Nature - S18E07 - Humpback Whales (January 9th 2000)

Описание: Here's an episode of the PBS Nature series, Humpback Whale from 2000. My friend Rattera had already shared a transfer of this a while ago, but he decided to go the extra mile and had the tape smuggled across the border to me so I could re-transfer it with my VHS-Decode setup. I did my usual light restoration work and hopefully people will enjoy the upgraded quality of both sound and image. Extra shout-out to our friend Pozolestain who bravely agreed to be the VHS tape mule during these trying time!

As a side note, its getting very difficult to upload older content like this to YouTube without them compressing it super badly. I am trying to get around that with standart upscalling before uploading, but its getting more and more work and not sure how long I'll keep doing this but you can always get the highest quality copy on my Internet Archive page.
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NATURE’s Humpback Whales follows these migrating marine mammals and presents their unique singing and hunting habits.

Graceful and magnificent, humpback whales inspire awe in young and old alike. These marine mammals travel great distances to take advantage of the best breeding grounds and feeding spots. North Pacific humpbacks, for example, mate and give birth in Hawaii and then travel to Alaska each summer to feed.

These gentle giants are famous for their singing abilities — belting out seductive ballads to attract mates or to challenge other would-be suitors. But they also have other talents. Their unique hunting skill, called bubblenet feeding, involves a group of humpbacks working together to capture schools of herring. Each whale has a particular role in the process: One whale swims in a circle while blowing bubbles under a school of herring. When the bubbles rise, the school of herring can not escape and form into a tight ball in the center. Other whales vocalize — grunting or screaming — to scare the herring to the surface. The whales then rise with their mouths wide open to capture large amounts of fish.

Trek across the oceans with these astounding creatures and discover more revealing details about their wonder-filled, watery ways.

Contributor:

Producer: MARY HOPE GARCIA

Art Director:SABINA DALEY

Designers: KAREN MATTSON, RADIK SHVARTS

Writer: DAVID MALAKOFF

Production Assistance: RUIYAN XU

Technical Director: BRIAN LEE

A BBC Production in association with Thirteen/WNET New York.