Power of the fin whale - La puissance du rorqual
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Uploaded by cousteaucontent on Oct 30, 2008
- From the log of Calypso: May 12, 4:30 pm This is an historic moment. For the very first time, the finback whale is seen and filmed underwater in the open sea. The size and power that are frightening to behold from a small boat are an awe-inspiring sight underwater of enormity moving with grace. Propelled by admiration, a diver latches onto the whales dorsal fin for another first: a brief ride with a fellow ocean traveler. It is with a sense of envy that the divers watch the fin whale return alone to the deep.
- Extrait du journal de la Calypso : 12 mai, 16h30 C'est un moment historique. Pour la première fois, un rorqual est vu et filmé sous la mer. Sa taille et sa puissance, qui sont déjà effrayantes à regarder depuis un petit bateau, donne sous l'eau la vue terrifiante d'une masse énorme se déplaçant avec grâce. Poussé par l'admiration, un plongeur s'accroche à la dorsale de l'animal et réalise une autre première : une brève balade en compagnie de ce voyageur de l'océan. C'est avec un sentiment d'envie que tous les plongeurs regarderont le rorqual repartir seul dans les profondeurs.
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And you mistranslated "rorqual". A rorqual is simply any member of the family Balaenopteridae, whereas the "finback whale" is a common name relegated to a certain species, Balaenoptera physalus.
Ziphiid21 2 weeks ago
That's actually a sei whale. Note the single median ridge, the dark right lower jaw, and tall, falcate dorsal fin. Fins have a white right lower jaw and a more backswept dorsal fin.
Ziphiid21 2 weeks ago
okay wtf?
Tyj150 3 weeks ago
So they see a fin whale and all they can think of doing is jumping in and harassing it with motorized vehicles and their touch . Who knows how long they would have been able to film this magnificent whale if they had done so quietly. What would Jacques Cousteau think of this crew?
flynmonkiesrock 10 months ago
So weird to see these Cousteau guys, even way back then, doing something endangering not only the whale, but themselves... unless that prop is made of soft plastic or rubber, nearly strikes the diver's foot.
bubblerings 2 years ago
these divers are harrasing this fin whale and now Iceland is going to kill a 150 of them this year 2009
tundrasheep 2 years ago 2