Diving with Blue Whales | Sri Lanka
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ค. 2013
- Broadcast: 10 April 2011 on Sunday Night, Seven Network, Australia.
They are the largest animals our planet has ever known, their tongues alone weigh more than an elephant, their hearts are the size of a car. Despite all that, we really know very little about the magnificent blue whales. Man has almost hunted them to extinction, but ironically it was Sri Lanka's bitter civil war that gave them sanctuary. Only now that the war is over is the world seeing one of the greatest blue whale colonies ever discovered. Tim was right there alongside these giants.
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The Srilankan guide is so passionate..loved her
she is not a "guide" she is a scientific researcher for an university.
She is not a guide.
@@manujagunawardane5139 the guide was great wasn’t she?
She's not a guide..she's a cute..
Spoiler alert: THEY NEVER DIVE WITH THE WHALES
I think they meant on a boat
thank you
Thanks for helping me to not waste my time
09:05 the dive part
Oh please don’t say where the blue whale is Shhhhhhhh......keep it to yourself...this magnificent animal is going to be a victim of Japan or some other human being predator. Keep it low and quiet, the blue whale has the right to exist FREELY in the ocean, her territory. Love the blue whale, such magnificent and majestic animal. May God protect her from all evil human beings. 💙💙💙💙👏💙👏👏👏👏👏👏💙💙💙💙👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
In that locations is a booming whale watching industry as well as the busiest waters for shipping. Everyone there knows where the whales are. Support people like this wonderful woman in the video, she and many others need support for their work to save these whales.
your so weird dude, a quick search on the internet will tell you where these things live, u needa pipe down homie, God will protect them but that doesn’t mean we can’t go see them
Boy cot Japan for whaling!!
Drop another sun on them
How informed can you be if you can't even spell boycott
Incredible.. this vid seems to be from 2011. Any update on whether they've been able to properly manage the boat operators that were mushrooming around whale viewing?
Don't know but apparently the whale populations have been able to recover and grow to a healthy size again since then.
I've been to Mirissa and I didn't like it at all. It was sad to see how 100s of boats hover around the poor animal
I'm hoping to go next year, but I'm very worried indeed about the mass-tourism element. Yet, I admit, seeing a blue whale is one of my prime reasons for visiting Sri Lanka. I have no idea what the answer is..............
@@mehitabel1290 I went for whale watching just a month ago here, it's pathetic. So later in the year, I'm going freediving with them in pigeon island, where it's legal.
@@mehitabel1290 you can see also elephants
What month is the best time to watch them in mirrissa
I feel you.
Just for comparison, German U-boats in the WWII were about 60 meters long, which is only twice as long as the blue whale.
A noble deed to study the whales! It's too bad there isn't a less invasive way to observe them than taking such a huge boat, or if it can be done much more effectively through the use of drones. It would be interesting to know what her study is, although locating and identifying specific whales in my amateur view is crucial... but from an aerial view you'd think it would be much more effective to locate and study them. Drones could approach even closer. Also size... weren't some of the dinosaurs larger, like maybe the brontosaurus, or that similar fossil found I think it was in Patagonia? Just my amateur view.
9:25 the whale was like "Eyyy I'm fucking swimmin here!"
Hundreds of thousands and now down to approximately 10k??!! Jeez
Mate that was awsum cheers
Awesome.
As much as I don't act like this I'll say it
🐋Blue whales are biggest creatures ever let's be careful and not be whale hunters blue whales are awesome let's appreciate there existence 🐳
The biggest creatures we KNOW of, but they are enormous. It's amazing..
Fossil bones of a Triassic Icthiosaur as large or larger than a blue whale were recently discovered, Immense ocean going preditors. We can never say what's the largest animal ever as most 99.9% of all species of animal that ever lived are now extinct. 🐋
0:18 wtf is that a diver stuck on the tail LMFAO 😂
“It’s Really Hard To Imagine That. An Animal That Large Can Exists”
Dinosaur: Bruh
Nice try but the blue whale is the largest animal to EVER exist, like, EVER. ALL of them. Including dinosaurs. An ancient Ichthyosaur may have been close but as of now the blue whale is still the biggest.
certain long neck dinosaurs (can’t remember the names atm) could longer than the blue whale, like 120-180 feet long, vs 100-110, but the Blue Whale was still MUCH heavier/more massive. A land animal could NEVER exceed the weight of a blue whale. It’s literally impossible. It’s still impressive they estimate some of them may have gotten fairly close at 100 tons, but blue whales weigh up to 175 tons.
Anything bigger has to come from the Ocean, and there has been nothing that the human race knows of that was ever bigger, through the entire fossil record.
@0:40 There were dinosaurs that were bigger. Patogotitan mayorum was 122 ft long (37 meters) and 20 ft high(6 meters) at the shoulders. The 2nd largest was Argentinosaurus huinculensis coming in at 115 ft (35 meters) long and 24 ft (7.3 meters) tall. Both were found in the Patagonia region of Argentina & Chile ( see: Our Planet/largest dinosaurs ever found)
@Kris De Roo What of the Triassic Icthiosaur that was as large or larger & heavier than a blue whale? Fossil bones from 230 mya discovered, show it wasn't even full grown. 99.9% of all species are now extinct, so all are wrong to say blue whales the 'largest animal, even before that Icthiosaur was found. One says the 'largest animal we know of so far.
I like that she shows the damaged dorsal fins or "flook" what we humans do with them. View more injured animals without detours
Carsten Sweden
*Fluke
Title: Diving with blue whales
Thumbnail: Humpback whale :D
Actual video: No diving with blue whales
@@conormcnugget5786 Autocorrect🙄
God is an awsome creator.
30 meters = just shy of 100 feet. I read that they can get up to 120 feet long. What a fantastic, beautiful animal! Too much about her and not enough about the whales.
U mean all those ships are right in the way of those whales home??
0:02 *hello hoomans me whale*
BANG!
i never saw diving
clickbait
They've recently discovered a Triassic Icthiosaur that was as large or larger than a Blue Whale. 230 mya.
Yupp no diving! And the underwater video is much older.
هذا خلق الله سبحانه وتعالى لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله الإسلام دين الحق
Big fish
Wow
Yea
True. Apologies
That fluke tho..
Bro these are humpbacks
Is whaling still a thing?
I believe so.
Yes, japan is the biggest consumers
@@petermcdougall1152 Bummer!
@@fmills1583 yeah I agree 100%! It's definitely a shame!
Unfortunately, yes. But fortunately not under anywhere near as intensely. And many countries have even ratified treaties to illegalize the practice. But some countries like Japan are still at it.
I fly like paper get high like planes
I was thinking the same!!! Lol
Biggest creature to ever roam the planet ? What about Quetzalcóatl
That's a mythical creature
@@LironKabizon Believe he meant Quetzalcoatlus, the flying dinosaur. Quetz wasn't nearly as big as a blue whale.
@@codyking4848 Quetzelcoatlus wasn't a dinosaur - it was a pterosaur. It was the largest flying animal ever - estimated weight 250kg.
@@Stevieboy130664 Sure, if you want to split hairs. "Large extinct clades of reptiles". Does that wash down better?
@@codyking4848 you're welcome.
i love how the marine biologist says the whale is streamlined. Pretty much all fish are streamlined
Its not a fish you fucking moron
@@dudeman3793 exactly
Well, it is not a fish, a whale is a mammal.🐋☺️
@@IndomitableT so true!
これしろながす鯨の泳ぎ方と違う。
So she is worried about shipping lanes but gets right on top of them. Hitting one in the process.
Yes , she's a bitch
The blue whale hit her
@@ashwanthalexander3725 dude stfu
The boat wasn't moving. Shipping lanes isn't exactly for ships that stop when they spot a whale. Learn the difference before spouting nonsense.
Do you not pay attention? She said the boat was off, they were just floating and thinks the whale didn't realize they were there.
It’s no wonder that they’re cautious around people. Our mutual encounters did not go well for them. Thank God they’re not vindictive, as they have every right to be. So who’s the more evolved species here? If you’re watching this, I think you know.
They have grown around humans for centuries now
It's so sad
Not a blue whale by the looks of it!!!
First
Michael Barritt Great that that's the only comment on this video
Is it possible to go snorkeling with whales?
narasiman s.l yeah if they are very close to the shore or st the water surface you can see them
nobody never dived with blue whale. They leave the place at 40kms/h as soon as they are bothered.
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Awesome . A lesson in whale watching and feminism 🤣
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Whales go where the food is.
Next question.
whales around srilanka ? not safe for whales
start with guidelines - don't turn everyone into a criminal. try, try, try
I find it sad that women all over the world today are still fighting for equality….even in the U.S. it still goes on today. I worked a job where I was the only female and there were nine men. I was treated love me a second class citizen and had to watch the men get all the great assignments while I always got stuck with the garbage work as I was just as experienced and educated as the men. So women are still fighting today to be treated equally all over the world. Sad. She’s lucky she was given an opportunity.
Blue whale, orange poo. Must be the krill they eat. I hate cleaning my 8kg cat's litter box, I'd hate to clean up after a what, 140 tonne blue whale! Ugh!!!
I'll love to wrestle one of these under water.
Hope to see more women take an interest in the work. Science, Technology, Engineering, Math.
If reincarnation is a thing I wanna come back as one of these.
Tired of being the little person on the block.
the largest animal was a megalodon
Wrong. Blue whale is larger than the largest found Megalodon. Not to say there was possibly one bigger than the biggest blue whale, perhaps we just haven't found its fossils yet.
Nope, blue whale is the biggest animal to ever be on Earth
WRONG
kamalmanzukie then what? you have a real argument for that or r u just gonna be telling me wrong?
@@Danisholivetree it's a fact my boy. even computers know this
3:10 WTF she lost me what did that statement have to do with anything I dont have to be a man huh
To date, Asha is also the ONLY Sri Lankan to get a PhD in Marine Mammal Research. Male or Female.
you need to clean your fuckin ears out buddy - she told us why.
Is that the only thing you heard????? She said, in Sri Lanka "woman aren't at the forefront of things" and that in itself is self explanatory! Indeed, she doesn't need to be a man to be a marine biologist. It's a simple known fact! Has nothing to do with a damn thing! Just as how a man doesn't need to be a woman to be a good dad or cook! Got it?????
Yet another film supposedly about 'diving with blue whales' when no such activity was shown. The sheer idiocy of trying to make a film about whales when 99% of the footage is taken from ABOVE THE WATER! It's almost like human arrogance, to presume to portray anything about whales but without inhabiting their realm - the water. Imagine if whales were to do documentaries about humans from their point of view - underwater - wherein humans would be these wave-distorted figures above the water. How much could that reveal about humans? Then the marine biologist goes on about how little we understand about these creatures. It's little wonder! Make some effort to commune with the whales - in the water.
But... I’m a Wahmone. I’m a woman. My life sucks. I’m oppressed.
9:21 yes, he's magnificent but there's no need to use our LORD'S name in vain.
Maybe your lord but not his
keep your faith in your personal space and do not offend others.
To the person reading this. May success, peace and happiness be with you. Amen. 💛
Wow