Aquarist For A Day at the New England Aquarium!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Jonathan Bird's Blue World visits the New England Aquarium as a volunteer aquarist for a day to learn what it takes to care for thousands of fish in dozens of exhibits, up to the massive 200,000 gallon Giant Ocean Tank (GOT). What he finds is an eye opener-it's not all fun and games. Maintaining an aquarium is serious work. But it does have its benefits, as Jonathan discovers while diving in the GOT and feeding the sharks. This segment won a New England Emmy Award!
#aquarium #scuba #scubadiving #underwater #sharks #sandtigersharks #newenglandaquarium #massachusetts #boston
This segment was originally posted in 2012 but this is an HD version re-posted in 2015.
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Founded in 1969, the New England aquarium is one of the most famous public aquaria in the United States, and an icon of Boston. Over a million people visit the New England Aquarium every year to see amazing exhibits and the world-famous Giant Ocean Tank-a 200,000 gallon tropical coral reef exhibit.
Dozens of aquarists work here and I’m going to find out what it takes to keep the exhibits running.
Since I’m not exactly skilled labor, they start me out with something easy. Or maybe I’m just the low man on the totem pole.
But I think they saved the disgusting drain cleaning chore for me. That’s OK-I’m working up to the good stuff.
At last, I have graduated to something important: food prep. All the fish need something special to eat, and all of that food has to be prepared in advance.
Squid are one of the main items on the menu, and they have to be prepared by removing the beaks and then cutting them into appropriately-sized pieces.
Food preparation takes a lot of time and it has to be done 4 times a day!
Then, I remove the roe from capelin. The eggs are food for smaller animals in the exhibits and the fish themselves are fed to larger animals.
Finally, it’s out to the GOT-the Giant Ocean Tank-to start feeding some of the fish. I’m surprised to learn that the fish are hand fed!
Outside, it’s the middle of winter in Boston, with temperatures below freezing, but I’m getting ready to do a tropical dive!
I’m really excited about my dive, but I can’t help worrying about what tasks lay ahead of me in my aquarist training program.
I hit the warm water with a splash while hundreds of people watch, and head down below the surface to swim with the fish in this enormous fish tank. Except for all the people looking in through the glass, it would be easy to believe this was a real Caribbean reef. There are so many fish and the water is so clear, I feel just like I’m diving at some beautiful Caribbean island.
Of all the animals in the tank, of course the Sand Tiger sharks are my favorite. The aquarists keep them well fed, so they are not aggressive at all. But they are beautiful to watch.
Unfortunately, I have to work. A diver has to scrub these windows every day to keep the algae from growing on them. I tried to tell them I don’t do windows, but an aquarist’s job is never finished.
Still, I can think of worse jobs than diving in the GOT to scrub the glass and giving people a clear view of the fish.
Meanwhile, Sherrie is checking the health of the fish. She’s down on the bottom examining a nurse shark that has a small cut.
When I finally finish the windows, Sherrie demonstrates how she feeds the Sand Tiger sharks.
They aren’t always hungry since they are fed regularly. But the aquarists use a pole to feed them because when they do decide to eat, you wouldn’t want your fingers anywhere near those teeth!
I hang back and film the action for a while, but soon Sherrie decides that I’m ready to try feeding the fish. This is exciting! I finally get to do the fun stuff!
She hands me some squid and I look for a taker. The pressure is on because everyone is watching!
A cownose ray comes up and tries to take the squid from me, but I haven’t quite gotten the hang of it. The ray gives up and moves on.
So I try feeding the nurse shark using the pole, just like Sherrie showed me. Talk about getting the cold shoulder!
At last Sherrie takes pity on my pathetic attempts and gives me some capelin. I’m told I can’t go wrong with this irresistible delicious fish.
My first taker is a cow nosed ray, and I can’t resist giving her a little belly rub as she swims over.
Next Myrtle the Turtle comes over. Turtles are supposed to eat plants and jellyfish, but Myrtle isn’t picky. As you can see from her figure, she likes food. And when Myrtle wants food, you give it to her! Forget the sharks, Myrtle runs this tank.
THE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ARE KICKING IN
the scene i liked the most when i used to watch this was when you were debeaking the squids
Why is that the same for me 😮
Hello fellow member of the osc who’s childhood was Jonathan Bird
One of the best TH-cam channels
This is such a wholesome dude. I'ma get my Scuba licences.
Me to junior certification
FuckBeeMakeHoney JUST DO IT WE AINT STOPPING YA
Are you working on it still?
I have my junior certificate
And I’m ten
@@KSZ2163 hello fellow ten year old
my 8 year old daughter has been wanting to dive for many years. Thank you for helping her Jonathon! she finaly learned to snorkel!
I used to watch Jonathan's videos to seek comfort when I was young. He made me want to study more about the ocean and marine life. Sadly I didn't take the route when I went to college, but I never miss an opportunity to study them on my own
Same here man, I’m a freshman in college rn and although i love marine biology i’m a business major right now
@@gdheavy1006 what a coincidence! I'm on a business course too
I have been wanting to be a marine biologist for about 6 years now. I became a certified SDI Scuba Diver and I have been diving several miles off the coast! This is a fun career. I am just letting you guys know that.
who cares
I do
@@sumshossain2995 i do
@@sumshossain2995 i do
Sums Hossain I do
I do marine biology, when I'm a kid! I always love going on my iPad searching up facts and writing it down in my note book!
That's me
I really wouldn't mind cleaning everything. To me it's like meditation, and knowing it's making a healthier environment for the animals would make it even better.
aint so sure that animals care about someone cleaning the floor in the kitchen
@@Engifarting456 well, humans are technically animals!
@@gremloid true but i mean like the typical animals like squirrels, spiders or fish
This was my favorite video of yours to watch when I was younger! This video is a living relic, that I never seem to forget about!
And the magic of TH-cam is that the video sticks around for a new generation of viewers!
Jonathan: forget the Sharks Myrtle runs this tank
The three Sharks swim over
Shark: we 'll be the judges of that
9:43 murtle is so cute
Don’t watch this video or else everyone will die
@@cross6749 I watched the video
When I get older I would LOVE!!!! TO BE A MARINE BIOLOGIST
Same
me toooooooooooo my fave animal is a mako shark
Me to
It’s always been my dream to be a marine biologist 🦑🐙🐡🐠🐟🐬🐳🦀🦞🦐🐋🦈
@NATHANIELJ HILL my favorite is a sand tiger shark 🦈
I really wanna study marine biology and possibly zoology as well. My dream job would be to become an aquarist. After watching this video I know that I would love this job.
same
Queen G xx same
Me toi
Same
Same
That pole that they used to feed the sharks looks like a big caprisun straw
To the sharks it is 😝
9:43 murtle is so cute
WAIT I WAS HERE WHEN U DID THIS OMG!! Also, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your videos. PLS CONTINUE!! You were here for most of my childhood, and you still fascinate me. ❤️❤️
I've been wanting to do something in marine biology for a while, and recently I've settled on aquarist. I love finding videos like these because not only are they educational for others but they help me prepare and know what to expect in the future! I am so looking forward to this type of work
Can u explain what the difference is?
How’s it going with your journey?? I’m about to head on mine
Ahhh! Such fun, once you get past the working end that is!
I wish life was this positive
Lol
What do you mean
I now
It can be
YEAH ME TO IT WOULD BE SO COOL OH MY GOD SO COOL VERY COOL SO COOL OH MY GOD THAT IS SO GOOD VERY GOOD PRETTY BAD GOOID BAD GOOD GGOOOD BAD THAT IS OKAY RIGHT OH MY GOD TALK TO YOU Ltwr apple theme that yeah urinate oh my god we optometry
My dad used to take me to the New England Aquarium and bought me a pretzel 🥨 outside fist. Fond memories! ❤️
For everyone asking, these are re-uploads, but they are in HD now, also it gives people who are new to his channel to see his older videos without doing a lot of looking, also I love it because it gives me an excuse to watch them all again:3
+Survivor 2439 Thanks!
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That Turtle was so big!! I loved it!
I have to tell you, Jonathan... I really envy you (in a good way) when at the beginning of the video you welcome us to your "World". I like that. Your Blue World is almost three times as big as ours, here on dry land. It is stunningly magnificent. Full of life that couldn't be more diverse at every nook and cranny one looks at than it is already. Thanks for this much sharper version. Keep it up.
+Mark Said Thanks Mark!!!!
Mark Said ddd
Mark Said
I don't think there is no way to envy someone in a "good way".
envying somebody in a bad way is not a thing
Why even after almost 8 years their videos stil look modern with pretty high quality i love to watch these and im not even an adult, keep the good content bro
The nurse shark is like: I was sleeping...
Late it be like: IM HUNGRYY COME BACKKK
I recomend going to Singapore's sea aquarium. You'll be pretty suprised
I haven’t watch this a long time and I decided to watch this again to study sea animals and I can’t believe I’m so exited
I'm watching this in 720 60 fps and it's STUNNING to say the least :)
+DeathGaming134 Yeah, TH-cam's new 60p capability looks absolutely awesome!!! So we are taking advantage of it and going back and putting up some of our more popular back episodes in 60p. We are releasing all our new season 5 episodes in 1080/60p! Talk about stunning....it's actually better than broadcast quality. Who could have seen that coming 5 years ago?
Oh man, I should have read the comments first. I didn't realize I was in 480p the whole time!
+BlueWorldTV ohhhh please don't do that again when you clean 😕😕😕😕😕😕
The school year is over and I still watch this stuff cause it’s so damn amazing
The intro music hits hard plus is unacceptably COOL AND FUN
Thank you for this HD version! It was really nice to see the aquarium life from the inside, as well as what some of the employees have to deal with in addition to being able to dive with the fish in the GOT.
I subscribed when I found some of your other videos about Lemon Sharks and also one where the Sand Tiger Shark was one of the highlights of the episode. Ever since I watched an episode of the BBC series Quite Interesting where the British comedian Bill Bailey guessed wrongly about a Sand Tiger Shark being a Nurse Shark, I have wanted to discover how to spot the difference between Lemon Sharks and Sand Tiger Sharks.
It sort of reminded me of when my father and I took a tourist diving class in Malindi, Kenya back in 1985 (I was 17 then), when I got to stroke a Moray Eel under its chin and throat. It was very friendly and docile, although I had a strange feeling knowing that my German diving instructor once lost half of his thumb to a different Moray Eel, earlier in his career (he told us it was because he hadn't respected that moray eel well enough, so it mistook his finger for bait).
I am hoping to find a way to arrange some kind of tropical dive event for my 50th birthday in 2 years. My dilemma is what I would like to experience the most if I get to arrange it then, how to pick a specific place and species to look for as a highlight of that occasion. Any suggestions are welcome, both species and places. I am a little bit slow in my reaction speed, so I would probably enjoy the most to dive in shallow waters to make the air tanks last as long as possible. By the way, I live near Oslo, Norway. Our cold waters (even in summer) tend to be less exciting as well as more demanding in terms of physical effort and air usage.
+Trond Børge Krokli The closest and easiest travel-wise for you in Norway would be the Red Sea I would think.
+BlueWorldTV Thanks, that is a good point. That is often what I have heard about from friends in the past. I will check out its current status of safety, locations and available services. Sharm El Sheikh is the most referred tourist diving site from what I recall. I also recall that Sharm El Sheikh had some difficulties during the recession and the Iraq war period. I need to brush up on my information from that region.
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This dude is my childhood, I loved this episode. I remember I always watched it when I got a chicken nuggie happy meal at the age of 7.
LOL, I love it! How old are you now?
@@BlueWorldTV I am now 13
Hahaha, your videos should be played on Discovery Channel. You've got an awesome sense of humour, and I actually pay attention to your commentary. I'm watching all your videos now, dude. Subscribed!
Nice!!
lol that noise when you took the beak off the squid XD
I literally closed my eyes when he was cleaning the drain
Hey Jonathan this is my favorite video that you have put out! I have watched countless of times! You have kept my dream alive of working marine animals! now I am a penguin intern at this exact Aquarium! yes you do whole lot of cleaning.
Wow, thanks!
Loving these HD re-uploads
+Miz-Q8i Thanks! Glad you noticed! Many many more coming!!!
Right down the road from where I live & was born & raised! I've been here so many times I lost count! Myrtle the turtle has been there since the aquarium opened. She's been there since 1969...👍 🐢❤️
Hey Jonathan believe me if I were one of those Sharks I'd probably be the only one who likes you
I remember watching this a few years back when I was 6 and asking my mom to go scuba diving
Beautiful place watching from Vietnam
I love sharks
Great videos after years
Awesome vid. Myrtle the turtle is cool.
The people who go back and watch all the old videos they Rock and I love them whenever I'm having a good day and I want to go to sleep I just listen to the music that is in his interest and Jonathan Bird videos I love this videos man he's a great TH-camr
Thanks!
yay the NEA and yay from Boston...thanky
I love learning about animals and I love all the shows it now and it was even this one
This has always been my favo episode :)
Jonathan you are awesome!!! I really love your work! God bless you!
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Reminds me of that scene from "Finding Dory"
When he said "shh people work here" I screamed at my phone
I'm going diving with a sand tiger at my local aquarium for my 13th birthday!
+Mitchell Hogg Sweet! Which aquarium??
Deep sea world, North Queensferry
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I’ve been looking into a career as an aquarist and this video was wonderful help to know what to expect!
Nice and aosmm. ...👍✌👌👏👏👏👏
I'm making my stuffed penguin watch this HE REMEMBERS THAT PLACE!
did anybody else cringe when he used his bare hands to clean the drain? :O
No
I did
I do that often. And then I lick my fingers afterwards. Mmmh!
I would love to do that!
Anna Zhang yes
I think I remember this aquarium, I been there two times. Man……. I really missed that place as kid a lot. Wish I could go there again.
This was a really good video! Very interesting. I love how well they look after their fish and other sea creatures :)
This would be a really good video to show school kids :)
YOU GUYS ARE BOTH SO COOL JONATHAN AND COYOTE ITS PERFECT
Good day Jonathan, I live in Illinois and I LOVE the Shed aquarium. I was touched by the belugas and my favorite place is the polar play witch is for little kids but it's not really though too. I love the oceanic aquarium and my second favorite place is the Filipino reef.
I love your videos and I hope you make more and get more subscribers
Like if you agree.
I went there while I was in Chicago
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I live in Illinois and guess what my favorite was mild reef with sharks sharks are the best
Deane
I too live in illinois and my dream job is to work at shedd
The cow nose ray looks cute Jonathan
Holy crap it’s been so long since I’ve watch a video from you I remember watching you before I went to kindergarten
Oh boy! I live in Massachusetts, an hour and a half from Boston, yet I have never been to the New England aquarium! Maybe I'll go there this summer
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Tiller the guy I was born in Boston then when I was 1 I moved to florida
Fall out boy Fall out boy I was born in Boston too, the OG Boston though, U.K.
Jäger I just moved to Canada I was born in revere mass
Chase
This is probably one of the best videos detailing the routine of an aquarist. I've always had a dream of working with animals and this helps me out a lot!!
When they are checking the nurse shark for it's cut I get confused, because it's a "nurse" shark, it can take care of it's self
I watched this channel since I was 5 years old and I just wanted to come back to it :)
Thank you john
Why don't the sharks eat the fish in the tank? Also love your vids!
They feed the sharks well. They don't need to expend energy trying to hunt when they will be fed soon.
BlueWorldTV Thank you
Would you hunt a rabbit, if you got pizza in the freezer?
@@friedermaier1344 I did that hunting for a rabbit ONE TIME. Totally focused on impressing this DUDE. Shot the rifle ONE TIME and hit a big buck rabbit on San Juan Island. At 200 feet away, that poor baby screamed and screamed and I've learned no man is worth this nightmare for the rest of my life. Totally different story if I were starving or my family were starving but until then I will never kill just to impress some idiot boyfriend! I've actually cultivated quite the bunny herd and my only rationalization is that they are the TV Dinners of the predatory world above water. I go from 90 bunnies down to 20 within months. I've also got cats up the ying-yang that grew up PLAYING with baby bunnies, eating out of the same dish, and sleeping cuddled up together. We are thinking to sell and move to AK. I am having a tough time finding a buyer that would take care of the animals in this section of the wilderness. Including my Ravens! I just might die here! I haven't found humans that would care so therefore we aren't selling. My hubby is a saint. A real dude that is trying to see my weirdness as a good thing. I love him and all of the feral cats, the Ravens! and the bunnies that are part of our world. If we find we are starving I know from experience how much we soft-hearted humans are able to just turn that off so we could survive.
In my opinion you are the best scuba diver and I think that any dive is going to be easy for you.
Great video Johnathan
Thanks!
Your videos are really fantastic .
who saw this 4 years later
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Jonathan bird is funny when he is swimming with sea animals it like he part of a school of fish
On the 22nd of February 2019 I’m going scuba diving
yesterday I went fishing and had a swimming lesson how cool is that
I used to call an aquarist aquaman 😂
I love how his name is bird ( things that live in the sky) and he explores the ocean
Our name does not decide what we get to do with our life!
The first few minutes of this episode looked like an episode of that Dirty Jobs show.
That’s was the most confident no I wouldn’t Iv heard!
This is how many people want to do that
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My childhood these where cute videos 🥰
hello Jonathan can you do a video with coyote Peterson brave wilderness
Hopefully.
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that would be awesome
The sand shark nearly ate us AAAAAAHHHH
XD
"Forget the Shark he Murtle own his tank"
Is the water fresh water or salt water ?
+MILLYTheBunny BunBun In this video, all the fish you see are sea and salt water fish, so the answer is salt water. New England is a coastal region, so it is quite easy to get more salt water from the sea, if they need to add more sea water to their fish tanks.
+Trond Børge Krokli oh,ok thanks
MILLYTheBunny BunBun salt duhh
This was always my dream job as a kid. Especially after seeing the mermaid shows they put on.
Sharks Apex Predators
I lived in Boston and I went to Billings Montana but still visit every summer love that aquarium bin there lots of times
G.O.T Fish?
Game of thrones fish?
Andrew Lim
G giant
O ocean
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Mathisse Bisceglie well narr it's your mam
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you mean the open ocean exhibit from the georgia aquarium?
i dove there in 2004 ..I understand its the oldest..I really enjoyed the 25 cent tour of facility..I was surprised they pump their watet directly from boston harbor..The coolest part was swimming inside of the fibrtglass reef structure..Inside we found turtles amd eels..What a great time
I would feel like a fish in there
Haha omg I can't believe they made you scrub the floors XD ;)
Who else has been to that aquarium🙋♀️
I have
I wish i could scuba dive with jonathan dreams on my list 🙂
I clean stuff as a lifeguard. Wear gloves for that kinda stuff
Lmao the East is so adorable
Next time I go to an aquarium I am feeding the fish 🐟 🐠
Can i come diven i am 9
You can't scubadive at that age
I'm 7
Mr-AmA u wrecked his fun
Ben 2008 - 2009 u can get a padi dive card at 10
I'm 8 in 10 day's it's my birthday
8:03 to 8:07 I think the Shark was thinking no it's mine. My fish.
Please try your best and please do a dive looking for a colossal squid or a giant squid oh and for safety try to use a some marine four this and did you know that in China people eat octopus alive
Yuck!
Kate Austin Show well, that is south Korea. We chop it seconds out of the tank with sesame oil and seeds ansd eat while moving. Although it can be described as yucky' it doesn't taste bad.
South Korea eat them alive. They said its best and they like the feeling of it squirming in their belly.bi went there and the tour guide told us.. Gross as heck.
Oh boy this make so happy with sand tiger shark
It's a great aquarium but I think these sharks would be better in the sea...
And there we got the animal lover again
+Jennifer McAdam I doesn't matter, sharks are better in the sea than in a tank which is not natural....
I'm
Jonathan like your videos👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
True, but other people want to see the sharks
i like this episode plz plz plz do more i wathc every of ur vid plz do it also keep up the goodwork :*