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it. i love the fact that i can do something to help protect them the the search ever since i was a child i have dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. when do you go push it, come to i was looking for projects online and found this one from the trenches institute and signed up for the but the issue is the spouse of an exciting week. hi, i'm sophia mamma. sophia, from the texas institute welcomes and the board, they'll spend a week studying whales in the mediterranean. so don't want too much time. i'm really excited because i think this is a unique experience. i've never done anything like it before going on on my

thoughts though. i'm also hoping to learn a loss and find out whether this is something i want to do in the future or de copy . it is a quick stop with us there on your side because the test was essential on both the pedagogy the research is, will be living and very close for to down here is where the 17 year old will be sleeping. so this is the cabin you'll see here with 3 others. choose one of the top bunk. i'll show you the bathroom and the barn. you ok, you can hang your things in here. ok. i hope i don't get seasick. but if i do, i'll take something. it will work out for me to be shown it. so be traveling in the

political century of the coast of from italy and monica covering 87000 square kilometers. it's your ups largest marine protected area on time to mold in 2012 about which little is known. in the port of san remo, sabina, i rosie from the texas research institute and skip over about to ryan audi. a keen to get underway, your vocal 45, a, but severe storms have been full cost, but thought it, you know, it looks bad. it will be very difficult to observe the wells, potential somebody daniel mat. so look, there's a large best. so pulling in your shoes, trying to pop right next to the research vessel. roberto and sabina are concerned that the small sailing boat could get damaged. it's fast boats, not with these with loud engines that had the biggest threat to the whales out at

sea. but the then the knob, you know, every day we see the impact that these big vessels have on the whales get on the truth. and we often see wells with wounds caused by the propellers in canada. and if anything that that mean out today and you can every, every searches from touch his record serious injuries sustained by the way else. they named one way of co deluxe or separate tail fins. they kept on seeing him on recorded the progression of his injury until in the winter of 2020 co dom upset stuff to death. the injury was probably the result to the collision with the ship the demo. sometimes the battle of the ship hits have been well over a spring. well,

the captain doesn't even feel it. like on this photo. the well was on a cargo ship that pulled into the port new one on board had been aware of that. meanwhile 80 kilometer is to the northeast in the port of savannah, the passenger fairy is about to leave for the island, of course, to come. the bad, full cost is no problem for the huge vessel. it has a note the capacity of 5000 tons and can take over 2000 passengers. captain antonio como expects to reach corsica by evening. the roots policies right through the pedagogues century. the problem is, as marine mammals, whales have to surface regularly to breeds in a lot through a lot of levels. finding whales directly under a path doesn't happen that often, but it can happen, it can be done of the, of the well reset,

choose from the environmental group. cima is also on board here to look out for wales and environmental problems like gum page, for example. but today's whether it makes it difficult in fact, under these quite hazy conditions, supposing whales wouldn't be easy either the hopefully we'll still be able to see them despite the width. uh, let's hope if any of the research has spoke to, well, the ferry will change course and slow down the crew has agreed to go along with this. even though the captain is convinced the whale would move to avoid the

ship. that's what i mean to do. i mean, i've been sailing on these routes for 22 years, and i've never witnessed the collision never. and it's never happened to us either . and yet, shipping has increased massively in the protected area, posing an of a great to stretch to the whales the marine mammals, the jet pony tips inch near by in austin whales and dolphins are considered the engineers of the marine eco system. so that means that because they have a major impact on many other spaces and they are kind of protective umbrella spc do i need to know how much it so if you protect them, you protect the entire traffic network. i think, i mean all the inter connected food chains in the coast system on know 5 to then a little to get that all to go on back in sun,

re mos dependent cost is going nowhere because of the weather. but the team that using the time to get to know one another with homework the, my name is the money to was the i the field work a please. just to get the visa we to, i'm responsible for collecting data. i am the, i'm just going to be the main biology. my name is christina. i'm from space. and then, well, i'm part of this stuff. you're interested this week. so i'm a m, i'm 17 years old and dying here because i wanted to figure out if my biology is what i want to study in the future. over the next few days, the volunteers were what with the research team locating and the identifying whales

. sadly, one in 7 are in judge touches for such as have spent nearly 40 years trying to persuade the government to do more to protect wales, the more information they have, the better they can present the case. we have one of the largest doctor said to him that he said in institutions and the longest that the series on these pieces each warranty pays 800 euros to spend a week on the research page. they'd love to head out right away, but the next rein front is approaching from the mainland. skip that we're about to write in navy is responsible for everyone on board. spivey all coast guard. hopefully it will rain now and then be over on the

the subpoena i really de tends to make good use of the downtime. she's going to observe wales in a different way. she's managed to convince the european maritime safety agency or m . so to study the migrate to remove mints of whales from the, at the same pretty much so it's very exciting because this is an extremely innovative project and it's something completely new that will allow us to make it a very important contribution to the scientific community. a lot less than one edition. no one has ever used a drill and like we're using for this purpose of observing the wheels out. don't have any part of the quest. the people she has an appointment at the minute she at bass in south santa sabina. i already has even managed to get the millet tree

involved normally this uh, base only monitors maritime traffic and c pollution. but today the focus is on the actual marine life so the, the emphasis, remotely piloted aircraft is ready for takeover. one of sabrina's coworkers is also in the control room to help the military personnel search for wales syndrome pilot jones. that please it's, it's been something of a learning curve. he's used to monitoring ships and boats. supposing whales from a height of 250 me is

a whole different matter. it's much harder because you're dealing with nature. so you have to follow nature's clues to you're looking for jets of water in the movements of a c. c that i'm used to watching the boats. this mission here is much more difficult. here. let me see. so that i find it very moving to see the different whales and dolphins, which also does seem to have the drone is fine and precisely defined to reach the not c. i'll jump thanks to the sensors. on this drone, we have the ability to take pictures that allow us to identify and photograph individual well, so then to pick out it is single. so it really is an exceptional source of data. i'm in the phone this from within ivy. deducting it is

the drone has now been flying over the gulf of general off for 2 hours. unfortunately without success, the team haven't cited any whales today. the during the last flights they made an extraordinary discovery. capturing a group of mazda of wales with dan young as supplemented some interest in on it was amazing because in our area, you normally only see adults on their own coming here to feed individuals that have been going to keep that around their mind. jot it, could that indicate an issue with food sources or are there other reasons? and i know that they won't do that soon. as i said, there could be all sorts of reasons and more of the just all of them. but yeah, the most likely one is that the came here for food is the element. that's another,

you know, so we know that their food source, especially for sperm wells, is mainly deep c squared help of a couple of them. and they are sensitive to changes in temperature. so my eyes and sound like you sense to be, they can be with them. so we're looking to see if there's any connection there. i didn't semantic waste of supply such on a quarter left showing. sabina is expertise is also useful for the coast guards. then also any responsible for people safety, but also for protecting marine life in the mediterranean. with the touches institutes helps the local coast guard now wants to develop a whale warning system for ships if possible. advertising that would allow ships to take preventive actions like reducing their speed or changing course to reduce the risk of collision at the same people. after all, that's the biggest threats to our well he's give, we much would mean this unless both behavioral feature fashion the political st tree is often called the north pole of the mediterranean,

which was extremely cool. and the sea bed is chris crossed by 2000 meter deep canyons. that's a home to deep sea squids. the main food have spun wails, the caustic, a fairy is now pulsing through that dining room. sim ethic. one is that when the well surface to breathe, they don't necessarily notice that a ship is nearby. this is something that needs more research. you found a certain way that i lost it? i didn't see did say, but it was for sure. it was too crooked to be a seen while sort of thing. well, which surface again in about 10 minutes, it's a spam whale. might stay under wars if up to an hour still there was such a hoping to see it again. look when you said you might conditions are not ideal today on the list on but we still spotted to wells

on a been with up with the on out there to get the sites and starting money or the lessons installed. it's quite far away. it may be too nautical miles from our boat to look for that on the backend sun. we know. meanwhile the weather has improved. the group can finally head out to see everyone is assigned a role. changing off during our the reset tokenize ation touch. his needs, the volunteers is the 1st to be assigned to the account. no one expected us to go out today after the waves came down to the hob, up quickly is and we'll just see what's in now. we're all excited and hoping to see something close on speed on them. bad. m a has to learn to accurately assess the sea and weather conditions and pass on the information for the reco. 10

o'clock you press here to speak. so when you've made up your mind, you tell us on that you so you say water surface to benefit the little thing in a safe place and then you look at the waves, whether they're small or huge, all county trouble can sort of commend. no, i would say waves to see you today for support with that just takes out volunteers from may to september. that's the best time to observe wells. but it's become more difficult. the weather this year was quite unsettled. last winter was relatively dry, but that was followed by a lot of rain in the some box. then by skip roberto suspects the roaming of the oceans is to blame you. i'm going to do where he's got in recent years. we've noticed the surface waters have warmed steadily need for last year we had

a surface temperature of $29.00 degrees. we've never had that before. tries a few beds is all they get to see today. the site things are recorded in the long enough to 2 hours. they head back to ports. the full cost for the following day is much better the next morning they start tacitly sabina is wasting around just being frustrating for everyone. and no one got much sleep in the cramped conditions that hoping today will be the day of the whales. it's a nice day. we should be able to go far out to see hopefully we'll see something

sabina, we'll be leading the expedition the she studied biology and started off for such an insect. it was in the late to that she heard about wales in the mediterranean and became interested. she took policy and a number of were such trips. one brought to this area of the coast of sand we met the deductible came out after traveling all over it, at least coastal waters. suddenly 1 july morning at 6 20 am. i found myself surrounded by 11 wheels, so i didn't know where to look 1st of all. and then i realized that this was going to be my life. for the next 30 or 40 years, let on sabrina's assistant, mario drops a microphone into the room to letting it drag behind the boat to the depths of such teammate as there was such as want to use the microphone to pick up the noise is,

is made by whales and dolphins, they communicate and navigate to using a variety of sounds like the site and can detect the marine mammals up to 10, no single miles away. that is provided knowledge, ships, call spine, and be suitable, and then you get a continuous noise. that's very off putting non i get e, a leak in the by ships and ferries, all disrupt the sounds that the whales need to communicate and to see, get what you need them ship and what company. he's already unbearable for similar things. so put it, that'd be the but we can just take off the headphones and one of the wheels can't do that a little bit. that goes, i don't know, it's m as turned to be on the account. she immediately spoke something at 1

o'clock to leave the 2 o'clock the, it's a positive defense, they're getting louder. they're clicking and wiggly catalina can filter out of the background noise with you. some of these clicks allow them to get their bearings in mind. the dolphins use them to register their surroundings. these lines are the whistles for communication. this is a beautiful with so very long and complex. we can't understand what they're saying, but we know that the dolphins are communicating with each other and using eco location to detect their surroundings.

the dolphin seem inquisitive. coming right up to the research best. so can we? we don't know how many there. ah, because they're everywhere, even behind this together easily share some the vin. suddenly fidel faced disappear again on board. everything is documented dependent goes continues. it's jenny, out to see leaving the coast behind them. they head out to the terrain.

if the whales news, sabina gives names to wales that she and count has several times. one of them is freddy. he has deep scars on his back, presumably from a ship's propeller. she seen him repeat today. when okay, just saying this shows us the wells extraordinary will to survive one thing, but it also reveals the inability of the power goes sensual. rachel, really protect these magnificent creatures squished? well, they see freddy today. the mario look. i saw something at 1 o'clock. the

200 meters take a look. i think i saw something a puff and a jump. everyone has that eyes peeled now. fin wales. i need to lie for a short time. if it's been well, it will have to come up to and about 10 minutes. roberto, so those the by right down. so this not to find yeah, i'm all to some of us so we're pretty close to him. but he's disappeared. he's doing a long dive, heading to the depths. they move fast under water and i will have to see where he surfaces and then there's another one a bit further ahead tab. once we've identified this one and we'll go to the other one, the,

the one to how much time has passed. now the 9 minutes, the 5. it's a fin. well, many 20 meters? no. no one. sabina nose. can you see the 2nd one? the then the 2nd well jumps to those whales keeps surfacing around the pedagogy. neither of them is freddy, but the young crew is denied the

info page of full. i've never seen a while before. it's amazing to interact with creatures. so to so much, because in yourself i've done one, we still not like discovery, defend, well with a wide mark on it's been it's not a natural marking. it's some kind of scar either from a ship's propeller or more likely from fishing gear. the

true story about being able to get close with found, disturbing them was the south and then those 2 jobs were fantastic. a gift of bidding and to the day. indeed the week is even after seeing them hundreds of times. it's always an emotional moment. it's always the same, let me 1st it's emotional, but then the research are in me takes over. i know i have to collect data the i being sure right from the 1st a not just from talking to the other biologists and the girls here. now i'm even more convinced this is what i want to study when we talk. what are the people they've got? it was arriving back in the post of sun rima sabina. i really has no

time to waste. she wants to analyze all the new sightings. immediately. i have to go to the we fairly arrived, the engine still running the subpoena plans to meet again with politicians and officials. she was that top and high efforts to protect the whales i'm the crew will continue to take out volunteers to go way on. watching naturally, a new generation of were such as keen to protect these magnificent giants in the mediterranean. the, to add up, produces them,

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