What Is Exactly a Pilot Whale?
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- čas přidán 20. 02. 2022
- Often mistaken for dolphins, they are pilots whales and they have only one predator: humans.
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0:03 "This is not a dolphin, it is a pilot whale."
Pilot whales, along with killer whales, false killer whales and melon-headed whales, are all considered by scientists to be a part of the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae.
1:22 "10 to 50 individuals."
Pilot whale pods usually number 10 to 30 individuals but can number 100s of individuals too.
1:50 "as males leave the pod after reaching sexual maturity."
Pilot whales of both sexes stay in the pods that they where born in for life. Males do not permanently leave their pods after sexual maturity.
2:04 "46 years maximum for males; 59 years maximum for females"
Male pilot whales live for 35 to 45 years, whereas female pilot whales live for at least 60 years.
2:13 "A few short-finned pilot whales are hunted in Japan"
Short-finned pilot whales are hunted en masse in Japan's Taiji 'Cove' and the hunting season lasts even longer than the September-March dolphin hunt that kills other species.
2:25 "They are an important source of food for the inhabitants of the Faroe Islands."
Long-finned pilot whales (the ones hunted in the Faroe Islands) are not a regular part of the Faroese diet anymore, and Faroese health authorities have said that pilot whale meat is no longer suitable for human consumption due to the level of mercury inside. Furthermore, the ways that pilot whales are hunted in the Faroe Islands is not the same as the past.
Content creators, please get your facts right and stop spreading harmful disinformation.
As soon as the 1st """fact"""" hit i knew i was in for a treat so thanks for the info.
I dint know if it's harmful, but it may be misinformation
@@user-mp3pf2ir2p It is misinformation, and 'harmful' because it misinforms and misleads others. (I mean, I think all misinformation is bad.)
@@anotherwanderer1999 You're welcome.
@@jheeshin621thanks
"This is not a dolphin, it's a whale"
Also, part of the family Delphinidae
Common sense has left the chat.
Pilot whales are both whales AND dolphins.
orcas are delphinidae, dolphins are delphinidae and pilot whales are also delphinidae... is that so hard to understand
@@chisaquaticvibe6524 ALL dolphins are whales. Just like all porpoises are whales. They are just a form of smaller, toothed whales.
@@Ispeakthetruthify Yes. I said pilot whales are both.
All whales are not dolphins.@@Ispeakthetruthify
Thanks for the info 👍👍
"Often mistaken for dolphins" yeah I hate it when my dachshund gets mistaken for a dog i'm like BRO. It's NOT a dog it's a dachshund.
In case it's not clear, pilot whales are dolphins. Maybe they say that in the video but I'm too annoyed by the description to sit through it.
Oh man I should have read the other comments first. Excellent work everyone!
@@JasonJBrunet I can't get enough of these comments. lol the video did correctly indentify their genus(?). it remains to be seen if the content creators realize that delphinidae are a group including (in fact defined by) dolphins. 😆
Pilot whales have 35 billion neurons in the cerebrum. Humans have 16 billion. The cerebrum is the area of the brain that’s responsible for complex functions such as language, learning, memory, problem solving, decision making, and considered the primary area for consciousness. Let that sink in, there’s a high possibility that they could be the smartest species and their inability to make tools is their limiting factor for specie advancement. Would love to see if we can get these amazing animals to solve complex math problems.
_"Not a dolphin"_ but they belong to the Delphinidae family 😅
I'm not a human! I'm a human being!
Pilot Whales are second largest dolphins lol
But pilot whales are dolphins
Yes, and dolphins are toothed whales
so are orcas.
@@chisaquaticvibe6524 and toothed whales are cetaceans
Killer “whales”
@@Briggie Same thing
😊 I think pilot whales are cousins of the dolphin family
They are part of the dolphin family ;). dolphins are a subset of whales, so all dolphins are also whales but not all whales are dolphins!
@@regenen I am glad you exist and that you perform this public service. Thank you
They ate dolphine
Pilot Whales are dolphins. They are the second largest species of dolphins
😄 I get a feeling there will be a lot of these comments as I continue down the list. it was my first reaction too. at first i thought the video made a mistake, but maybe they phrased it like that on porpoise. ☺
They’re not dolphins. But they act like one, swim like one, mate like one, think like one, part of the family group like one. But they’re not dolphins.
I wish this were a false killer whale discussion. then we could REALLY say they're in the dolphin family as false killer whales are known to mate with dolphins. imagine all the fun we could have in comments with that one! 😆
"What is a pilot whale ?"
It could be, in a citizen slang, a Captain in an advanced stage of obesity, metaphorically speaking.
Its really sad that this has 2k views
The mere fact that they say they are the least of concern...we should be concerned. Don't trust those groups at all.
Exactly. Anything that can scare an orca should scare us. We should be very concerned about pilot whales.
They mean least concearn for conservation. Ie they are not an endangered species
@@thosethatknowwillcontinuet5206 Sorry buddy, but I gotta hit you with the 'Whoosh.'
@@michaelmccarty1327 I don't get it...🤷
@@thosethatknowwillcontinuet5206 We are deliberately misunderstanding the meaning of 'least concern' to make a joke.
Basically everything is wrong. I award you no points
Nice
OK
porpoise
So do these boi’s and Orca’s have wars? One gang meets another and it’s on sight? 😮
Hahahahaah
Do they taste good?
Bruh
Why is humans killing everything they see ? Why can't we atleast be human let these creatures be.
It is a dolphin
I think most people confuse the term dolphins with bottlenose dolphins and don't realize its family is way larger than that, including Orcas, Beluga's and indeed Pilot whales for example. Kinda bad that they make it seem that pilot whales aren't dolphins yeah
@@regenenbeluga aren't dolphins
@@floseatyard8063 Yes false killer whales are dolphins though.
@@TemplarX2 I know, the person I replied to said belugas are dolphins when they are whales.
@@regenen it's more entertaining to me that they say pilot whales are not dolphins just to say that they're delphinidae, which is just the greek word meaning "of the dolphin (family)" 😅🤣😂
you just said that they belong to the dolphin family yet aren't dolphins. It makes no sense. Like Orcas they are indeed dolphins regardless their name
Good point
King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain.
Does that help? Did you sleep through high school biology.
A simple google search refutes the “gotcha its a dolphin” cliche with orcas, they are in fact whales because all dolphins are whales. GOTCHA.
@@tct84 all dolphins are toothed whales , yes, but delphinidae is a family within the odontoceti family. Just like humans are apes and belong to the mammalia order.
@@tct84 yeah but they're both animals 😂 do I get a prise
These are dolphins not whales. Just like Orcas, false killer whales. These are the largest dolphins.
For the last time: ALL DOLPHINS ARE WHALES!!!
Yum 🤤
The scientist needs to save these species. We humans are disturbing their habitat. Slowly they are becoming extinct. Only scientist can save them... 😢😢
They are the largest dolphins and belong to the dolphin family.
Well no orcas are larger
ALL DOLPHINS ARE WHALES!!!
Pilot whales are hunted by Orcas.
I thought orcas were afraid of pilot whales because they travel in larger pods.
@@michaelmccarty1327 They do, but so do false killer whales and they hunt them, too.
@michaelmccarty1327 they are only chased away because its inconvenient to fight, however when orcas are hungry and they have to fight or hunt pilot whales they do actually manage to hunt and eat them. Predators don't want to get injured so they just move away that doesn't mean they couldn't beat the pursuer in a fight, orcas are also larger and physically stronger so when it's time to hunt they can actually kill pilot whales even if they have HUGE pods
@@michaelmccarty1327they are. orcas tend to exit the area when they hear pilot whales. I don't know why, but I assume it's b/c they travel in pods and are big enough to do dmg to orca (compared to a lone white shark or significantly smaller common dolphins).
@@daneg It’s a mixed bag, actually. There have been documented cases of Orcas hunting pilot whales but there have also been plenty of documented cases of Pilot whales MOBBING orcas and chasing them away from their hunting grounds or even disrupting their hunts, sometimes resulting in saving orca’s victims and sometimes not. Pilot whales often travel in very large pods, far outnumbering orcas and unlike dolphins, they’re much closer in size to orcas, making their greater numbers more effective Defense against Orca predation, in addition to another skill they employ when mobbing orcas.
This interesting relationship dynamic extends to such strange instances as baby pilot whales being adopted by female orcas, though the fate of those baby pilot whales is not known.
Another fascinating thing about this dynamic, and that other skill I mentioned, is that pilot whales have been known to mimic orca calls. This may be another thing that sends Orcas fleeing. Their comms may be disrupted by pilot whale mimicry. It’s fascinating to think about. Imagine trying to coordinate a hunt and recognising voices etc etc and then suddenly 50+ people rush in and mimic everything you’re saying to each other. It would become maddening very swiftly. Like mental/psych warfare in addition to the disruption and unreliability of your main means of coordinating and effectively hunting.