the wolves and the Bears and the other
land-based animals that I’ve been trying
to film have all adapted their lives for
marine feeding and the reason that they
do this is because these waters are just
packed full of nutrients so we’ve come
out super early to try and find some
whales now I think it wolves and bears
as being pretty big animals but they are
tiny compared to these guys that
absolutely incredible you might think
this since we’re so close to land that
this waters shallow but looks can be
deceiving
okay so we slowed right down now to see
if we can see that characteristic the
big spout a big jet of water of the
whale coming to the surface and exhaling
out there we go right on cue so I’m
pretty sure that is a humpback whale
great purse whale Sun hasn’t even come
up yet
you can’t see all of the whale from the
surface but these humpbacks can weigh 40
tons
I reckon the lights only gonna dive on
so get ready for the tail here we go
beautiful whoa that bigger when the one
on the left has got a big chunk missing
out of his pail that’s crazy I’m
guessing the fact that that’s such a big
chunk out of its tail maybe that’s from
like a boat collision like a big boat
good the only other thing that could
have done this is a pod of Orca
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– huge males and you can tell them males
because they’ve got
doors and thinking they up to 60
that’s the shot that I’m trying to get
is that huge
that’s huge exhalation with that giant
Dorfman and the great thing about the
male’s is that you can see their dorsal
fin breaking the surface of the water
before they blow Orca may be beautiful
but they’re also formidable hunters it
could have been a pod just like this one
that bit the tail off that humpback the
pods in this area are transient Orca
which means they’re marine mammal
hunting specialists that said they don’t
usually go for whales I actually swam on
one of their favorite foods just a few
weeks ago the stellar sea lion even cela
hands are huge by terrestrial standards
so the fact that they are prey to the
Orca tells you just how big the Orca
really are even though you can’t see
much of the Orca at the surface we can
still find out exactly who we’re dealing
with individuals can be identified by
looking at their dorsal fin and saddle
patch it’s kind of like a fingerprint
even though I’m seeing these guys for
the first time there’s an awesome
citizen science project that can tell me
the backstory of each individual
some were born right here others have
migrated hundreds of miles he’s at least
30 years old that is why it’s dorsal fin
is absolutely enormous
it’s often in nature animals live love
shorter lifespans than us
it’s pretty special to be in the
presence of an animal that has been
swimming in these waters longer than
I’ve been alive
that’s pretty special hey everyone
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