Sperm whale meets deep-sea vehicle

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Sperm whale meets deep-sea vehicle
Apr 15, 2015
by Deborah Byrd in Videos » Earth, Human World, Science Wire

Encounters between sperm whales and ROVs – remotely operated underwater vehicles – are rare. Watch this video, posted April 14.

Nautilus Live yesterday posted this wonderful video capture of a sperm whale checking out the ROV Hercules. The ROV – remotely operated underwater vehicle – was tethered 598 meters (1,962 ft) below the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana at the time.

The whale circled Hercules several times and gave the cameras the chance to capture some incredible footage of this beautiful creature. What was the whale doing?

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[Inkfreak]

1. That...is very cool.

And I'm a bit jealous of those people, lol.

[jonno99]

2. Amazing - especially when you consider that this is an air-breathing mammal...

Thanks for the post!

[hunter]

3. It looked like the whale was imaging vehicle with sonar as well as looking it over.

I know I'd be curious if I found such a thing while walking through the desert at night.

[secondvariety]

4. An air breathing

mammal diving to 1962 ft. Blows my mind.

[tk2kewl]

5. Awesome!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. saving to watch later. :) n/t

[nikto]

7. Makes me proud to be a mammal

[Iwillnevergiveup]

8. How awesome to watch

Folks on the scene got quite a treat.