Whale Sharks - Reef Life of the Andaman - Part 3

Whale sharks. Part 3 of the DVD, "Reef Life of the Andaman", available at http://www.bubblevision.com/marine-li... or view the whole 2-hour video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ncUVd...

The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the world's largest fish. Although huge, the whale shark is a gentle, placid fish. Here we encounter a female whale shark at Thailand's Richelieu Rock, north of the Similan Islands. We then meet a young whale shark at Burma's Mergui Archipelago.

Whale sharks are sought after for their fins which are used in shark fin soup in Chinese restaurants, or merely used to advertise the availability of shark fin soup. They are therefore vulnerable to fishing pressures and face an uncertain future unless the culture changes.

The following closed captions/subtitles are available by clicking the CC button under the video:

NARRATION / COMMENTARY:
- English
- German (Deutscher Kommentar)
- Spanish (Narración en Español)

MARINE LIFE & DIVE SITE NAMES
- Dutch (Nederlandse Namen)
- English
- German (Deutsche Bezeichnungen)
- Thai ( ชื่อภาษาไทย & จุดดำน้ำ )

Please get in touch with me if you would like to help translate the narration or marine life names into other languages.

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The video was shot by Nick Hope with a Sony VX2000 DV camera in a Gates housing. It was edited in Sony Vegas Pro then deinterlaced with QTGMC and upscaled to 720p HD in AviSynth.

Thanks to Mark Ellison for the music track, "Freefall Into The Blue". Thanks to Santana Diving of Phuket (http://www.santanaphuket.com), and in particular Horst Hinrichs for the thumbnail image of me filming the juvenile whale shark near Western Rocky Island. Thanks to Elfi and Uli Erfort and Daniel Bruehwiler for help with the German translation, and to Frank Nelissen for the Dutch subtitles.

Sharks and dive sites featured in this video:

00:00 Tawny Nurse Shark, Nebrius ferrugineus, Burma Banks
00:11 Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, Richelieu Rock
03:18 Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, Mergui Archipelago
04:21 Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, Richelieu Rock
04:51 Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Mergui Archipelago

• Category

  Pets & Animals

[pinkywinkytipsylala]

LMAO @ the guy in his underpants getting stopped from trying to touch the whaleshark @2:30 ..... he looks stupid in those pants already but even more stupid when he tried to touch the creature and getting told off . haha

[bubblevision]

I think you mean @0:30? Those are Speedo swimming trunks, not underpants. Apparently they are making a comeback and will soon be the height of fashion again.

[bubblevision]

The following subtitles are available clicking the CC button under the video:

- English narration

- German narration

- Spanish narration

- English (+ scientific names) names of the marine life and dive sites

- German (+ scientific names) names of the marine life and dive sites

- Dutch (+ scientific names) names of the marine life and dive sites

Thai & Portuguese coming soon. Please get in touch if you would like to help with other languages.

[JamManOne1Two2Three3]

Wow, this is amazing. And for all those Asians out there who eat shark fin soup, shame on you!

[Vered Yasur Arad]

Thank God for all this so beautiful

[Omar Khalil]

Great video :)



[lisasabrian]

Amazingggg

[dhanasridates]

Whale shark

[yolanda vargas]

Amazing

[Michael Vermeer]

It is my dream to see this one

[Menachem Haiun]

תותח¡!

[Michelle Depew]

Jeg er enig med suppe eater kommentar

[Michelle Depew]

I agree with the soup eater comment!

[Itachi Uchiha]

I would use my masterball for this.