Sperm Whale Attempts To Communicate With Robotic Spy Whale!

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Robotic Spy Whale makes first contact with a mother and calf. What must she be thinking?

Clip taken from episode 1 "Deep Thinkers" of our series Spy In The Ocean.

Go deep beneath the waves – on a spy mission to the depths of the ocean. Amazing hidden cameras give incredible perspectives on the ingenious creatures that call it home.

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In the first episode of the latest “Spy” series, a new generation of Spy Creatures search the ocean for intelligent life and find ways of thinking that must be seen to be believed. The most complex Spy Creature ever built films the owner of the largest brains on the planet - sperm whales. Spy Whale is the same size as a newborn whale calf and is equipped with an array of cameras. It even has a hydrophone to capture their calls. In a magical close encounter, Spy Whale is greeted by an inquisitive female who, in astonishing scenes, attempts to communicate. In a touching sign of acceptance, she even introduces her calf to Spy Whale. Getting to know the greatest mind in the invertebrate world requires a very different Spy - one that’s a dead ringer for the coconut octopus it’s designed to meet. Its subject not only has a central brain it also has a brain in each of its arms. Using its combined brainpower, it works out how best to steal a coconut shell carried by our Spy. Its plan is to use the shell as a door to its hideaway to protect itself from predatory sharks. In another act of ingenuity, it improvises a shield and throws missiles at a rival octopus. It also shows a softer and more emotional side when it gives Spy Coconut Octopus a friendly and lingering embrace. In Thailand, Spy Macaque joins ocean-diving macaques as they forage underwater for seafood. Our Spy captures a filming first as the macaques catch fish with their bare hands. To break open oysters, they also use stone tools including our very own Spy Rock. In Japan, Spy Puffer becomes an artist’s assistant to a male Japanese puffer fish as he crafts exquisite sand sculptures in a quest to woo a mate. When he runs out of the shells to use as decoration, Spy Puffer comes to the rescue, finding shells for the male to complete his masterpiece, enough to impress the most demanding art critic of all - his mate. Intelligence gathers pace when Spy Sea Lion meets the world’s fastest fish and the sea lions that hunt them. Marlin use teamwork to drive mackerel shoals to the surface only for them to be stolen by quick-thinking sea lions. When Spy Sea Lion takes us on a rollercoaster ride inside the shoal, its camera eyes show how the shoal’s swarm intelligence is pitched against that of the clever sea lions. It also discovers some extraordinary new behaviour as the sea lion gift some of their catch to the marlin. On a Caribbean beach, another Spy meets the crab world’s most entertaining characters - hermit crabs. They may be comical in nature, but they also have highly developed organisational skills. When they’ve outgrown their shells, they line up in order of size to exchange them for a better fit. All is going well until Spy Hermit Crab loses its shell to a crab looking to upsize its accommodation. The crab becomes the unwitting camera operator as it captures a crabs-eye view of the organised chaos. On another Caribbean Island, a colony of wild pigs embrace beach life by taking a daily dip in the sea. Spy Pig joins their daily ritual as they forage for food brought in by visiting boats. As their ingenuity draws the crowds Spy Pig gets caught up in the resulting feeding frenzy. Back on the reefs, Spy Coconut Octopus donates its shell to a family of enterprising clownfish. In an astonishing show of teamwork, the fish work together to move the shell back to their anemone, creating a safe place to lay their eggs among the poisonous tentacles. In this action-packed first episode, our Spies discover sea creatures with many mind-boggling ways of thinking, but none match those with the biggest brains of all – sperm whales. In more astonishing scenes, Spy Sperm Whale witnesses a rare and beautiful gathering as whale families from far and wide huddle together and exchange information – an extraordinary display of social intelligence uncannily similar to our own.

Narrated by David Tennant
Music by Will Gregory
Directed by John Downer

#Whale #Mauritius #DavidTennant
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"Sweetie, come meet the neighbour's kid. They're a little quiet but I'm sure you'll like each other"

peternagy
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They are highly intelligent thus the mother whale must have been concerned seeing a baby whale all on its own without family. Very gentle and caring giants.

Eagle-Striker
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Imagine finding an orphan out on the street but you look closer and it's actually just an android full of cameras

TristanLNeal
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Thst momma didn't like the wee babe being alone! I have a feeling she quickly realized it wasn't real. Whales are such gentle giants! I love how the largest animals on our planet are some of the most maternal.🥰

heatherkaye
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This is easily the last spy creature I was expecting to see

alizaidanthamyeez
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Amazing footage. A little sad thinking what the mother whale must think of the spy whale, but overall very interesting!

Dartania
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Absolutely amazing! You guys are the best. Love the spy creatures!

jordy
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All whales are very majestic and intelligence, I am so happy we share a planet with such creatures.

zakaryloreto
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How incredible. These amazing creatures, so intelligent. The mother came to check out the baby spy. Amazing

doriangrey
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You have re-sparked my curiosity and bewilderment for nature. Thank you so much

GazpaNova
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Seeing behind the scenes one day would be amazing, can't imagine how much skill goes into the process creating these spy bots!

AeromatterYT
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Amazing! I wonder if the mother realised the spy baby whale was not actually a whale - surely their sonar can recognise a difference. Could imagine the mother saying to the youngster, Look, Dear, a dolly to play with!

jeannetteparry
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"Hmm, that baby is moving hella sus" is what i think the momma is thinking.

acethefiredragon
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I can't help but wonder, does the female feel sad when the "stranger" calf doesn't communicate back? What does she think about that? Do they give up quickly, or do they keep trying to interact...? What I wouldn't give, to meet these whales myself. Absolutely magnificent lifeforms ❤️

TheSunnydeni
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These whales look like if potatoes were aquatic mammals

sleepygyro
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What sad times we live in when animals have more instinctive compassion than many of us "Higher" humans

HappyHands.
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That was the coolest thing ever! I've always been fascinated by whales - this showed us how unique they really are! Thank you for doing what you do with those robots! So real looking and acting- even the actual whales want to get to know him! Well done! Like the narrator too - cool accent! 🤩

beachwalker
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Totally in love with this channel, my favorite. Keep doing the good work!🙂

GAAAAHHH-
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I wonder if they're getting uncanny valley vibes from the fake whale shortly after

snowysmile
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Wow what a success, love the shots of the whale mother approaching spy

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