Crittercam: Bubblenet Humpbacks

Wild Chronicles plunges into the deep waters of Chatham Strait where Alaska's humpback whales perform one of the most breathtaking displays of cooperative feeding in nature. With a hankering for herring, the whales blow "bubblenets" to help herd their prey towards the surface. Using a tiny camera outfitted with a myriad of sensors, Crittercam reveals a whale's-eye view of hunting techniques and mealtime secrets.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• National
• Geographic
• WIld
• Chronicles
• ocean
• marine
• Crittercam
• bubblenet
• humpback
• whale
• Alaska
• Arctic

[RobNLynchburgVA]

I wouln't want to be in that boat.

[bigbengamer]

When are these idiots going to realize we don't care about the scientists? It this was about them, their name would be in the title. More than half of this is how they did it, instead of all of it being what they found.

That's why Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was so damn awesome back then. The narrator had a dull voice, but you still just felt completely submerged in nature. NatGeo is doing to science what MTV did to music.

[TamilianPonnu]

Wow! It was quite vexing to fasten the Critter cam on the humpback but I am glad the strategy was successful after several attempts!

Beautiful video and thank you so much for sharing!