We found the World's Friendliest Grouper!

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  • Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
  • The Bird family continues their diving adventures in Madeira with a trip to meet Elvis the famous Grouper!! Elvis is a large Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) living in the Garajau Nature Preserve of Madeira.
    To learn more about diving in Portugal, check out:
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    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:24 Friendly ocean creatures
    1:05 Madeira
    5:40 The dive begins
    6:39 We found Elvis
    10:38 Exploring the area
    11:24 Summary
    12:32 Credits
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Комментарии • 169

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific Год назад +39

    It's so heartwarming. What a friendly grouper Elvis is! Magic can happen when humans don't think about exploiting other creatures and instead preserve their habitats and befriend them.

  • @memyye
    @memyye Год назад +74

    Jonathan is the goat in the diving industry❤

  • @somnuswaltz5586
    @somnuswaltz5586 Год назад +16

    Such a handsome and cute grouper 😍💕

  • @maxpaye
    @maxpaye 8 месяцев назад +3

    Harmony weather, Crystal visibility, close contact with peaceful creatures I am so jealous ❤

  • @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030
    @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Год назад +7

    the ocean is truly incredible. so much variation and diversity

  • @FintasticFilms
    @FintasticFilms Год назад +11

    What an encounter! Groupers have always been one of my favorite fish. And what a name...ELVIS!

  • @DurpVonFronz
    @DurpVonFronz Год назад +7

    Groupers have always been my fave fish. What a kool lil buddy!!

  • @jenniferaltschuler8016
    @jenniferaltschuler8016 Год назад +9

    My 5 year old got a big laugh out of the “oh man, I look good” part 😂. That fish must have been a dog in a former life, so at ease around people! Amazing stuff, always fun to “tag along” on the adventure - thanks!

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад +3

      Thanks for watching! (I did the fish voice with the help of a pitch shifter). Christine thinks the silly fish voices are overkill. But I have a juvenile sense of humor, so I think they are hilarious.

  • @marilynalvarez9951
    @marilynalvarez9951 Год назад +4

    Elvis is the King, so adorable and Medeira is such a beautiful place, the water was so clear, another wonderful video, thank you. ❤

  • @benderbendingrodriguez420
    @benderbendingrodriguez420 Год назад +1

    Elvis is definitely the Rockstar of Portugal

  • @baizhanghuaihai2298
    @baizhanghuaihai2298 Год назад +20

    Jonathon helping Liam get that big hair into his wetsuit hood!🤣That was a truly beautiful parent-kid moment…and it was also kind of like watching a viral cat-grooming video🤣 That fish is intense, and so chill! Makes me want to visit Madeira, wow! Thanks for this channel!

  • @anasevi9456
    @anasevi9456 Год назад +10

    It's amazing seeing some less seen locations, always love a curious Grouper too!

  • @pam510
    @pam510 Год назад

    Aww Elvis even let you you touch him. He was Enjoying the attention for sure… 👍🏻💙 Love Blue 🌎!!! Amazing scenery!!!

  • @DarthRupi
    @DarthRupi Год назад +7

    Adding Madeira to the list of places I hope to visit. Thank you for this gorgeous video!

  • @jonathansantos2271
    @jonathansantos2271 Год назад +7

    Glad to know of such dive shops and affordable tourist rides with such places.
    Glad you found people you can trust while diving♥️
    It didn't seem to take too long to find a grouper. What a good day🌅
    Thanks to those people who protect such areas an market be life, even organizing tourist traffic to appropriate the flow of nature.
    Awesome video example.
    Thanks Elvis.

  • @TheSmileyTek
    @TheSmileyTek Год назад +5

    I totally see Liam following in his dad's footsteps. So cool that you get to dive with the family in such awesome places. I'm slowly but surely adding dives to my dive log. Moving closer to my goal of booking a week-long Liveaboard on the Great Barrier Reef. It's one of my bucket list items.

  • @bannoursalem5186
    @bannoursalem5186 Год назад

    woow!! i can live there forever!! thank you guys! well done and keep up the great work!! Love and best wishes from Tunisia

  • @elaineb7065
    @elaineb7065 Год назад +1

    Love hearing about ocean nature reserves like this!!! We need many more of them to keep our seas alive as they should be!!!

  • @Mo-mc6rx
    @Mo-mc6rx 11 месяцев назад +1

    omggg how cute is this!

  • @BattleTested
    @BattleTested Год назад

    That was sooooo COOL! He came over to say goodbye! 😅

  • @rhonemeyer4277
    @rhonemeyer4277 Год назад +2

    Jeez I found this channel today again after who knows how many years.. It definitely reignited my interest in diving! You're awesome Jonathan! :]

  • @JakolNibai-cn4ur
    @JakolNibai-cn4ur Год назад

    Nice meeting you friends!

  • @TheBleetbleet
    @TheBleetbleet Год назад +1

    The way his eyes move is really adorable low key

  • @DonDonEditz
    @DonDonEditz Год назад +6

    Imagine just chilling and creatures come down and start massaging you

  • @maximumman1008
    @maximumman1008 Год назад +1

    Hey I just got my diving license in Egypt sharm el sheikh. You've been such an inspiration to me since I was a little kid. Thank you and keep up the hard work!

  • @stevedavidmusic
    @stevedavidmusic Год назад +2

    Really cool music with this episode!

  • @parthsoni1847
    @parthsoni1847 Год назад +2

    Lovely place... I wish I could visit one day...❤

  • @deepestlevel
    @deepestlevel Год назад

    Those Fourth element wetsuits look awesome!
    Blue world team we appreciate you very much for taking us with you on your dives !

  • @SirChocula
    @SirChocula Год назад +1

    Unbothered, moisturized...happy in his own lane 😁

  • @MrBobwillis
    @MrBobwillis Год назад +3

    I was there two weeks ago with the ride down on the cable car, slipping on the stones into the water. All of the grouper were fun

  • @matthewthurn
    @matthewthurn Год назад +1

    That is one chilled grouper! Thanks guys, that was amazing!

  • @L.oh.ph.
    @L.oh.ph. Год назад

    So happy to find your channel again

  • @lcarrscottishtxn
    @lcarrscottishtxn Год назад +4

    Great video!!! FYI, not all of us fishermen are bad. Some of us are in to conservation and preservation. 🐟💙

    • @yojez
      @yojez Год назад +1

      It’s all about balance

  • @andreykarayvansky9549
    @andreykarayvansky9549 Год назад +1

    So beautiful! Thank you for keeping posting!
    And Jonathan seems to be in good physical shape, at least this is how he looks in those 4th element wetsuits

  • @AllieThePrettyGator
    @AllieThePrettyGator Год назад +2

    Those Ferrai Parrotfish should have their own episode🏎🏎🏎

  • @lydialeigh4
    @lydialeigh4 Год назад +1

    “ Oh, man … I look gooood.” This just made my day. Thanks for the fish voice narration! Cracks me up every single time. 😁 Great video!

  • @underwatermarvels3206
    @underwatermarvels3206 Год назад

    Going to Madeira in June... I hope to meet Elvis 🙂

  • @MadMatt13
    @MadMatt13 Год назад

    You guys meet all of the best Groupers 🖤🖤🖤

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад +1

      It's funny...we have a number of episodes with friendly groupers (Wilber the Goliath Grouper in Florida, Rupert the Nassau Grouper in Belize, Elvis the Dusky Grouper in Madeira....)

    • @MadMatt13
      @MadMatt13 Год назад

      @@BlueWorldTV they are amazing, strange how as a species they are all so friendly towards humans. Maybe a little too friendly for their own good in some unprotected areas unfortunately ☹️
      We should call them your Groupies 😅👍

  • @Benzel115
    @Benzel115 Год назад +2

    I went diving in Garajao earlier this year and met this guy and some other friendly groupers as well. They seemed to actually WANT you to pet them, haha. Nice footage!

  • @SwimSmall
    @SwimSmall Год назад

    I dream of getting footage like this one day for my channel. Amazing! 🙏🏼

  • @keeferdog5617
    @keeferdog5617 Год назад +1

    ELVIS IS DEFINITELY “IN THE HOUSE”

  • @NikosAndrianos
    @NikosAndrianos Год назад

    amazing grouper!

  • @kyleking9417
    @kyleking9417 Год назад +3

    I need the grouper now sir

  • @adampilot8275
    @adampilot8275 Год назад

    Lovely clip.

  • @snaileri
    @snaileri 4 месяца назад

    I'm really enjoying your videos :)
    very high production quality!

  • @mikewanke6695
    @mikewanke6695 Год назад

    Once again a great production . Love the double hose Mr Bird 🤿

  • @jasenanderson8534
    @jasenanderson8534 Год назад +1

    Another awesome video of yet another incredible experience.
    Reminds me of the batfish that swam with us and around us constantly for 15 minutes whilst in PNG at Kimbe Bay. It's obvious curiosity was intriguing.

  • @FFAdventuresOriginal
    @FFAdventuresOriginal Год назад

    what an absolutely gorgeous place. Jonathan I can't keep up with all the amazing places I need to go!

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад +1

      Here's the problem I have found with "Bucket Lists"....every time you go to a new place on your list, you find out about three new places you need to go. So the list only ever gets longer!

  • @henriquedearruda8902
    @henriquedearruda8902 Год назад +2

    Do a dive in Brazil 🇧🇷 next

  • @haiyunhuang2491
    @haiyunhuang2491 Год назад

    我十分喜欢你们的视频的。大龙炖鱼🈶️灵性。他真有意思的!我为你们的视频点赞!❤❤❤

  • @derpauloferreira
    @derpauloferreira 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing 👏👏

  • @derickdoveglass
    @derickdoveglass Год назад

    Look at those eyes moving around.

  • @sharethelove5034
    @sharethelove5034 Год назад

    Yayyy thank you for the fun!

  • @Magnumoffshore
    @Magnumoffshore Год назад

    Wow this is marvellous to get this close to a grouper 😮 reserves 😍😍

  • @christyg.8811
    @christyg.8811 10 месяцев назад

    I so glad I came across this channel, I subscribed immediately!

  • @yojez
    @yojez Год назад

    I love fish. Watching them watch us is so cool. You can see the intelligence in their eyes.

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      I don't think people realize that some fish have a lot more going on in their heads than they get credit for.

  • @abeerandanimals8512
    @abeerandanimals8512 Год назад +1

    Oh wow!

  • @alexpaddy562
    @alexpaddy562 Год назад +1

    Wow it's so clear

  • @droneguynh6371
    @droneguynh6371 Год назад

    Love the drone shots of the lighthouse ❤
    As well as the underwater shots. Thanks for the stunning video.

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад +1

      That was a mini 2. Amazing what the DJI drones can do!

  • @laurenwilson2145
    @laurenwilson2145 Год назад

    What an amazing dive. ❤

  • @alexpaddy562
    @alexpaddy562 Год назад

    You're so awesome!

  • @PRINCE09905
    @PRINCE09905 Год назад

    Love from India ❤🇮🇳

  • @aryelamaral
    @aryelamaral Год назад +3

    Come to Fernando de Noronha in Brazil ❤❤

  • @kakprisca5865
    @kakprisca5865 Год назад

    I do love this channel❤❤❤

  • @MidGosp
    @MidGosp Год назад

    Another incredible video, keep making em Mr. bird

  • @SolidStateSoul
    @SolidStateSoul Год назад

    Thanks for the video Jonathan, beautiful place indeed. I wonder what kind of crustaceans were hanging out on Elvis' face. Maybe some kind of micro cleaner shrimp?

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      Some kind of parasitic copepods.

  • @natia8523
    @natia8523 Год назад

    Awesome job as always. 🐡🐟💪

  • @anci3tjok341
    @anci3tjok341 Год назад

    Grouper__Oh men's I look good😊

  • @Infinte3
    @Infinte3 Год назад +1

    wthan bird fr fye vids been watching since i was 5 fr ❤

  • @DRONIXAR
    @DRONIXAR Год назад

    Super Wonderful 🔄⭕🔄 my dear friend

  • @brentjustinchua2422
    @brentjustinchua2422 Год назад +1

    The name of the grouper sounds like the famous singer

  • @americanhistorybydonovan7505
    @americanhistorybydonovan7505 Год назад +1

    I just told you.I want you to go to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden NJ to see the great hammerhead shark!

  • @pewpew4008
    @pewpew4008 Год назад +1

    Yayy

  • @CherylPix62
    @CherylPix62 Год назад

    Pedro resembles Curly! 😊❣️

  • @yechihonami8079
    @yechihonami8079 6 месяцев назад +1

    “Oh man.. I look good”

  • @RavenGent
    @RavenGent Год назад

    Grouper's are amazing fish. There's two at my local aquarium in a giant kelp tank that I always visit once a month. It's amazing that they can also have it kept Forrest too. If I'm correct.

  • @matthewthurn
    @matthewthurn Год назад +1

    Come to Sydney Australia for the blue groper. Blue Puppy Dog fish…

  • @Frankfurter1982
    @Frankfurter1982 Год назад

    I love Elvis, watch them instead of harvesting them. It's so much more enriching...

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      I agree with you 100% but I would also like to make a comment on the word "harvest." This is a term that people like to apply to killing animals that somehow makes it seem nicer. I hear it all the time these days. "We harvested this deer." No...we harvest things we grow, like corn or tomatoes. Hunting wild animals is not harvesting...it's hunting. I'm not entirely opposed to some forms of hunting, but let's call it what it is, not dress it up with a word that makes it seem like it's something else. There is no question that commercial fishing as we know it is completely unsustainable. 8 billion people cannot live on wildlife. To "harvest" a fish, you need to grow it first.

    • @Frankfurter1982
      @Frankfurter1982 Год назад

      @@BlueWorldTV I agree, i Just copied the term "harvesting" from another documentary without thinking about it to be honest...

  • @ngokchinlee1448
    @ngokchinlee1448 Год назад

    Thanks Jonathan for introducing us Mr Elvis. Btw, how old is Elvis?

  • @VisitMadeiraOfficial
    @VisitMadeiraOfficial Год назад

    😍

  • @martybess996
    @martybess996 11 месяцев назад

    I noticed your son using a dome lens on his Gopro... Would you mind telling me which one he uses and why???? Gopro's has super wide-angle mode. Thank you for all the videos over the years. You are simply the best! - Marty

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  11 месяцев назад

      The super wide angle mode is actually a terrible feature. It takes the full sensor which is something like 5:4 aspect ratio and stretches the sides to make it 16:9. Super distorted and weird. You are better off to use the regular wide mode which simply crops to 16:9. It still uses the full width of the sensor, so the width is actually the same, without the distortion. The problem with the GoPro underwater is the flat port which creates chromatic aberration off axis. The lens my son is using is a wet lens that fixes the flat port distortion.
      reefphoto.com/products/inon-ufl-g140-sd-semi-fisheye-lens-for-gopro-hero-3-3-4

  • @kimberlee3243
    @kimberlee3243 Год назад

    That fish is totally judging you 😆

  • @julesmarwell8023
    @julesmarwell8023 3 месяца назад

    elvis is definitely a baby

  • @marcusdutra7091
    @marcusdutra7091 Год назад

    The tip of his fins are whitened, my fishes in a tank used to have such unresponsive behavior when they were infected with common fish fungus or bacteria.

  • @TheLieutenantKnows
    @TheLieutenantKnows 3 месяца назад

    8:11
    It was completely unnecessary to give Elvis a voice. And I completely appreciate that you did.

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  3 месяца назад

      And yet his voice was Barry White???

    • @TheLieutenantKnows
      @TheLieutenantKnows 3 месяца назад

      @@BlueWorldTVIt doesn't have to make sense if it works.

  • @filipguziuk4596
    @filipguziuk4596 Год назад

    Hey Johnathan, come to the Aran islands in Ireland do dive with some basking sharks

  • @ichthyovenator3351
    @ichthyovenator3351 Год назад

    God I wish RUclips would actually recommend to me these videos

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      It doesn't??? If you watch a few more it will!

  • @SebEyes
    @SebEyes Год назад

    Wonderful video ! And such a nice underwater meeting :)
    Badly in the Azores, we do not have such a great visibility, but we also deal with a lot of fish species...
    Feel free to contact me if you want to dive in another Portuguese Archipelago, a little bit further than Madeira :)

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад +1

      We will be there in August!

    • @SebEyes
      @SebEyes Год назад

      @@BlueWorldTV Nice ! Which Islands? We are based on Terceira, in Angra do Heroismo, in the heart of the Underwater Archaeological park ;)

  • @CherylPix62
    @CherylPix62 Год назад +1

    Plot twist:
    Elvis falls asleep getting his chin rubbed!

  • @macmooney9136
    @macmooney9136 Год назад +1

    8:12-8:13-8:14 oh man, I look good

  • @willywolfsky6496
    @willywolfsky6496 Год назад

    Hey Jonathan I love your videos learned a lot about marine life I have a question is the soundtrack you use in your videos original score or non copyright soundtrack

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      It's an original score.
      ruclips.net/video/wUI0dd3my8Q/видео.html

  • @brah007
    @brah007 Год назад

    OH MAN I LOOK GOOD!

  • @matthewkretschmer7010
    @matthewkretschmer7010 Год назад

    Jonathan, you need to have your next family dive, on your diving adventure, have your, daughters, Elise, scuba, diving with you and your, wife, Christine in your next video. Why did you have to make sure that none of Liam's hair was show. His hair makes it easy to know which diver he is while scuba diving. I can't tell if Christine is on the dive with you, Liam and the rest of the people or not.

  • @gavinmesser4
    @gavinmesser4 Год назад +1

    Jonathan help! What size tanks did you use? Your friends at Bonne Terre mines want to know…….

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      The tanks we were using in this episode are approximately 80 cu ft but they are stubby/fat so they look smaller. They are a steel tank style that is popular in Europe.

  • @t-ime
    @t-ime Год назад

    Hi Jonathan, where is the video about your camera setup? Wanted to look the models up but did you take the video down? Thanks. I remember you have a pretty compact video recorder

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      It's on our other channel:
      ruclips.net/video/EAGGOoN-BpY/видео.html

  • @godzillamanz8139
    @godzillamanz8139 3 месяца назад

    *N O S G A L G I A*

  • @richgilbank
    @richgilbank Год назад

    Can anyone point me to the dome lens Liam is using on the GoPro? I've been looking for a decent one for a while but haven't seen this one. Thanks!

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      reefphoto.com/products/inon-ufl-g140-sd-semi-fisheye-lens-for-gopro-hero-3-3-4

  • @mikkosport2300
    @mikkosport2300 Год назад

    Nice visibility. What is the water temperature?

  • @4KELC6JN8
    @4KELC6JN8 Год назад

    I actually watch you on epic at school

    • @BlueWorldTV
      @BlueWorldTV  Год назад

      👍 Awesome. We love Epic...lots of our fans find us on Epic.

  • @randychiu2678
    @randychiu2678 Год назад

    Never see a fish friendly like that!!