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Scientists filming in the South Ocean off the coast of New Zealand captured this stunning footage of a blue whale eating a mass of krill. The whales can grow up to the length of three school buses and require a lot of energy to accelerate in the water. They speed up to about 6.7 miles just before consuming the krill, and the act of opening their mouth slows them down to about 1.1 miles per hour. They then have to expend even more energy to get back up to speed. All of this energy spent may lead the whales to be picky eaters, if the mass of krill is too small they may swim through without opening their mouth to feed.
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Krill: And just like that, we're back to 300 members
Lmao
Outstanding!
ahoo!!
Was it the Whale27 ?
3,000 to 300 or would it have been like 30,000?
For scientists this was a great moment in their research. For the Krill, it was like an apocalypse that will likely scar many of them. And for the Whale... it was Tuesday.
for the whale, it was more like brunch time...
I love this comment 😂
better fed it to whales than humans..
For us homework
Blues ahhhhhh lovely
I love that we still have blue whales on this earth with us , such a magnificent species!
but we hunted them to almost extinction..
@@vivekkarumudi cope
@@jnetwork3232 dude stop
porque no nos comemos el Krill por Qué sino ya no hubieran ballenas Azules😂😂😂😂😂...Dale tiempo a los Japoneses que se comen hasta los delfines😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I wonder if they get as frustrated with small patches of krill as I do with all the tiny broken bits of chips at the bottom of the bag.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You are a majestic land whale
@@bin4709 idk if that's an insult or a compliment or a joke
@@pluggothesluggo5509 Yes.
@Haikal we kinda do. Picking up the chunks piece by piece takes more energy than just picking up a whole fry.
And to think that without Krill, one of the smallest animals in existence, we would not have the largest animal that ever lived.
slightly Mindblown
If it wasn't for Japanese whalers we would have a lot more! If it wasn't for Watson and whale wars they would be extinct. I have donated thousands of dollars to these organizations and everyone watching this should do the same, any amount can make a difference :(
Chris Paul Yeah they currently are** There have been MILLIONS of mammals that have been WAY larger than blue whales back in the ancient days. I have an associates in marine biology trust me I know what im talking about lol.
@@ikaikaxkeahi name a single one for me. Just one animal on land or sea that was bigger than a blue whale.
@@ikaikaxkeahi Yeah i wanna know to
It's mindblowing how the biggest extant animal on Earth feeds mostly on puny shrimp
Savage
Alberto Balberto bahahaha GOLD!
メKawaiiYanderleeメ existing* not extant
@@mlg445 What is the definition of extant then? Hmmmm?
@@mlg445 (the answer is still in existence; surviving)
The most majestic animal on the planet. Absolutely amazing.
good soup
Krill are indeed majestic
I like tree frogs and hippos
No they are not.
Was in a forty foot boat a few miles off of Monterey California a few years ago and had one of these big guys swim alongside us for a long time. When it went under us it was as wide, if not wider then the boat and a good eighty feet long. An experience I will never forget.
Dang. That's unreal
Blue whales are majestic. They are so beautiful.
And very intellegent creatures as well
Agreed.
Make for great meat in Japan!
They are more than that. I can’t even describe how much.
Yep amazing. That's one of my ambitions, to see one in real life
I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
Its over Krill!!! I have the high tide!!!!
I love this video but that was a GREAT slam them in reference to Star Wars! Love it!! : D
Much to learn you still have!
like when u bust a nut
Instantly silenced*
Way to rip off an OG natty geo comment though.
Amazing how subtle their sensing powers are. That krill is just a sort of mush in the water, yet the whale senses whether it's enough to bother with or not!
Also telling you there are plenty of food out there, no rush!
Have you seen how big swarms of krill are?
A typical krill school has a length of 100 m, width of 3-4 m, and depth of 10 m, and school densities have been visually estimated at 20,000 to 30,000 individuals per cubic meter....also krill smell is not so subtle. They are amazing animals
@@Andres-nu3xh Have to admit I've never smelled it.
Nature is balanced by 2 factors; The largest and the smallest. That's how it defines itself. Astonishing! 😲
Millions of krill were harmed in the making of this motion picture.
Krill Was So Many
Thats what whale eat duh
I would dare say Billions.
🤣🤣🤣
Silvus Sol
And people deny that this animal is carnivorous.
It absolutely blows my mind that the biggest animal that's ever lived on earth is living in our era.
Well, biggest that we know of. We haven't discovered everything that is alive today, much less what has become extinct.
Yeah thats true. I guess I'm just more impressed that after all the amazing animals we have discovered, none have been bigger than the blue whale
You mean most massive, because big can imply other things like length or height. I agree though, I have known that blue whales are the most massive species to ever live on Earth for quite some time now, but it is still mind blowing every time I think about it.
And the longest
No prehistoric animal was larger?
That baby blue whale swimming next to its mother was so cute.
We need to protect our planet and the amazing animals that inhabit it.
The largest animal to ever exist. And it’s currently existing with us and not extinct.
What a blessing.
I guess you could say the blue whale went on a KRILLING SPREE
You stole this from the guy that said “I guess you could say he went in for the KRILL”
@@joshuabeckford6815it's been a WHALE since I heard something as ridiculous as your accusation, did you PRAWN your brain for meth money or something? Or are you just a CRABBY person?
Hahaha
@@arcanegojira9066 is that a peanut reference
Ok. Funny. Lol...yeah...it is funny. 😊☺
1.2K krills disliked this video
Edit: Stop liking this comment, you whales!
I'm actually shocked no one "cried" from watching this video lol
Could’ve been 2million dislikes
....but they died
@@mauigio LOL I couldn't sleep and ended up here from Watching japanese deep house of all things. Once the song started and the whale came into view I broke in tears lol!!
@@JMGEntertainmentify awesome! I knew someone had to 😋 Stay safe 😂
😂😂😂
The most magnificent and glorious creatures. Glad to share the same planet with them 😊
Even the Blue whales understand the importance of sustainability - leaving small patches of Krill to grow up in size.
Not sure if your kidding but they do explain why they leave the smaller groups of krill. It's likely not worth the effort. But you could be right also, they might know it's important to leave something to reproduce. Interesting thought
Nah they just don't eat small patches because it would take them more energy to eat than would be provided by the krill.
Again adding human traits to animals when most of them don't have that. It has nothing to do with that, animals would eat their prey out to extinction if they could and they kinda do it. Seals are a big problem for fishermen because they will eat all the fish and then starve to death after there is not enough of them.
@@_Lis25 Yeah it annoys me to no end when people overthink things like that for example those videos where "Shark remembers diver" or "Squirrel shows and introduces it's babies to human" and "humpback whale saves human from shark".
@@_Lis25 That's right. Dumb seals eating the last 10 percent after the fishermen catched 90%. How could they....
I guess you could say it went in for the KRILL
**slow* *clap**
@@alechall7082 lmaaaoo 😱😲😲😂😂😂😂 savage
Mitch HA comedy
This caught me off guard, kinda like the wale took the krill off guard
I love the internet 😂🤣😅
*12 Krills gave this video a dislike*
MyLife lol.. But I think 56 more krill survived and gave this video a dislike..bloody hell..I don't know what is is there to dislike in this video with some of the most amazing creatures on our planet.
MyLife it's 82 now 😅
MyLife especially Generkrill send the krill nukes.
MyLife krill is already plural
MyLife. LOL.. I was thinking when I watched it that, it's not such a great day for the krill.. 😕
Me: OH ?! How big is it ?!
Nat Geo Wild: Up to 3 school buses !!!
Me: That's... Not helpful...
Yep. They have not been able to connect to the rest of the world with the new (100year old) metric system. Seems like their school buses are all normed; one size only. Hmmm. And that is worrying for us who have about 5 different sizes, not counting the 8 seaters. Well, lets be gentle on the Nat Geographics. They are swimming with the wales, but forgot to click onto the latest mathematical systems. hahahah
americans and their metric systems...
You telling me you never seen a bus before? You have google, use it.
kimlipeatingmango Google go brrr
What if your schoolbus is only a Toyota Hiace van? Perhaps the narrator should have said as big as 3 yellow American schoolbuses...
"As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."
It's a trap!
"Blue whales can grow up to the length of *three school buses*."
Swear to God, Americans would do just about anything than use Metric system.
i HATE the metric system. now i must have 2 different tool sets.
@@psycho.dad5252 Just use metric like rest of the world...
PSYCHO DAD Ditch the inch
@@User-Seven-Teen
no
In example, in indonesia, we don't have school buses.
I never realized it until now:
Blue whales are too large for anything except areal photography.
Sorta like ur mum
What's the other option- afake photography?
my hidden camera works like a madman
@@ScionStorm1 lmaoo can't tell if ur joking or not😂 either way still funny
i phone 10 says NO
I love how drones have changed how we can view wildlife without disturbing them.
"just one bite bro,I swear I'll only take one bite"
“Don’t worry, whales don’t eat clownfish, they eat Krill.”
“Swim away!”
“Oh look! Krill.”
(Mob of frantic krill)
“SWIM AWAY...!!
Blue Whale Swallows Them
What for is that dialogue?
@@luxpiotr this is a quote from the movie Finding Nemo 😂
that tail must be extremely powerful to push such a massive creature
dark knight yep strong enough to catapult a human hundreds of feet in the air
it can also kill
Probably
Richard krill**
Shuma Atiqunnassa I think he ment kill
Fascinating! It was always in the back of my head, but I had this feeling that always wanted to see things like this happen. God’s rare creations like this in action. ❤
what an extraordinary creature. So elegant and so distinguished.
I wish to see one of these beautiful creatures before I die in this lifetime
apple englert haha you will
Same
I would hurry up if i were you
this is not a joke there isn’t any blue whales in zoos because they’re to big
+AppleZEN You just did.
truly amazing...Allows you to appreciate the tremendous size of them
that's what she said
Purveyor of Shrubberies
lol 😂
Purveyor of Shrubberies oh please
Hai buitful send bob and vagene
What a beautiful shot, truly a majestic creature
For humans, it's a beautiful sight
For the whale, it's just everyday feast
For the Krills, it's the apocalypse
majestic animals, we should do everything to protect them!
We used to burn their fat in kitchens for candles. How humanity has stayed the same. We just use petrol now. If it was still economical to use whale we'd be using it and people would be smiling calling it moral to do. Like how moral it is to be in the Middle East.
Haha how about no,
Or don't do anything. Don't touch them. Leave them the fuckkkkkk alone
The Child we are killing of most of the species out there right now sooner or later we will be be the ones who are extinct
Fortunately, the number of whales is increasing since hunting them is illegal :)
0:16 Me when I enter the buffet
Lol
🤣🤣 SAME!
Monch
Thank you God for creating this amazing creature! Pure beauty.
Krills don't appreciate it, though 😂
Blue whales have such a distinctive shape that makes it very easy to identify them.
I love whales 🐋 ❤️
Can u give me vbucks
Me too
Me to
Whales Are Amazing And Beautiful Creatures, 🐋🐳❤
whoever calls whales bad is a disgrace to our community
Krills: Why do we hear the boss music?
Also Krills: And why this music is so calm and beautif...
I'm terrified of being in the ocean next to a whale or any giant sea creature but I find them all so fascinating
then you have thalassophobia
@@raoulduke7668??? they don’t have a phobia just because they’re scared. There’s a HUGE difference between fear and phobia.
Other way around. Phobias are generally more tame than fears and there are other key differences. 1) Fears are instinctive, while phobias are mostly imaginitive 2) Phobias don't disappear after the threat is over@@mochabearry
People watching: So fascinating!
Whale: _MmMmm, shriiimpP_
Shrimp: *MASS GENOCIDEEEEE*
Mom: "Why are you so picky?!"
Me: "I'm not picky. I'm a selective eater!"
What the differents?.....lol
@@arianatasha8476 r/wooosh
Cloverrrz r/woooosh
@@sandeepbalasubramanya9674 it's not- it's not an r/wooosh tho
Cloverrrz r/woooooooooooosh
This is lovely. Why would anyone give it a 'thumbs down'?
MurkyMists agreed
"tough guys" aka 17 year old boys
they are krillinists
Japanese people, they hate whales
Asians, they are not happy that the whale is in their dinner plate
Это чудо, видеть их живыми .
"Blue whales can grow up to the length of three school buses"
... But how many Empire State buildings is that?
imagine seeing that swim under your 23' boat.
gr8gmblr you can do it in argentina. We have a place where wales swim very close to the boats, its called Puerto Pirámides. Theyre not blue wales but they are still five times bigger that the boat youre in :)
You're gonna need a bigger boat...
Been there, done that!
@@kobebryant2288 Roy Scheider's immortal words (except it was "we're" rather than "you're"). Did you know that line wasn't actually in the script? He improvised it and it was decided there and then to leave it in the movie!
@@lauram1654 what whales, fin whales, or humpbacks.
"United makes us stronger"
*Gets swallowed whole due to tight spacing
Covid Outbreak in a nutshell.
social distancing saves lives
gud inglisch
Incríveis animais.
Son tan hermosas
Cold blooded krillers
Raymond Ngu U mean mass killers XD
They're mammals, so warm blooded.
U mean the people who hunt them??
@@_Mentat
That's not what the phrase "cold-blooded killer" means. Or kriller in this case.
I was being ironic.
Wtf was the camera angle ??? As soon as it starts to eat *pan away*????
dix it's from a drone they are kind of hard to control
dix i think the guy press the wrong button, maybe :]
Exactly what I was thinking dix...looks like these guys need some more drone practice.
Yeah this drone pilot is not very good.
Agreed
Trying to watch the beauty of nature in a rare sighting and I get bombarded with pop-ups for another video over and over and you put up huge colored subtitles that can wait til after the main shot.
Krill #1 to Krill #2 : "Hey bro, why did it get so dark all of a sudden?"
The Great Blue Whale is in a class by itself. Majestic, graceful, and is the Newfoundland of the sea. They are kind, loving, and gentle creatures. Their integrity is at a completely different level than human beings. It is totally inexcusable that their population has dwindled because of human rapacity. Their greatness is unparalleled.
A pod of orcas could,would and have killed the blue whale 🐋
@@craigwhitham6680 sure. So?
No need to project your idealized ethics onto the human race. It just makes you sound ignorant to our history, the momentum of the past, and the current state of the world. Everyone on CZcams is on the same high horse you're on. Enjoy your privilege, but understand how privileged you are, it's important
@@rockyevans1584 🤓
@@craigwhitham6680 I doubt very much orcas would attack something over 4X it's length and over 30X it's weight, a calf probably.
Can you imagine being a cool krill floating in the ocean, enjoying the sun with your krill friends and then from nowhere: APOCALYPSE!!!
Lmao
The sheer size of these things is terrifying and beautiful at the same time
That's amazing they're so massive and so gentle!!
the 1,400 dislikes were the remaining krills that survived the whale
remaining*
love blue whales but would be scared shitless to see one in real life in the water up close.
rejvaik That basically describes exactly how I feel about them too.
Yes they are gentle but screw moby dick. That freakin beast ruined my childhood
Just think of them as big cows but in water lol
this is simply amazing to watch. thank you
Stunning footage, just beautiful to watch... 😊
beautiful
The background music is so soothing. It is complimenting the greatness of the footage. 🙏😓
Such astonishing and majestic creatures. I would love to be on a small vessel to photograph them.
I was and did.
@@kconway8672where did you go to do it? i would also love to do it sometime
The most wonderful and perfect shape that nature has...... alwyas leaves me speechless
Krill: Safety in numbers!
Whale: NOM!
Dori: _Don't worry, whales don't eat clownfish. They eat krill_
Oh look, krill
@@G__Brtz hahaha :)
SWIM AWAY!
Blue Whale Opens His Mouth And Swallows Them
Took me a long time to realize that whale was actually answering her call for a ride
Magnificent creature
It’s a glorious day friends. This is the first thing I’ve ever seen from NatGeo that wasn’t paywalled.
soo beatifull
@Jay S What are you talking about? While North Korea is testing nuclear weapons, the last US nuclear weapons test was in 1992, and the last US underwater nuclear test was in 1962.
seigeengine Just because we aren't testing nukes doesn't mean we aren't testing stuff. We are constantly, I'm talking daily, testing underwater munitions.
seigeengine Did I ever disagree with you? I'm just letting you know, even though you try and argue this or that, America still kills countless animals at sea. So your point is moot, no one cares if they don't test nukes (which btw is unlikely.)
You're angry. You're also completely ignorant. There's no point in wasting time on people like you. I've tried time and time again, but its completely useless. Some people are just destined to be like you. So dumb to the point of getting enraged over the tiniest little things. But that's fine, you do you. I just hope no poor soul has to receive your genes.
good grace what an interesting comments. people sure are amazingly genius to claim a thing without a proper data 😂.
Gorgeous! Blue whales are so massive! Incredible!💗🐋💗
What a beautiful and majestic creature!
Subahanallah😊
It's all incredible, these ocean creatures are magnificent
Eeeeeeeeewweeeeeeuuuuu - Krilling me softly with his song...
Krill-worthy video...
Classic Murica calculating length in the sChOOl BuSEs unit
I prefer dishwashers, but to each to our own
Go to canada, communist.
@@madprophetus Wat
I love whales... They way they swimming is so graceful...
Blue whale: *approaching*
krill: my time has come.
Blue Whales Are My Favorite Type Of Whales, I Love Their Blue Color, Blue Is My Favorite Color, 🐋🐳💙
I like blue too... blue film
When a Blue Whale starts foraging: WHALE POG.
can't believe how majestic are they
It looks like my mother in law when she approaches the buffets in Vegas
😂
😯
Krills: Just keep swimming, keep swimm- uh oh, incommmmi-“
Blue Whale: nom nom nom
What?
I got chills.
This reminds me the beauty of nature
*-192 krills disliked this video-*
Thats all that was left of the 10,000 krill that was there.
that how many people who never seen ocean and wales and krills 😜😂
I like turtles
i like whales
Nino CFC i like trains
choo choo
I like SpongeBob 😒
Here comes the trainsgender.
I am thankful i got to witness this amazing creature
What a majestic animal.
What a gorgeous creature...
why is nature so cool i always find myself just randomly watching stuff like this and im amazed every time
Love how creation reflects the wisdom of our creator👍🏻🙏🏻💙
The splendor of our earth is stunning!
It’s even more mind blowing how nature is amazing until humankind kills it off
Humankind won't, humanignorant will. Every choice you make contributes to the whole of humankind, if you blame it on others this is what you contribute so more blame on others exists in the world. Be the change you want to see in the world. Reduce or stop consuming plastic if you care for ocean life.
Krill: why do I hear boss music?
I don't know how many times it's recommended to me. But I watched each and every time it's recommended.
The lighting makes it look almost ethereal
Okay I know he’s just opening his mouth, but at 0:16, he just looks like he’s smiling the LITERAL biggest smile on the planet Earth and it makes me SO happy. When I see that part my insides turn into a big dumb happy puddle of goo:)