

[@QBCPerdition]

Also, the moon is far easier to see, and is far more uniform. Sure there are mineral deposits and even water ice, but it is essentially just rock and dust. The ocean has layers, life, and can't easily be viewed from a distance, requiring probes to crawl over and through every cubic meter.

[@andyyang3029]

Good point. Got to remember that the moon is much smaller

[@handle-l7f]

And that the surface of the moon is a million times less diverse and complicated than the oceans

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

​@@andyyang3029it's also way further

[@kylebolton6007]

@@TheodoreBrosevelt you can see more of a skyscraper the further away you stand

[@masonjelvin6001]

“i’m starting to wonder is coochie even real..?” -eel probably

[@Kuppy0373]

I have this feeling that if I can see Simon’s legs, that he should be pacing and slapping a paper script 😅😂 My apologies for pigeonholing Simon 😂🙏

[@rpNerd]

The way my body physically reacts to abyssal gigantism being brought up is unreal. It gives me such a deep sense of unease thinking about the abyss but I am also deeply fascinated by it.

[@lupine.spirit]

whales and dolphins definitely have consciousness and even culture. orcas seem to have trends. Like there was a time where a bunch of orcas would balance dead fish on their head. the only reason researchers could find was fun. and it spread like a viral trend, for about 6 months, then they stopped. and whales knowing that humans can help them in some situations is something i’ve heard repeatedly over the years. I think whales might be about as intelligent as humans, at least the same as other apes like chimps, gorillas and co, we just cannot understand them

[@lancewalker2595]

The irony of your seemingly non-chauvinistic attitude toward whales by claiming that they’re just as “intelligent” as humans is that such an assessment is predicted upon the presumed superiority and universality of anthropic notions like “intelligence”. All this hemming and hawing about “consciousness” by so-called enlightened people has me doubting their status as conscious beings far more than I have ever had reason to question the consciousness of animals.

[@lupine.spirit]

@@lancewalker2595 okay? whatever you feel best with lol. believe what you want. but I’m not sure you know what chauvinism is. I said nothing about nationality and I’m also not claiming that humans are the peak of evolution or the most „intelligent“. Humans are the scum of the earth and I just used intelligence as it is understood by most people. Because well I’m communicating with people. No human will ever reach the enlightenment of a cat napping in sunshine

[@randomuruk7230]

​@@lancewalker2595Spouting nonsense with a wide vocabulary is still nonsense.

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

“I’m a grower, not a shower” - a European eel, probably

[@cleverusername9369]

I remember being a young kid, probably not even 10, but I knew that if a narwhal used it's tusk to impale fish, they wouldn't be able to eat it, because, ya know, no hands.

[@trayolphia5756]

Vigorous shaking would slowly pull the fish off, thus allowing it to then move forward and eat

[@ande100]

I grew up in the Lower Rhine area in Europe. I grew up with smoked eel ad the infamous cadaver fishing. They are to this day in my top 10 of smoked foods! ❤

[@feldgeist2637]

Brataal/bradaal is also quite nice, but ofc Räucheraal/gerookte aal is the best ! used to help my dad setting up fishtraps in the North Sea mudflats, targeting specifically eels, before they regulated it to death to "combat" the major population losses and retention caused foremost by hydroelectric eel shredder turbines and the blocking of rivers and you can roughly determine the sex of silvereels without dissection by looking at their seize - male eels mature earlier and are usually smaller

[@jsinope2786]

I don’t think we should be surprised that whale song does not repeat. If whales ever analyzed Simons videos, they may be also baffled there are no ones that repeat!

[@jenniferj5324]

😂

[@xionmemoria]

13:25 "Looking for their Eel-ucive testicles" We see what you did there, Lloyd!

[@codyclark8533]

breaching maybe to get whale lice off, theres a whale guy in Mexico they actually come up to his boat and he takes the whale lice off them, some are beneficial but too many affects them negatively

[@robertblack9381]

Basking sharks have been observed breaching, presumably for similar reasons

[@mooseschimming3809]

Simon: My skin was fine, but then I aged...

[@maryschwab6674]

That was a great video, thank you Simon!!

[@brodycasler7424]

Simon: "I enjoy watching Star Trek." Also Simon: " Why did we include whale noises on the Voyager probes?" Have you not learned Simon???

[@jenniferj5324]

Nice 😂

[@trayolphia5756]

I was saddened he didn’t make a reference to 4 n that part. Oh and here’s a good one - the novel of that film details the conversation between the probe and the whales…full text copied below ------- [Probe] “why did you remain silent for so long?” They (the whales) tried to explain, but it reacted in surprise and disbelief. “Where were you?” It asked. “We were not here,” they replied, “but now we have returned. We cannot explain, traveller, because we do not yet understand all that has happened to us.” By ‘us’, the traveller understood them to mean themselves as individuals and all their kind for millions of years in the past. By their song it recognised them as youths. “Who are you?” It asked. “Where are the others? Where are the elders?” “They are gone,” the whales sang, with sadness. “They have passed into the deep, they have vanished upon white shores. We alone survive.” “Your song is simple,” the traveller said, chiding. It was not above petulance. “Where are the tales you have invented in all this time, and where are the stories of your families?” “They are lost,” replied the whale song. “All lost. We must begin again. We must evolve our civilisation again. We have no other answer.” The traveller hesitated. It wondered if perhaps it should sterilise the planet anyway espite the presence of the untaught singing youths. But if it began a new evolution here, the planet would be silent at least as long as it would take the traveller to circumscribe the galaxy. The traveller would have to endure the pain of the world’s silence. Organic evolution required so much time. Besides, the traveller possessed very little cruelty. It could consider destroying the young singers, but the conception caused great distress. It abandoned the idea. “Very well,” it said. “I shall anticipate young stories.” “Fare thee well.” The traveller fell silent. The whales bid it farewell. The traveller collected its energy. It ended its interference with the patterns of the blue-white planet. It caused to power the violent storms ravaging the surface. It sought its usual course, oriented itself properly, and sailed on a tail of brilliant flame into the blackness of the galaxy.

[@scottymcdoogle8210]

I never knew there was a transcript of the actual conversation between the whales and the probe. I had always wondered what was said and I haven’t read the novels. Fascinating read, thank you for that.

[@scottymcdoogle8210]

I also wondered why he didn’t nod Star Trek IV seeing as he’s a fan of Trek.

[@trayolphia5756]

@@scottymcdoogle8210 no worries. It was in bts conversations where it was felt that in the film the general concepts being conveyed were “clear enough” The book on the other hand… :) Glad it was enjoyed

[@elizabethsthokal727]

Breaching is just whale zoomies ❤

[@MumRah]

Nailed it. Sometimes people just overthink things 😂

[@JaiLewis-d6t]

I happened to watch a channel a moment ago & was surprised NOT to see Simon presenting it.

[@stax6092]

Gah, I love whales. Such a great Family of creatures. Save the Whales.

[@RSBurgener]

I've often said: "take how intelligent you think an animal is, multiply it by 30-50% and that's how smart it actually is". They can't talk. They don't know how bridge our consciousness to theirs. So there's much below the surface that we do not give them credit for because we cannot observe it.

[@craigharrison2090]

After this, I feel like whales breaching is basically like the reverse of our species' kids screaming CANNONBALL right before they make a giant splash

[@santa1563]

if I’ve learned anything from QI it’s that the answer is always blue whale. except when it isn’t. sometimes.

[@meh7348]

All these excuses as to why they haven't explored much of the oceans. They just don't wanna disturb Cthulhu so they tell us it's "too hard" but we know the truth.

[@MotorPotor56]

"The twenty-first century, mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on earth, the ocean. As captain of the SeaQuest and its crew, we are guardians, for beneath the surface lies the future!"

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

I hated how strange the show got when they came back from space

[@bat13.6]

Simon, i have a completely unrelated question. Maybe you've already answered this,but I'm wondering about that black world globe in the background. Is it all black, or is there print on it i just can't see? If it's all black is there a reason or something? It looks cool, and I've been meaning to ask for ages, i know you have different color light shining on it for different videos, but I've been wanting to ask you for a long time. 😁

[@Julia-uh4li]

You'd get further by emailing him. Although it still is smart asking in the comments as some viewers just might be able to answer you as well.

[@kevinfoster1138]

Damn KZbin video was not even 15 minutes you had to show me 4 different commercials.

[@mediumlowlight]

Its never too late to see Simons hair

[@juriebezuidenhout2538]

Implants hurt so a wig it will be then.... 😂

[@captaintoyota3171]

If i could give bald ppl some of my hair at 36 i would. Its like a thick beanie in this heat. Its unbearable and i gotta cut it every 2weeks or get overly hot

[@chrisschuler2278]

Bald is beautiful 😂 sorry I'm starting to lose it considering keeps 😆

[@robinelliott-ni2eh]

​@@captaintoyota3171never heard of hair clippers? Just give it the grade 1 treatment every month and theres no more issues. 😂

[@juriebezuidenhout2538]

Im as bold as Simon.... With pride I can state ' hair dont grow on brains' hahahaha

[@reprobate79]

“They rub their tusks together” My friends and I do that all the time.

[@ThePhysicalReaction]

Humpback whales also made it onto a klingon bird of prey in Voyage Home. Their 30 minute songs are almost as long as some Dream Theater songs.

[@jenniferj5324]

😂

[@tinaroberts5858]

Narwhals amaze me. Unicorns of the ocean 😊

[@michaelmignone5869]

The narwhal song also amazes me.... not necessarily in a good way though 😂

[@emperorarasaka]

the Tusk is used for scratching each other's itch

[@xbreezybx]

Why whales breach seems pretty straightforward to me. It looks fun. I'm sure there are some evolutionary benefits, but like dogs get the zoomies from their instincts to run, it's probably just a bit of fun.

[@australien6611]

Exactly, just like we skip and hum and sing

[@384tp]

We all know the reason behind whale song... they're sending messages to an alien race to protect us from cylindrical probes

[@chrislong3938]

That's why Oumuamua didn't mess with us...

[@carston101]

I had no idea eels were so weird. Interesting.

[@KeithPrince-cp3me]

As for the Narwhal probe theory, New and prototype aircraft are often fitted with a long nose probe as they're put through their paces to gather information from the airflow ahead of them (to enable calibration of performance), maybe evolution has given the creature a similar attribute.

[@Bdsiy68593]

I’m commercial fishing in Alaska right now in the middle of the ocean

[@dustypartition]

Didn't think I'd hear the term "elusive testicles" today.

[@masterchinese28]

Whales singing and breaching... I would also add the other unknown phenomenon: beaching.

[@Nikkska]

Don’t get me wrong, I love physics & chemistry, but biology is just so fascinating!

[@HorrorHermitofHell]

I think the whales that are capsizing boats is the whale equivalent of old people screaming GET OFF MY LAWN!!

[@danieltolliver8549]

Keep it up Factboy.

[@charleskempton8808]

Side project on James Camerons submarine deep sea challenger.

[@kelevra558]

I think whales breaching is their version of simply showing off. Like wheelies or drifting, big whips etc.

[@EAcapuccino]

Heres another mystery, whats the DEEPEST spot? Challenger Deep? Not necessarily, challenger deep is only 1 we know of so far The Kuril Kamchatka Trench Japan Trench Philippine Trench Tonga Trench ALL also have depths well exceeding 10,000m (35,000ft) each!

[@jamesmasonaltair]

Sometimes an eel is just an eel - S. Freud

[@taylorbunch1490]

Come on...1-5 (!!!) IS Simon's commercial spot. Idc if it's longer episodes😢

[@CarleyGoshaw28]

Thank you for reminding everyone that the MEG IS EXTINCT.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:50 - Chapter 1 - Narval conundrum 2:15 - Mid roll ads 4:00 - Back to the video 5:35 - Chapter 2 - Secrets of the whales 9:50 - Chapter 3 - The deep dark 11:55 - Chapter 4 - An eely mystery

[@misterramon7447]

CHAP1: Tusked Narwhals...the Frontier Scouts of the Sea! RECON RULES!!! CHAP2: I always sided with Moby Dick in that story....let's face it...the real 'Dick'...was the one on the ship. CHAP3: RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!! Maybe we owe a BIG debt of thanks to Sperm Whales for keeping those guys at bay!!! (and let's not forget Godzilla) CHAP4: Eels, the reverse Salmon....hmmmm.....wonder if those eel wives while waiting for hubby's 'stones to drop' might be visiting the salmon neighbor next door (Quagmire?) to get their 'fish-on'....

[@patriciaposthumus6684]

Simon, I've got an idea for a new channel. How about Oceangraphics? A show just about all the mysteries of the ocean.

[@2l84t]

The tusk might be used for locating the buried bottom fish .

[@0331machinegunman]

I like to think that aliens will eventually find the Voyager discs, and in their infinite wisdom, they're able to translate all of the sounds, both the human and the animal recordings; and all the animals are saying "Don't trust the humans."

[@thekwjiboo]

Ah, the mental picture of a "gentle tusking".

[@rmeredithm]

Eels have it all figured out… pass on your genes > send the kids away > allow them to come back when they’re adults Genius.

[@85priesty]

I'd love to see a video about fish like Barramundi, where the fish change sex during their life cycle.

[@rickh9396]

Simon says, "Release the Kraken!"

[@BigRunts]

2 tusks is Boss

[@trayolphia5756]

I was today years old when learning narwhals are real and not just some fantasy creature used in an internet meme song from a while ago

[@EAcapuccino]

0:06 - And mars!

[@RadenWA]

Clearly, the purpose of the Narwhal tusk, is to prevent Cthulhu from eating ye.

[@ancientmingyu0604]

I've learned that, if there's ever any nonsense in a species, it's because of naughty time

[@aaronspencer5173]

I love your channel and learn so much, which is why I say the following with love: The word octopus comes from Greek, not Latin. As such, octopi is not a correct pluralization. It would be octopuses or octopodes.

[@scottfitzgerald3421]

Whales breaching could be a form of aggression, almost like a gorilla beating it’s chest , a whale being around another large rumbling creature ( a boat) they could be “beating their chest” or o show dominance

[@ShanaBanana3313]

The tusk is where the magic is stored. Like a unicorn 🦄

[@captaintoyota3171]

Could you imagine the oceans in Roman or Greek times? It must have been amazing just life teaming. Whales used to wash up every year on east coast due to large populations. Then for few 100 yrs we destroyed these intelligent creatures. Seriously id bet whales are as smart as us they just live in such a vastly different world. I mean life evolved us to ask why? Why not them?

[@onespecies-human344]

Yea I was reading that when settlers first arrived in Canada there was so much fish in the waters near Newfoundland that boats would get stuck for hours

[@Diecastclassicist]

teeming

[@amandajones661]

I think about this all the time.

[@benmartin6181]

If doubt whales are as intelligent as humans in comprehension and problem solving. E.g humans being the paramount tool makers. Though whales and dolphins have been shown to have complex social structures and reasonably complex language centres, particularly orcas, owing most likely to their consumption of complex proteins (meat).

[@amandajones661]

I so wish I could go back in time to a time when the oceans were full.

[@harmo2502]

Whales are dropping EPs out there

[@jamestnov41945]

Fascinating stuff thank you.

[@ReLockCo]

Hey whistle boy!!!! I want to get into voice acting, but would just be happy helping people on KZbin for now. I have a pretty deep voice actually.

[@MumRah]

How was the universe and everything in it created? Scientist guy, "I know blah blah blah". What's at the bottom of the ocean? "IDK, it's super deep down there.". 😂

[@ShawnHoward-up2px]

I believe they really do a lot to say hi, they are much smarter than what humans credit them for, they aren't like us in the way they really like to say hello and they know when we are around we get excited to see it

[@YoungGandalf2325]

Simon's skin has such a youthful glow!

[@DarkLink18819]

Okay Simon, who's responsible with the Cthulhu-Predator (10:46) and why didn't it have a beard as awesome as yours?

[@LikEaPhoX81]

It is not crazy to think that if intelligent life evolved on land here on Earth, why wouldnt it be possible for an ocean mammal to evolve the same?

[@cheetarah9199]

saw an interesting chat on twatter that Brian Cox had, ie dolphins went back to the sea (ie mammals) so couldn't make fire, cos water - and that kinda ended their evolution. Its an interesting one

[@trivialtrav]

Freud getting involved in the eel mystery is hilarious. Man that guy loved looking for genitals. Figurative or real.

[@Cannonsamtv]

Was expecting a bit on the immortal jellyfish

[@halcyon3116]

@13:20 that eel looks like hes smiling too lol

[@TheKML777]

10:15 I know you're just saying this as a comparison, but microscopic life anywhere on Earth is far from boring.

[@paulhall9713]

Foreo The skin care product that totally doesn't make you look psychopathic while using it!

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all."

[@GlenHunt]

Cthulhu is flat.

[@ecm84ee]

More of a mystery why some people are dumb enought to think narwhal is a myth