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-3000m Constant Weight dive Video
- Thread starterglennv
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Wow! It had to be a pretty shock for the camera operator!
BTW, are you sure it was indeed 3000m and not 3000 feet? 1000m (~3000ft) is the usual hunting depth of sperm whales, but 3000m would be probably the deepest ever recorded sperm whale dive. Read more about sperm whale depth records on this page.
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BTW, are you sure it was indeed 3000m and not 3000 feet? 1000m (~3000ft) is the usual hunting depth of sperm whales, but 3000m would be probably the deepest ever recorded sperm whale dive. Read more about sperm whale depth records on this page.
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I can't say for sure if it was 2955ft or 2955m, but I do know that sperm whales have been recorded diving to at least 3200m. The so-called depth records are updated several times per year, and it may even be deeper now.
Depth records I'm aware of:
Harbour Seal 420m
Emperor Penguin 565m
Elephant Seal 2000m
Sperm Whale 3200m
Sea Otter 97m
The Elephant seal and Emperor Penguin have the most impressive depths if you consider the size of the animal vs. depth it dives.
Depth records I'm aware of:
Harbour Seal 420m
Emperor Penguin 565m
Elephant Seal 2000m
Sperm Whale 3200m
Sea Otter 97m
The Elephant seal and Emperor Penguin have the most impressive depths if you consider the size of the animal vs. depth it dives.
I am pretty sure it's 3000m but will check back with the guy who filmed it. (In his initial mail he clearly said meters).
Some initial checking shows that there are some ultra deep oil fields in Macae and recently a company delivered a new valve to operate at depths to maximum 3000 meters to Petrobras and on GasNet i found that that area has fields up to 3.400 meters deep (http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?...00+metros+macae&d=LhyHj2P9NFGd&icp=1&.intl=br)
But to be absolutely sure I wrote the guy at Petrobras.
Some initial checking shows that there are some ultra deep oil fields in Macae and recently a company delivered a new valve to operate at depths to maximum 3000 meters to Petrobras and on GasNet i found that that area has fields up to 3.400 meters deep (http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?...00+metros+macae&d=LhyHj2P9NFGd&icp=1&.intl=br)
But to be absolutely sure I wrote the guy at Petrobras.
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So, would you consider it as an unassisted dive? it did have fins... but no equipment. *befuddled*
Q: Why did the sperm whale dive to 3000m?
A: Because it could.
Q: Why did the sperm whale dive to 3000m?
A: Because it could.
efattah said:
Eric, Says here greenland shark dives -2100m under arctic ice, yet only -10m in Quebec. That's very strange! Also very long-lived. 2000kg.
http://www.cdnn.info/news/science/sc061209.html
(I think this is the right link)
DDeden
the situation is indeed incredible, but the video ? just a video
in description of this whale I found:
"After five and a half minutes the whale reaches five hundred meters (1640 feet). Humans can live and work down here but it takes days of compression to get there and days of decompression to get back." - do divers really work like this ? over 500m down, few days of deco ? wow
or "After eleven minutes (...) she is about 1000 meters (...) At this depth the air in the whale's body is one percent of its original volume, and it is 100 times more dense. "
"A typical dive lasts 60 minutes. No one knows how long a sperm whale can hold its breath but estimates range from 90 minutes to 2 hours." - so one hour is 'jus a dive' so what can be the record ?
and this I find amazing
in description of this whale I found:
"After five and a half minutes the whale reaches five hundred meters (1640 feet). Humans can live and work down here but it takes days of compression to get there and days of decompression to get back." - do divers really work like this ? over 500m down, few days of deco ? wow
or "After eleven minutes (...) she is about 1000 meters (...) At this depth the air in the whale's body is one percent of its original volume, and it is 100 times more dense. "
"A typical dive lasts 60 minutes. No one knows how long a sperm whale can hold its breath but estimates range from 90 minutes to 2 hours." - so one hour is 'jus a dive' so what can be the record ?
and this I find amazing
Wow.... How dose this guy move? He/she is doing a 40 to 60 degree downward twist and the flippers are flat on the sides.
If I want to do that, there is a lot of howering with the hands. Evolution pisses me off some times! I feel deceived!
Dose anyone know how to pre book reincarnation?
If I want to do that, there is a lot of howering with the hands. Evolution pisses me off some times! I feel deceived!
Dose anyone know how to pre book reincarnation?
Glenn,
will you put the movie back on your site sometime? I am sure the hits won't be so high forever and I'd love to see it.
Anyway, the subject of this thread is wrong. It is known that sperm whales perform variable weight, not CWT. The "sperm" or oily substance in their heads solidifies in the cold water and drags them down (yes 3000m, not feet). At depth, they are able to warm it up by forcing blood circulation around it, hence it liquifies again and helps them with an uplift. Perhaps Herbert is studying something similar for his next 1000ft attempt?
will you put the movie back on your site sometime? I am sure the hits won't be so high forever and I'd love to see it.
Anyway, the subject of this thread is wrong. It is known that sperm whales perform variable weight, not CWT. The "sperm" or oily substance in their heads solidifies in the cold water and drags them down (yes 3000m, not feet). At depth, they are able to warm it up by forcing blood circulation around it, hence it liquifies again and helps them with an uplift. Perhaps Herbert is studying something similar for his next 1000ft attempt?