A Whale Exploded on a Beach / Marine Biologist Reacts
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- #whales #kpassionate #whale
A dead whale exploded. So a marine biologist reacts and explains the science of what happens when whales die.
00:00 - Marine Biologist Reacts
00:28 - Dead Whale Explodes on the Streets of Taiwan
00:48 - Exploding Whale Oregon
03:22 - Why Whales Blow Up
04:41 - Whale Fall Reaction
05:06 - Why Are Whale Falls Important?
05:53 - Discovery of Whale Falls
06:36 - How Big Are Whales?
07:34 - New Species Discovered at Whale Fall Sites
07:54 - Commercial Whaling
08:15 - Save the Whales
09:09 - KPassionate
CORRECTION: The whale fall video attributed to Oceanlab at the University of Aberdeen was part of the 2019 E/V Nautilus Expedition of the Davidson Seamount in NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary:
oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/w...
Whales are bigger than the dinosaurs. Their bodies provide massive amounts of nutrients and resources to thousands of different species. Beached whales will be quickly consumed by polar bears, seagulls, and even microscopic bacteria.
In warmer climates, the bacteria inside a whale washed up on shore will multiply and create unstable amounts of methane gas. If the skin and blubber is intact then this methane will expand the whale like a balloon until it explodes.
However, beached whales are rare. Unlike most animals, great whales like blue whales and humpback whales are denser than seawater so they quickly sink to the sea floor once their lungs deflate. The amount of organic material reaching the ocean floor in a single whale sinks creates something known as a biological pulse… the carcass then provides a sudden, concentrated food source and creates an 'island' of organic matter, supporting diverse marine biological communities. At least 30 new species of deep sea creatures have been discovered at whale fall sites!
The importance of these whale falls is a relatively recent discovery. It wasn’t until the late 1970s, after the development of deep-sea robotic exploration, that researchers first visited and monitored whale fall sites. Such as when the remotely operated underwater vehicle, the ROV
ROV Hercules, explored the waters of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and found a whale fall that had become an entire ecosystem teeming with deep sea creatures like eels and octopus!
KATU original video of when the Oregon Department of Transportation blew up a whale:
• Exploding Whale 50th A...
Whale Fall Ecosystems:
[1] www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
[2] oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/w...
[3] sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisb...
[4] phys.org/news/2009-09-species...
Exploding Whale Stories:
[1] www.bbc.com/news/world-us-can...
[2] www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...
[3] www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weir...
[4] www.theguardian.com/world/200...
Whales are Bigger Than the Dinosaurs:
www.bbcearth.com/news/how-ear...
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One of the leading causes of death among great whales is entanglement in vertical fishing lines, which I talk about in this video here: ua-cam.com/video/_2f0bMCirRE/v-deo.html
Just put them in that other ocean you made with your tears.
nice to hear a shout out to Univerity of Aberdeen, even if I was an just an undergrad in one of the ugliest building on campus
The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds
I wanted to name the video "blubber boi goes boom" but my editor said no 😂
ROOOFL
I grew up on Cape Cod and we had periodic whale beachings. Sometimes they would tow them out to sea but they had just decided that toward Cape Cod was the direction to go and they would beach again and eventually die. I once went with my mom to see the whale on the beach but only once and never again, I was disgusted at the way people had carved their initials in the corpse and it was terrible.
Yes unfortunately floating whales back out is a bad idea because they have stranded as a last resort due to some other illness. I’m sorry you had a bad experience! People can be awful
Hahaha, I laughed and my wife went "ewww grossss!" at the biologically accurate term for decomposing whale blubber raining down! Great video, guys - informative and entertaining.
It’s true!! Hahahaha
How to explain to your insurance company a whale smashed in the roof of my car? LOL
A giant chunk of rotting whale goop fell from the sky…I swear! Lol
@@KPassionate, and the insurance agent says, “That is not covered by insurance.”
Oh my…. That's really scary~
Thank you for sharing this video~👍
Thanks for watching!
It's amazing that the death of one of these mighty creatures gives life to other creatures for decades. Talk about the circle of life!
Isn’t it!!! I think the whale falls part is so cool.
KP! If you have not read Red Leviathan by Ryan Tucker Jones yet - please do. Very related material. Also, Love the blue shirt with the lapels. Looking good!
I’ll check it out!
@@KPassionate Sweet! His prior book "Empire of Extinction" is even more amazing.
Great video! I always learn so much on your channel.
Thanks!!
I was hoping people would notice the impressive collection of d&d books on the shelf behind you...
😂
Dude i learn more things on this channel then in school😂😂
Ha! I’m so happy to hear that! I learn a lot researching this stuff too.
Thank you for this incredible info about whales!! I learned so much
Awesome, yet again.
Thank you!!!
I imagine it did the sand dunes quite a bit of good although its a heck of a way to find out what happens if you over feed Maram grass ....Hopefully there were a huge number of spectators that from then on thought it would be a really good idea to listen to what the experts say in future.
I must admit it had not occured to me just how much damage the whaling industry would have done to the ocean, I focused on the whales themselves and never thought too much further. But the widespread impact is actually huge just like removing wolves from yellowstone was.
Thankyou for opening my eyes.
It’s all connected! Life is amazing that way.
Exploding whales are the best kind!
WHOA! That explosion was unreal!!!! I was going to ask if that was assisted! 😂 Smegma has dual meanings, I won’t say here what the other meaning is, I’ll probably get banned. Look it up lmfao!
It was indeed hahaha. And I do know the second meaning of smegma and will certainly not be tainting my search history with it thank you very much! 😂
My daughter is in her second year of studies at Oregon U! Guess what her major will be??
I’m going to go with marine biology!!!
there is even a musical about it by Brett Domino
ua-cam.com/video/UJHKB4arFNQ/v-deo.html
1:09 OMG that clip looks _soooooooo_ 1970s!
Hahaha what a time period!
@@KPassionate I grew up in it, so … yeah! No kidding!
You have every DnD book 😲
Hahaha yes it’s a bit of a problem
2:31 How do you spell shmegma (?)
I’m scared to google it. I think you might be right?
the gases from decomposition is why the whale exploded. I want your job I always dreamed of taking care of marine mammals but I live in Kansas lol. So much for that idea.
I was born in Colorado. Anything is possible
@@KPassionate True , Dolphins, Whales, and seals of course sea lions too have been my passion just have to get my passion going
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