I saw a blue whale from a plane once. We took off from LAX and curved out over the ocean. This was about ten years ago. There is no mistaking the silhouette of a blue whale from above. I was so shocked I couldn't even shout out for everyone to look. They are so beautiful. The sight lifted my heart and gave me hope for our troubled planet. I hope many more people will see them.
Great job yelling out the plane for others! I would have been screaming to tell the others! That’s a very busy shipping lane where you saw him or her and incredibly lucky-congrats!
@@saturn722 What does all that have to do with blue whales? I was thinking of the ways we have damaged our environment and driven so many creatures to extinction. That is the troubled planet I was speaking of.
Yeah, you’re right. I removed my comment. Unfortunately the more people there are the more food and planet resources we need. Im pretty sure it’s not as bad as the media makes it sound. In fact just in the last 50+ years man has recognized the importance of conservation and have actually saved many species from extinction. Conservation laws have been in place for many different animals and have prevented their demise. Life can be very resilient as long as man acts responsibly.
I just turned 75 and in the early seventies, in the Navy, while crossing the Atlantic we steamed parallel to two huge ‘fin whales’-could really tell if they were Blue Whales but they were really big.
@@plica06 and because whaling decimated whale populations. Protections have helped but as very large animals living in a very spaced out habitat it has taken a long time for those protections to significantly help the populations.
Just mesmerizing to see these massive animals in their element feeding. You don't realize how big they are. Thank you for letting us watch something that most of us will never see in our lifetime ❤
Simply incredible to see these huge animals coming up for food over and over again! I am so happy that it is possible to get so close to them with the drones. They provide an intimate peek into so many living creatures in the oceans! Thank you so much Domenici and crew and all involved in sharing this with us.
They are so graceful for such large animals. The twists & arches as they lunge, sometimes upside down when they turn back into the sea. Stunning drone footage. Just breathtaking.
Speaking of which, I've wondered where the whale's eyes were... a tongue-twister, I realize... although I truly couldn't spot any eyes on them - as I wanted to see whether they looked happy and expressive - but alas, all mouth and no peepers. Are Lunging Blue Whales by any chance blind, or am I? If it is me who's missing something, may I please trouble you to add a time-stamp into a reply, in which the whale's eyes are visible. Thanks.
@@martychamplin7793 Ah, a kindred soul😊. I also thought it's ''groovy skin'' looked somewhat plastic and wondered whether it was [partly] AI generated, or enhanced🙄. Thx.
@@laurisafine7932 Wenn ich richtig gesehen habe, kann man das Auge 👁🗨 bei 0:53-0:56 , 1:45-1:47 , 2:17-2:20 sehen. Es befindet sich knapp oberhalb des Mundwinkels. Wie gesagt, wenn ich richtig gesehen hab. 😊
So beautiful...at age 15, I wanted to study these magnificent beings. At age 65, I am just as amazed by how awesome they are...and that we humans have the pleasure to live side by side. Please let them live, let us humans never harm them (and all their ocean brethren); they can and will outlive homo sapiens! Thank you for this awsome footage.
I’m a long time scuba diver and have seen a lot of cool stuff underwater…but NOTHING compares to this big-boy…I dream of seeing a blue, please, please please whale gods
What a truly remarkable video, capturing perhaps one of the rarest moments, of the world's largest animal feeding.! Blue Whales are the most magnificent creatures on Earth..Thank you for sharing this incredible footage..🐳☮️❤️
So incredibly perfect. Beyond beautiful. I'm in tears as I'm just in awe of these majestic and peaceful beings and grateful that we get to share the planet with them.
This is amazing on so many levels. Just to see a Blue Whale feeding is a once in a lifetime thrill. These marvelous videos are only possible with the perfection of drones and tiny cameras with great resolution, people willing to spend the time to find these monsters, and a whole lot of good fortune. Thank you. It also shows that bait balls are no defence against a Blue Whale.
This is lovely footage. Really breathtaking. The title makes it seem like this behavior/manner of feeding is rare. I suspect catching it on film is rare. That said, I did click, and was not disappointed....
Watching this I was transfixed...mesmerized! I didn't realize how absolutely gorgeous & perfect blue whales are. If I didn't know any better I'd have thought this was like CGI or manipulated somehow because those whales are like...so perfect! The beautiful lines running down from the tip of their mouths & down their bodies, their graceful movements, omg. Also, I know they somehow filter out all that water they take in when feeding like that, but I just couldn't see where it went. This clip was like otherworldly.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr me staying away isn’t going to stop it . But I agree with you. But the tours won’t stop just because I stayed away. Have a great day!
@@tracybranson1699 If everybody thought that way of course it will never end.....sad and the great day I will have is when nature is treated with the respect it deserves.
This is absolutely amazing to see. I love how you can see the clouds of krill... And how slender they look until they gulp all of that water. Just BEAUTIFUL 😍
Such a beautiful video of a magnificent animal 🐋truly one of my all time favorites 😂 love the music 🎶 that was playing in it also. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of photography with us 🥰👍👏
*😯😳😍🥰 OH MY! This is such a rare capture! I saw the clip on IG and ran here wondering if you have a channel! OOoooh Myyyy! Not even disturbing this glorious being whilst it feeds. My flabbers are ghasted!*
Yes thank you. Every day, I find reasons to fall in love with this planet, & the incredible large & wee beasties who live here. Brilliantly put together, so worth watching ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! The music added a sense of THE GOD who created them!!! All of this giving me a much needed space of time centered in HIS PEACE, BEAUTY OF HIS CREATION, and FEELING OF HIS LOVE is more than I AM ABLE TO DESCRIBE OR THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR OUR GOD AND PRAISE HIM FOREVER FOR THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE LIKE I’M RIGHT THERE IN HEAVEN WATCHING IT FROM THERE IN GOD’S PRESENCE RIGHT BESIDE HIM!!! I don’t know if you’ll ever be able to understand just what exactly you’ve been given a gift to create and share such Things of Good, but PLEASE BELIEVE ME and BELIEVE HIM that HE IS USING YOU IN A MOST AWE INSPIRING WAY TO BRING OTHERS JOY, PEACE, and SALVATION ALONG WITH ETERNAL LIFE! I PRAY YOU ARE OR SOON WILL RECEIVE THESE THINGS TOO! GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR AND YOUR WORK!!! Much ❤, Many Hugs, and All my Prayers!!! Ocean 🐋 🌈Blessings!!!🦋🙌🤴🕊️ 🌊🐠🐬🌊🐠🐠🐠🐋🐋🐋🐠🐠🐠🐋🐠🐠🐠🐠🐋🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐋🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦
Rom 1:20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Capturing these magnificent beasts like this is amazing. Job well done! Just think, God created this giant to feed and be sustained by eating the smallest of ocean creatures. They could swallow anything else in the ocean, but need only the krill. Magnificent beyond my understanding.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! About 30 years ago, I went whale watching for humpback whales. The experience changed me, seeing that mammal bigger than the fishing vessel slowly gliding through the water. There was no ripple nothing if you weren’t looking at the animal, you would’ve never known that it went under our boat. I am very envious of you. Thank you for showing us all your video.
Very impressive! Calories per lunge is hugely important. The amount of energy needed to open their gigantic mouths combined with the increased drag means they could burn more calories than they gain if the krill patch isn't large enough. Luckily for us, we live in a time where the sea produces massive amounts of their food. This has allowed their greatly increased sizes to evolve in a relatively short period of time. That and the extinction of mega predators like the megaldon shark and Livyatan whale. Great footage.
Not so. Reports of Blue whale and humpbacks off Australia show some very lean whales that have not been able to adequately feed. 400,000 of tonnes of krill were netted from the Southern ocean by factory boats in 2020 and with climate change the great south polar current is speeding up affecting habitat for wales. Scientists are very worried about the impact on baleen whales from increasing krill capture.
The Blue Whale (Sibbaldius musculus) is a large rorqual native everywhere in the ocean, it is known for being the largest animal alive today, it is the only extant species of the genus Sibbaldius, its closest living relative is the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), both belong to the subfamily Megapterinae, which also includes the minke whales (genus Pterobalaena).
Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WORMS) blue whales are actually Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Sibbaldius is an out of date naming.
@tursiopsgirl8, nope, the Balaenoptera genus is polyphyletic, the only species of the genus is the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), all rorquals belong to the family Balaenopteridae but not all rorquals belong to the genus Balaenoptera, only the fin whale does Based on this classification, all other extant rorquals are now believed to be more closely related to the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) than they are to the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), for this reason, all these eight other extant rorqual species are relocated to four separate genera, Rudolphius for only the Sei Whale (Rudolphius borealis), Rorqualus for the Omura's Whale (Rorqualus omurai), Rice's Whale (Rorqualus ricei), Bryde's Whale (Rorqualus brydei), and Eden's Whale (Rorqualus edeni), Pterobalaena for the two species of minke whale being the Arctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena acutorostrata) and the Antarctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena bonaerensis), and Sibbaldius for only the Blue Whale (Sibbaldius musculus) Not only there are now six extant genera of rorquals (family Balaenopteridae), there are also in fact three subfamilies of rorquals, Balaenopterinae for only the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Rudolphiinae for the Sei Whale (Rudolphius borealis), Omura's Whale (Rorqualus omurai), Rice's Whale (Rorqualus ricei), Bryde's Whale (Rorqualus brydei), and Eden's Whale (Rorqualus edeni), and Megapterinae for the Arctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena acutorostrata), Antarctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena bonaerensis), Blue Whale (Sibbaldius musculus), and Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), with the subfamilies Rudolphiinae and Megapterinae being sister taxa to the exclusion of Balaenopterinae, thus making the fin whale the most distantly related from all the other extant rorquals.
Just amazing footage and mesmerizing such grace and beauty I am left with tingly sensations the way this video was put together thank you what a grand experience..
I saw a blue whale from a plane once. We took off from LAX and curved out over the ocean. This was about ten years ago. There is no mistaking the silhouette of a blue whale from above. I was so shocked I couldn't even shout out for everyone to look. They are so beautiful. The sight lifted my heart and gave me hope for our troubled planet. I hope many more people will see them.
Great job yelling out the plane for others! I would have been screaming to tell the others! That’s a very busy shipping lane where you saw him or her and incredibly lucky-congrats!
Beautiful!
Maybee yu'd like the STAR TREK movie ... about whales & extraterrestrials
@@saturn722 What does all that have to do with blue whales? I was thinking of the ways we have damaged our environment and driven so many creatures to extinction. That is the troubled planet I was speaking of.
Yeah, you’re right. I removed my comment. Unfortunately the more people there are the more food and planet resources we need. Im pretty sure it’s not as bad as the media makes it sound. In fact just in the last 50+ years man has recognized the importance of conservation and have actually saved many species from extinction. Conservation laws have been in place for many different animals and have prevented their demise.
Life can be very resilient as long as man acts responsibly.
Thank you. I am 74 and feel privileged to have seen such magnificent creatures before I die.
I just turned 75 and in the early seventies, in the Navy, while crossing the Atlantic we steamed parallel to two huge ‘fin whales’-could really tell if they were Blue Whales but they were really big.
It is certainly a privilege, you're very lucky. The immense power yet majesty these whales possess is truly something else
It’s one of the things on my bucket list too!❤
One of them appeared from Sea
near Maddalena Island (Sardegna)
not far from the coast...
It was a balena azzurra, beautyful 😊
I don't know how many viewers realize how unbelievably RARE an Opportunity this is, to film a BLUE whale feeding. Excellent video quality too!
Makes me cry, this is so beautiful.
It doesnt happen! Drones have created amazing moments
It's only rare because we didn't have drones before. We'll probably see way more of this.
@@plica06 and because whaling decimated whale populations. Protections have helped but as very large animals living in a very spaced out habitat it has taken a long time for those protections to significantly help the populations.
They are so intelligent. Thank the Lord they are now protected. We share this planet and must protect all life.
This undeniable beauty is humbling
💙💙
Truth.
Exactly.
That’s the feeling!!! 😌🥹🤗
Well put.
As a kid many years ago, I never imagined I’d see footage like this. Thank you.
Just mesmerizing to see these massive animals in their element feeding. You don't realize how big they are. Thank you for letting us watch something that most of us will never see in our lifetime ❤
Simply incredible to see these huge animals coming up for food over and over again! I am so happy that it is possible to get so close to them with the drones. They provide an intimate peek into so many living creatures in the oceans! Thank you so much Domenici and crew and all involved in sharing this with us.
Thank you for the support and following along!
Drones actually being used for incredibly useful purposes!These videos are beautiful!❤
Amazing!
Mammals!
They are so graceful for such large animals. The twists & arches as they lunge, sometimes upside down when they turn back into the sea. Stunning drone footage. Just breathtaking.
No words to describe how wondrous
and mind blowing this is!
Thanks for the truly beautiful footage.
This brought tears to my eyes. How incredible!! Thank you for putting this together and sharing Dom!
Love you Anna!
Me too, almost can't stand how beautiful this is, if that makes sense.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. 😢They are truly magnificent.
@@DolphinDroneDom Ill go with you next time, if you want? I take pictures with a Nikon..not nearly as good as the drone but lovely as well!
Just so amazing how they line up their bodies in direction of the krill 😮 just so lovely to watch....and the music was so fitting 🐳 x
I’m breathless! Stunning photography.
That’s crazy how they turn on their side to get the absolute largest mouth opening possible. Killer footage!
Absolutely, astoundingly EPIC footage. Seeing and unseeing the orange pockets of krill WOW. Spectacular! 💙🤙🏼
One of the most amazing things I’ve ever laid my eyes on.
Speaking of which, I've wondered where the whale's eyes were... a tongue-twister, I realize... although I truly couldn't spot any eyes on them - as I wanted to see whether they looked happy and expressive - but alas, all mouth and no peepers. Are Lunging Blue Whales by any chance blind, or am I? If it is me who's missing something, may I please trouble you to add a time-stamp into a reply, in which the whale's eyes are visible. Thanks.
@@laurisafine7932
I was thinking the same thing, didn't see the eyes.
@@martychamplin7793 Ah, a kindred soul😊. I also thought it's ''groovy skin'' looked somewhat plastic and wondered whether it was [partly] AI generated, or enhanced🙄. Thx.
@@laurisafine7932 Wenn ich richtig gesehen habe, kann man das Auge 👁🗨 bei 0:53-0:56 , 1:45-1:47 , 2:17-2:20 sehen. Es befindet sich knapp oberhalb des Mundwinkels. Wie gesagt, wenn ich richtig gesehen hab. 😊
Yes
Wow,wow,wow,just plain WOW!. Ty so much for this! So unbelievably large and elegant.
So beautiful...at age 15, I wanted to study these magnificent beings. At age 65, I am just as amazed by how awesome they are...and that we humans have the pleasure to live side by side. Please let them live, let us humans never harm them (and all their ocean brethren); they can and will outlive homo sapiens! Thank you for this awsome footage.
Music that compliments the magnificence of these ancient, giants of the sea! They are truly awe inspiring. ❤ Thank you!
That might be the most Wholesome video i’ve seen so humbling and inspiring
Amazing footage. Blue whales are my favorite whales. They are so graceful & beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 🩷
Mine too.
Spectacular!!!😃 Amazing to watch!! & the music was great too!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Wow! I don’t think I’ve seen blue whales lunge feeding before, just humpbacks. Stunning footage! Thanks for sharing 💙💙💙
Glad you enjoyed! It’s super super rare to witness a Blue surface feeding!
that's because there are tens of thousands of humpbacks while only a few dozen or hundred Blue ones.
Indeed, so beautiful, so rare. Thank you for sharing this.
There are no words to adequately express how incredibly beautiful and awe inspiring this brief glimpse is …
Awe inspiring even with the inability to comprehend the size of these creatures. Beautiful
Some of the best natural history shots I've ever seen, just incredible and congratulations!
I’m a long time scuba diver and have seen a lot of cool stuff underwater…but NOTHING compares to this big-boy…I dream of seeing a blue, please, please please whale gods
When I was a child I read a book about Blue Whales. Read it 3 times. I thank God they’re not extinct, and I got to see this video.
Qual era o livro?
@ I don’t remember. It was so long ago.
What a truly remarkable video, capturing perhaps one of the rarest moments, of the world's largest animal feeding.! Blue Whales are the most magnificent creatures on Earth..Thank you for sharing this incredible footage..🐳☮️❤️
To me, one of the most beautiful videos of this Giants. Thank you, for sharing.
It isn't often that I've got a huge smile and tears flowing at the same time. Stunning.
So incredibly perfect. Beyond beautiful. I'm in tears as I'm just in awe of these majestic and peaceful beings and grateful that we get to share the planet with them.
From the bottom of my heart and the depths of my soul, thank you for this.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
lol
😆
Goofball❤
Cliche af using star wars tropes and the word suddenly consecutively
Bravo lol
This is amazing on so many levels. Just to see a Blue Whale feeding is a once in a lifetime thrill. These marvelous videos are only possible with the perfection of drones and tiny cameras with great resolution, people willing to spend the time to find these monsters, and a whole lot of good fortune. Thank you.
It also shows that bait balls are no defence against a Blue Whale.
This is lovely footage. Really breathtaking.
The title makes it seem like this behavior/manner of feeding is rare. I suspect catching it on film is rare. That said, I did click, and was not disappointed....
Words really can't describe the beauty and elegance of these videos. The size of these amazing whales is incomprehensible! So awesome!!!
This is something beautiful and horrible for a person absolutely mystified and scared of the ocean at the same time. I LOVED this
Right!
I have never seen anything more beautiful in my life, well maybe, when my son was born. This is spectacular footage. Thank you for sharing it.
This is as spectacular as hearing them sing is deeply moving. There is no sound on earth to compare. ❤
Watching this I was transfixed...mesmerized! I didn't realize how absolutely gorgeous & perfect blue whales are. If I didn't know any better I'd have thought this was like CGI or manipulated somehow because those whales are like...so perfect! The beautiful lines running down from the tip of their mouths & down their bodies, their graceful movements, omg. Also, I know they somehow filter out all that water they take in when feeding like that, but I just couldn't see where it went. This clip was like otherworldly.
Wonderful video and splendid creature. Congratulations!! Great job!!
That is an outstanding video. Simply breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
Eins von den schönsten Videos was man auf RUclips findet. SPITZENKLASSE
Genau
Incredible footage ❤. Thanks for sharing!
I'm speechless. What an incredible video. I just subscribed. Thank you
Wow. Just wow.
Thank you for sharing this.
🐋
Dear Dominic!!
You are Amazing!! Thank you for capturing so much beauty! This is simply incredible!!
Stunning footage and suitable music, perfect to relax and enjoy, thanks 😊
JUST THE ABSOLUTE COOLEST FOOTAGE!
Wow, just wow. Thank you so much. I can’t imagine this the real that you must’ve had catching this. Nice of you to share with us.
Omg, Omg, thank you for this beyond beautiful footage. I am in AWE.
Thank you so much for this special and moving experience ❤❤
Absolutely breathtaking!!! Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks you very kindly for sharing this beautiful moment
I'm in tears, this is just so magnificent, thank you x
Just W O W! Thanks so much for sharing this incredible footage!
Thank you so much for this rare & wondrous sight.
I needed this.
Puts life into perspective....this is what matters.
I saw a Blue Whale this spring in Iceland. A thrill of a lifetime, I never thought I would ever actually see one.
I'm left in tears. So emotional. Beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
It's impressive, grandiose. Why would one cry though? They are just eating. If the video showed them defecating, would you also cry?
@@anastassiosperakis2869 You’re so cute. Bless your heart. Jackass. 😘
I would love to be able to see the krill they're eating. Beautiful and majestic💙
😂
Watch the change in the sheen on the water...starts shimmering...,the Krill are trying to escape....0:10 sec...0:58 ,,,,
ABSOLUTELY STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL video!!🙏❤️
We are already booked and ready for moments like this. You are so blessed my friend.
Hope you have an amazing time!🙏🏼 Would love to do this someday - send those whales my love!💕
Stay away and leave the whales to peace in nature.To many noisy tourists disturbing the equilibrium of the oceans let alone pollution.
@@earlgreyt123 you will! And thank you!
@@sarahjones-jf4pr me staying away isn’t going to stop it . But I agree with you. But the tours won’t stop just because I stayed away. Have a great day!
@@tracybranson1699 If everybody thought that way of course it will never end.....sad and the great day I will have is when nature is treated with the respect it deserves.
What an absolute beautiful creature, amazing video
It’s so amazing some shots don’t even look real. What a treat
Amazing pictures. Thanx for posting.
This is spectacular
Wonderful choice of musical accompaniment! Majestic and appropriate!
This is absolutely amazing to see. I love how you can see the clouds of krill... And how slender they look until they gulp all of that water. Just BEAUTIFUL 😍
Such a beautiful video of a magnificent animal 🐋truly one of my all time favorites 😂 love the music 🎶 that was playing in it also. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of photography with us 🥰👍👏
Absolutely stunning. Thanks so much for sharing ❤
Oh my…absolutely stunning!
One of the best videos EVER!!!
We live in amazing times to be able to see such phenomenal footage.
*😯😳😍🥰 OH MY! This is such a rare capture! I saw the clip on IG and ran here wondering if you have a channel! OOoooh Myyyy! Not even disturbing this glorious being whilst it feeds. My flabbers are ghasted!*
I so wish i had come up with my flabbers are ghasted ......I bow in awe both to that statement and this stunning video!
So beautiful and awesome .. what stunning beautiful creatures they are !
I’m just glad we still have 🐳blue whales in the oceans! Such Beauty! Thank you to whoever filmed this magnificent creature!
Yes thank you. Every day, I find reasons to fall in love with this planet, & the incredible large & wee beasties who live here. Brilliantly put together, so worth watching ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful photography. Incredible animal.
The amazing wonder of nature ..... beautiful - takes may breath away!! Love your videos, thanks for sharing!
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! The music added a sense of THE GOD who created them!!! All of this giving me a much needed space of time centered in HIS PEACE, BEAUTY OF HIS CREATION, and FEELING OF HIS LOVE is more than I AM ABLE TO DESCRIBE OR THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR OUR GOD AND PRAISE HIM FOREVER FOR THIS
ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE LIKE I’M RIGHT THERE IN HEAVEN WATCHING IT FROM THERE IN GOD’S PRESENCE RIGHT BESIDE HIM!!! I don’t know if you’ll ever be able to understand just what exactly you’ve been given a gift to create and share such Things of Good, but PLEASE BELIEVE ME and BELIEVE HIM that HE IS USING YOU IN A MOST AWE INSPIRING WAY TO BRING OTHERS JOY, PEACE, and SALVATION ALONG WITH ETERNAL LIFE! I PRAY YOU ARE OR SOON WILL RECEIVE THESE THINGS TOO! GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR AND YOUR WORK!!! Much ❤, Many Hugs, and All my Prayers!!! Ocean 🐋 🌈Blessings!!!🦋🙌🤴🕊️ 🌊🐠🐬🌊🐠🐠🐠🐋🐋🐋🐠🐠🐠🐋🐠🐠🐠🐠🐋🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐋🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦
Rom 1:20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
That was so excellent ! Thankyou
Capturing these magnificent beasts like this is amazing. Job well done! Just think, God created this giant to feed and be sustained by eating the smallest of ocean creatures. They could swallow anything else in the ocean, but need only the krill.
Magnificent beyond my understanding.
Supposedly the largest animal that has ever lived on the planet and is still with us after millions of years. Thank you. ❤
Beautiful. Very impressive footage.
What a breathtaking view! Brought tears to my eye. May it stay safe and continue to thrive.b
One of the most fascinating films I've ever seen.Thank you so much for sharing .
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
About 30 years ago, I went whale watching for humpback whales. The experience changed me, seeing that mammal bigger than the fishing vessel slowly gliding through the water. There was no ripple nothing if you weren’t looking at the animal, you would’ve never known that it went under our boat.
I am very envious of you.
Thank you for showing us all your video.
Very impressive! Calories per lunge is hugely important. The amount of energy needed to open their gigantic mouths combined with the increased drag means they could burn more calories than they gain if the krill patch isn't large enough.
Luckily for us, we live in a time where the sea produces massive amounts of their food. This has allowed their greatly increased sizes to evolve in a relatively short period of time. That and the extinction of mega predators like the megaldon shark and Livyatan whale. Great footage.
Not so. Reports of Blue whale and humpbacks off Australia show some very lean whales that have not been able to adequately feed. 400,000 of tonnes of krill were netted from the Southern ocean by factory boats in 2020 and with climate change the great south polar current is speeding up affecting habitat for wales. Scientists are very worried about the impact on baleen whales from increasing krill capture.
Nobody can fathom how much the world’s biggest animal has to eat . So awesome
Absolutely Amazing Thank you 👏👏👏
The Blue Whale (Sibbaldius musculus) is a large rorqual native everywhere in the ocean, it is known for being the largest animal alive today, it is the only extant species of the genus Sibbaldius, its closest living relative is the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), both belong to the subfamily Megapterinae, which also includes the minke whales (genus Pterobalaena).
Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WORMS) blue whales are actually Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Sibbaldius is an out of date naming.
@tursiopsgirl8, nope, the Balaenoptera genus is polyphyletic, the only species of the genus is the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), all rorquals belong to the family Balaenopteridae but not all rorquals belong to the genus Balaenoptera, only the fin whale does
Based on this classification, all other extant rorquals are now believed to be more closely related to the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) than they are to the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), for this reason, all these eight other extant rorqual species are relocated to four separate genera, Rudolphius for only the Sei Whale (Rudolphius borealis), Rorqualus for the Omura's Whale (Rorqualus omurai), Rice's Whale (Rorqualus ricei), Bryde's Whale (Rorqualus brydei), and Eden's Whale (Rorqualus edeni), Pterobalaena for the two species of minke whale being the Arctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena acutorostrata) and the Antarctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena bonaerensis), and Sibbaldius for only the Blue Whale (Sibbaldius musculus)
Not only there are now six extant genera of rorquals (family Balaenopteridae), there are also in fact three subfamilies of rorquals, Balaenopterinae for only the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Rudolphiinae for the Sei Whale (Rudolphius borealis), Omura's Whale (Rorqualus omurai), Rice's Whale (Rorqualus ricei), Bryde's Whale (Rorqualus brydei), and Eden's Whale (Rorqualus edeni), and Megapterinae for the Arctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena acutorostrata), Antarctic Minke Whale (Pterobalaena bonaerensis), Blue Whale (Sibbaldius musculus), and Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), with the subfamilies Rudolphiinae and Megapterinae being sister taxa to the exclusion of Balaenopterinae, thus making the fin whale the most distantly related from all the other extant rorquals.
Just amazing footage and mesmerizing such grace and beauty I am left with tingly sensations the way this video was put together thank you what a grand experience..
Definitely one of the most beautuful things I've ever seen. Thank you.
Amazing footage of a truly magnificent creature. And the music accompanying this video is just perfect …very moving. ❤ Thank you for sharing.
Great video!
Breathtaking! What majestic creatures. Thank you for posting this.
thank you for this beautiful and mesmerising video. I am in awe and truly humbled by these magnificent creatures
Thank you for sharing and making this fantastic video. I can't imagine what it was like to be there. Well done!
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Amazing! Think the biggest mammal on our planet eats something so small you can’t even see it in these videos.
Magnificent, thank you!!