Learn more about the threats facing the Southern Resident Orcas, and the grieving orca carrying her calf → ua-cam.com/video/jN8Q1oEjYj8/v-deo.html Support the removal of the Snake River dams → www.columbiariverkeeper.org/take-action/snake-river Learn more about the Snake River Dams from NatGeo → ua-cam.com/video/DK5nUXkrz8o/v-deo.html Read the Washington State report on the LSRD Benefit Replacement Report → governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/LSRD%20Benefit%20Replacement%20Final%20Report_August%202022.pdf See the argument against breaching these dams → nwriverpartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BPA-Snake-Dams-Fact-Sheet-2016.pdf
Their Latin name, Orcinus orca, means "from the kingdom of the dead", "from heII", or "belonging to Orcus" who is the Roman god of death. They are apex predators and the common name "killer whale" derives from their original name "whale killers" given to them by sailors who observed them hunting other whales.
Oh absolutely. 100%. A group of humans is known as a tribe. We evolved into towns, then cities, then nations. All creatures are the same in that regard. We have simply identified different races of Orca-which is pretty nifty! 😊
Orcas are heavily inbred, unfortunately. In fact, type D killer whales are the most heavily inbred mammals ever documented. www.orcaireland.org/type-d-killer-whales-are-the-most-inbred-mammals-ever-documented
This is the most random video suggestion in my feed, compared to everything else that I typically watch on UA-cam. But I’m not mad about it at all; very glad the algorithm showed me this video. I needed an update on the shark liver eating orcas!
I feel the same.... Ive never watched a vid by kpassion before but the algorithm showed me a vid about orcas and I was like "why not"... This was very entertaining.. Thanks for all the great info kp
They eat the liver for the nutrients if im remember the killerwhale docu on yt correctly Spermwhale for their tongues. The only parts they eat. The reason why they called killerwhale's. Closest to human in my opinion.
This is so fascinating. KP, this discovery has to be one of the reasons, professionally speaking, you wake up every single day, driven to excel in what is your life’s work. Absolutely incredible content here.
Both whales and Orcas are more than fascinating. The sheer intelligence and social structures should humble those that can't recognize them as sentient beings. I've been aware of behavioral differences but genetic separation in some cases is new to me. Well done!!!
I have seen and had a college professor who would argue that dolphins have higher IQs than us humans due to the way their brains are separated, they can have one half asleep and one half awake and the also of us humans to shame with remembering sequential tasks by something like 4 times.
I take full responsibility for my clothes wearing out quickly due to washing habits. It’s a risk I willingly take. I don’t have the patience to wash things differently. I throw it on “normal” and cross my fingers. 😂
My 16yo niece intends to study marine biology in Republic Polytechnic. I would definitely recommend your channel to her, so she can keep updated on the latest developments
if your 16yo niece is truly interested in marine biology, she's already aware of this channel, or has her own favorites. stop trying to relate to kids by presenting their hobby to them as if you're an expert
@@StanleyKubick1 the man wants to be there for his niece and help out in whatever small way he can. Stop being such pricks. I'm sorry you were all abused children.
In 1986 I hadn't been in the ocean for years. I was involved with the meanest person I had ever known and I was completely gaslighted. One day she said "we're going to Manhattan Beach" and we did. Of course I wanted to body surf and there were no tasty waves. In a few minutes I was surrounded by a pod of Pacific porpoises (with the big stripes on the side), literally in a circle. I was experiencing something extraordinary and so...I sang. They loved it and they chattered and squealed and slowly swam away. Communicate, kids.
This is so beautiful! ❤❤❤ I have always always dreamed of swimming with dolphins! Ever since I was a little girl! This sounds amazing!! ❤❤❤ I have heard it is a spiritual experience to swim with dolphins in the wild! Women in Hawaii actually swim with dolphins in wild to give birth and the dolphins help ease the pain and they think something with the echo location or something. So fascinating. ❤❤❤ God makes no mistakes! All of his creations are magical! Spectacular! Ugh I love orcas so much they are so intelligent and more emotionally mature than us by ALOT! WAY SMARTER! They have huge brains and they stay in pods with their entire families forever! And live very long lives in the wild longer than humans like 120 years or more! I love them so much! I feel so bad that I ever went to sea world I loved it because I was drawn to the animals but now that I am an adult I realize how cruel and inhumane it is. I never went back after I watched black fish! It's disgusting how they separate mothers and babies as soon as they have weened it makes me sick at like 1 year old. The mothers and children cry so much non stop they often don't survive or are so depressed they cry all night and day and the people who cared for them were devastated alot left but some felt bad leaving them. It's gross. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOUR ANIMALS LORD!
@@tods2322 Porpoises, not dolphins. The blunt nosed kind. I don't name these animals. Yes, cetacea are quite sentient and amazing and like many animals like to play.
The orcas found in the Pacific Northwest are incredibly unique. Despite sharing the same waters, the Southern Resident and Bigg's orcas have not shared a common ancestor for thousands of years. Interestingly, whenever they have been observed in close proximity, the Southern Residents have always chased the Bigg's orcas out of their territory. There was even an incident where researchers witnessed the Residents chasing the Bigg's, resulting in blood in the water. During this encounter, the Residents had a new calf, and while the rest of the pod chased the Bigg's away, the baby stayed behind with its mother and grandmother. Perhaps the fish-eating Residents feel threatened by the mammal-eating Bigg's orcas, but the exact reason remains unknown. It's worth noting that Southern Residents do not even socialize with Northern Residents despite being very similar in many ways. Southern Resident orcas, both males and females, remain with their mothers and grandmothers throughout their lifetime. They are the most extensively studied and iconic orca population, and it is crucial to protect them.
I sincerely don't mean any offense to you in any way, I just want to note that there are alot of assumptions made by people that while they based on observations of the subject , are not, in fact totally, conclusive. As a couple of examples, Southern Resident and Bigg's orcas have not shared a common ancestor for thousands of years". Or as was stated in the video that these orcas don't interact with those orcas and so forth. These conclusions even when based on actual observation, truthfully should not be presented as applicable fact that this is behavior that is consistent and representative of the subject at hand. The time of actual human observation and study of nature and wildlife of any and all, while varying, at times, drastically, depending on the subject , in all cases is miniscule in relation the time that all nature , has and is, existing unobserved by man.
@@samlindsey1078 Indeed, we still need to discover a lot about wild animals and animals in general. Science is always advancing, and as a result, our understanding of animals is expanding. Orcas are fascinating creatures with their own unique cultures. Each ecotype has its own language, prey preferences, and social behaviors. They even have distinct appearances. Sometimes, Southern Residents and Bigg's orcas are spotted nearby, but the Southern Residents always chase the Bigg's orcas away from their territory. During one such encounter, a small calf was with its mother and grandmother while the rest of the pod chased the Bigg's orcas. The fish-eating Southern Residents may see the mammal-eating Bigg's orcas as a threat to their young, but researchers are still unsure why these two groups are so hostile towards each other. It is interesting that despite their many similarities, the Southern Residents don't even interact with the Northern Residents. While we have learned a lot about these animals, there are still many mysteries left to unravel.
@@MermaidMusings7 You both make very good and fascinating points. Nature, and life overall is full of surprises, and one must take care not to be too presumptive in drawing conclusions. For example, orcas populate Puget Sound and are easily observed there; which has given rise to a well regulated industry of whale watching tours. And in the middle of all this is Orcas Island, where I lived for many years. Oddly enough, the name of this island has nothing whatsoever to do with the creatures that frequent the waters that surround it; but rather, it is actually named after a human. Go figure.....
@@paradisepipeco I thought Orcas Island was named after the orcas that lived there, but I recently found out that's not true. lol I wish I lived in Washington State and could visit the San Juan Islands. Seeing the Southern Residents and Bigg's orcas up close would be amazing.
fascinatingly like humans ! They are at a tribal phase, and have racsiation like humans . Now they have discovered that there are at least two orchaoid species , just like how how modern humans used to co-exist with other humanoids , 300k+ years ago. They already have language and they speak different dialects . Will Orchas eventually learn to read and write ? Should we help them advance ?
You do understand that she was straight up lying to you about the dams on the snake river because if the dams are truly the problem, she would want to tear out the eight on the Columbia river that the fish have to go through before they get to the snake river and tearing out the four dams on the snake river will not give the salmon anymore access to spawning grounds they have already because there’s only four Tributary the Tukanon, the Grand Ronde the salmon river And the Clearwater, which are all assessable to the fish this is political propaganda, focused on destroying the economy of Idaho, because it is the last Republican hold out state on the West Coast. Bye Tearing not them 4 dams you’ll destroy. Idaho’s Support, which will collapse the economy of Idaho, which is exactly what they want to do
I love Orcas. My dream was to be a marine biologist, but life didn't allow me to do so. I'm so amazed by them! They're so smart, I root for them so much! I love how they're taking their space! I love them. Thanks for such an informative video!
When you said "Why does this matter?" I immediately said "Conservation!". I had no idea there were so many orcas in the world, and it's so cool to learn about subspecies and ecotypes! I love wolves and I'm very sad that some subspecies and ecotypes have either gone extinct or still suffer from lack of conservation efforts, I don't want to see the same happen to any other animals. On one hand, it's sad that we even need conservation efforts, but on the other hand, some people really don't realize how important other animals are and how much of an impact human actions have had. I'm gonna sign that petition to destroy the dams ASAP! 🧡
None of your opinions or theories really matter. We’re all just organisms in a food chain floating on a a giant spinning rock. We all hit the physiochemical lottery and are lucky to be here. Stop acting like an orca is more special than an octopus or lion or human. We’d all eat each other if given the chance, we all have and will continue to until we are gone like over 99% of every species that have ever lived on this planet. Not trying to be an asshole or troll. It is just the truth. If you don’t believe me, just look it up. The woman talking in this video is just as much of an animal and possibly not as intelligent. That is not a troll either. We just hit the evolutionary jackpot, have opposable thumbs and were able to consume protein and evolve in a supreme manor.
Yeah there are different types of everything in this wold..Like different types of dogs,cats,fish,insects,trees,plants,birds and I guess humans,dinosaurs,reptiles,lizards..The list is endless..I'm surprised you didn't know such basic facts...
@@Kitaa_Espedon’t be an ass, orcas are a whale species but not many know there are subspecies, same way many don’t know whales beyond the most commonly known ones like orcas, blues, humpbacks, etc etc. there’s a lot of this world we don’t know, especially if you were someone with limited access to internet and education but being condescending to someone showing interest in learning something knew makes you seem insecure in your own understanding, having to belittle others when they have the joy of learning new things.
I remember learning they have different cultures but i didnt realise they dont interbreed or interact at all and separated 100,000s years ago. I wonder if they fight each other.
Me at work after watching this: "A new orca just dropped!" My coworkers without looking up: Cool Orcas are one of my favorite animals and I love them so much
@@melissachartres3219 you really felt the need to say that? It's not an effort to sound cool for most people. Maybe educate yourself on how languages change over time before passing judgement. Jeez
@@melissachartres3219 "You'll understand when you're older"? Said like a true dinosaur that wants to sound self-righteous despite not knowing what they're talking about🙄
First video I've ever watched on this channel because it popped in my feed as a suggestion and I learned so much about orcas in this one short video it's amazing how much information you managed to get into it. Thanks so much
@@KPassionate Thank you for the reply much appreciated and I've come back to subscribe to the channel because if every video is this packed with information then I could learn a lot. I was surprised that there was such a difference in orcas I honestly thought it was one specific species in a certain part of the ocean but what I learned makes me want to come back for many more videos. Thanks again
Fascinating. I had no idea there were so many subspecies and types of orca, or that their differences are so distinct. I will watch this again to make sure i have not missed anything. Thank you
It becomes even more fascinating thinking of humans as different ecotypes as well. We evolved different cultures, eating habits and even different appearances and language. It would actually be a scientifically accurate replacement for "race".
Exactly, because all of those nuances you mentioned are actually influenced by the environment & ecosystem… food habits? Totally influenced by the immediate area. Whatever animals and plants are local will fuel the food culture of a people. Cultural practices? Most cultures worship deities or Gods based on their immediate surroundings and upbringing. This in turn influences the development of language, but if any aspect of humanity is influenced by other groups, it is communication… every language has loan words and influences from related (and sometimes unrelated) languages. Appearance? That has to do with, as crazy as it sounds to some, exposure to the sun, affecting melanin, tolerance for heat, etc. Ecotypes is a great term.
@@Panteni87 Human groups migrated and interacted too often and too much for distinct genetic groups to form, as with orcas. Orca groups who don't share mutually intelligible dialects don't typically interact even while living right next to each other. That doesn't happen with humans, unless it's a remote island situation like with the Sentinelese. Plus humans only started to stop being nomadic and migrating all over the place, back and forth, about 10 000 years ago (with the advent of agriculture). Some groups got cut off by rising sea levels, but even that also only happened around 10 000 years ago. And sea travel started to become a thing long before genetic divergence could happen properly. it's why any two random individuals on earth in our species are more than 99.99% the same genetically...too much nomadic migrating and too much interacting (even with other human species)
Such a great video! When people in the PNW say we want to save the salmon, it's for so many more reasons than most people understand. They're a key to so many parts of the PNW region and people.
If we wanted to save salmon, we would breech Bonneville, John Day, and McNary Dam. Not the Snake River Dams. That is purely political and punitive to communities that don’t vote as they are told.
Absolutely incredible video!! As a resident of the PNW, and Marine Bio undergrad, this content had me on the edge of my seat. I've had one of the resident Orcas go right under my kayak, just off San Juan Island. Orcas are awe inspiring in so many way, hope Snake River dam removal can happen (though your screenshot of "Honor Treaties" conveys the unfortunate reality that US Govt often does not). Subscribed and looking forward to more!! (edit: just signed the petition!)
The orca species diverged from each other around 300,000 years ago. That is roughly the same time that Neanderthal and humans diverged. So it is a much closer analogy to say the orcas are as different from each other as humans are from Neanderthal
@@KPassionate There is evidence that Homo Sapiens, Homo Neanderthalensis and Denisovans bred with each other as evidence by our own DNA, this is something the different species of Orcas have not done apparently.
Orca have been my favorite animal since I can remember. Thanks for the video, super informative, a little rushed, but no big deal. I'm sure as more information comes out the videos will get more detailed. Thanks again!!!!
The summer between 4th and 5th grade I spent with my grandparents in Wrangle Alaska. We did a lot of salmon fishing off of my grandfather's Red Ball jet boat and always had a number of orca that would accompany us. They were very friendly and would come up to the boat and let us stroke their heads. It was awesome. .
This is amazing! So many types of orcas!!! Different in so many ways. Do the orcas that eat the smaller whales, like the beleen, they are not endangering them are they? Thanks KP! Great video!!!
If you breach the dams, you need to replace the electric power generated by those dams using some other methods. Also, there will be an adverse impact on water availability for use in agriculture. Those are the two main reasons the dams haven't been breached.
have you heard of solar and wind power? it is the stored WATER THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, that we must find another solution to storing water that does not block waterways. There is a proposed idea in CA of diverting from a river and making a lake instead of damming the river.
@@jenniferbauer8689 Solar and wind have proven themselves to be unreliable and are on the way out. And, what about all the rare birds killed by the windmills that blight the countryside?
So, as ever, it’s a public policy issue with a complex solution. Do we value biodiversity enough to breach the dams and mitigate or address the consequences? The next Trump Administration probably has an answer to that and it ain’t gonna be in black fin’s favour.
I love Orcas as much as anyone else but a quick search shows the importance of and devastation to human life removing the Snake River dams would cause. Apparently they do have some type of fish passage as well. I don’t think it’s fair to tell only one side of the issue. Lower Snake River Dams: A Value to the Nation The Snake River is the principal tributary to the Columbia River, draining approximately 107,000 square miles in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. In the 1960s and early 1970s, the federal government built four large dams on the Snake River: Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Walla Walla District owns and operates the four lower Snake River dams, all of which are multiple-use facilities that provide navigation, hydropower, recreation, and fish and wildlife conservation benefits. Because of their locations, size and ability to help meet peak power loads, these four dams do much more than generate energy--they are key to keeping the system reliable and helping to meet its multiple uses - including supporting wind energy. The Snake River dams lie east of the other federal generators, so they provide a significant technical contribution to transmission grid reliability. The Lower Snake River system of locks and dams deliver a significant economic benefit to the nation. Barging on the inland Columbia Snake River System moves, on average, approximately 10 million tons of cargo valued at over $3 billion each year. Forty percent of the Nation’s wheat transits through this system. Fish Passage Improvement Study Lower Snake River Fish Passage Improvement Study: Dam Breaching Update www.nww.usace.army.mil/Missions/Lower-Snake-River-Dams/#:~:text=Snake%20River%20Dams%3A%20Project%20Information&text=The%20four%20lower%20Snake%20River%20dams%20were%20designed%20with%20features,both%20juvenile%20and%20adult%20fish.
The problem is a lot of these environmentalist types also believe human beings are like a cancer or virus; a scourge on the planet; and that life will be better off without us. They fail to consider that we are the only species capable of spreading intelligent life to other planets and ensuring the universe doesn't grow cold and dark, devoid of all life or love, and thus our prosperity is a higher priority than the other species on this planet.
Another issue hurting wild salmon populations in the Puget Sound region is the damage to creak and river spawning grounds and lack of effort to restore them. These small streams all used to have independent salmon runs but now, thanks to development, erosion, and a plain lack of effort and education, these salmon runs are almost extinct. We need to actively start to restore these creaks and the runs can be rehabilitated easily using small hatchery boxes that will each see hundreds of salmon return to spawn in four years, the rest becoming part of the ecosystem. I volunteered with a project like this in the early 80s and the results were impressive. The issue is getting the volunteer manpower and cutting through the bureaucratic issues that hamper both the hatchery box placement and creak rehabilitation. This was a nightmarish issue even in the 1980s.
@@smelltheglove2038 Sorry I should have included a bit more about this to make it easier to understand the impact. That number is to the spawn point. Each of those salmon can produce anywhere from 1,500 to 10,000 eggs depending on the type and health of the fish. If creeks are maintained, kept free of obstructions and spawning beds made available, you should see up to a 2% return of salmon to that point in four years for eggs hatched. If only 100 males and 100 spawning females were to return with a minimum of egg load; that would result in at least 150,000 eggs and up to 3,000 of those returning to spawn in four years. 3,000 spawning at that point results in up to 90,000 spawning salmon making back to that creek. That is how a simple temporary hatchery box system can restore complete salmon runs on mostly volunteer manpower restoring creeks and educating the public.
@@smelltheglove2038 Um, improving creek salmon runs is a way to do that. Most of them empty into rivers on the sound and the coast. There are no dams on any of these creeks and the few that have them are generally older irrigation dams no longer needed. There are quite literally thousands of locations in the Puget Sound region alone where salmon box hatcheries could be placed and creek runs rehabilitated. None would affect a single power plant but all would result in hundreds of thousands of salmon fry entering the ecosystem and exponential growth of the spawning salmon returning with every four year cycle. Put simply, a 12 year effort on our local creeks could rebuild our salmon runs in the Puget Sound to a level that we haven't seen since the 1950s and they would continue to grow as long as the fisheries were regulated and the creeks maintained. This same thing could be done on any unobstructed creek with an eventual access to the open sea.
Orcas never cease to amaze. I assumed at least Sperm Whales may be formidable enough to stay off the Orca menu, oh well. Appreciate the update, even better from one lovely oceanographer!
We’re just discovering something that could’ve been here for 100s of thousands of years. This is why I’m open minded, because you never know what’s out there.
Agreed I feel like these orcas were chillin and got word of some shit and decided to show themselves! We're here on this earth we need to stop acting like we own it!
Hi, so I know anthropomorphism is a huge no no in the marine mammal world, however I studied animal behavior in college. my professors made a point to say that using the word culture was a valid designation for certain species, like great apes and cetaceans. I was curious what you thought?.
This is a really great question. It can be tricky for sure. Anthropocentrism can be incredibly harmful and is something we should generally avoid. I talk a bit about this in my video on the Gladis orca and how we shouldn't use the term "revenge" and instead call it reciprocity. As far as "culture" is concerned... the thing is we really don't have a better term to describe their behavior. A study by the University of British Columbia found that the complex, stable, and distinct vocal, social, and behavioral sophistication seen in orcas and other cetaceans has no parallel outside humans, and represents an independent evolution of cultural facilities. Thanks for sharing!
@@KPassionate Just some thought: Apes use small sticks to extract termites from their mounds and sea otters use stones to crack open clams, with other words, they use tools. But if we are so afraid for anthropomorphism, we can´t say that. In this logic, only humans use tools, so how to describe a stone wielding sea otter? Another thought: jonathan is asking about your opinion about anthropoMORPHISM, and in your response, you are talking about anthropoCENTRIM. English may not be my native language, but I think this are two different concepts. Anthropomorphism is when we project our human essence on animals, failing to see them as separate beings with different instincts and needs. I call this the Mickey Mouse effect, we take a mouse as a protagonist of a story, but the story is human, the mouse has a humanlike form and behaves like a human. Anthropocentrism is making humankind the centre of everything,, like being created separate form animals (or being the end result / highest form of evolution), with the animals created to serve humankind and the earth being the centre of the Universe. If we remain so afraid for anthropomorphism then animals can not have feelings (joy, sadness, fear, empathy) but are just biological machines, they can not have culture, etc. ect. We continue to set humankind apart from the other animals, apart from nature. We should use anthropomorphism carefully, for sure, but we should not shrink away from it.
@@pietervanderveld3096 with anthropomorphism, the key is humans placing there own emotions and characteristics on animals. Animals have emotions too, just not human ones.
@@KPassionateseems a bit bleak that only 1 genus of the great ape can corelate with an entire order of aquatic mamalia. Possibly even false one might think. I know i see great complexity in about every great ape ive seen. And enough parallels to count myself among them. Cetaceans are cool though. Anyone seen the video of orcas swimming with that person in iceland or wherever? Felt like i saw a bluff charge in there, but the human literally couldnt swim fast enough to react like prey. Kind of reminded me of when i was a child and saw a baby deer with its momma, i had to chase down bambi and give him a hug! Little guy was so young he still counldnt walk right. Maybe one day orcas will dominate so hard they will hug baby seals given the chance, letting them reach adulthood before taking the shot. We humans have gotten a bit odd in comparison to other earthlings, not octopus levels of odd, but we are definetly an oddity!
Thank you, it's always great watching a scientific video with no theatrics, bs, or hyperboleI, presented in an interesting, cohesive, and organized way. You're a great teacher!
Pilot whales cannot be compared to orcas in any aspect. Although they may occasionally interfere with orca hunts like humpback whales do, pilot whales are no match when facing a large orca pod. A solitary orca may not challenge bigger whales, but it can easily overpower one, two, or even three pilot whales. Orcas can conquer formidable opponents such as great white sharks, humpback whales, and even the largest predator in the ocean, sperm whales, as mentioned in the video. They truly reign supreme among all creatures.
@@MermaidMusings7An adult MALE sperm whale is literally 1.5x as long and 3-to-4x as heavy as a female sperm whale. Females are 12m (40ft) and 17 tonnes max. Males can be over 20m (66 ft) and up to 80 tonnes. Orcas don't mess with MALE sperm whales.
This young lady is really pleasant and informative. She really reminds me of Steve Irwin with her obvious passion and love for what she does. And the care she takes to inform us in an entertaining way. The Steve Irwin comparison, from me is definitely heart felt. And I really hope, if she reads this, is taken as a compliment.
If you were sailing with your kids on board, it would be wise to protect them from sinking and dying. A few thunderflashes would be all that is required to deter anything in the water. They are like a grenade, without the shrapnel, mainly for training purposes, but they make a hell of a bang in the water
@@CristanioPeweyyy have been working at sea for 30 years, I have some idea. You have obviously never seen people fishing with explosives, maybe google it before commenting. Guaranteed, orcas will leave ASAP
i grew up in a town where orcas where common so i saw them in real life! they became less cute to me as a kid when i realized their eyes are not the giant white patches, and instead tiny black beads of death lol
Thank you for the option of skipping past the graphic material. I normally would click off the video, but the option to skip gave me the opportunity to watch the rest of this very interesting video!
Okay I’m all for conservation, but define your term of breaching dams, if I am hearing you correctly your saying get rid of them and the reason why we put them in there in the first place. I would support putting in nuclear power plants or help support the growth of nuclear fusion energy rather than fission like we have today, that way dams would be obsolete and no longer required.
I agree with basically everything you said, but want to point out that there's a difference between growth and development in terms of technology. Nuclear fusion technology is still in development. It cannot grow until development is complete. But you are correct, deciding to demolish dams just to save a species is very selfish if it means leaving communities without power, or increases the cost of providing them with power. We can't just do things without considering the impact it may have on human communities.
@@PerteTotaleyes, this is the solution, unless the tree huggers would like to promote the increased use of fossil fuels for replacement of the gigawatts of energy produced by the dams. Which, is honestly the best option. This is so foolish at the last two minutes of this video. What happens as earth ages and the walls of the Columbia collapse, thus resulting in a salmon die off, killing the population. That is the same result. We get blamed constantly as humans as we blame ourselves, but the fact is that we are just another environmental factor here. Basically, beavers do the same damage as this example. Lol. The fact is that life and geography is dynamic on this planet. One day we will be gone, along with many other species. We aren't special.
This is a great video, thanks. I was watching videos of jaguars attacking caimans, so i understand why the algorithm gave me this. 😂 I'm so glad it did.
Beautifully done piece. You ease from global ecological and evolutionary science into the conservation action arena with grace and ease, and once there, do not pull any punches. As a veteran of the Pacific salmon wars, I’ll be sharing this vid in a couple of courses I teach. Thank you.
@@curtismatsune3147 comments get removed if they are blatantly racist, harassing, etc.. UA-cam also removes comments and is much stricter than I am. I have only removed 3 or 4 comments from this video. If your comment was removed, then I suggest you rephrase it and try to do better.
@curtismatsune3147 I actually have no idea what any of your points are because all you comment about is this weird obsession that I must be deleting your comments. I don’t know why you think I would dedicate any time or energy into such a fruitless task as I get hundreds or ridiculous comments every hour. In any case this mindless ranting comment popped up in my notifications so I thought I would give you this final reply. I appreciate you stopping by and hope you have a great day. Cheers!
Very good video,it’s a lesson,50 thousands it’s nothing,If you think they have no predators,thanks,you are great 👏👏👏👏let’s blow this dams ,legally of course,save the Wales,
When I worked as a zoological educator at an aquarium, it was so hard to talk about killer whales in absolutes. ‘They tend to live this long, but some eco types are short lifespans and some are longer; some eco types eat this but some eat that; some eco types are thriving some are critically endangered etc…’ it’s not like other animals that have on the nose facts and applicable ways to help conserve that species. I’m really happy it’s going this way. It will give the eco types autonomy and to us the humans clarity on what animal type is actually being referenced.
When you said "Why does it matter" I immediately said "because they might decide to change their diet and my candy-ass might be in the wrong waters at the wrong time"...that's what went through my head!
Exactly. There are more practical, less dramatic ways to solve the problem than destroying dams. Need a more balanced report on the purpose of the dams and what good they do.
@@buckbuchanan4902my thoughts exactly…. Without the dams would Human lives be affected?! I’m ok with losing 2 species of fish over humans, period. I was confused when she said, for lack of a better term talking about culture as tho it’s a bad thing, par for coarse I guess
There are fish ladders on the LSRD. Unfortunately, recent studies have found that engineered fish ladders have not performed up to everyone's expectation and are largely ineffective. [1] e360.yale.edu/features/blocked_migration_fish_ladders_on_us_dams_are_not_effective As for why I qualified "culture" by saying for lack of another word… We try not to anthropomorphize the animal world too much because that can be harmful. "It can lead to an inaccurate understanding of biological processes in the natural world. It can also lead to inappropriate behaviors towards wild animals such as adopting a wild animal as a ‘pet’ or misinterpreting the actions of a wild animal." [2] www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/15/anthropomorphism-danger-humans-animals-science But on the flip side of that, a study by the University of British Columbia found that "the complex and stable vocal and behavioral culture of killer whales appears to have no parallel outside humans, and represents an independent evolution of cultural facilities." [3] www.zoology.ubc.ca/~barrett/documents/Asoundapproachtothestudyofculture.pdf Also, it is "par for the course" not "par for coarse" and killer whales are not a species of fish.
@@KPassionate lol ,,, I knew you would point out the whales/ fish right away but leaving out The ….🧐😁 it’s okay tho, I Love the ocean and all the marine life , hell if aliens are real that’s where their hiding ! But I’m guessing ya got my point…
@@buckbuchanan4902when a species of very intelligent sentient mammals is at risk of dying within 2 generations and the issue has already been discussed for more than 2 years, I presume that fish ladders have been extensively discussed. There are alternative sources of energy including SAVING energy. Start building houses with real brick walls, steel and cement. Build zero energy houses, give up your AC and invest in infrastructure. For decades the US is only investing in the military and playing "regime change" games and proxy wars. That conneiving strategy has become obvious to the whole world. Do you really wonder why so many countries joined BRICS and why chinese troops are holding up exercises in Belarus as we speak. You have been seen through americans ! 🇩🇪🇧🇷🇨🇵🇨🇿🇨🇳🇪🇸🇮🇳🇷🇺🏴🏴🇨🇭
We blew up over 50(half) of the dams in eastern NC over 20 years ago to bring back herring and shad and it did not work.The progam caused terrible flooding and was and is still very unpopular
Whoever came up with the name "Rectapinus" out to walk the plank. Any plank. I could accept Recta, or Tapin, but "eschewing obfusication", Rectapinus is a name only Eugenie Clark could love.
The US has a damn problem. We have a ton of broken down old dams with crumbling concrete, or disrt and stone, that are no longer as efficient as modern electricity generating methods. The US went Dam crazy at the first half of the 20th century and we just kept building them everywhere. Now we are left with a ton of dams that are expensive maintenance projects at best and ticking timebombs to the communities that live near them in the worst case. We don’t need the dams for electricity any more and from an ecological/sport fishing perspective, those rivers are way more useful as breeding grounds.
Thanks for your comment. You can support the southern resident orcas in British Columbia here: www.raincoast.org/ Their charity score is 100%, earning it a 4 star rating. They support southern resident orca recovery as well as Chinook salmon recovery. Alternatively, you can take action through the Parks Canada website here: parks.canada.ca/voyage-travel/promotion/vancouver/erds-srkw
Living near the lower Snake River, I know that these dams will never be removed and the removal would be a great loss to the local people.These dams have fish ladders and additional fish ladders could be constructed. Radical and crazy ideas like taking down four dams are the reasons that environmental issues lose out completely.
I've seem a lot of material about "wildlife accessible" (for lack of a better term) dams. Dams designed specifically to allow fish and other water wildlife through the dam while still retaining dam function (like flood prevention, etc.). Do you have any info on whether those are truly effective in not disturbing fish populations?
Signed and sent, thank you for the information and the link to petition. I imagine that there would be more salmon for human consumption as well, especially the tribal peoples?
Get rid of those damn dams! People will adapt, a lot of our wildlife can't. Salmon is food for many animals-Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Bears, etc.... give them their food back
Ok, hold it right there, 8:37. The four dams, what function to they provide? Why were they built in the first place? Who loses if those dams are destroyed? Yes, knocking them down might increase the salmon population, and that would certainly benefit the whales, but these dams are in the Southwest, an area that is very arid, and my guess is farmers and ranchers who provide the produce WE eat, would be fatally injured by this. Are we supposed to suffer a food shortage so that the whales don't? The current administration is already attacking our food supply and my gut tells me this marine biologist is being used to further the need for restricting our supply of food, just as the government uses the ploy of global warming to do so. Sorry lady, I still like my steak and potatoes.
We literally breach dams all the time and you still have steak and potatoes. In 2017, Trump's first year in office, the US breached 86 dams and the country somehow still had steak and potatoes. [1] www.americanrivers.org/2018/02/dam-good-year-for-dam-removal-in-2017/ Last year, the EU removed a record 500 dams and other river blockages and the EU still had steak and potatoes. The US removed 80 dams last year and you still had steak and potatoes. [2] www.americanrivers.org/2024/02/saying-adios-to-80-dams-in-2023/ [3] europe.wetlands.org/news/record-year-for-dam-removals-in-europe-in-2023/ One last note. These dams are not in the Southwest. They are in the Pacific Northwest. Their primary function is to transport wheat down the river. The good news is there is already a railroad that follows the river so the transportation of wheat will largely be unaffected. I've linked the Washington State Cost Benefit Report as well as an argument against removing these dams in the descriptions and pinned comment if you want to learn more.
you might want to reconsider dam removal. here in northern california, the dams were blamed for low salmon count as well, when the more likely and obvious reason is overfishing by a native tribe in the city klamath. at the confluence of the klamath river and the pacific. dams are actually helpful in HELPING salmon population. controlling floods, and controlling temps. the tribe sees it as a commercial enterprise though, when it's supposed to be sustenance. take a look at all the natives selling salmon up and down the coast, and even upriver. the dams also have other benefits; water, for; living, agriculture, power generation, and recreating. and the drop in property value will be huge, and, no, i don't own any up there. don't get me wrong, i love me some salmon, and increased populations help everyone, including your orcas, but the best solution, IMHO, is hatcheries, and then new breeding grounds, between the ocean and the first dam, which is a WHOLE LOT OF RIVER. instead of fish ladders. i suspect that the same might be the problem at columbia, but i don't know, i don't live up there.
You might want to reconsider your position on dam removal because many of your points are easily debunked. For starters, dams absolutely do not control water temperature. Quite the opposite, in fact, as study after study has shown they significantly RAISE the water temperature. [1] www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/61371 [2] eelriver.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/American-Rivers-_-Why-We-Remove-Dams.pdf [3] www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/02/09/dam-temperatures-fish-future-study/ Fish hatcheries also not a solution. More than 200 studies across 40 years revealed large-scale salmon hatchery programs weaken wild salmon diversity and lead to wild population declines. [3] alaskabeacon.com/2023/12/26/analysis-of-northwest-other-salmon-hatcheries-finds-nearly-all-hurt-wild-salmon-populations/ More importantly, studies have also shown that indigenous populations were extremely effective at sustainably managing fish and wildlife until colonization radically altered their social-ecological systems. Blaming them, when their religious and burial sites were taken away and flooded by the construction of these dams, is entirely inappropriate. How would you feel if a foreign government signed a promise giving you control over the lands, then broke that promise and flooded your church and the graveyard where your parents and grandparents were buried? [4] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882363/ [5] www.fws.gov/testimony/impacts-tribal-fish-and-wildlife-management-programs-pacific-northwest As for the Klamath River, I strongly recommend the two articles below as they both clearly show that removing the dam was the right thing to do. [6] www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/klamath-river-reshapes-itself-flushing-flows-move-reservoir-sediment-downriver [7] undark.org/2024/05/28/when-dams-come-down-ocean-restoration/
Tell that to Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Lenny Kravitz, Steven Tyler, Robert Plant. Or is vocal fry only a problem for women? (Also, she doesn't have vocal fry that I can hear).
Fascinating insight into developments in the ecology of a fascinating specie(s). Like the comparison with different outfits (you do look quite different in each- amazing), but the swimsuit and flippers look is definitely the best. Now subscribed, I look forward to learning lots of new aquatic facts.
Thank you so much for the trigger warning at the beginning of the video! I’m interested in all this stuff but really cannot see it so I appreciated you told us the exact spot to jump to. I really appreciate it!
You guys are amazing detecting each species. Orcas are my favorite animals since I was a kid and still they all look alike to me when I see them at sea.
One has to be very familiar with many orca to tell a difference. I see a slight difference in the skulls, but not the individual pods. Why is C before I pronounced like a K? Fifty years ago, I saw movies of orcas attacking baleen whales, tearing their mouths, fins, etc. Thought they were always like that. How many videos have "stock footage of a shocked face"? Thank you for this informative video. I worry about scientists attempting to gather data by getting close to...orca.
I realized Pennipeds was the wrong term about an hour later. But they also are reaching the point of being a real issue in many places. The whales for me is just another example of losing management criteria due to emotional theories. We really need to apply real world management as opposed to complete protection. In my life time I have seen whales go from being a unusual site to seeing hundreds in the sound on a single day. The things we learned about their habits as the population expanded also gave a different outlook to things. A bubble net around a school of herring is one thing but then they expand their harvest. We need to find a happy medium. Dams provide power. Removal of dams simply to fix the salmon runs is not going to happen. I think that there are better ways to do this myself but turning off the power simply won't work. We are losing salmon stocks in Alaska without dams. I think that shows that the issue is not snake river dams . They are a problem but not the sole issue. There are also some interesting things thst have happened in the last decade. Barrow has been seeing runs of all 5 species of pacific salmon. This is new. Are salmon migrating to different areas due to river tempatures? I don't know for sure but I have been paying attention to salmon runs Gere since 1968. Met quite a few biologists and try to keep abreast of what fish and game is saying the problems are. I feel there are 3 major issues here and they may apply elsewhere. 1 trophy rainbow waters. Our king salmon and now coho both coincide with 20 plus years of trophy rainbow waters in our spawning grounds. This creates an unnatural bounty of predators right where the salmon hatch. Rainbows happen to find fry and smolt delicious. Where willow creek held 6 to 9 pairs of large rainbows and a smattering of 20 inch plus fish, now there are 100s of 20 inch plus fish and more large fish. 2. Electronic fish finders. Met a fisherman in kodiak Alaska. He found a pattern of king salmon moving through an area. He targeted then on his charter service and determined they were in fact king salmon. He followed b up with a 5000 lb commercial haul. They do not have a native run of king salmon in that area. He found a migration path and is intercepting them. 3 drought and water temperature combined may well cause fish to migrate to better areas. I remember yhe incident when Mt st Helen's erupted. There was a closely monitored school of salmon migrating up the river. The eruption put hot mud in the river. The salmon swam several miles downstream and exited into a new tributary to spawn. May be it is more common then we are led to believe. Anyway just purring that out there. We are trying to learn and do better. That is all we can do. But we do have to have a method to piece it all together.
i’ll never forget the craziest close up view of an orca (probably biggs orca based on the video) i live in washington state / PNW and there are various lookpoints where you can see hundreds of seals sitting on a rocky beach below. there must have a been a deep spot in the water near the surface bc there would be an orca who would sneak up and grab seals near the waterline. it was INSANE.
It would be an interesting video if you were to go into the specifics of what is likely to occur in the river basin with the removal of these 4 dams. One of the biggest concerns is going to be how will the captured silt behind these dams affect the ecology of the river as it travels down stream. I have read that there may be a period of "lifelesness" within the river after the dams are deconstructed. I would love to hear your analyses of concerns like this.
Yes, breaching dams releases a lot of silt that can have a negative environmental impact. The good news is that these negative effects are short term. We have learned that rivers heal extremely quickly and so do the coastal kelp forests. [1] undark.org/2024/05/28/when-dams-come-down-ocean-restoration/ [2] www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/klamath-river-reshapes-itself-flushing-flows-move-reservoir-sediment-downriver
An incredible amount of information! I’ve dove with seals,sharks,dolphins and even a Mink Whale but have never even seen an Orca in New England waters. Bucket list 😃 Thanks again for your smarts
Learn more about the threats facing the Southern Resident Orcas, and the grieving orca carrying her calf → ua-cam.com/video/jN8Q1oEjYj8/v-deo.html
Support the removal of the Snake River dams → www.columbiariverkeeper.org/take-action/snake-river
Learn more about the Snake River Dams from NatGeo → ua-cam.com/video/DK5nUXkrz8o/v-deo.html
Read the Washington State report on the LSRD Benefit Replacement Report → governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/LSRD%20Benefit%20Replacement%20Final%20Report_August%202022.pdf
See the argument against breaching these dams → nwriverpartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/BPA-Snake-Dams-Fact-Sheet-2016.pdf
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Done!
The 1st thing that WE should do is the use of their proper name...it might change the people's perception about the creature...
Their Latin name, Orcinus orca, means "from the kingdom of the dead", "from heII", or "belonging to Orcus" who is the Roman god of death. They are apex predators and the common name "killer whale" derives from their original name "whale killers" given to them by sailors who observed them hunting other whales.
Dams are not built to kill animals are you denying all of the benefits they provide. If you remove them I hope you start supporting nuclear energy.
I stumbled into this video because of the Portuguese Orcas. I stayed for the fascinating discussion of diverse Orca populations. Great job.
I second this. Learnt so much.
@@abh4939 me 3 LOL
Imagine Orcas are ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse? Wait a minute, that is us....
Oh absolutely. 100%. A group of humans is known as a tribe. We evolved into towns, then cities, then nations. All creatures are the same in that regard. We have simply identified different races of Orca-which is pretty nifty! 😊
That seems too narrow The different species here are more like the social and morphological differences between us and neanderthals
They don't interbreed and force their cultures on others.
Orcas are heavily inbred, unfortunately. In fact, type D killer whales are the most heavily inbred mammals ever documented.
www.orcaireland.org/type-d-killer-whales-are-the-most-inbred-mammals-ever-documented
You’re truly something special, don’t let nobody tell you otherwise. 🙂↕️
This is the most random video suggestion in my feed, compared to everything else that I typically watch on UA-cam. But I’m not mad about it at all; very glad the algorithm showed me this video. I needed an update on the shark liver eating orcas!
That’s an awesome compliment! Thank you
@@KPassionate you’re welcome! It was a great video
I feel the same.... Ive never watched a vid by kpassion before but the algorithm showed me a vid about orcas and I was like "why not"... This was very entertaining.. Thanks for all the great info kp
You and me both lol. Loved this mini documentary
They eat the liver for the nutrients if im remember the killerwhale docu on yt correctly Spermwhale for their tongues. The only parts they eat. The reason why they called killerwhale's. Closest to human in my opinion.
This is so fascinating.
KP, this discovery has to be one of the reasons, professionally speaking, you wake up every single day, driven to excel in what is your life’s work. Absolutely incredible content here.
Both whales and Orcas are more than fascinating. The sheer intelligence and social structures should humble those that can't recognize them as sentient beings. I've been aware of behavioral differences but genetic separation in some cases is new to me. Well done!!!
Thanks for watching!
I have seen and had a college professor who would argue that dolphins have higher IQs than us humans due to the way their brains are separated, they can have one half asleep and one half awake and the also of us humans to shame with remembering sequential tasks by something like 4 times.
Honestly I have known several dolphins way smarter than some of the people I know 😂. But I have also known some not so smart dolphins
@@chesterpophamproductions2879I didn’t know this info, they are so fascinating.
@@chesterpophamproductions2879I believe dolphins are smarter than many humans, 💯
this was absolutely the weirdest place to be shamed for my laundry habits lmao
😂 sorry!!!
and you probably had no idea how your habits were a danger...
@@jenniferbauer8689 lint building up in the heating element builds character for the dryer
@@Beardqtand that character shoots fire, best of luck over there
I take full responsibility for my clothes wearing out quickly due to washing habits. It’s a risk I willingly take. I don’t have the patience to wash things differently. I throw it on “normal” and cross my fingers. 😂
My 16yo niece intends to study marine biology in Republic Polytechnic. I would definitely recommend your channel to her, so she can keep updated on the latest developments
Recommend her a career where she actually can make money, and not to swear nails from paycheck to paycheck.
@@iggiban87 it's her passion, so as her uncle, she has my unconditional support. You've no right to downplay it. Piss off.
if your 16yo niece is truly interested in marine biology, she's already aware of this channel, or has her own favorites. stop trying to relate to kids by presenting their hobby to them as if you're an expert
@@StanleyKubick1 at the very least, I made her aware of this channel
@@StanleyKubick1 the man wants to be there for his niece and help out in whatever small way he can. Stop being such pricks. I'm sorry you were all abused children.
In 1986 I hadn't been in the ocean for years. I was involved with the meanest person I had ever known and I was completely gaslighted. One day she said "we're going to Manhattan Beach" and we did. Of course I wanted to body surf and there were no tasty waves. In a few minutes I was surrounded by a pod of Pacific porpoises (with the big stripes on the side), literally in a circle. I was experiencing something extraordinary and so...I sang. They loved it and they chattered and squealed and slowly swam away. Communicate, kids.
You are insane
@@wilikaka - Your statement is intriguing so I consulted the doggos on my street and they laughed, especially the pitties, who understand "bad reps".
This is so beautiful! ❤❤❤ I have always always dreamed of swimming with dolphins! Ever since I was a little girl! This sounds amazing!! ❤❤❤ I have heard it is a spiritual experience to swim with dolphins in the wild! Women in Hawaii actually swim with dolphins in wild to give birth and the dolphins help ease the pain and they think something with the echo location or something. So fascinating. ❤❤❤ God makes no mistakes! All of his creations are magical! Spectacular! Ugh I love orcas so much they are so intelligent and more emotionally mature than us by ALOT! WAY SMARTER! They have huge brains and they stay in pods with their entire families forever! And live very long lives in the wild longer than humans like 120 years or more! I love them so much! I feel so bad that I ever went to sea world I loved it because I was drawn to the animals but now that I am an adult I realize how cruel and inhumane it is. I never went back after I watched black fish! It's disgusting how they separate mothers and babies as soon as they have weened it makes me sick at like 1 year old. The mothers and children cry so much non stop they often don't survive or are so depressed they cry all night and day and the people who cared for them were devastated alot left but some felt bad leaving them. It's gross. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOUR ANIMALS LORD!
@@tods2322 Porpoises, not dolphins. The blunt nosed kind. I don't name these animals. Yes, cetacea are quite sentient and amazing and like many animals like to play.
The orcas found in the Pacific Northwest are incredibly unique. Despite sharing the same waters, the Southern Resident and Bigg's orcas have not shared a common ancestor for thousands of years. Interestingly, whenever they have been observed in close proximity, the Southern Residents have always chased the Bigg's orcas out of their territory. There was even an incident where researchers witnessed the Residents chasing the Bigg's, resulting in blood in the water. During this encounter, the Residents had a new calf, and while the rest of the pod chased the Bigg's away, the baby stayed behind with its mother and grandmother. Perhaps the fish-eating Residents feel threatened by the mammal-eating Bigg's orcas, but the exact reason remains unknown. It's worth noting that Southern Residents do not even socialize with Northern Residents despite being very similar in many ways.
Southern Resident orcas, both males and females, remain with their mothers and grandmothers throughout their lifetime. They are the most extensively studied and iconic orca population, and it is crucial to protect them.
Wait, residents eat sperm whales right?
I sincerely don't mean any offense to you in any way, I just want to note that there are alot of assumptions made by people that while they based on observations of the subject , are not, in fact totally, conclusive. As a couple of examples, Southern Resident and Bigg's orcas have not shared a common ancestor for thousands of years". Or as was stated in the video that these orcas don't interact with those orcas and so forth. These conclusions even when based on actual observation, truthfully should not be presented as applicable fact that this is behavior that is consistent and representative of the subject at hand. The time of actual human observation and study of nature and wildlife of any and all, while varying, at times, drastically, depending on the subject , in all cases is miniscule in relation the time that all nature , has and is, existing unobserved by man.
@@samlindsey1078 Indeed, we still need to discover a lot about wild animals and animals in general. Science is always advancing, and as a result, our understanding of animals is expanding. Orcas are fascinating creatures with their own unique cultures. Each ecotype has its own language, prey preferences, and social behaviors. They even have distinct appearances. Sometimes, Southern Residents and Bigg's orcas are spotted nearby, but the Southern Residents always chase the Bigg's orcas away from their territory. During one such encounter, a small calf was with its mother and grandmother while the rest of the pod chased the Bigg's orcas. The fish-eating Southern Residents may see the mammal-eating Bigg's orcas as a threat to their young, but researchers are still unsure why these two groups are so hostile towards each other. It is interesting that despite their many similarities, the Southern Residents don't even interact with the Northern Residents. While we have learned a lot about these animals, there are still many mysteries left to unravel.
@@MermaidMusings7 You both make very good and fascinating points. Nature, and life overall is full of surprises, and one must take care not to be too presumptive in drawing conclusions.
For example, orcas populate Puget Sound and are easily observed there; which has given rise to a well regulated industry of whale watching tours. And in the middle of all this is Orcas Island, where I lived for many years.
Oddly enough, the name of this island has nothing whatsoever to do with the creatures that frequent the waters that surround it; but rather, it is actually named after a human. Go figure.....
@@paradisepipeco I thought Orcas Island was named after the orcas that lived there, but I recently found out that's not true. lol I wish I lived in Washington State and could visit the San Juan Islands. Seeing the Southern Residents and Bigg's orcas up close would be amazing.
I am here for the orca content - they are such fascinating animals. Great video!
Awesome! Thank you!
yeah, until they are after you.
fascinatingly like humans !
They are at a tribal phase, and have racsiation like humans .
Now they have discovered that there are at least two orchaoid species , just like how how modern humans used to co-exist with other humanoids , 300k+ years ago.
They already have language and they speak different dialects .
Will Orchas eventually learn to read and write ? Should we help them advance ?
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They've certainly learned to rip the rudders off boats in the straits of gibralter. Several boats have sunk.
What about the Sea Lions that they eat..Do their lives not matter...Got you..
You are such a good teacher. I rejoice when I see a new video from you, because I know I'm going to learn a bunch of new stuff.
Wow, thank you!
Im new and you summed it up brilliantly 👏 🎉
You do understand that she was straight up lying to you about the dams on the snake river because if the dams are truly the problem, she would want to tear out the eight on the Columbia river that the fish have to go through before they get to the snake river and tearing out the four dams on the snake river will not give the salmon anymore access to spawning grounds they have already because there’s only four Tributary the Tukanon, the Grand Ronde the salmon river And the Clearwater, which are all assessable to the fish this is political propaganda, focused on destroying the economy of Idaho, because it is the last Republican hold out state on the West Coast. Bye Tearing not them 4 dams you’ll destroy. Idaho’s Support, which will collapse the economy of Idaho, which is exactly what they want to do
What is the difference between ecotype & genotype?@@KPassionate
I love Orcas. My dream was to be a marine biologist, but life didn't allow me to do so. I'm so amazed by them! They're so smart, I root for them so much! I love how they're taking their space! I love them. Thanks for such an informative video!
When you said "Why does this matter?" I immediately said "Conservation!". I had no idea there were so many orcas in the world, and it's so cool to learn about subspecies and ecotypes! I love wolves and I'm very sad that some subspecies and ecotypes have either gone extinct or still suffer from lack of conservation efforts, I don't want to see the same happen to any other animals. On one hand, it's sad that we even need conservation efforts, but on the other hand, some people really don't realize how important other animals are and how much of an impact human actions have had. I'm gonna sign that petition to destroy the dams ASAP! 🧡
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Wolves eat people
None of your opinions or theories really matter. We’re all just organisms in a food chain floating on a a giant spinning rock. We all hit the physiochemical lottery and are lucky to be here. Stop acting like an orca is more special than an octopus or lion or human. We’d all eat each other if given the chance, we all have and will continue to until we are gone like over 99% of every species that have ever lived on this planet. Not trying to be an asshole or troll. It is just the truth. If you don’t believe me, just look it up. The woman talking in this video is just as much of an animal and possibly not as intelligent. That is not a troll either. We just hit the evolutionary jackpot, have opposable thumbs and were able to consume protein and evolve in a supreme manor.
@@joeybulford5266 Really? Perhaps you need to support that statement with some verifiable source before making such a statement. I know of none.
@@notapplicable531 So do Bears
This is extremely interesting. I didn't know that different types of Killer Whales existed, I thought they were all the same.
Yeah there are different types of everything in this wold..Like different types of dogs,cats,fish,insects,trees,plants,birds and I guess humans,dinosaurs,reptiles,lizards..The list is endless..I'm surprised you didn't know such basic facts...
@@Kitaa_Espedon’t be an ass, orcas are a whale species but not many know there are subspecies, same way many don’t know whales beyond the most commonly known ones like orcas, blues, humpbacks, etc etc. there’s a lot of this world we don’t know, especially if you were someone with limited access to internet and education but being condescending to someone showing interest in learning something knew makes you seem insecure in your own understanding, having to belittle others when they have the joy of learning new things.
I remember learning they have different cultures but i didnt realise they dont interbreed or interact at all and separated 100,000s years ago. I wonder if they fight each other.
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They have been witnessed fighting.
Different species or subspecies?
Me at work after watching this: "A new orca just dropped!"
My coworkers without looking up: Cool
Orcas are one of my favorite animals and I love them so much
Just dropped. I hate the new lingo that young people are using in an effort to be cool.
@@melissachartres3219 you really felt the need to say that? It's not an effort to sound cool for most people. Maybe educate yourself on how languages change over time before passing judgement. Jeez
@@gemstonejasper17 You'll understand when you get older. You'll see- just give it time.
@@melissachartres3219 "You'll understand when you're older"? Said like a true dinosaur that wants to sound self-righteous despite not knowing what they're talking about🙄
@@gemstonejasper17 Really? Dinosaur? Is that supposed to be an insult, because dinosaurs are awesome.
First video I've ever watched on this channel because it popped in my feed as a suggestion and I learned so much about orcas in this one short video it's amazing how much information you managed to get into it. Thanks so much
That’s such amazing feedback! Thank you
@@KPassionate Thank you for the reply much appreciated and I've come back to subscribe to the channel because if every video is this packed with information then I could learn a lot. I was surprised that there was such a difference in orcas I honestly thought it was one specific species in a certain part of the ocean but what I learned makes me want to come back for many more videos. Thanks again
Thank you for creating this. Clear, concise, entertaining and informative.
I said the same in my comments on another video.
Fascinating. I had no idea there were so many subspecies and types of orca, or that their differences are so distinct. I will watch this again to make sure i have not missed anything. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
It becomes even more fascinating thinking of humans as different ecotypes as well. We evolved different cultures, eating habits and even different appearances and language. It would actually be a scientifically accurate replacement for "race".
Exactly, because all of those nuances you mentioned are actually influenced by the environment & ecosystem… food habits? Totally influenced by the immediate area. Whatever animals and plants are local will fuel the food culture of a people. Cultural practices? Most cultures worship deities or Gods based on their immediate surroundings and upbringing. This in turn influences the development of language, but if any aspect of humanity is influenced by other groups, it is communication… every language has loan words and influences from related (and sometimes unrelated) languages. Appearance? That has to do with, as crazy as it sounds to some, exposure to the sun, affecting melanin, tolerance for heat, etc. Ecotypes is a great term.
@@Panteni87 Human groups migrated and interacted too often and too much for distinct genetic groups to form, as with orcas.
Orca groups who don't share mutually intelligible dialects don't typically interact even while living right next to each other.
That doesn't happen with humans, unless it's a remote island situation like with the Sentinelese. Plus humans only started to stop being nomadic and migrating all over the place, back and forth, about 10 000 years ago (with the advent of agriculture).
Some groups got cut off by rising sea levels, but even that also only happened around 10 000 years ago. And sea travel started to become a thing long before genetic divergence could happen properly.
it's why any two random individuals on earth in our species are more than 99.99% the same genetically...too much nomadic migrating and too much interacting (even with other human species)
@@tylerdurden3722 then why can we distinguish populations on a genetic level?
Such a great video! When people in the PNW say we want to save the salmon, it's for so many more reasons than most people understand. They're a key to so many parts of the PNW region and people.
Absolutely!!
Facts 100%
If we wanted to save salmon, we would breech Bonneville, John Day, and McNary Dam. Not the Snake River Dams. That is purely political and punitive to communities that don’t vote as they are told.
If we really wanted to save them, we'd stopped fishing. They are not our food.
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Thanks!
Great video, KP! Thank you for this type of content. Without it, I would never have known about this issue. Much appreciated! ❤
No problem!
I definitely didn't know about the diversity of orcas, but I guess I'm spending the next couple of days reading about them now
Be careful, you may never stop 😂
Amazing video! Thank you so much. Went to the website and my messages have been sent. You rock!
Awesome! Thank you!
Absolutely incredible video!! As a resident of the PNW, and Marine Bio undergrad, this content had me on the edge of my seat. I've had one of the resident Orcas go right under my kayak, just off San Juan Island. Orcas are awe inspiring in so many way, hope Snake River dam removal can happen (though your screenshot of "Honor Treaties" conveys the unfortunate reality that US Govt often does not). Subscribed and looking forward to more!! (edit: just signed the petition!)
I’ve literally been wondering about how orcas could all be the same species for years thanks for shedding light on this
It has definitely taken way too long to change! Glad you enjoyed it!
Theyre as different as human populations around the world.
Humans are all the same species so it is not unheard of.
The orca species diverged from each other around 300,000 years ago. That is roughly the same time that Neanderthal and humans diverged. So it is a much closer analogy to say the orcas are as different from each other as humans are from Neanderthal
@@KPassionate There is evidence that Homo Sapiens, Homo Neanderthalensis and Denisovans bred with each other as evidence by our own DNA, this is something the different species of Orcas have not done apparently.
Orca have been my favorite animal since I can remember. Thanks for the video, super informative, a little rushed, but no big deal. I'm sure as more information comes out the videos will get more detailed. Thanks again!!!!
Me too! I've always had some obsession with them since I was about 7 and I don't know why!
The summer between 4th and 5th grade I spent with my grandparents in Wrangle Alaska.
We did a lot of salmon fishing off of my grandfather's Red Ball jet boat and always had a number of orca that would accompany us.
They were very friendly and would come up to the boat and let us stroke their heads.
It was awesome.
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Free Willy?
@@KNByam FREE? I usually pay $100 or more for my willies!
@@marigoldjanies5756 Then you're a John, or a Jane, because you never could tell.
This is amazing! So many types of orcas!!! Different in so many ways. Do the orcas that eat the smaller whales, like the beleen, they are not endangering them are they? Thanks KP! Great video!!!
If you breach the dams, you need to replace the electric power generated by those dams using some other methods. Also, there will be an adverse impact on water availability for use in agriculture. Those are the two main reasons the dams haven't been breached.
Yet
have you heard of solar and wind power? it is the stored WATER THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, that we must find another solution to storing water that does not block waterways. There is a proposed idea in CA of diverting from a river and making a lake instead of damming the river.
@@jenniferbauer8689 Solar and wind have proven themselves to be unreliable and are on the way out. And, what about all the rare birds killed by the windmills that blight the countryside?
So, as ever, it’s a public policy issue with a complex solution. Do we value biodiversity enough to breach the dams and mitigate or address the consequences? The next Trump Administration probably has an answer to that and it ain’t gonna be in black fin’s favour.
@@jenniferbauer8689 Too expensive and not reliable
Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for sharing this information.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love Orcas as much as anyone else but a quick search shows the importance of and devastation to human life removing the Snake River dams would cause. Apparently they do have some type of fish passage as well. I don’t think it’s fair to tell only one side of the issue.
Lower Snake River Dams: A Value to the Nation
The Snake River is the principal tributary to the Columbia River, draining approximately 107,000 square miles in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. In the 1960s and early 1970s, the federal government built four large dams on the Snake River: Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Walla Walla District owns and operates the four lower Snake River dams, all of which are multiple-use facilities that provide navigation, hydropower, recreation, and fish and wildlife conservation benefits.
Because of their locations, size and ability to help meet peak power loads, these four dams do much more than generate energy--they are key to keeping the system reliable and helping to meet its multiple uses - including supporting wind energy. The Snake River dams lie east of the other federal generators, so they provide a significant technical contribution to transmission grid reliability.
The Lower Snake River system of locks and dams deliver a significant economic benefit to the nation. Barging on the inland Columbia Snake River System moves, on average, approximately 10 million tons of cargo valued at over $3 billion each year. Forty percent of the Nation’s wheat transits through this system.
Fish Passage Improvement Study
Lower Snake River Fish Passage Improvement Study: Dam Breaching Update
www.nww.usace.army.mil/Missions/Lower-Snake-River-Dams/#:~:text=Snake%20River%20Dams%3A%20Project%20Information&text=The%20four%20lower%20Snake%20River%20dams%20were%20designed%20with%20features,both%20juvenile%20and%20adult%20fish.
The problem is a lot of these environmentalist types also believe human beings are like a cancer or virus; a scourge on the planet; and that life will be better off without us. They fail to consider that we are the only species capable of spreading intelligent life to other planets and ensuring the universe doesn't grow cold and dark, devoid of all life or love, and thus our prosperity is a higher priority than the other species on this planet.
We don't need to eat wheat. It's a slow poison.
@@summerbrooks9922you are why we can't have nice things
Another issue hurting wild salmon populations in the Puget Sound region is the damage to creak and river spawning grounds and lack of effort to restore them. These small streams all used to have independent salmon runs but now, thanks to development, erosion, and a plain lack of effort and education, these salmon runs are almost extinct. We need to actively start to restore these creaks and the runs can be rehabilitated easily using small hatchery boxes that will each see hundreds of salmon return to spawn in four years, the rest becoming part of the ecosystem. I volunteered with a project like this in the early 80s and the results were impressive. The issue is getting the volunteer manpower and cutting through the bureaucratic issues that hamper both the hatchery box placement and creak rehabilitation. This was a nightmarish issue even in the 1980s.
Hundreds! Wow!
@@smelltheglove2038 Sorry I should have included a bit more about this to make it easier to understand the impact. That number is to the spawn point. Each of those salmon can produce anywhere from 1,500 to 10,000 eggs depending on the type and health of the fish. If creeks are maintained, kept free of obstructions and spawning beds made available, you should see up to a 2% return of salmon to that point in four years for eggs hatched. If only 100 males and 100 spawning females were to return with a minimum of egg load; that would result in at least 150,000 eggs and up to 3,000 of those returning to spawn in four years. 3,000 spawning at that point results in up to 90,000 spawning salmon making back to that creek. That is how a simple temporary hatchery box system can restore complete salmon runs on mostly volunteer manpower restoring creeks and educating the public.
Don't forget the amount the natives take each year.
@@socket_error1000 id rather have power without rolling brownouts.
@@smelltheglove2038 Um, improving creek salmon runs is a way to do that. Most of them empty into rivers on the sound and the coast. There are no dams on any of these creeks and the few that have them are generally older irrigation dams no longer needed.
There are quite literally thousands of locations in the Puget Sound region alone where salmon box hatcheries could be placed and creek runs rehabilitated. None would affect a single power plant but all would result in hundreds of thousands of salmon fry entering the ecosystem and exponential growth of the spawning salmon returning with every four year cycle.
Put simply, a 12 year effort on our local creeks could rebuild our salmon runs in the Puget Sound to a level that we haven't seen since the 1950s and they would continue to grow as long as the fisheries were regulated and the creeks maintained.
This same thing could be done on any unobstructed creek with an eventual access to the open sea.
Orcas never cease to amaze. I assumed at least Sperm Whales may be formidable enough to stay off the Orca menu, oh well. Appreciate the update, even better from one lovely oceanographer!
A bull sperm whale is definitely off the killer whales’ menu. Females and calves, not so much.
Came here to say the same. Female sperms whales lack teeth. They are less capable of defending their selves against aggressive orcas.
We’re just discovering something that could’ve been here for 100s of thousands of years. This is why I’m open minded, because you never know what’s out there.
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Your beautiful 😍
Agreed I feel like these orcas were chillin and got word of some shit and decided to show themselves! We're here on this earth we need to stop acting like we own it!
"We"? What part did you play in this? Beyond merely existing at this specific moment in time?
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Hi, so I know anthropomorphism is a huge no no in the marine mammal world, however I studied animal behavior in college. my professors made a point to say that using the word culture was a valid designation for certain species, like great apes and cetaceans. I was curious what you thought?.
This is a really great question. It can be tricky for sure. Anthropocentrism can be incredibly harmful and is something we should generally avoid. I talk a bit about this in my video on the Gladis orca and how we shouldn't use the term "revenge" and instead call it reciprocity. As far as "culture" is concerned... the thing is we really don't have a better term to describe their behavior. A study by the University of British Columbia found that the complex, stable, and distinct vocal, social, and behavioral sophistication seen in orcas and other cetaceans has no parallel outside humans, and represents an independent evolution of cultural facilities. Thanks for sharing!
@@KPassionate I did not expect for my simple question to get such a positive response. Thank you.
@@KPassionate Just some thought: Apes use small sticks to extract termites from their mounds and sea otters use stones to crack open clams, with other words, they use tools. But if we are so afraid for anthropomorphism, we can´t say that. In this logic, only humans use tools, so how to describe a stone wielding sea otter? Another thought: jonathan is asking about your opinion about anthropoMORPHISM, and in your response, you are talking about anthropoCENTRIM. English may not be my native language, but I think this are two different concepts. Anthropomorphism is when we project our human essence on animals, failing to see them as separate beings with different instincts and needs. I call this the Mickey Mouse effect, we take a mouse as a protagonist of a story, but the story is human, the mouse has a humanlike form and behaves like a human. Anthropocentrism is making humankind the centre of everything,, like being created separate form animals (or being the end result / highest form of evolution), with the animals created to serve humankind and the earth being the centre of the Universe. If we remain so afraid for anthropomorphism then animals can not have feelings (joy, sadness, fear, empathy) but are just biological machines, they can not have culture, etc. ect. We continue to set humankind apart from the other animals, apart from nature. We should use anthropomorphism carefully, for sure, but we should not shrink away from it.
@@pietervanderveld3096 with anthropomorphism, the key is humans placing there own emotions and characteristics on animals. Animals have emotions too, just not human ones.
@@KPassionateseems a bit bleak that only 1 genus of the great ape can corelate with an entire order of aquatic mamalia. Possibly even false one might think.
I know i see great complexity in about every great ape ive seen. And enough parallels to count myself among them.
Cetaceans are cool though. Anyone seen the video of orcas swimming with that person in iceland or wherever? Felt like i saw a bluff charge in there, but the human literally couldnt swim fast enough to react like prey. Kind of reminded me of when i was a child and saw a baby deer with its momma, i had to chase down bambi and give him a hug! Little guy was so young he still counldnt walk right. Maybe one day orcas will dominate so hard they will hug baby seals given the chance, letting them reach adulthood before taking the shot. We humans have gotten a bit odd in comparison to other earthlings, not octopus levels of odd, but we are definetly an oddity!
I would say the thousands of Chinese fishing boats scouring the pacific could have an effect on salmon numbers as well.
The dams still need to go.
Cpt. Paul Watson is still working hard to save the whales we need to stay in the efforts ❤❤❤
I thought most dams now have "ladders" that are opened up during the spawning season?
@@dont.ripfuller6587 most don't work well, if at all, and then the fry have to go through the turbines to get to the ocean.
@@Raven74947 oh. That's no bueno.
Can you pay my electric bill for me then?
If not, the dams stay.
So glad I found your stuff. UA-cam has some real gems!
Thanks! Pete 🏴
Thank you, it's always great watching a scientific video with no theatrics, bs, or hyperboleI, presented in an interesting, cohesive, and organized way. You're a great teacher!
Thanks so much! This is wonderful feedback ❤️
Absolutely agree. I rarely subscribe to a channel but I just did to this one.
Orca: "I'm the apex predator of the ocean!"
Pilot whale: "Allow me to introduce myself."
Orca: "You are introduced. Now go find a seat at the back"
Pilot whales cannot be compared to orcas in any aspect. Although they may occasionally interfere with orca hunts like humpback whales do, pilot whales are no match when facing a large orca pod. A solitary orca may not challenge bigger whales, but it can easily overpower one, two, or even three pilot whales. Orcas can conquer formidable opponents such as great white sharks, humpback whales, and even the largest predator in the ocean, sperm whales, as mentioned in the video. They truly reign supreme among all creatures.
Cachalot: are you all still pretending to be me?
@@MermaidMusings7An adult MALE sperm whale is literally 1.5x as long and 3-to-4x as heavy as a female sperm whale. Females are 12m (40ft) and 17 tonnes max. Males can be over 20m (66 ft) and up to 80 tonnes. Orcas don't mess with MALE sperm whales.
THis was probably one of the most interesting videos ive seen in a while. Well done. Thanks!
Thanks so much! Happy to hear that
This young lady is really pleasant and informative.
She really reminds me of Steve Irwin with her obvious passion and love for what she does. And the care she takes to inform us in an entertaining way.
The Steve Irwin comparison, from me is definitely heart felt.
And I really hope, if she reads this, is taken as a compliment.
If you were sailing with your kids on board, it would be wise to protect them from sinking and dying. A few thunderflashes would be all that is required to deter anything in the water. They are like a grenade, without the shrapnel, mainly for training purposes, but they make a hell of a bang in the water
You say all this until it pisses off the orcas.
@@CristanioPeweyyy have been working at sea for 30 years, I have some idea. You have obviously never seen people fishing with explosives, maybe google it before commenting. Guaranteed, orcas will leave ASAP
@@CristanioPeweyyythen all the orca nations will rise against the fish thieves.
That was very enlightening, Love your vocal style too. I just subscribed. Thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback
Yo! This is a great video.
You are appreciated.
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Thank you!
i grew up in a town where orcas where common so i saw them in real life! they became less cute to me as a kid when i realized their eyes are not the giant white patches, and instead tiny black beads of death lol
watching the video, i definitely grew up seeing Biggs Orcas
Thank you for the option of skipping past the graphic material. I normally would click off the video, but the option to skip gave me the opportunity to watch the rest of this very interesting video!
I’m so glad you found it helpful!
@@KPassionateme too...I don't like to see the animals doing that.✌️
Okay I’m all for conservation, but define your term of breaching dams, if I am hearing you correctly your saying get rid of them and the reason why we put them in there in the first place. I would support putting in nuclear power plants or help support the growth of nuclear fusion energy rather than fission like we have today, that way dams would be obsolete and no longer required.
I agree with basically everything you said, but want to point out that there's a difference between growth and development in terms of technology.
Nuclear fusion technology is still in development. It cannot grow until development is complete.
But you are correct, deciding to demolish dams just to save a species is very selfish if it means leaving communities without power, or increases the cost of providing them with power.
We can't just do things without considering the impact it may have on human communities.
The west coast states of the USA will do whatever it takes to destroy the world according to humans...
Isnt it possible to install "fish stairs", parallel to the Snake river, at each dam?
Isn't it great that no one answers you 🙄
@@PerteTotaleyes, this is the solution, unless the tree huggers would like to promote the increased use of fossil fuels for replacement of the gigawatts of energy produced by the dams. Which, is honestly the best option. This is so foolish at the last two minutes of this video. What happens as earth ages and the walls of the Columbia collapse, thus resulting in a salmon die off, killing the population. That is the same result. We get blamed constantly as humans as we blame ourselves, but the fact is that we are just another environmental factor here. Basically, beavers do the same damage as this example. Lol. The fact is that life and geography is dynamic on this planet. One day we will be gone, along with many other species. We aren't special.
Great Editing, scripting & beautifully narrated. 👌😎
Thank you!
This is a great video, thanks. I was watching videos of jaguars attacking caimans, so i understand why the algorithm gave me this. 😂 I'm so glad it did.
Beautifully done piece. You ease from global ecological and evolutionary science into the conservation action arena with grace and ease, and once there, do not pull any punches. As a veteran of the Pacific salmon wars, I’ll be sharing this vid in a couple of courses I teach. Thank you.
Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback
@@curtismatsune3147 comments get removed if they are blatantly racist, harassing, etc.. UA-cam also removes comments and is much stricter than I am. I have only removed 3 or 4 comments from this video. If your comment was removed, then I suggest you rephrase it and try to do better.
@curtismatsune3147 I actually have no idea what any of your points are because all you comment about is this weird obsession that I must be deleting your comments. I don’t know why you think I would dedicate any time or energy into such a fruitless task as I get hundreds or ridiculous comments every hour. In any case this mindless ranting comment popped up in my notifications so I thought I would give you this final reply. I appreciate you stopping by and hope you have a great day. Cheers!
Super informative and interesting, as always. I signed the petition. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Very good video,it’s a lesson,50 thousands it’s nothing,If you think they have no predators,thanks,you are great 👏👏👏👏let’s blow this dams ,legally of course,save the Wales,
Exactly!
What that means is they have likely reached max population based on food availability... This is how organisms work...
When I worked as a zoological educator at an aquarium, it was so hard to talk about killer whales in absolutes. ‘They tend to live this long, but some eco types are short lifespans and some are longer; some eco types eat this but some eat that; some eco types are thriving some are critically endangered etc…’ it’s not like other animals that have on the nose facts and applicable ways to help conserve that species. I’m really happy it’s going this way. It will give the eco types autonomy and to us the humans clarity on what animal type is actually being referenced.
When you said "Why does it matter" I immediately said "because they might decide to change their diet and my candy-ass might be in the wrong waters at the wrong time"...that's what went through my head!
The orcas hunting salmon need to learn there the apex predator of the ocean and there’s a lot more food available
do they need to remove the dams? Could they not build huge fish ladders for them to navigate past them?
Exactly. There are more practical, less dramatic ways to solve the problem than destroying dams. Need a more balanced report on the purpose of the dams and what good they do.
@@buckbuchanan4902my thoughts exactly…. Without the dams would Human lives be affected?! I’m ok with losing 2 species of fish over humans, period. I was confused when she said, for lack of a better term talking about culture as tho it’s a bad thing, par for coarse I guess
There are fish ladders on the LSRD. Unfortunately, recent studies have found that engineered fish ladders have not performed up to everyone's expectation and are largely ineffective.
[1] e360.yale.edu/features/blocked_migration_fish_ladders_on_us_dams_are_not_effective
As for why I qualified "culture" by saying for lack of another word… We try not to anthropomorphize the animal world too much because that can be harmful. "It can lead to an inaccurate understanding of biological processes in the natural world. It can also lead to inappropriate behaviors towards wild animals such as adopting a wild animal as a ‘pet’ or misinterpreting the actions of a wild animal."
[2] www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/15/anthropomorphism-danger-humans-animals-science
But on the flip side of that, a study by the University of British Columbia found that "the complex and stable vocal and behavioral culture of killer whales appears to have no parallel outside humans, and represents an independent evolution of cultural facilities."
[3] www.zoology.ubc.ca/~barrett/documents/Asoundapproachtothestudyofculture.pdf
Also, it is "par for the course" not "par for coarse" and killer whales are not a species of fish.
@@KPassionate lol ,,, I knew you would point out the whales/ fish right away but leaving out The ….🧐😁 it’s okay tho, I Love the ocean and all the marine life , hell if aliens are real that’s where their hiding ! But I’m guessing ya got my point…
@@buckbuchanan4902when a species of very intelligent sentient mammals is at risk of dying within 2 generations and the issue has already been discussed for more than 2 years, I presume that fish ladders have been extensively discussed. There are alternative sources of energy including SAVING energy. Start building houses with real brick walls, steel and cement. Build zero energy houses, give up your AC and invest in infrastructure. For decades the US is only investing in the military and playing "regime change" games and proxy wars. That conneiving strategy has become obvious to the whole world. Do you really wonder why so many countries joined BRICS and why chinese troops are holding up exercises in Belarus as we speak. You have been seen through americans !
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this is fascinating, great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The internet needs more of this. In another life I would have been a marine biologist and specialized in killer whales. They are such amazing animals.
I like that they have learned to steal fish from nets.
We blew up over 50(half) of the dams in eastern NC over 20 years ago to bring back herring and shad and it did not work.The progam caused terrible flooding and was and is still very unpopular
I ❤️ Killer Whales
Whoever came up with the name "Rectapinus" out to walk the plank. Any plank. I could accept Recta, or Tapin, but "eschewing obfusication", Rectapinus is a name only Eugenie Clark could love.
9:18 do the dams need to be destroyed? Could salmon runs be installed?
The US has a damn problem. We have a ton of broken down old dams with crumbling concrete, or disrt and stone, that are no longer as efficient as modern electricity generating methods. The US went Dam crazy at the first half of the 20th century and we just kept building them everywhere. Now we are left with a ton of dams that are expensive maintenance projects at best and ticking timebombs to the communities that live near them in the worst case.
We don’t need the dams for electricity any more and from an ecological/sport fishing perspective, those rivers are way more useful as breeding grounds.
Yes, they need to be destroyed.
🧐problem solve.
@@VelcorHFvery much this. Anytime there’s a storm one of these broken down dams destroys entire neighborhoods and towns. Yet we don’t fix the issue
0:15 We're not??😮
Save the Salmon, Save the Orca🇦🇺
Amazingly clean, info packed 10 minutes about Orcas, and a lot of new stuff. Awesome. Thank you.
An orca biologist goes out to patrol the local orcas.
She did not return.
Why?
Because *Orcinus ater!*
Ha!
Just a matter of time...
I wish I could support for the salmon but I’m from Canada and it doesn’t give me the option to choose a province
Thanks for your comment. You can support the southern resident orcas in British Columbia here:
www.raincoast.org/
Their charity score is 100%, earning it a 4 star rating. They support southern resident orca recovery as well as Chinook salmon recovery.
Alternatively, you can take action through the Parks Canada website here:
parks.canada.ca/voyage-travel/promotion/vancouver/erds-srkw
4:29 Accidentally German
I must say, this is almost eerie. You spoke on the Orcas before they started tipping boats like we tip cows. Dope video, thank you 💯
Living near the lower Snake River, I know that these dams will never be removed and the removal would be a great loss to the local people.These dams have fish ladders and additional fish ladders could be constructed. Radical and crazy ideas like taking down four dams are the reasons that environmental issues lose out completely.
I'm shook at that poor sperm whale.😢
The females are much smaller than the males. A full grown male is untouchable even by orca pods.
Dr. Malcom hates to be right. Again.
I've seem a lot of material about "wildlife accessible" (for lack of a better term) dams. Dams designed specifically to allow fish and other water wildlife through the dam while still retaining dam function (like flood prevention, etc.). Do you have any info on whether those are truly effective in not disturbing fish populations?
We're spending more time studying what happens in space and hardly know whats going on in our own oceans.
Signed and sent, thank you for the information and the link to petition.
I imagine that there would be more salmon for human consumption as well, especially the tribal peoples?
It really seems like it would be better for nearly all parties!
The background noise is annoying.
Thanks, I didn't even notice it until I read your comment. 🤣🤣🤣
any update on these?
Get rid of those damn dams! People will adapt, a lot of our wildlife can't. Salmon is food for many animals-Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Bears, etc.... give them their food back
Ok, hold it right there, 8:37. The four dams, what function to they provide? Why were they built in the first place? Who loses if those dams are destroyed? Yes, knocking them down might increase the salmon population, and that would certainly benefit the whales, but these dams are in the Southwest, an area that is very arid, and my guess is farmers and ranchers who provide the produce WE eat, would be fatally injured by this. Are we supposed to suffer a food shortage so that the whales don't? The current administration is already attacking our food supply and my gut tells me this marine biologist is being used to further the need for restricting our supply of food, just as the government uses the ploy of global warming to do so. Sorry lady, I still like my steak and potatoes.
We literally breach dams all the time and you still have steak and potatoes. In 2017, Trump's first year in office, the US breached 86 dams and the country somehow still had steak and potatoes.
[1] www.americanrivers.org/2018/02/dam-good-year-for-dam-removal-in-2017/
Last year, the EU removed a record 500 dams and other river blockages and the EU still had steak and potatoes. The US removed 80 dams last year and you still had steak and potatoes.
[2] www.americanrivers.org/2024/02/saying-adios-to-80-dams-in-2023/
[3] europe.wetlands.org/news/record-year-for-dam-removals-in-europe-in-2023/
One last note. These dams are not in the Southwest. They are in the Pacific Northwest. Their primary function is to transport wheat down the river. The good news is there is already a railroad that follows the river so the transportation of wheat will largely be unaffected. I've linked the Washington State Cost Benefit Report as well as an argument against removing these dams in the descriptions and pinned comment if you want to learn more.
you might want to reconsider dam removal. here in northern california, the dams were blamed for low salmon count as well, when the more likely and obvious reason is overfishing by a native tribe in the city klamath. at the confluence of the klamath river and the pacific. dams are actually helpful in HELPING salmon population. controlling floods, and controlling temps. the tribe sees it as a commercial enterprise though, when it's supposed to be sustenance. take a look at all the natives selling salmon up and down the coast, and even upriver. the dams also have other benefits; water, for; living, agriculture, power generation, and recreating. and the drop in property value will be huge, and, no, i don't own any up there. don't get me wrong, i love me some salmon, and increased populations help everyone, including your orcas, but the best solution, IMHO, is hatcheries, and then new breeding grounds, between the ocean and the first dam, which is a WHOLE LOT OF RIVER. instead of fish ladders. i suspect that the same might be the problem at columbia, but i don't know, i don't live up there.
You might want to reconsider your position on dam removal because many of your points are easily debunked. For starters, dams absolutely do not control water temperature. Quite the opposite, in fact, as study after study has shown they significantly RAISE the water temperature.
[1] www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/61371
[2] eelriver.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/American-Rivers-_-Why-We-Remove-Dams.pdf
[3] www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/02/09/dam-temperatures-fish-future-study/
Fish hatcheries also not a solution. More than 200 studies across 40 years revealed large-scale salmon hatchery programs weaken wild salmon diversity and lead to wild population declines.
[3] alaskabeacon.com/2023/12/26/analysis-of-northwest-other-salmon-hatcheries-finds-nearly-all-hurt-wild-salmon-populations/
More importantly, studies have also shown that indigenous populations were extremely effective at sustainably managing fish and wildlife until colonization radically altered their social-ecological systems. Blaming them, when their religious and burial sites were taken away and flooded by the construction of these dams, is entirely inappropriate. How would you feel if a foreign government signed a promise giving you control over the lands, then broke that promise and flooded your church and the graveyard where your parents and grandparents were buried?
[4] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882363/
[5] www.fws.gov/testimony/impacts-tribal-fish-and-wildlife-management-programs-pacific-northwest
As for the Klamath River, I strongly recommend the two articles below as they both clearly show that removing the dam was the right thing to do.
[6] www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/klamath-river-reshapes-itself-flushing-flows-move-reservoir-sediment-downriver
[7] undark.org/2024/05/28/when-dams-come-down-ocean-restoration/
Finally. Someone who's knowledge is of better quality then their microphone. Thumbs up.
Than? Then?
Getting back at humans for all the Sea World traumas
vocal fry, vocal fry, vocal fry, its not cool its not an accent its destroying your vocal chords
Tell that to Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Lenny Kravitz, Steven Tyler, Robert Plant. Or is vocal fry only a problem for women? (Also, she doesn't have vocal fry that I can hear).
just another reason why you should support nuclear energy..
Awesome to hear the snake river dams are being addressed. Thanks for another eye opening and information packed presentation. New subscriber.
Welcome in! Happy you are here.
Where I live in Alaska we get huge pods of orcas, and they are soooo cool, incredibly clever, and socially friendly.
Absolutely love your analogies and the information you provide. Keep up the good work.
Fascinating insight into developments in the ecology of a fascinating specie(s). Like the comparison with different outfits (you do look quite different in each- amazing), but the swimsuit and flippers look is definitely the best. Now subscribed, I look forward to learning lots of new aquatic facts.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for the trigger warning at the beginning of the video! I’m interested in all this stuff but really cannot see it so I appreciated you told us the exact spot to jump to. I really appreciate it!
I’m so glad it helped you!
You guys are amazing detecting each species. Orcas are my favorite animals since I was a kid and still they all look alike to me when I see them at sea.
I was reccomended 5 videos on orcas for some reason, and im glad i clicked on yours! So informational and interesting
What will happen environmentally in a negative way if we breach the dams? I understand the benefit, but what damage will that cause as well?
Not only would the dam issue save orca, but with more salmon, it will give humans a chance to eat salmon too. At lower costs. Everyone wins.
when an Orca finally chomps down on a human and discovers we're tasty we're all in trouble
Actually, I suspect it’s the killer whales who would be in trouble.
One has to be very familiar with many orca to tell a difference. I see a slight difference in the skulls, but not the individual pods. Why is C before I pronounced like a K? Fifty years ago, I saw movies of orcas attacking baleen whales, tearing their mouths, fins, etc. Thought they were always like that. How many videos have "stock footage of a shocked face"? Thank you for this informative video. I worry about scientists attempting to gather data by getting close to...orca.
I realized Pennipeds was the wrong term about an hour later. But they also are reaching the point of being a real issue in many places.
The whales for me is just another example of losing management criteria due to emotional theories. We really need to apply real world management as opposed to complete protection. In my life time I have seen whales go from being a unusual site to seeing hundreds in the sound on a single day. The things we learned about their habits as the population expanded also gave a different outlook to things. A bubble net around a school of herring is one thing but then they expand their harvest. We need to find a happy medium.
Dams provide power. Removal of dams simply to fix the salmon runs is not going to happen. I think that there are better ways to do this myself but turning off the power simply won't work. We are losing salmon stocks in Alaska without dams. I think that shows that the issue is not snake river dams . They are a problem but not the sole issue.
There are also some interesting things thst have happened in the last decade. Barrow has been seeing runs of all 5 species of pacific salmon. This is new. Are salmon migrating to different areas due to river tempatures? I don't know for sure but I have been paying attention to salmon runs Gere since 1968. Met quite a few biologists and try to keep abreast of what fish and game is saying the problems are. I feel there are 3 major issues here and they may apply elsewhere.
1 trophy rainbow waters. Our king salmon and now coho both coincide with 20 plus years of trophy rainbow waters in our spawning grounds. This creates an unnatural bounty of predators right where the salmon hatch. Rainbows happen to find fry and smolt delicious. Where willow creek held 6 to 9 pairs of large rainbows and a smattering of 20 inch plus fish, now there are 100s of 20 inch plus fish and more large fish.
2. Electronic fish finders. Met a fisherman in kodiak Alaska. He found a pattern of king salmon moving through an area. He targeted then on his charter service and determined they were in fact king salmon. He followed b up with a 5000 lb commercial haul. They do not have a native run of king salmon in that area. He found a migration path and is intercepting them.
3 drought and water temperature combined may well cause fish to migrate to better areas. I remember yhe incident when Mt st Helen's erupted. There was a closely monitored school of salmon migrating up the river. The eruption put hot mud in the river. The salmon swam several miles downstream and exited into a new tributary to spawn. May be it is more common then we are led to believe.
Anyway just purring that out there. We are trying to learn and do better. That is all we can do. But we do have to have a method to piece it all together.
i’ll never forget the craziest close up view of an orca (probably biggs orca based on the video)
i live in washington state / PNW and there are various lookpoints where you can see hundreds of seals sitting on a rocky beach below. there must have a been a deep spot in the water near the surface bc there would be an orca who would sneak up and grab seals near the waterline. it was INSANE.
It would be an interesting video if you were to go into the specifics of what is likely to occur in the river basin with the removal of these 4 dams.
One of the biggest concerns is going to be how will the captured silt behind these dams affect the ecology of the river as it travels down stream.
I have read that there may be a period of "lifelesness" within the river after the dams are deconstructed.
I would love to hear your analyses of concerns like this.
Yes, breaching dams releases a lot of silt that can have a negative environmental impact. The good news is that these negative effects are short term. We have learned that rivers heal extremely quickly and so do the coastal kelp forests.
[1] undark.org/2024/05/28/when-dams-come-down-ocean-restoration/
[2] www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/klamath-river-reshapes-itself-flushing-flows-move-reservoir-sediment-downriver
@@KPassionate Thanks for the links, I will delve into this further.
Interesting topic
Someone broke the treaty.
An incredible amount of information! I’ve dove with seals,sharks,dolphins and even a Mink Whale but have never even seen an Orca in New England waters. Bucket list 😃 Thanks again for your smarts