At 598 meters (1,962 ft) below the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, ROV Hercules encountered a magnificent sperm whale. The whale circled Hercules several times and gave our cameras the chance to capture some incredible footage of this beautiful creature. Encounters between sperm whales and ROVs are incredibly rare.
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Edited by: Daniel Larsh
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Nerds are getting drunk and making out tonight. It's a Marine Biologasm.
this looks fake? CGI?
This would be so much better without all the idiotic background jabber – just a single narrator would be quite enough.
As Musk said…IT LOOKS SO FAKE THAT IT MUST BE REAL…?
Whale: “NEEEEERDS”.
It may be real but it looks CG
Those scars are likely defensive wounds from giant squid
haha sperm
Have you guys played music at this depth to see if whales recognise “us”
It's amazing how gentle the wales are, they never touch you or bump into you even tho they are gigantic when compared to us .
The great wise and intelligence of the charming , majestic whale observing , LIVING AND REAL NO INVENTION MOBY DICK , and the ridicolous , dreary human chatter .
The whale is fascinated. Imagine what it would be like to be in the whales "shoes". You know it's listening to them. Thank God killing whales is no longer acceptable to most of the world.
Кадры улетные
At 1:34 he tried to do boop
the Earth is burning
the Sea's are dying
what is the Whale trying to communicate to YOU
This whale was waiting for RELEASE THE KRAKEN
How many feet deep are you all?
Beautiful. Serene. I wonder what he is thinking?
Although I appreciate the excitement, I can do without 4 min. straight of it. What I would prefer is less talking over each other and MORE scientific information about the species, location, equipment, the science team, statistics, etc.
Genuinely terrifying.
How is this a rare encounter? I straight up just watch some quality hentai Haven and I see tons of sperm whales that get flushed into my toilet.
Guys, remember climate change. This…..is what we're trying to save. Our planet with amazing humans and animals everywhere. Thank you guys for all of your hard work. Wish I could be down there with you. Although this video is incredible, I can only imagine it will never be as incredible as being there! Whale:….."Oh look, they finally made it down here. How cool…..".
“Maybe from a KR-KR-KRAKEN”
Fantastic! What an otherworldly encounter! And a perfectly peaceful one! Too bad there was no external microphone … or an external speaker dynamos! Would love to hear the whale’s response to bird-song sounds. Would be intriguing to find a study of such an interchange. I’ve seen/read about elephants responding differently to very-low freqs sounds (low rpm records of classical music) played in the fields of African desert.
Beautiful. What an Awesome Designer Who made us. The Ultimate Designer. Lovely
God bless her (or him) just beautiful. God's Wonders
How deep was the encounter?
Scientists really are as nerdy as Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, and Howard smh
I wish they could act more professional. ?
Best one yet
Beautiful
I imagine similar reactions when we start probing our Gas Giants (yes, and their moons) in earnest.
Amazing how the buoyancy of the whale is in perfect equilibrium at that depth.
The “giddiness” is a little disconcerting coming from a scientific team.
Beautiful. Majestic. Sublime.
Great
wow amazing
I bet that whale is saying to themselves "Whale(like saying man but it's a whale) you can't get away from these people anywhere!" or "What are they doing way down here? " "No privacy anywhere! " .
That Sperm Whale To His Friends I Seen a UFO His Friends Are Like He’s Crazy
how does anyone dislike this?