The Real Moby Dick Was So Much Worse

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This video was significantly informed by the excellent research done by Nathaniel Philbrick in his book, "In the Heart of the Sea". Thank you Mr. Philbrick for your insight, scholarship, and for telling this whale of a tale!
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[@robertlewis6915]

What I learned today: when eating a starved man, crack the bones open and eat the marrow.

[@indridcold8433]

Also, save the bones to make a very sharp spear. Human dead bodies can be an extremely good source of life saving resources. The bones being hollowed after the marrow is removed make the sharp spear also drain out the blood of the speared animal or human speared to facilitate the cleaning of the slaughtered animal.

[@gateway8833]

Don’t forget the Brain, it’s mostly fat.

[@robertlewis6915]

@jason mcallister whalers. and I doubt they had tackle for fishing.

[@indridcold8433]

@jason mcallister Worse, many of them did not know how to swim.

[@algini12]

Useful knowledge. Ya never know.

[@SovereignStatesman]

The irony is they avoided safe havens because they FEARED cannibalism.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

The captain should really have stopped listening to that idiot....

[@fife8332]

To be fair, back then cannibalism was often the topic of horror stories and was the stuff of nightmares to sailors.

[@LucianCorrvinus]

-Irony joins the chat...-

[@snooks5607]

kinda contradicted less than minute later 18:10 if they're just hoping to get somewhere picking a target isn't really meaningful

[@jordanleighwheatley]

Good call. Hypocrisy at it's finest

[@devindavidson3976]

To my recollection, the ship was covered in excess of the whale oil they were collecting and it is theorized the whale that attacked they most likely thought it was another whale plus it was mating season.

[@Old-Thunder69]

Nah. Sperm whales and orcas can have vendettas. Orcas are still taking out boats

[@devindavidson3976]

@@Old-Thunder69 What vendetta did Moby have?? They killed his kind?

[@District9Prawn]

Killed em' en masse.

[@DemstarAus]

I reckon they're smarter than that. They know what a whale is and what isn't.

[@devindavidson3976]

@@DemstarAus But with the ship covered in Whale oil it smelled like a competing whale and he didn't swim up to check it out he just attacked.

[@rgibson7305]

"uhhh, has anyone seen...THE SHIP?" Caitlin, you deserve an award for that delivery, istg.

[@donniemontoya9300]

So they resorted to cannibalism because they were scared of cannibalism.

[@glittery_cucumber]

To eat or to be eaten, that is the question

[@shadowmatrix0101]

When becoming so obsessed with stopping perceived monsters from hurting yourself or anyone around you that you become the real monster.

[@krh6239]

@@shadowmatrix0101 couldn't have said it better myself.

[@TXejas19]

@@shadowmatrix0101 that's an interesting assessment

[@spacecowgerl]

Donnie Montoya naturally

[@UlfhedinnNorsk]

The three guys who stayed on the island were smart no matter how you look at it. An island with fresh water, possible fish and other sea creatures and I am sure they were starting to realize what would happen if they didn’t stay.

[@ronchappel4812]

The way the story reads i'm thinking there was nowhere enough food to sustain them all.The ones who left on the boats -insane as that is- seem to think that was a better option

[@dandeleon2764]

Not as smart as Henry Dewitt, the man that deserted the ship in South America. My dude must've had psychic powers, lol, he got off at the perfect time!

[@GuinessOriginal]

What happened to Henry Dewitt?

[@aquariandawn4750]

Stranded on an island with two strong, virile sailors...

[@GoticoArrombado]

@@aquariandawn4750 yummy

[@maggiezhou4123]

love that she's afraid of whales but casually drive a body across the country by herself 😂

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

What's scary about a dead body? Whales are scary (sometimes) because they are so huge that they could hurt you accidentally if you ever got too close to one.

[@BerryBluePies4UuU]

Dead people don’t have a 20 ton tail that can kill you 😂

[@user-ut7wz7mh2r]

A corpse ain't gonna drag you to the depths

[@enbeast8350]

A corpse can't vibrate your internal organs by making its natural sounds. Whales are terrifying huge. Beautiful from a distance but let's keep them at that distance

[@catflan1129]

a dead body doesn't have an absolutely terrifying call.

[@alison4423]

Definitely a tragic tale for all involved. They really should've listened to Captain Pollard. He wanted to go back to get more boats in the beginning and the first mate disagreed. He wanted to go to the Society Islands and the same thing happened. He really should've put his foot down. At least eight survived! I can't imagine the trauma they had to live with afterwards. Excellent visuals and presentation!

[@SitaraAleu]

Seriously, how did experienced sailors like Chase NOT know about the mission in those islands if it had been there for decades by that point??

[@AnakhaSilver]

@@SitaraAleu Likely a different country's mission. Also, note that no one really hunted in the Offshore Ground. But yeah, it's almost borderline fucking COMEDIC that Owen Chase went on to have a successful career when his bad advice got them into this mess.

[@daveken9936]

Story is a lie. But a good one.

[@jturtle5318]

Th​@@daveken9936 this is a historical event. Look it up.

[@lesliepropheter5040]

My favorite one from Caitlin. Her biography was really well done too. Thank you Caitlin Doughty !!

[@CRVYGRL]

Caitlin: "...and instead of super Nintendo, he ate you." Me: go on..

[@josephaltman460]

I love the way she tells the story.

[@kaylonimalcolm7752]

LMAO. K, so I was a bit slow. Took me a sec, then I got it.

[@nigelft]

I remember a Lesbian author describing Jodie Foster performance in 'Silence of the Lambs': Her : "Her kidneys aren't the only thing I wouldn't mind eating ..." Me: "Hang on ... it was a liver that Dr. Lector described eating, not kidneys ..." My brain: - that is not what she meant, yah doofus ... -- Me "Ohhhhh ... naughty ... but nice ..." Yeah, me and my brain have conversations like that ... I think I have been social isolated a tad too long ...

[@Chief2Moon]

nigelft No doubt the "dining out" will resume with a vengeance after Covid isolation, with lesbians& men alike ordering the same delicate dish,...which surely won't be kidneys or liver nor will it require silverware.🤗

[@gwugluud]

If just the sperm whales are that large, imagine how huge the ADULT whales must be.

[@ronswanson9324]

🤣🤣

[@jjjjames126]

🤣😭

[@harolddburke4726]

Yeah but due to overwhaling the world will never know.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

@@harolddburke4726 I don't want to laugh more or facepalm 🤔😂😂😂

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

Needed to read it a few times before I got it. 😂

[@csj9619]

Cetaceans are fascinating critters. It's been said that whales could have intellegence on par with humans and Sperm whales have exibited vengeful behavior, picking the harpooner out of a whaleboat, when they could easily just crash right through the boat, turning it to toothpicks. (all while sporting a furrowed brow, displaying thier displeasure at being chased)

[@osajohnson1957]

Imagine what we can learn if we communicate with them, rather than see their home as just another field to plow.

[@angelawildman122]

They were defending themselves and their pods from the humans who were trying to murder them. Of course they’re going to fight back.

[@RobinFletcher-ve4xm]

You are a great storyteller!

[@ArunMadisetti]

Whalers targeted the babies when present, naturally the mothers would try to rescue and protect their offspring . Caitlin, thanks for using some of my images (those of Franco Banfi too). as a species, we only stopped killing whales in 1986. Sperm Whales have distinct personalities, recognize people and boats, and their communication is currently being decoded by project CETI here in Dominica.

[@ericmixer]

I know and believe that too !

[@nomorepikachu]

I come back to these videos often. Because even though the stories are morbid and terrifying, Caitlin tells them so well with great humour that I could listen to them dozens of times.

[@justvibin1447]

Saaaaaame I've seen the Linda Hazard video like 15 times

[@luissantos6852]

I put this one on to put myself to sleep more times than I'd like to admit, too.

[@unethicaldrinkingwater]

16:31 Why do I feel like the whale was thinking “ my name is indigo Montoya , you killed my family. Prepare to die”

[@blackthorne-rose]

HAHAHAHA!!! ilmao! Wonderful observation. Ain't it so!?!

[@nyctoby]

😂😂

[@katielancaster6376]

Literal lol

[@blackthorne-rose]

O ... surely we have to watch this again eh? One of the greatest displays of humorous chivalry EVER! Here it is... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXXPi5KJjd1onaM

[@blackthorne-rose]

And the finale... of course... Moby Dick smashes the "six-fingered whaleboat" to smithereens, (did he eat the Captain?) and leaves the whalers to their cannibal fate... (dramatic music...) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXOmZo2Vl61qarc

[@nopenope273]

“Tortoises are flying everywhere.” Aw man, I hate when that happens.

[@Naharu.]

Man, that sucks. Lost three tortoises that way...

[@megiab]

That may have been a screensaver I saw at CompUSA.

[@adde9506]

Who knew Super Mario Brothers was inspired by Moby Dick?

[@terrydigenti8756]

She is so hilarious!

[@terrydigenti8756]

PLEASE COME TO ROCHESTER New York!!!!!!!! The Kodak theater! (Once covid is over of course) PLEASE!!!!!!

[@misfortune_owo8777]

I am also afraid of whales. My fear started at the American museum of natural history. There is a display under their big whale sculpture and it was really dark so I couldn't tell what the display was. Then, someone took a photo using their camera flash and it was the whale with the squid on its face and I was terrified.

[@rottensquid]

I think it's possible there's some kind of natural fear built into our DNA. I never really thought about whales one way or the other, but once when I was snorkeling in Hawaii, I reached the edge of the reef, and the dread of some gigantic sea creature looming out of the deep sea just washed over me out of nowhere. It was such a strong, clear anxiety of something I've never thought about before, it was really strange.

[@Heroo01]

@@rottensquid Nope, random phobia lmao. People scuba and deep sea dive all the time. I believe the fear is called thalassophobia Kinda wild to draw a conclusion about the whole of humanity based on one personal anecdote lmao

[@rottensquid]

@@Heroo01 Wait, that was just my personal experience and not a universal truth about humanity? Again?! Dammit! I hate it when that happens.

[@VilhelmHammershoi1666]

Whales are massive animals when you actually get lucky enough to see one close enough to touch your anxiety levels. Do go through the roof. We all have self-preservation built into our psychy fear of danger, which keeps us safe and alive to tell the tale.A whale on your TV screen isn't a threat, a whale four feet away from you ,your self preservation kicks in

[@vidaperlow3699]

Hahaha! Same!!!

[@EdwardTHead1776]

"it wasnt whale revenge, it was a whale that was pissed at all the random slaughter of its family" Sounds like whale revenge to me bud.

[@midgey50]

I want “and we haven’t even gotten to the cannibalism yet!” on a t-shirt.

[@celialovett5880]

I bought my brother one in the same vein that said "It's all fun and games until somebody gets sacrificed to Satan."

[@maiskitty]

OMG YESSS!!!!

[@megiab]

That'd be perfect for me at kindergarten drop off next year. 🤭

[@hippopajamas]

I'd buy it tbh

[@Emily-ye1qy]

Yes yes yes yes!!!!

[@BirdieBirdieBirdie566]

I like the pictorials used to keep the people straight. There were a lot and I would’ve been confused. They were also cute in a story filled with horror.

[@aprilh9210]

"Cute in a story filled with horror" is going to be the title I put on my next personal journal.

[@Missfoxtooyou]

Look out Edward Gordy. The illustrations were great!

[@Donteatacowman]

I was so scared for that smiling kid.

[@henrycolestage4249]

@@Donteatacowman Especially when he could have been such a tasty morsel! :-0

[@eqqusole1]

Kathleen is very talented at visual story-telling. Not many people can inject humor into a story about death, despair, dire straits, and cannibalism and still have it be in good taste!

[@michaeljames1154]

This was the best told story of the Essex and Moby Dick I’ve ever encountered. I have read Moby Dick numerous times and was familiar with the real story of the Essex and her doomed fate. This rendition with its in-depth accounting of the race relations aboard the ship and the in-depth look at the whaling industry at the time, all the historical tidbits and cuts of Katie actually being in Nantucket at the whaling museum there and the museum in Hawaii really gave the viewer a first person feel of her accuracy of history. Not to mention all the cool organizations that proceeds she gets will go to ie the orca research and Native American Covid relief fund really made this an amazing, interesting and worthwhile watch here on KZbin. I was already a Subscriber but this video alone reaffirms my original subscription and made me want to watch more and more of her incredible videos. Not to mention the comic relief was top notch. I am just enamored with her historical accuracy, the on scene cuts to Nantucket, the truth about how early Americans decimated the Wampanoag inhabitants original land of Nantucket and the subsequent decimation of the whale population in and around Nantucket waters. I am just gushing at all the accurate historical information and no-filter realism this video provides.

[@cuprum166]

I been putting off watching this video for more than a year now. I'm glad I came back to it. Caitlin your work is second to none!

[@jdzencelowcz]

Also, "the black dude dies first" is an older trope than I thought.

[@lj.853]

At least that one guy had some foresight and dipped!😅

[@URKillingme100]

My exact first thought.

[@Swnsasy]

ROFLOL right !!😆😆

[@TheRealNormanBates]

David Morris “Oh you’ll be fine” CN#6: _”Did you even read the book?!”_

[@Swnsasy]

David Morris They ALL had names, she put them up and said it multiple times.. Did I hear wrong or are you joking around and or being sarcastic? Sorry just asking..

[@darianestes6813]

Caitlin: and so after causing the extinction of an entire species of tortois the ship was capsized by a vengeful whale Me: look at god

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

LOOK AT GOD hahaha

[@kissarococo2459]

whale meat is GOOD.

[@fredflintstone8048]

@@FC-ku4ez Yes, and the historical record should show a dramatic spike in CO2 levels and a shortage of O2 when the whale population was almost completely decimated due to Phytoplankton dying off due to not having enough whale shit to munch on... If they could have eaten bullshit in stead , this video could have fed the oceans for years...

[@miso.1993]

lmao #TeamWhale

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Nature usually finds a way to balance the accounts.

[@matthuck378]

Hi. 2023 here, and about that Orca's never knowingly attacking human vessels thing...

[@autumninautumn]

And we stan

[@tomkenney5365]

Great video. I didn't know about the Essex. This was a brutal and bloody industry, but an interesting side note is that fancy knotwork from the days of sail was mostly done by whalers, because they needed extra manpower when they had whales, but in between, they had time. They'd take old sail cloth and strip the individual threads out, laying them up into twine and ropes for their projects.

[@TheDiplomancer]

Things Caitlin is afraid of: - Underwater Caves - Whales I'm sensing a pattern

[@sexyangel072]

I 100% percent agree with her fears, don’t get me wrong I know you were stating a joke (a very good one). But I honestly fear both those things too 😅 Underwater caves are incredible scary to even think about and whales are massive

[@jthompson2379]

Whitney S Cthulhu!

[@sandpiperr]

Ahh, thalassophobia!

[@amandamfds]

just wait until you hear about whales that live in underwater caves!

[@naomygoetz1850]

Me toooooo

[@cocok.291]

To the whale that attacked the Essex: you're doing amazing sweety

[@h.calvert3165]

Goals! 🐋

[@SeanMcGuire92]

This is a very rare comment that actually made me laugh aloud.

[@valpardo6405]

Right!?? * That gravity falls character* get emm! Get emm"

[@nopenope273]

*WHALE REVENNGEEE!* 🐳🐳🐳

[@chickennoodlesoup9303]

@Jayanga S Um... what?

[@plasticwrapcharlie]

23:30 lmao the comical sound effects notating the method of corpse disposal are my everything!

[@martinbscott8815]

The first time I encountered Owen Coffin was the dedication to the title track of Mountain's album "Nantucket Sleighride"; a song & album I have loved since I first encountered.

[@davidbostock6089]

"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian." Herman Melville, Moby-Dick He probably knew both in real life.

[@Wayne_155]

Never slept with a cannibal but I have slept with a few drunk Christian ladies and I can say I've never had a bad time with the Christian ladies

[@jerry12314]

There's an island called Sentinelese to remove all doubt. Have a safe trip.

[@vincent7520]

Read Typee, Melville's account on how he was stranded on an Island and remained a year with cannibals. A beautiful true story, and the very first book of true anthropology… Despite these people being cannibals and eternally going at war against their neighboring tribes he cannot help to admire them and love their sense of community and gentle manners.

[@jake_from_statefarm7209]

Also, az we've learned from Caitlyn, cannibals are rarely the "Ah, yes, I'll just eat the first person I see" type, but treat it more as a ritualistic thing.

[@redraiderrider3289]

@@maxotto9877 oh but your version of "morality" is the correct one I suppose? 🙄

[@scrunglenut6222]

the black sailor ""refused"" his last ration and ""was buried at sea"".... god. sure. of course! 🤦

[@roinerwinkler8426]

*defaming dead people without evidence*🤔

[@jakisfly]

Ya cause everybody is so racis. Shut up

[@blackirish781]

Where were they supposed to bury him? Burial at sea was the norm, they couldn't very well have a rotting body onboard for weeks or months. Also, if you know you are dying, you probably won't be too concerned with food.

[@HerrMisterTheo]

It's really not that far-fetched to believe that he'd rather he died than possibly suffer on for a few more days before inevitably dying anyway. At this point we can't really tell.

[@jakisfly]

hailey elaine sigh. I don’t think the word “racism” was a thing lol. That’s a luxury we’re afforded now. I’m the wrong one though, I know

[@jackhamilton9825]

Ask a mortician... A good story teller, and very entertaining with all the asides. Well done. Jack...

[@idahogie]

I read "Moby Dick" after college and before marriage and family, while I thought I was some sort of intellectual or something. It was actually a great read, given that there was no test at the end.

[@smrk2452]

I know I read it in school but barely remember it

[@SadisticSenpai61]

One of the first rules for survival if you find yourself stranded at sea: If you find land where there's food and water? Stay put! Just staying there increases your survival chances significantly.

[@gobalbucs]

The food and water ran out-that was the problem, and that was why those three boats left to begin with.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

@@gobalbucs See, though, there's a big difference between the 1800's and the modern day. Nowadays, we have technology, fast ships, helicopters, and dedicated organizations that go find people when they're lost at sea. A retired coastguard member described three separate instances, two where the parties had died and one where they survived. The survivor stuck to a single island and was recovered in a few weeks. The other two had set out on rafts, one party dead well before the coastguard got there, and the other with only a single member left barely clinging to life (who died not long after). Back in the whaling era, they may have needed to leave the island. Nowadays, you sit your ass right down on that island and stay there. Catch fish, distill water, but DO NOT LEAVE.

[@njrom2975]

Yes the boat people are dumb . The three men were smarter . Choosing to go open sea is like taking a lottery . A dumb lottery . And I KNOW FOR SURE They EAT THE BLACK GUys and killed them

[@njrom2975]

@@gobalbucs that’s not true . Food and water on the island can be replenished. My grand parents were island people . They catch fish and birds Caine and go but they do come because they migrate and nest there. Insects are abundant . Make an island farm. Eat the mangrove worms . sea urchins , crabs . Seaweed . Fish ,coconut,shells . Leaves and not to mention you can make shelter or house out of the trees. Distill water. Rain will come and go but it will never run out of water to distill. My island people ancestors survived because I am here born to this day so sorry YOU ARE WRONG. you will have higher survival rate on an island than in open sea . DUH

[@njrom2975]

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 no . You stay on the island because you will still have higher chance of survival. those 3 guys survived without eating anyone. I myself come from island people and visit islands . Open sea and unknown is very risky. even ask an expert . He will tell you stay on the island . I’d rather stay on island and die peacefully than live a life full of trauma from eating MY FRIEND and some black people . Yuck 🤮 no conscience

[@NG-gy6iv]

your honor, the whale would like to plead self defense

[@ronburgundy9428]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4eQlpmHirN2d8U

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

Prosecutor: "Goddamit!! They got us!"

[@Panda72021]

Or insanity from witnessing several of their species being killed off. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Either way I think we can plead 'Not guilty'.

[@bobowaii7683]

PLS

[@anonymike8280]

Then there's my joke. There's a guy sitting at the defense table in acourtroom, wearing a shirt that says on the back, Acme Exterminating Company. The judge is a beetle, the guards are praying mantises, the jury and spectators are various insects. The judges ask the defendant, "You are charged with nine million, eight hundred and fifteen thousand, nine hundred and thirty two counts of insecticide. How do you plead?"

[@hhgff778]

I don't exactly consider myself superstitious or anything, but it's such a strange coincidence that the whale attacked them after they set that island ablaze.

[@ultimateninjaboi]

I just wanna point out how the historical record of the black sailors was "they died and were eaten." And the record of the white men were these detailed accounts of their deaths, and the sorrow everyone felt.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

Breaking News: old-timey men racist as hell, monocles remain firmly in place. If the Black sailors had actually received some respect or dignity in death from a predominantly white crew and society, that would have been an unusual break from the cavalcade of indignities they were subject to as second-class citizens at home and at sea. The sailors probably didn't care as much about them, and lord knows the historical record of the time was solely kept by white men.

[@gabe7535]

@@leeroyholloway4277 It's not just modern sensibilities - it was the sensibilities of the black people at that time too, who were also people who would have wanted to have their lives and deaths remembered. What we consider modern sensibilities at this point is often just the viewpoints that were already held by people who weren't listened to as much before the modern days.

[@leeroyholloway4277]

@@gabe7535 All very good points. I suppose I am referring the tendency of many people who like to use a historic event or norm (however misguided it might have been) as a chance to shine a light on their own virtue. Thank you for replying,

[@MammalianCreature]

Non racists were scarce at the time, even then those who weren't racist were either outcast or hid it well. It was a matter of "the nail that sticks out, gets hammered back into place", if you think social outcasts have it bad now, imagine it back then.

[@bimbodice624]

@@leeroyholloway4277 exactly

[@frankmoyer5822]

So, I was on a plane once, sitting next to a woman who was reading "In the heart of the sea" and I said, "Pretty weird huh, how they all become cannibals in the end." She gave me a weird look. She was reading a romance novel.

[@AG-hn4ng]

🤣🤣

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

I would be embarrassed in the moment but cherish it later when sharing it with my friends lol. Or an amazing ice breaker, by the reactions you'll instantly be the cool friend . 😂

[@kayfey9544]

*Pffft* You should've said, "I'm sorry. That happens in the sequel."

[@captc0ck5lap60]

Well, in novels like that they do often eat each other, in a sense.

[@davidtucker9498]

Yeah, Twilight....

[@grey8940]

I love the sound effects for when someone dies on the boat... lmao

[@brianfisher4940]

Ahhh... that explains a lot! As a decendant of Capt. George Pollard (totally unaware of the cannibal thing thank you) and as a decendant of a survivor of the later ill fated Donner party I'm beginning to think it's best to go camping alone. 😅 Loved your video. It was enlightening to say the least. 🎉👍

[@flyingtoaster1427]

you have 14 thumbs up at this moment. Even though you are not a descendant.

[@mackerel9875]

@@flyingtoaster1427 how do u know

[@flyingtoaster1427]

@@mackerel9875 you had to ask.

[@mackerel9875]

@@flyingtoaster1427 yeah good point

[@Dri-xr9tf]

“Have you thanked your whale poop today” *party air horn*

[@6yjjk]

Air horn? That's a whale fart!

[@trishaforeman3998]

Love Caitlyn...so damn funny😂

[@meghanmonroe]

That and "Mocha Dick!" had me rollin 😂

[@anja4469]

"You can't even get your own childhood trauma right!" is an iconic quote and I will use it for e v e r y t h i n g

[@elaina8260]

That's on the true true!👏😈

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa420]

“I got laid” “You can’t even get your own childhood trauma right.”

[@wandererxiaoflowers]

VoiD i can't tell if that's a joke and just really really dark or what.....

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa420]

Veronica Thomas really really dark joke

[@brianjackson9801]

this is my first time checking out your channel. Excellent. Intriguing story, great presentation and much appreciated morbid comic relief especially when dealing with such horrific circumstances. I will be subscribing.

[@Tracy_LLC]

I live in New Bedford Massachusetts where Herman Melville's Moby Dick Started out, there is a whaling museum here with historical facts about the whaling industry and Herman Melville.

[@sickdan.b.v.p6910]

My mom was born and raised in New bedford

[@henryhunter9643]

Fun fact: the whale was saved by vegetable oil. The last thing we used whale oil for was cooking. Crude oil (and it's refined product) had taken over many whale oil's niches. Cooking oil was the last thing we used it for. When vegetable oil became a thing, combined with the lack of whales to hunt, whaling became utterly unprofitable and stopped in most of the world.

[@l.c.7168]

Unfortunately, vegetable oil is killing the orangutan.

[@kurtnulf3362]

expect Japan

[@jeffrocookster4508]

And Iceland

[@shiaseedsalad2726]

Olive oil became easier to get too. I don't know if olive oil harvesting hurts any animals, but it comes from a plant at least. Palm oil is killing tigers and many ecosystems, tho.

[@helenanilsson5666]

@@l.c.7168 Depends on WHICH vegetable you're getting your oil from. There are several different plants that oil can be extracted from, and I'm reasonably certain that the rapeseed oil and sunflower oil in my kitchen has not inconvenienced any orangutangs. I'm guessing you're thinking of palm oil?

[@TheSfelex]

she's afraid of whales, but is raising funds to help them, respect to you :D

[@pninasimmer5723]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer I guess

[@diobrando2209]

@@pninasimmer5723 hmmm is dat breaking bad reference???

[@joaquinel]

She's afraid of revenge whales knocking her door.

[@johnmills5879]

What have you done for whales?

[@HeferCat]

Fear and respect are often found together

[@user-yp2mw2ko9k]

This woman has got something that many other people nowadays are lacking. Thank you for your channel, here`s a new fan of yours.

[@norm5785]

Great presentation, thank you for sharing. Great details. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia. From Henrico County Virginia

[@gusjenkins1193]

I thought the story was interestimg and well told the humor was outstanding.I'm black 77 years old and injoyed every minute,Gus Jenkins!

[@finn3883]

Gus Jenkins!

[@jarrettemcdonald9525]

Are you related to leeroy

[@hayleymarques8776]

Glad you enjoyed, Gus Jenkins!

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

Ditto~!!!

[@guswurm8958]

Bro my names Gus no way

[@user-ns3vs3bp3e]

Killed a bunch of whales, eliminated a species of tortoise, won’t sail/row to nearby islands because they’re scared of cannibals... kinda feel like they deserved the outcome after all this

[@mariahbd8365]

They for sure did lol as a South American I frowned the entire time she was talking about the amount of environmental destruction they did and got really happy whenever they got fucked up 😂 not sorry

[@randomchance7796]

What's striking is that a weak captain listening to a man of poor decision making skills led to a boat capsizing after it had almost capsized before. They blame a whale. Did anyone question this? Weak people tend to blame others and when leaders are this weak they do get people hurt or killed. It happens. But 'A whale did it'? Did the dog eat his homework, too?

[@bennypagesaunders6895]

You're judging these people based on the standards of today, but you have a point I guess. Somebody remarked at least back then it was a fairer fight, not like modern industrialised whaling which there is no excuse for. To a degree maybe they didn't know much better back then, like the enormous destruction of the buffalo in North America. Back then you could argue the products derived from the whale were used for practical purposes as oil and gas uses were still probably being experimented with as regards it's energy applications. However, Doesn't take a lot of common sense to realise that if you indiscriminately kill animals that have taken countless years to reach maturity- and in vast numbers, Eventually their numbers will decline. I actually felt physically sick when she described the process of stripping them of their valuable organs. No thought for these animals or the ecosystem, but I guess there view was God gave us the animals to use, as they were all into the bible and God bothering so like they believed that the animals were for man's use (in his words to Noah after the flood story in Genesis)- Just a commodity. What a dreadful scourge on the planet man was and still is. We are spoiling it for no good reason but greed.

[@alanabear2736]

@@bennypagesaunders6895 My dude, the killing of the buffalo as 100% intentional, not a lack of understanding sustainable hunting. They were trying to starve the natives by eliminating their primary food source. It was calculated genocide.

[@bennypagesaunders6895]

@@alanabear2736Really? That sounds depressingly true to form. I must have a look into that. So is this part of U.S. history conveniently edited out, or is it a well known thing?

[@cuz_i_sedso9574]

read it a 3rd time as a 50 year old. immersed myself over an entire summer. Took the time to research all the references he made. Mind completely blown. Melville is one of the great geniuses in human history. Cant believe the audio is only 22 hours. BTW - The sharks were not "waiting". They attacked the sailors standing on the whale carving it up. Imagine standing on a piece of floating whale meat in the middle of a shark feeding frenzy fighting against time and 100 sharks ripping your whale raft to shreds as you try to carve up pieces and tie them to a rope to be hauled on board the ship.

[@tedsmith3061]

You got me on this one Kaitlin, I'm subscribed. Only took 3 videos. You definitely have delivery. All your own and entirely captivating.

[@pettingbears]

George Pollard Jr. was said to lock himself in his house and fast every year on the anniversary of the tragedy in honor of his crew mates. He did this until he died.

[@kyrab7914]

I wonder what day the anniversary was... Since this takes place over a few months

[@pettingbears]

@@kyrab7914 probably the day it sunk, if I had to guess. Or maybe the day they came back home. Good question tho🤔

[@LuciaLight100]

@@kyrab7914 11/20 according to Wiki

[@pettingbears]

@Big Daddy idk why you're telling me I didn't make the video

[@breendart134]

@Big Daddy Unrelated to the comment chain entirely..... And weirdly rude..... And it's not demonizing whites to point out that race relations at the time led to black sailors being valued less culturally, in a broad and real sense, than their white counterparts. And animal conservation isn't strictly environmentalist, especially not in any bad way; conserving animals and other natural resources is only sensible, and avoiding cruelty to a living thing can't be a bad goal.

[@draxiss1577]

Lesson Learned: If you're starving and have to resort to cannibalism, make sure to suck out the marrow.

[@briancritchley5295]

You are spot on, we are only doing what was designed by nature

[@jjoshaugh]

A definite life hack.

[@cursedragdoll7078]

in my own experience.....yes , that is true

[@SushiElemental]

Oooh is that what people mean when they crotch chop and say "suck it"? They are concerned for your health in case of an emergency. So considerate.

[@pinkie5963CP]

100th like!

[@pamelareeves3574]

I really enjoy your videos. They have made me unafraid of death and have helped me decide how to let my body go so that it is much easier for my loved ones. You are lovely and I thank you!

[@samangelus]

As someone who loved Moby Dick as a kid, I found this very interesting. Thank you. 😊

[@jwbarnhartmusic]

Damn, I so glad we live in a time where people aren’t sacrificed for economic reasons. Oh wait!?!

[@kauaijohn]

jwbarnhartmusic You nailed that one!!😂

[@thcu]

Go stand in the corner

[@judemelroses9920]

Haha

[@supersaiandemon]

Oh dang. That hurt.

[@camillefaith2005]

jwbarnhartmusic Someone’s gonna need some ice for that burn. 😆😆😆

[@jhjjhg1]

It makes me sad that those 12 previous whales died for no reason basically.

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

Same. :( Just how many animals have been killed by greedy, selfish humans? It's really sad to think about.

[@johnbrasher1495]

Just try to think of all the whales who survived due to the scuttling of the Essex.

[@JesterfaceBassplayer]

​@@ReptilianTeaDrinker 74 billion land animals and trillions of sea animals every year. Most of those 74 billion are raised and fed plants that could easily feed our entire human population directly. There I said it.

[@pixie1118]

Jesterface YES! Thank you!

[@cj694x2]

@@JesterfaceBassplayer Animals are more yummy. There I said it.

[@dawnpalmby5100]

Gawd I miss this channel and it's in depth history! Really hoping to see our beloved mortician again someday!

[@the_dark_soul_of_man]

I simply love your editing, thanks for the awesome vid!

[@errortryagainlater4240]

Can you imagine being the ships coming across these guys?? The sea is scary enough without bringing "live skeletons sucking the marrow out of their dead crewmates" aboard.

[@mareofmaers3590]

I'm surprised they took them in and didn't kill those guys. I imagine them to look like zombies or ghosts and during the time, people did believe those things existed.

[@errortryagainlater4240]

@@mareofmaers3590 me too actually, but tbf they all knew how dangerous the sea was and probably just took pity on them.

[@anonymike8280]

@@mareofmaers3590 The law of the sea. Both the written law and the apocryphal law.

[@quester09]

especially when they're reluctant to give up said bones

[@peterlynch1451]

This always happened with shipwreaked crew's. With the British Navy " the men would draw straws in the evening " and upon sunrise " if there was no ship sighted , then the crew mate would be sacrificed . sailors eating their crew mate's is nothing new ...

[@katherinebarlow6446]

What I'm getting from this is that HP Lovecraft's depiction of the horrors of 19th and early 20th century New England fishing communities is not entirely unfounded.

[@thcu]

You can be both paranoid and right sometimes it seems

[@SourEggz]

hey_there And extremely racist. **aggressively sips tea**

[@thcu]

@@SourEggz that too. I was trying to ignore the huge elephant in the room

[@angelachouinard4581]

@@alekandhisdogs Agree. Grew up in New England.

[@angelachouinard4581]

Not just Lovecraft. A whole English class of New England writers found inspiration in all the strangeness, all the way up to Stephen King.

[@akesq01]

Wow. What an amazing video and so well done. You do such an amazing job. I was transfixed by the whole thing. Your delivery and production is delicious! Marvelous job. Thank you for doing this and educating and entertaining us. Instruction and delight, indeed!

[@martcrins]

found this channel a week ago and now i'm hooked on it.

[@evanatchison9738]

I wasn't even that entirely grossed out by the cannibalism thing until I realized they didn't have fires and had to eat them raw.

[@willyam9735]

evan atchison, Well, at least they had some salt, for seasoning ya know!

[@alexanderarkum4793]

You are so right because uncooked human flesh is disgusting

[@kiteme1141]

how do u know

[@krystalreverb]

The meat was heated on flatstones, basically cooked in the sun. They did cook the meat before eating it.

[@azby7925]

...Oh, shit...

[@rickc2102]

Lesson learned: if forced to engage in cannibalism, be sure to remember to suck out the marrow. 😎👍

[@bunzeebear2973]

Remember to bring steak sauce and tenderizer for that tough meat.

[@bella-iu7ku]

@@bunzeebear2973 oh my god

[@bev0666]

Bahahahaha!!! Hilarious!...Caitlyn is awesome!!!

[@paulmyers7078]

Oh, Gross man!

[@irishime]

Hey...the more you know...

[@user-zx5yz6xe5v]

Girl you are absolutely the best I read the original the language took a while to get thru about 55 years ago You have another fan Keep up keeping up Daniel S😊

[@CIS101]

I think I saw this video a couple of years ago. I like our host's personal style, and good documentary too. Nicely done.

[@NoOne-qn2hv]

Moral of the story: Don't get help from cannibals. BECOME the cannibals.

[@reyllantenefrancia5693]

Dab on those cannibals

[@dsnodgrass4843]

Nah. We taste awful.

[@MaryDeanDotCom]

The real moral of the story is, “remember to suck the marrow!”

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

A funny thing about Moby Dick is that it starts with the sentence : "Call me Ishmael". I once wrote that into a word processor (I think it was MS Word), and the spell-checker 'corrected' it to "Call me fish-meal" - which seemed humorously appropriate, given the subject of the story.

[@shannon3944]

👍😂❤💯

[@troubledsole9104]

That Herman Melville was a damn genius. He must have envisioned future autocorrect.

[@lizardog]

"Call me Fishmeal" was the first line of the MAD Magazine parody of Moby Dick.

[@mikehood3424]

How many ship are buried in the ocean (?) to be honest we do not know

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

@@lizardog Interesting. I wonder if that's where they got the idea.

[@pierre6625]

Hello to you, love to listen to your stories. You are entertaining as well as very well-described subjects with some good humor added. Good Job. Best Regards.

[@uniquely.mediocre1865]

Over 2 years of watching this video, I never noticed the small mistake at 8:25 when she says 1918 accidentally instead of 1819. Obviously it's not a big deal, more happy that this Fandom is chill because any other KZbinr and they would've been ripped to shreds for something so insignificant

[@ronkledonkanusmoncher564]

When you destroy a islands natural ecosystem and then proceed to have Mother Nature destroy your life

[@lauratude5132]

You kill the wales from the sea and then the sea kills YOU

[@dumbun6660]

You've been VECTORED

[@diogeneslamplit6573]

Actually it was their own stupid choices that destroyed their lives. Nobody in those times ever heard the word "ecosystem" and none of their contemporaries thought of anything in the natural world as anything except something to be used up for human purposes. You're trying to apply modern concepts to a past where they simply did not exist and render unfair judgements. Undertaking years-long dangerous journeys half-way around the world when alternatives to whale-oil lamps is a horse of a different color and that's just plain *stupid.*

[@artistfloor9]

El Bearsidente - Most people understand that “Mother Nature” is just a figure of speech used to personify natural phenomena rather than an actual being. It’s kind of like referring to the ocean as a “she,” which is exactly what you did in your next comment.

[@mareofmaers3590]

@El Bearsidente Figure of speech. It's not that deep man.

[@aceoflights.]

Moral of the story: Hunting whales gives you really bad karma.

[@generationfallout5189]

Also they set that island on fire for no good reason.

[@joelellis7035]

@@generationfallout5189 uh, it was a mostly peaceful campfire that got out of hand!

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

"It's bad luck to kill a whale, for every whale has a soul of womens that died at sea" The lighthouse movie refrence. Whale, got shot: I need to speak to the Captain! >:(

[@mitsuki4439]

It's like the ghost whale in japanese myths that gives u bad karma *Sorry for bad English

[@milascave2]

chaos: The other moral is that if you are drifting in a lifeboat, you go towards the nearest land, period.

[@glashoppah]

I just tripped over this fantastic video and realized the author wrote one of my very favorite books. Good job!

[@bujabusiness]

Phenomenal job telling the story. I'm already with Audible or I would have joined under your reference .

[@Agaettis]

"You can't even get your own childhood trauma right" "It's a beautiful day to enter the bowels of hell and face your fears" If it makes you feel better I was terrified of a statue of a bee at my local museum, it was about 2 feet long, and scared the ever living crap out of me. Seeing it as an adult is still terrifying... I have no clue why because I'm not scared of bees

[@janisi9262]

THE GIANT MOTH MODEL AT THE PEABODY MUSEUM. I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT. Ugh, I refused to even walk under it, it gave me the creeps.

[@danatrick4868]

There was a giant squid replica statue hanging above the sea exhibit at the Ventura County Natural museum that still freaks me out.

[@OpalBLeigh]

To be fair to you- I’m not afraid of a normal sized bee but would probably be scared of a 2 foot bee.

[@mr.mohawk4190]

This isn't a museum caused fear but one time when I was at the zoo on a school field trip a baboon ran full speed and jumped on the glass right at me. For years I was terrified.

[@gifttanz]

My museum childhood fear was an old diver with the big bulbous headgear model.

[@girl.exeofficial]

I feel really bad for the whales,, i know whale oil is a big part of history but the killing process sounds so violent and painful for them :(

[@lisadunn1138]

It would be awesome if it were only part of history.. Unfortunately whaling still goes on today. And it's not much different from the painful way the poor beings died then.

[@246kisses]

What happens to whales and sharks is more disturbing to me than the cannibalism

[@Andre-id9dl]

@Milena Shvedova They don't have intelligence on par with a human. Though compared to all other animals, whales are probably the smartest ocean animals aside from Octopuses.

[@kg7219]

@@Andre-id9dl this is SO something a human would say lmao

[@Andre-id9dl]

@@kg7219 am I lying?

[@llouie4999]

Oh I had watched and read things about the Essex before and so appreciate how your research and perspective still helped me learn a new horror to this! And the grim aftermath of embarassed area (eeriely presient) marketing on top of it all

[@lisamariepocza4377]

I am an Avid reader. I struggled through Moby Dick. I kept waiting for it to get better. It never did.

[@peterlynley]

"Tortises are flying around". I have never heard, and do not ever expect to hear, this particular sentence again.

[@lakeireland]

I guess you don’t play Super Mario Bros? There are flying tortoises all over the place.

[@peterlynley]

@@lakeireland Mystery solved.

[@d.leighannbatemon3192]

"and we haven't even gotten to the cannibalism yet" may just be my new favorite phrase ever. I'm going to sprinkle that into every conversation possible!

[@m.l.t.6568]

"Speaking of cannibalism... 😉" shall be mine!

[@iciajay6891]

As you should.

[@IonIsFalling7217]

I want it on a shirt 😂

[@Ash_W04]

@@m.l.t.6568 Speaking of cannibalism, what did you eat for lunch 😂😂

[@monamedley6666]

Mr Ballens channel brought me here, and I'm so glad it did!!! New sub! Love your style!

[@keithlillis7962]

Some years ago I remember reading that a modern large yacht with a white hull was attacked and sunk by a whale(s). Fortunately, the family on-board survived the ordeal without have to resort to eating each other. Later, it was postulated that the whale(s) who attacked the yacht mistook the yacht for a sperm whale.

[@midgey50]

The irony of them harvesting ambergris for perfume when the smell on those ships must’ve been HORRENDOUS.

[@woomeebly]

It stinks to all hell when it's still soggy but when it dries out, the smell is quite pleasant. Unusual but pleasant. Strange but true.

[@midgey50]

peruse aclip1234 I really want to be able to smell dried ambergris someday. I love strange but pleasant smells.

[@scottplumer3668]

@@midgey50 Bob's Burgers did an episode about it. Pretty sure the episode title was "Ambergris."

[@diogeneslamplit6573]

Ever driven past a hog farm? Ever eaten pork? Stockyards don't smell too great either.

[@annmitchell4663]

@@midgey50 People who have found ambergris washed up on beaches can make a fortune from it.

[@angelmiller3331]

This is Gilligan's Island written by Edgar Allen Poe.

[@donaldmoon]

A 2-year tour? A 2-year tour?

[@dayaautum6983]

Sit right back and you'll hear a tale a tale of a fateful trip. That started from Nantucket shores aboard the small Essex. (sound of thunderclap) A white whale started getting rough the Essex got tossed If it wasn't for the turtles and the hard baked bread All food would be lost All food would be lost The crew set sail on the water of uncharted open sea. Where they were rescued one fine day, But many would starve many would be ate.

[@khalilrazak6486]

How many times do humans have to be told not to F**K with nature. The fact is that us humans are earth's parasites and just messing this planet and its animals up but we will pay dearly and then it would be too late. The Covid19 pandemic is just a taste of what nature has in store for us as Karma is surely a bitch.

[@jamesbreeden3061]

They should do a Gilligan's Island Movie- Haunted Addition.

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

@@dayaautum6983 you forgot 🎵s and also 🎶es and maybe a 🎼 . Despair not: 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 there's enough where that came from!

[@pierovittori1076]

You're great!! Absolutely loved the book and this video is the perfect cherry on the cake

[@laquearian]

I do remember reading at some point that george pollard jr was accused of "gastronomic incest" by his sister (or least was cited as such) in a local paper upon his return. that's a phrase i've never been able to get out of my head.

[@jojol.2630]

I’m just. The idea of tortoises chilling out on the ship is amusing me

[@ownpetard8379]

Tortoises had no food. So, "chilling" is relative.

[@aliciacantin7993]

also... tortoises can't swim so..... capsized boat = bad

[@Validboy]

ninja-tortoises?

[@saga2964]

Having a tortoise myself, I feel so bad for those little (or really not so little) guys. They're such gentle animals, they can seem "chill" when they're actually very frightened or actively suffering. They didn't have food, the habitat they needed, or the surprisingly involved care turtles/torties need to be healthy and happy.

[@theworld3069]

I am also just.

[@Panda72021]

Pro Tip: STOP listening to OWEN CHASE!

[@millennialgirlie2029]

His name even sounds like the one friend who you never accept advice from 🤣😂

[@quickchris10]

Yeah, talk about ``not learning a lesson.'' If they'd returned to Nantucket, like the CAPTAIN wanted, they would have had a decent boat and none of this would have happened.

[@Panda72021]

@@quickchris10 I'm glad at least SOME of the crew members saw the writing on the wall, and asked to be dropped off at different locations before the REAL chaos ensued. At least THEY survived and were able to be picked up later...wonder how THEIR lives went after they were left on various shores to fend for themselves.

[@quickchris10]

I can't believe he had the nerve to write a book about it/owned up to his culpability.

[@Panda72021]

@@quickchris10 Yeah, not sure what's worse....writing a book about it (and thus making money off of it), or if he were to do the opposite which would be to try and sweep everything under the rug. Either way poorly handled. I kind of hope he at least feels guilty; the way Caitlin tells the story he seems to be very much an "hehe...oops MY BAD 🤷🏼‍♀️" kinda guy. Just reeks of narcissism honestly.

[@SuperPlastered]

Great story telling! I listened to this, knowing the story already, before bed and had nightmares.

[@lauraannecialinilacello8992]

I’m so glad I found this video! I love Nantucket ❤️❤️❤️ I am well versed in the whaleship Essex!

[@abbipage1]

The tortoises flying across the screen was absolute class 😂😂

[@aleahlrb]

So... none of it would've happened if Pollard had the balls to tell Chase, "No." And that he's the captain, they do what he says?

[@adde9506]

It still might have happened but it would have been a lot less stupid.

[@Scorpia161]

SERIOUSLY after the first shitty call why was he still listening to that dude??

[@veronicavatter6436]

Or after that one it would have been "Because your last idea was so great? NO!"

[@mfitzburger5137]

they should just totally stab Pollard!

[@pistos777]

You are hilarious. Thank you so much. You were just what I needed just when I needed it.

[@supriyomitra6135]

Stumbled across one of your videos at about 10 in the morning. It is 9 pm now, and I have become addicted to your channel and death. Why didn't I find it before?

[@nicholeh86]

Caitlin's 'Cool Aunt' vibe is real strong in this video, and I'm loving it.

[@judahosborne8868]

Have you watched PushingUpRoses? She has big cool aunt energy too.

[@mollystringer6273]

"An 85 ton, murderous whale." "Boo." I cannot tell you how hard that little pan down and boo made me laugh

[@khamillascott7298]

Same

[@pickleeevee6934]

I died

[@TangerinePanda13]

This is why I love the internet! Thank you for the education ❤ its so relaxing to sit back and learn about something new.

[@Stuloud]

Caitlin, your videos are to die for!

[@amethystrose2671]

I honestly feel bad for Thomas Nickerson. He was only 14 years old when he had to endure the trauma of watching his fellow crew members starve, die, and cannibalize one of the men. I don't know the logistics of a teen in a starvation situation but I genuinely thought Thomas would die. Still that poor kid.

[@thetruth3768]

he wasnt big enough to eat

[@altyfranco5952]

This is true but no less disturbing

[@kolloduke3341]

This is on a par with the la dam fail where they had boy scouts marking the sights of bodys located with white flags ,only found out about this today , those poor kids having to live with that memory the rest of their lives .lol

[@henryfreeman7748]

Human flesh, I was told don't ask who tastes a lot like pork.

[@henryfreeman7748]

@@thetruth3768 Yes, he had some meat on them thar bones. Trust and believe! taste like pork, eat the meat suck on the bones, yum yum time baby.