Orca: The Genius of the Sea | Patrick Dykstra | TEDxMIT

Discussion of orca intelligence and adaptability in a warming ocean. "Patrick Dykstra is the co-star of the semi-biographical feature film ‘Patrick and the Whale’ which chronicle’s Patrick’s decade long connection with a family of sperm whales. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Innsbruck Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Graz Film Festival and was nominated for both a Panda award (Wildscreen) and Jackson Wild Media Award as well as the Golden Eye award (Zurich Film Festival).
Patrick also hosted and filmed the series Chasing Ocean Giants (Discovery Channel) that has aired in over 150 countries. The eight-part series follows Patrick’s journey across the globe to assist some of the world’s leading scientists in discovering mysteries of the ocean. During the production the team filmed numerous world-firsts and provided a valuable platform for the scientists with whom they worked.
Patrick won a BAFTA for his cinematography work on the BBC’s Blue Planet 2 and has since filmed nature programs for Netflix, National Geographic, AppleTV+, Discovery, BBC and others.
Prior to his work in natural history, Patrick spent eight years as a corporate lawyer working at one of the world’s most prestigious international law firms representing some of the world’s largest companies and was based in New York, Los Angeles and Dubai before leaving the corporate life behind to pursue his passions.
Since leaving the corporate world Patrick has visited 102 countries and has filmed in some of the harshest environments including Yemen’s tribal areas, diving under Antarctic ice and at the top of Congo’s erupting volcanos.
He is a certified rebreather scuba diver, wingsuit skydiver, hang-glider and para-glider pilot and is passionate about wildlife conservation.
When not on the road Patrick is at home in Bristol, UK.
" This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@nxtech201]

what a dry crowd that orca space program bit and image is gold

[@patrickdykstra1210]

Right? Bunch of MIT nerds...:)

[@mike3325able]

Everyone there was probably like “oh jeez that’s rather concerning actually. Space whales”

[@ethansummervill9371]

Fr that was awesome 😂

[@mailinglist2451]

@@patrickdykstra1210actually, MIT nerds probably would’ve liked that joke. Not everyone who attends the MIT talks are MIT people. I live two subway stops from MIT, and I’m not one of them… ;-)

[@mailinglist2451]

It seemed that the microphone wasn’t really on the audience.

[@Doofito]

I love how this is just a video of a guy who likes orcas talking about orcas. Pure passion. I love it 😂

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

This was so interesting and informative. Orcas are surely the most amazing creature.

[@Rhobert85]

love love love. what a great talk, I learned so much. lots of respect.

[@ASAP069]

underrated video

[@coffeecrimegal5968]

They are truly magnificent creatures 🖤🤍

[@Wanderingbicycle]

Pat, thank you. And i will do what I can do. Keep up your great work!

[@sixt3denied]

Pat that was awesome! And I have so much respect for you and your efforts to save these beautiful animals!

[@ArtVandelayInc]

That was a pleasure to watch! Incredible animals and a fabulous talk. Thank you

[@birdladyborders9809]

I wish they had talks like this in ths UK then maybe more people would love nature more than football....

[@feliciagaffney1998]

I've seen TED talks in European cities.

[@dilmakbastien7566]

Thanks Patrick!

[@ejjohn2072]

Great presentation, I loved it! I think that you need to be an Orca lover to understand his humor.

[@BonnieVolkle]

Wonderful talk❤

[@PierreROBERTdeLATOUR]

Great great talk, Patrick. Congratulation🙏🙏🙏🐬🐋

[@prestonsteffen]

Excellent content, thank you.

[@Whale5634]

WOW!! great talk!! Thanks!

[@markgerick3063]

There's NO DOUBT in my mind that sentient mammals in our planets oceans could tell us what we want, & need...to know. ✌

[@elizabethgaddis8713]

There's no doubt that Orcas would absolutely rule the world if they had opposable thumbs. I'm increasingly convinced that humpbacks are the definition of gentle giants.

[@leanneadams2549]

Yes- the trainers at SeaWorld would be in the awful prison tanks in a second

[@scruffyman74]

Great talk Pat! Well done

[@yvettelucy7378]

Excellent talk!!

[@WanderingRoe]

It would be amazing if we could communicate with orcas and vice versa. I love these animals so much. ❤️👏

[@kizzorama]

Loved this talk. Thanks Pat.

[@Lianabel2485]

They are just amazing 😻 I absolutely adore 🥰 them!! We need to make it illegal to have these animals in captivity all around the world 🌎

[@mizuumono]

Loved this, orcas are amazing

[@eschwarz1003]

want to know more about studies of their communication; vocalization analysis

[@BlackCountryJo100]

Superb 💚

[@MoveOnWithMyra]

There's an ocean of unrealised intelligence within us

[@MyDenis0]

i think they have human level intelligence

[@toyotawitha20mm35]

that means technically we COULD classify them as people

[@MyDenis0]

@@toyotawitha20mm35 For me they deserve all my respect. And I think the understand everything we do.

[@jennymyers4492]

Great talk!

[@masoodb2464]

Free Tokitae!

[@annalyons287]

This man sounds just like Adam Driver . The crowd did not understand his humor

[@jessicaallen4917]

Personally I don't find facts humorous

[@barbarawilliams1745]

I read that Orcas were not whales but rather a part of the dolphin family.

[@devonburke8554]

All dolphins are whales :)

[@coffeecrimegal5968]

They aren’t whales they are the largest of the dolphin, Delphinidae family. Orcinus Orca. They were called many different things over the centuries among them whale killers because they hunt whales! Over the years as a lot of languages do so it changed into Killer Whales! Fun Fact Pilot Whales are also part of the dolphin family!

[@BobHill-s2c]

Forgot to mention: A) Orcas live all over the world, including tropics (yes, they prefer colder water but they're clearly adaptable). B) Norway is still a whaling nation and it is planning on DREDGING ocean floor for metals.

[@horserous]

Sea Einsteins nevertheless

[@gregoriohb]

Is he Keanu Reeves' brother?

[@valt3692]

Was more about a guy who likes orcas, who also had a whale encounter......🤷🏽‍♂️

[@BobbajabbboHfffbji]

With there brain we wold be no compatition im sure if thay had a body like ares

[@merryfergie]

Seems as though all the animals/fish are intelligent.. Because the herring are also moving their migration site, Then, the orca adapt, as well as the, humpback whales

[@ArmaSti]

Sounds to me more of an issue with herring adapting to evade orcas by going north and not an issue with global warming... especially when u don't provide any data about how the temperature has changed and by how much. I understand u have to mention global warming and climate change in order to get funding but it's really getting to the point where every problem looks like a nail and ur solution is a hammer.

[@noctembra]

Around 12:36 he goes into how it really does seem to be a climate change issue- "[herring] are seeking certain temperatures of water". Citing all your sources throughout the Talk wouldn't be the most effective approach, but if that's what you're looking for there is no shortage of research supporting climate change as a serious issue that does affect herring and orca populations. I don't think it's fair to discount the attention and enthusiasm that these researchers have- I don't think no one receives funding like that, but I definitely don't see how this guy is. He seems like he's passionate and cares about the future of the species.

[@ArmaSti]

@@noctembra I appruciate your reply. cheers

[@ArmaSti]

I watched it again and took what you said under consideration. I did not find any concrete evidence that the purpose of herring moving from mid Atlantic to the waters near land, was to spawn during those "couple of month mid winter each year". The spawning data doesn't match mid winter spawning times so they wouldn't be following temperatures to spawn when they reside in the different fjords across those many years of research. I hope those little guys make it, they are the base of the food chain for many animals. cheers

[@rickyho4305]

Orcas are dolphins technically not whales

[@jltuttle1667]

Great talk!