Talking With Elephant Seals

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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025

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  • @paleomotion985
    @paleomotion985 7 лет назад +525

    Ah. The graceful oceanic Jabba-the-hutt. So majestic with their clogged drain vocalisations

  • @marnanel
    @marnanel 8 лет назад +653

    you have to be pretty brave to walk up to an elephant seal and play it a recording of another seal challenging it to a fight.

    • @clambroth1923
      @clambroth1923 8 лет назад +21

      How's that? Thing travels at 1/4 mile an hour - tops. Would you be afraid to challenge a galapagos tortoise to a race?

    • @marnanel
      @marnanel 8 лет назад +71

      Bill from PA It's the momentum, not the speed, that matters. Also, the tortoise doesn't have tusks. Also, the tortoise doesn't regularly chase down and eat other animals.

    • @squashedshibber2684
      @squashedshibber2684 7 лет назад +29

      All they do is burp angrily at you hoping you'll leave most of the time.

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 7 лет назад +19

      They are very dangerous for everything slower than them.

    • @brittanybecker170
      @brittanybecker170 5 лет назад +19

      And those big guys can move fast enough when they have to. There's a video of some poor highway patrol officers herding one off a road and that big guy is waaaaaaaaay too fast for something with no legs that weighs more than my car.

  • @cmndr_superglue
    @cmndr_superglue 8 лет назад +728

    1:13
    That guy is holding out the mike like he's asking for the seal's opinion on politics! XD
    "Well things could be better; I still have foreskin stuck to my face, but one day at a time I suppose."

    • @khalidatawneh7186
      @khalidatawneh7186 8 лет назад +11

      Commander Superglue lmao

    • @MofoWoW
      @MofoWoW 7 лет назад +10

      That's exactly what it looks like!! :)

    • @silasverde5410
      @silasverde5410 7 лет назад +9

      Commander Superglue it cuts away as the seal just fucking books it to the news guy

    • @aydenoneill2764
      @aydenoneill2764 6 лет назад

      i thought it was a camera XD

    • @jayjay86443
      @jayjay86443 5 лет назад +9

      @@nirodim4895
      "That sir, would be very explicit for the children watching this broadcast. I suggest we move this airing to prime time for my full story. Now on a lighter topic, I enjoy my current diet that's low in price but high in nutrients!"

  • @RaptorJesus.
    @RaptorJesus. 7 лет назад +239

    i don't burp, i'm simply fluent in Elephant Seal.

  • @MoonManCloud
    @MoonManCloud 8 лет назад +188

    Their mating call sounds like the sink draining after you wash dishes lol

  • @civilialost8008
    @civilialost8008 8 лет назад +252

    Why do they sound like drain pipes?

  • @dantevelez531dv
    @dantevelez531dv 5 лет назад +167

    What’s the call for “she fine af” ?

    • @Joelontugs
      @Joelontugs 5 лет назад +7

      I got money money money heyyyyy I got money money money

    • @harpseal9234
      @harpseal9234 4 года назад +7

      0:50

    • @spiralsart_1215
      @spiralsart_1215 4 года назад +4

      @nordhorny stfu, honestly.

    • @lh7801
      @lh7801 4 года назад +1

      @nordhorny you're an angry sumbitch aren't ya. try not to take a rando comment in a rando youtube vid too seriously because that's fucking stupid

    • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
      @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 4 года назад +2

      @nordhorny | Listen, pal. I agree, the poor grammar and spelling _can_ be irritating... but getting all righteous about it is even worse.

  • @brendonmorris2281
    @brendonmorris2281 6 лет назад +40

    Human: hi!
    Sea sausage: fffffaaaaaaaaarrrrrrt

  • @squashedshibber2684
    @squashedshibber2684 7 лет назад +534

    Why is there such serious music for large fat farting ocean dogs.

    • @srenkierkegaard4267
      @srenkierkegaard4267 5 лет назад +16

      Asking the real questions

    • @daychiii
      @daychiii 4 года назад +2

      The more important question is why do they exist

    • @_AntonioRipoll
      @_AntonioRipoll 4 года назад +7

      Because of evolution :)

    • @kaiserhundkek2531
      @kaiserhundkek2531 4 года назад +1

      timmy thicc Because nature willed it to

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 4 года назад +1

      And you didn't even mention their giant phallic noses?

  • @piggyoinkoink6352
    @piggyoinkoink6352 8 лет назад +45

    "Bring me Solo and the Wookie. They shall suffer for this outrage!"

  • @joesanchez2782
    @joesanchez2782 8 лет назад +51

    Amazing that such a wondrous display in the animal kingdom occurs so close to large human populations, another world so close to ours.

  • @brandyrose9997
    @brandyrose9997 4 года назад +7

    Who the heck would down vote this? I'm so grateful for her analysis.

  • @berssecor1316
    @berssecor1316 8 лет назад +29

    This is awesome! Those creatures are surreal. You guys are doing amazing work!

  • @djokonaoko1523
    @djokonaoko1523 5 лет назад +33

    Image accidentaly burping near one

    • @yb3604
      @yb3604 3 года назад +5

      Top 5 Most Shameful Ways To Go

  • @BillyTheBigKid82
    @BillyTheBigKid82 5 лет назад +9

    Just eat a lot of beans and you can talk to these beautiful creatures.

  • @pp-cc6cl
    @pp-cc6cl 8 лет назад +195

    hello angery big snout sea doggo

  • @fig1
    @fig1 9 лет назад +29

    Really great research! It's amazing to see how big those elephant seals are...

  • @davidjacob5828
    @davidjacob5828 7 лет назад +19

    Great job Caroline Casey!! Thank you for doing what you do!!

  • @OceanFragments
    @OceanFragments 4 года назад +4

    "Behold, the Elephant Seal sing us the song of it's people!"
    >demonic farting noise

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 4 года назад +4

    See, this is the kind of stuff and dedication and analysis you will all be waiting for when we find other planets with other life forms...this type of research is vital.

  • @mr_unstoppable
    @mr_unstoppable 9 лет назад +61

    wow bull elephant seals are biiiig

    • @ARC9652
      @ARC9652 6 лет назад +12

      Unstoppable They do grow to 4-5 tons

    • @enby_kensei
      @enby_kensei 4 года назад +2

      Yeah apparently their skulls are larger than those of grizzly bears

  • @VistasNatureWildlifeFilms
    @VistasNatureWildlifeFilms 7 лет назад +8

    I have spent a lot of time around elephant seals and always wondered this. Thanks for sharing!

  • @shara5309
    @shara5309 7 лет назад +107

    THE SQUIDWARDS ARE FIGHTING

  • @maciefergal1675
    @maciefergal1675 8 лет назад +27

    The population has hit 171,000!

    • @aaronamerican5187
      @aaronamerican5187 8 лет назад +4

      Ife Afolayan Another Animal that faced near extinction, but managed to survive.

    • @aaronamerican5187
      @aaronamerican5187 8 лет назад +11

      Hooray for surviving near extinction!

    • @LoryskaEntertainment
      @LoryskaEntertainment 7 лет назад +5

      While mass extinction is an ecological nightmare, extinction is a part of natural selection. Without extinction, what we see today would not be here, including us.

    • @johnprotagonist7296
      @johnprotagonist7296 5 лет назад

      @@Iwantjustice1
      Humans are way more useless. Seals are at least part of a Ecosystem

    • @truthfacts5438
      @truthfacts5438 4 года назад +1

      @@Iwantjustice1 All life is neccessary, the seal and mankind alike... but honestly how can you feed into such race baiting, you have no evidence for the shit you just said...

  • @jeffsipes9115
    @jeffsipes9115 4 года назад +1

    I could watch elephant seal videos all day. Love the blubbery squishy aesthetic. Lol.

  • @keepthesockson
    @keepthesockson 8 лет назад +8

    So cool. I love driving thru Cambria and stopping to watch the Elephant seals

  • @roflcopterkklol
    @roflcopterkklol 7 лет назад +5

    Animal planet would have made this into a 45 minute long 4 part documentary series using only the information and footage provided.

  • @WesterlundWildlife
    @WesterlundWildlife 9 лет назад +24

    Have you been able to capture growing male vocals? Our male is vocalizing more and we were curious about subadults and their calls.

  • @lemondropped8426
    @lemondropped8426 4 года назад +4

    I honestly thought it would be like a human and a seal having a contest on who can roar the loudest

  • @maxazzopardi7446
    @maxazzopardi7446 3 года назад +1

    I've always heard that male Elephant Seal bellows are far more louder than they seem when you hear it in person.

  • @lilitharam44
    @lilitharam44 3 года назад +3

    That's interesting. Just like people, they don't know how to react to a stranger vs. someone they already know. Animals and their communications are a lot more sophisticated than we give them credit for.

  • @coasterelite4042
    @coasterelite4042 5 лет назад +3

    Imagine everytime you opened your mouth you farted out of it. That's basically the life of an elephant seal.

  • @sammuelmccall56789
    @sammuelmccall56789 5 лет назад +1

    You should record the call of South elephant seals and put them next to North elephant seals and see how it reacts

  • @JoshenBits
    @JoshenBits 6 лет назад +8

    Come for the seals, stay for Caroline.

  • @Spearo22
    @Spearo22 3 года назад +2

    How dangerous are elephant seals to humans? If a human walked by one, what are the chances of it attacking? Would an elephant seal ever bite a swimmer or charge someone on land?

  • @pleasedontwhipmemaster2353
    @pleasedontwhipmemaster2353 5 лет назад +1

    How to talk to a elephant seal - just fart .

  • @fritz6462
    @fritz6462 5 лет назад +2

    Man seeing them fight is kind of scary because it looks so strong

  • @factenter6787
    @factenter6787 4 года назад

    Scientists: please share a few words with us.
    Elephant seals: sound of trying to start a car with a dead alternator.

  • @evelynmontez3565
    @evelynmontez3565 3 года назад +1

    They know individuals!

  • @jennifermiller7813
    @jennifermiller7813 3 года назад +1

    They are just magnificent

  • @johnnyfavorite1194
    @johnnyfavorite1194 5 лет назад +1

    Elephant Seals: Perhaps the most unsightly members of the Mammalia Class, even exceeding the horror of Babirusa Swine.

  • @lsswappedcessna
    @lsswappedcessna 3 года назад

    heh, it's like they know that you want them to yell-burp into the microphone.

  • @nocultist7050
    @nocultist7050 4 года назад +1

    When you fart with your mouth all day and people find you magnificent.

  • @Mimiootto
    @Mimiootto 4 года назад

    Watching this, i just realised, i have never seen a male sea elephant swim

  • @yeahcjay
    @yeahcjay 4 года назад +5

    0:16 I love how this girl's mouth gradually closes as she speaks

  • @bambinazo123
    @bambinazo123 3 года назад

    Jurassic park?
    This sounds like You we're figthing in front of a clogged toilet

  • @punkbeluga5091
    @punkbeluga5091 4 года назад

    Me: *burps*
    Elephant seal: SQUARE UP!

  • @brad349miller
    @brad349miller 3 года назад

    Do these things ever go in the ocean? I never see footage of these things in the water. They're always loafing on the beach and the men are either fighting, crushing, or smashing.

  • @andrewhassell9891
    @andrewhassell9891 4 года назад +4

    Imagine how bad their breath stinks

  • @angryrex8268
    @angryrex8268 4 года назад +1

    Look at how they jiggle on land doe

  • @Lieutenant_Dude
    @Lieutenant_Dude 5 лет назад +1

    They sound like my colon after having too much steak.

    • @lisarochwarg4707
      @lisarochwarg4707 4 года назад

      Maybe this woman can do a wildlife special on you.

  • @TheCoolProfessor
    @TheCoolProfessor 3 года назад

    "You shall be my mate human woman! Now bring me a fish!!"

  • @fbghetto5
    @fbghetto5 5 лет назад

    The scars on their neck probably makes them irresistible to female elephant seals

  • @bloodreaper4515
    @bloodreaper4515 6 лет назад +1

    This is how i sound like when no ones home

  • @KarlJohanson42
    @KarlJohanson42 5 лет назад

    I have a bad cold, and I commented recently that I sound like an elephant seal barking when I cough. Then I thought to see if I was right and came across your interesting video: ) I sound similar, but not the same.

  • @Thereis1
    @Thereis1 Год назад

    Huh they all have different voices and only respond to ones they recognize it seems

  • @thijsjong
    @thijsjong 5 лет назад

    That is how I sound in the morning after a night of heavy drinking

  • @readynow12345
    @readynow12345 6 лет назад +1

    Are elephants seals in shows can they be tamed I have yet to find any videos on them with a trainer

    • @valerijamakarenko1714
      @valerijamakarenko1714 5 лет назад

      I suggest looking up Coolio the northern elephant seal. He is living at the Pittsburg Zoo and is partly blind, he has two amazing trainers working on simple tricks with him. There is also a video of Roland, the northern elephant seal that lived in a german zoo in 1937 (don't know if this is the right year) and he doesn't do much tricks in the video, but you can see his obedience ti the trainer.
      P.S.: It's 1931, sorry.

    • @lapantony
      @lapantony Месяц назад

      ​​@@valerijamakarenko1714 There were several consecutive Rolands in the Berlin zoo, I think some lived in 1937 too. Although I think they were southern elephant seals

  • @Randomgolfguy
    @Randomgolfguy 3 года назад

    0:48 Me after the Tacos & Nachos party.

  • @waffenssbryce7838
    @waffenssbryce7838 6 лет назад

    At that island where the elephant seals are at, there are great white sharks.

  • @zer0_zen189
    @zer0_zen189 6 лет назад

    What they sound like is unplugging a tub

  • @jawadad802
    @jawadad802 4 года назад

    fun fact, most of the audio recordings turned out to be some kind of vocalisation of ..."get that fucking microphone outta my face bitch...!'

  • @blazer_x2325
    @blazer_x2325 5 лет назад +1

    0:00 to 0:02 not trying to be weird but that elephant seal sounds like somebody pooping.

  • @christopheralmeda6403
    @christopheralmeda6403 4 года назад

    The two elephant seals were actually fighting for the hot student.

  • @timl.b.2095
    @timl.b.2095 3 года назад

    Good science story, but why is there piano music? Doesn't add one darn thing.

  • @Nobody-qj9ez
    @Nobody-qj9ez 4 года назад

    wow this is the biggest seal I ever seen, there twice bigger than a human when look up with there head

  • @catklyst
    @catklyst 3 года назад

    Can they regrow their noses if they get them ripped off or are injured? I've always wondered.

  • @luciferthenarrator4305
    @luciferthenarrator4305 5 лет назад +1

    They’re so freakin derpy

  • @cwaddle
    @cwaddle 4 года назад

    You want to hear me out ? Burp burp burp...

  • @Flusap
    @Flusap 6 лет назад +1

    I like elephant seals for their floppy noses

  • @LoderMike
    @LoderMike 4 года назад

    I would duel a koala for your affection.

  • @rxg9er
    @rxg9er 4 года назад

    I'm fairly certain the information contained within the calls is "Fuck you!"

  • @randommadman7348
    @randommadman7348 4 года назад +3

    I can't take these things seriously. Even with the knowledge that they are living sea tanks.

  • @janissprudzans8631
    @janissprudzans8631 8 лет назад +1

    LOL They are recording how they burp? XD LOL

  • @RamiroBelmaresJr
    @RamiroBelmaresJr 7 лет назад +1

    Caroline reminds me of Elena from Uncharted lol
    I think she sounds like her!

    • @codq1329
      @codq1329 5 лет назад

      Ramiro Belmares I know super late but yeah she does kinda sound like her and her look isn’t that far off either. That’s my favorite game series of all time!

  • @reyb1649
    @reyb1649 4 года назад

    If I put some shoulder pads on an rushed one of these beasts, how would it turn out for me?

  • @vaper8824
    @vaper8824 5 лет назад

    My back hurts watching this

  • @spiralsart_1215
    @spiralsart_1215 4 года назад

    So this is what Squidwards dad looks like...

  • @stevennorris2774
    @stevennorris2774 7 лет назад

    What's the height of elephant seals when they are laying down?

  • @sauron6064
    @sauron6064 5 лет назад

    Why are the male ones so big compared to the female ones?

    • @draw2death421
      @draw2death421 4 года назад

      Well thats easy guestion. Thats because bigger the elephant seal is more changes it has to win agains another elephan seal so it can claim mates.

  • @schendel_films
    @schendel_films 7 лет назад

    Fantastic Research! Keep it up!

  • @sharebear5745
    @sharebear5745 4 года назад

    Why do I love it?
    This is my new favorite animal
    ill call it s q u i r d w a r d

  • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
    @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 4 года назад +1

    Gonzo Vs. Squidward, 1993 Heavyweight Championship, Colourized.

  • @sadmancaves
    @sadmancaves 4 года назад

    is that Nancy from peepshow

  • @jessewallace12able
    @jessewallace12able 4 года назад

    How do you know that recording the call doesn’t change it?

  • @wahidtrynaheghugh260
    @wahidtrynaheghugh260 5 лет назад

    Can I have a copy of these recordings please

  • @Koot2887
    @Koot2887 7 лет назад +2

    0:00 the way they jump

  • @thomasblackwell6860
    @thomasblackwell6860 5 лет назад

    What’s the purpose of the elephant seals big weird nose?

  • @king_bee3577
    @king_bee3577 4 года назад +2

    There mating call sounds like there having a burping contest but it’s interesting

  • @AbandonedChannel-y24
    @AbandonedChannel-y24 3 года назад

    why do they hate each other at 0:01

  • @donkeycheeseburger2125
    @donkeycheeseburger2125 4 года назад +1

    I just want to know how some crazy sailors thought this this was a sexy women

  • @vinnybruce2874
    @vinnybruce2874 8 лет назад

    are they the largest seals on earth

    • @aaronamerican5187
      @aaronamerican5187 7 лет назад

      Vincent Bruce The Southern Elephant Seals are Larger than the Northern Elephant Seal.

    • @MatheusHenrique-od8di
      @MatheusHenrique-od8di 6 лет назад

      Not as large as ***FLEX SEAL!!!***

  • @VixxKong2
    @VixxKong2 4 года назад +1

    I thought I was watching The Onion

  • @takeomasaki3639
    @takeomasaki3639 8 лет назад +19

    That's what happens when they grow completely.. 😶 I thought they stayed cute and fuzzy wuzzy.😶

    • @noticias6111
      @noticias6111 6 лет назад +3

      May you not be thinking about baby Harp seals?. Imo adult harp seal *sort of* look like baby elephant seals.

    • @NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh
      @NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh 4 года назад

      Well they’re generally chill enough, plus they make more babies. Also their females stay cute

  • @p2xcgames511
    @p2xcgames511 3 года назад

    j think seal have more temper than let say: orca?

  • @emmas5456
    @emmas5456 8 лет назад +2

    Incredible!

  • @adamslaroth6284
    @adamslaroth6284 3 года назад

    They sound like Alligators

  • @jakichase
    @jakichase 9 лет назад +17

    Since the elephant was the logo for the Republican Party when Eisenhower was leader, I would like to suggest the male elephant seal in rut for the new Republican Party.

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 4 года назад

      I would like to suggest a piece of flaming poop as the GOP’s new logo

    • @gregdolecki8530
      @gregdolecki8530 4 года назад

      @@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Why? You sound like the type of idiot that would stomp on a flaming bag placed on your doorstep. Stupid kid.

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 4 года назад

      @@gregdolecki8530 oops I thought you wrote I would stomp on our flag, which is an insult you should NEVER EVER EVER EVER use against somebody if it’s NOT TRUE

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 4 года назад

      @@gregdolecki8530 don’t be a boomer, the entire world hates the Red Taliban’s guts. Today’s little draft-dodging, invertebrate,
      mouthbreathing little GOP freaks are RINOS, and an embarrassment to true military heroes and to Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Nixon, and especially Reagan. My dad and grandfather, both military vets and TRUE CONSERVATIVES despise all of your guts BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THEIR PARTY. You’ve brought shame and dishonor and treason.
      George Patton’s grandson, a Vietnam Navy Vet in 2016: *"Donald Trump says we need to 'bring back Patton,' but I can say with certainty: Mr. Trump, you are no Patton.”*

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 4 года назад

      @@gregdolecki8530 the fact that you’ve INSULTED TWO OF OUR OUR MOST REVERED LIVING MARINES, THREE DECORATED IRAQ WAR VETERANS, THE FIRST FEMALE DOUBLE AMPUTEE OF THE WAR, A TRIPLE AMPUTEE VIETNAM VET, A VIETNAM POW, AND THE FACT THAT YOU’VE PARDONED WAR CRIMINALS WHILE DEMOTING A DECORATED LT COLONEL AND A NAVY CAPTAIN should constitute TREASON and a BETRAYAL OF OUR COUNTRY. You should be STRIPPED of your CITIZENSHIP and SPAT ON LIKE THE RABID DOGS YOU ARE and THROWN IN KENNELS.

  • @dingdongboy7340
    @dingdongboy7340 4 года назад

    They were throwing swingers at the start

  • @Voltaic_Fire
    @Voltaic_Fire 3 года назад

    Fascinating.