Short aerial video of Cuvier's and sperm whales, Hellenic Trench, Greece
Dear Marmam and ECS members, We hope you all keep being well, healthy and busy with interesting projects. You may wish to watch an almost 3 min video with aerial views of Cuvier's beaked whales, sperm whales and striped dolphins from the area of the Hellenic Trench IMMA. The video is available at the following Youtube link: https://youtu.be/K3bkhu4dR3Q It is the first video that we have uploaded to our new Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVyp-eiteK0GBb0Lr5psk0g During the next days we will upload a longer shot from the logging sperm whale social unit that appears in the video, with all the very interesting behavior that preceded and followed the tail-slapping appearing in 0:47 and 0:53, so please keep the link or subscribe to the Pelagos channel if you are interested. More videos (old and new) with interesting sperm whale behavior including the behavior of a sperm whale social unit during a birth(!) and other cetacean related content will hopefully follow. The shots of the current short video were recorded during the surveys of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute along the Hellenic Trench in 2019 and 2020 with the kind support of OceanCare, Switzerland. Best wishes, Alexandros -- ___________________________________________ Dr. Alexandros Frantzis Scientific director Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute Terpsichoris 21 16671 Vouliagmeni, GREECE Tel.: +30-210-8960108 e-mail: afrantzis@otenet.gr website: http://www.pelagosinstitute.gr ___________________________________________ -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Dear Marmam and ECS members, Drones have given us the possibility to observe and record cetaceans from above in a way that we could not even dream before. An example is shown in a video that we wish to share with you regarding sperm whale behaviour within the framework of a social unit. In a 3 min video with aerial views of one social unit gathered at surface, you can observe what provoked the tail-slapping behaviour of a presumably immature male. When we were observing it from our vessel we had no explanation, since we could see almost nothing of what is visible from above. The video is available at the following Youtube link: https://youtu.be/nUK_6bkvHM8 <https://youtu.be/nUK_6bkvHM8> or in our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVyp-eiteK0GBb0Lr5psk0g You can freely share the video. Any comments you may have regarding the observed behaviour are very welcome. Best wishes, Alexandros -- ___________________________________________ Dr. Alexandros Frantzis Scientific director Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute Terpsichoris 21 16671 Vouliagmeni, GREECE Tel.: +30-210-8960108 e-mail: afrantzis@otenet.gr website: http://www.pelagosinstitute.gr ___________________________________________ -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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