dolphins in arctic white whales are the undisputed stars of russia's aquariums and while spectators by the marine mammals elaborate carefully practiced performances few know about their long journey from the sea to the show how and by whom are the animals caught what's the secret of their near flawless training do the dolphins and whales actually communicate with human beings the creatures comfortable in their captivity. to unlock the many mysteries of marine mammals our journey takes us to the ends of the earth to russia's remote far east. off the shores of the sea of cortes not far from the mouth of the mighty river lie a string of uninhabited islands. this one is named for the famous soviet pilot.

who crash landed there during in one nine hundred thirty six expedition. during the salmon spawning season the sea around the island is literally teeming with fish and this abundance of food attracts large groups of white whales. in summer these tiny clapboard houses are home to both teams of fisherman and an expedition of the russian academy of sciences. to reach a totally new level in our research behaviorally white whale. disco still have very little information about male female interaction. we're not sure if they travel in separate paths of males and females whether you know the story of the groups are set apart by. the study of white whales discovered less ground than that of the dolphin white whales are believed to be a sort of universal indicator for the state of arctic marine ecosystems for third the. street season scientists are tracing white whale migrations with the help of

specialized satellite transmitters. this method is practiced around the world and has already revealed that white whales withdrawal for the winter to the northern sea have a horse and come back each spring. the transmitters have a hermetic plastic cover meant to operate in deep water there battery life is between nine and twelve months. we are hoping to find a connection with the populations in america when they split off how they interact today and whether or not to show they practice similar migrations. next to the fishing village or enclosures for the white whales that have been caught to be trained to perform in aquariums this region is where the majority of white whales in the world's aquariums come from. weather permitting we'll catchers go to sea first thing in the morning because the early

hours of the most active feeding time for the creatures roaming the local bays. the boy come alone or in groups. some hours you turn up here others near that. and over there and everywhere you. meet that he hopes to affix one of the transmitters on this run but not every animal captured is fit for the purpose. let me save the trends meters for their larger wider whales because the gray ones are undersized and they're still growing is what. we prefer males because they are migrations are more spread out. and we want to trace their roots.

three big boats carry specialized floating nets each seven hundred fifty meters long and the trap is carefully laid so that when it ensnares a group of white whales they don't wraps on its own at speeds topping twenty kilometers an hour. motorboat circled the net and scare the animals preventing them from breaking loose. stuff done ok was put in. as they dried the net the will catchers close to try the first catch a young female she differs from an adult player smaller size and her gray color. a yellow one two or two and a half meter and. a female were like chairs. young animals will adapt well in captivity this young female we've caught will be sent to an aquarium. the meantime another

boat has its own net to handle the catch is fairly good aside from a young female therefore bigger whales to extricate them from the net they're being dragged towards the sandy shore. the important thing is to avoid injury animals. often parts of the net have to be cut loose to free the whales more quickly. individuals are identified according to their sex size and approximate age just because it will. become the gypsy male. of course should. the biggest animals are released because they're unlikely to adapt in captivity. louison him go sure we'll releasing thank you let her enjoy her freedom just instead for an aquarium with their tanks are too small for a beast as big as yours she weighs about a ton on the thank. you. thank you.

thank. one of these whales will be fitted with a transmitter the installation procedure is perfectly fine tuned the enemy endures the piercing without much problem three plastic rods easily penetrate a thirty centimeter thick roll of fat that covers its backbone while the steel cords finally fix the transmitter in place for one whole year it will supply scientists with invaluable information. the future aquarium stars start their journey from the sea in a special ice shirt like net it transports the whales while avoiding injury. easy honey thank goodness again a little bit just put the shirt on but the next time here and there under the board

this way he won't choke in the water a move get pulled out of the boat by the then drag him slowly through the enclosure the. two whales have been caught and three others were released the transmitter has been installed on one big male will take more than an hour and a half to cover the three kilometers back to the base moving any faster might keep the animals from breathing comfortably. and she seems to be coping. up until the other one too. but you can say we are leading them under the board that yes well there's.

it. in recent years the end you will will catch has been no more than thirty head and has been limited soley to dis area. does this. leave on a small scale for a. ship like for example the whale hogs that are always mass scale and claimed. before being placed in. the end have to undergo a medical examination they're carefully freed from their transport. what are we going to do everything that's measured them profiling and take the genetic samples that i'd like to take lots samples from the big one. the animals linked in body circumference measured with more precision. carefully takes a blood sample from the tail. to know how meat the cold still.

suffering from the stress everyone is eager to get the whole thing over and done with discern is possible the next step is to perform an ultrasonic test to measure the. these eight. first and possibly most important. seeds and trust must emerge in its place away from the thrill of the open ocean they can slowly be consoled by human companionship. the trainer the first human. closures with the captured. you know. those each one by sight and seems to share

their problems as a cell and. so make the transition easily or they go ok the very next day they come they take food you play stopping at the platform and you could hardly get rid of them to all intents and purposes they all taste just but these are usually males young males very sociable the girls are all delicate much more difficult. the trainer brings them pail after pail of fish the better adjusted ones have a formidable appetite and they're at an all you can eat buffet. so there's a key indicator for them. is whether or not they show that always on the so. i mean they come out also they try not just take the head out of tool of. particular to avoid showing. they tried to snatch the fish from under the water

but when they show the oh yes it's complete adaptation i think those are. the invaluable milliliters of white whale blood or immediately put to a wide range of tests sadly practically all white whales in the wild are infected with parasites in open water diseases are far easier to transmit than to treat during their first weeks in captivity the doctors make sure their cured the will also have some ailments that you might call social. only dizziness. tape a time. next his female friend. and another mild it was bigger a slip or so using this particular female. but. it's here that they start learning. to amuse spectators or to serve science

a brave new world one so unlike their own element lies ahead of them. question was that so much i was about to face and i think if it really. is to making our western ideas about economics trade even democracy in the balance and what model. for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. the small town of mali with dish on the black sea coast is home to an aquarium of the russian academy of sciences. many marine mammals are brought here out to their

cause. they're placed under the watchful eye of doctors and learn to get accustomed to people to cooperate and be friends. but three she is not just for newbies it's like a resort for c.n.n. most from far and wide. right now two female walruses are undergoing rehabilitation here both have been treated for serious problems with their tusks. as well and has also come here to work with the marine mammals. it's the focus is going to find out why the white whales if it's true should get the young white. comfortably on the stretchers fully aware of what's in store and kallman response to all the actions of the scientists so it's silicone suction cups with sensors are placed on the surface of her skin right above the brain. i'm trying to pick up the

echo of the electrical signals which is inside her brain which in some animals is fifteen to twenty centimeters under the skin. and the lower jaw bone of the sea mammals is considered the best area for sound reception hydrophone is affixed to the white whales lower jaw bones and puts out a series of noises that. our experiments is toast you know in basis of this because he doesn't feel and it's like giving if i was to listen and listen to music how often our or now i'm just off of that she can swim again without any problems and it's that with. this scientists watch the brain response to the sound impulse on the computer monitor the first research on dolphins was launched here in the one nine hundred sixty s. today new technologies present scientists with new opportunities a lot of facts are being gathered but many of the mysteries of sea mammals remain

unsolved. for the mysteries of everything is a mystery here really. from here sounds ten pages higher than the human ear can pick researchers sure why can't people hear it with the majority of animals have only one zone of canine eyesight. dolphins have to. be underwater and the other one to see out of water. that's their trick. and they have a navigator a locator a sonar there how does the information that they received through the sonar and their eyes come together into one image you see. the experiment lasts for about an hour the white whale marina gets pretty bored without any tasks to perform but she also understands that people are working so yes this thing that they're probably more clever than dogs but not quite as smart as monkeys but why is that if you give a command to. it will do it but if you give a command to a dolphin or

a white whale they will give you several options it's like they have a creative approach so. during breaks in the course of the experiment marina has to stay in the swimming pool alone and she gets restless. gets into the pool every day to play with the animals have a natural need for care and attention so in the laboratory nearby research is underway on the sleep habits of marine mammals right now behind the wall in the room with the swimming pool a seal is to sleep he can sleep in one position for an hour or two without knowing that the electronic equipment is registering all his cerebral activity. leaps on the side and keeps paddling with one trip through the day he changes sleeping positions and switches between the right on the left side proximately the same amount of time so that both sides of his brain get the same amount of.

rain as all asleep at the same time. case of marine mammals it's different one hemisphere sleeps than the other. phenomenon was discovered here in the one nine hundred seventy s. . they live in the water and just can't afford to lose control of their surroundings for even one minute or they may face the threat of death that's why only one half of their brain is asleep and only one of their eyes closed we still don't know why they don't have the so-called r e m a rapid eye movement phase of the sleep cycle in other words they're incapable of dreaming by studying the unique sleep habits of marine mammals we can understand some mechanisms of human sleep disorders. for example the absence of. proof whales and seals especially can go on without sleep for several days. people also have the

restless feet syndrome is when people move their legs and feet while asleep. the dolphins can actually sleep while swimming by and of course our we hope that one day system will be able to understand what exactly happens to a person during his sleep which. lake which is the natural water reservoir that's connected to the seat it's less than a kilometer away. here in the natural pool there are several white whales that go through some very complicated training. animals are taught to use a hydro coup stick system to search for people in distress and water through. on the trainer's command the animal checks the whereabouts and points in the direction of a man behind me enclosure three then another white whale on signal takes up a special mouthpiece exits the enclosure and promptly locates the man in the water

at a distance of about three hundred meters. several of these animals behavioral tendencies a possible one check this is phil so he went to his trainer been located to go outside the enclosure with the acoustic device. a bit to manipulate the voice. following the direction in which there was a man in the water this is a complicated behavioral psycho when it needs practice to be perfect. just one of the world's most experienced marine mammal trainers he's been working with whales for some thirty years and seems to understand them perfectly. and look at. trying to attract our attention no additions will get laid on the

water that these noises have a lot of me much and then you will see what he's getting multi they are very friendly to people in the choice they are very easy to train with stubbornness or a pull with. friends by tradition the scientists the trainers the professors and the students all gather at five o'clock for a cup of tea but. it's here that they can discuss the news and hear about the most original scientific theories. danimal is work not for a fair shake that they don't really need that much frankly speaking that they know very well they won't go hungry anyway so they work for the sake of amusement they're living creature opes i almost said. this truck has covered the distance of two thousand kilometers in two days inside is

a huge basin with seawater and three white whales the future stars of the new aquarium soon to be opened in yet a slab. they're about to be unloaded. this is a male because his nickname is green used to have a green on his tail so stretches included he weighs about four hundred fifty kilograms i've got his tail thank us good thank the entire male staff of the aquarium from the trainers to the plumbers and accountants help unload the future performers i. wrote him keep rolling yes just like that he. would detail he can pitch. one after another the animals leave the truck and start looking around their new.

home with curiosity these white whales were caught here and in russia's far east and spent their first year in the black sea where they went through a training course they handled the long trip pretty well. and transporting animals for fifty hours is absolutely the mission was over the last couple of years we worked out a method to do the transferring such animals over very long distances to where everything is falling and the animals are active in swimming. they will have the first feeding. the next important task for them is to adapt to the new conditions first the rest before they start their training which will be the same as here in st petersburg special marine mammal querrey and one of the largest in russia. olga the veterinarian his return from the sea of cortes and is now back to monitoring the health of her performers. basis polina.

to far eastern white tway that he's still a thing to see scott. and this is a bottlenose dolphin from the black sea cow name is maria is that she's the most beautiful ones or at least that's what she thinks that if. she knows food well how is useful human beings can be. in between shows the trainers go through their routines with their animals over and over again to give commands trainers use only whistles tuned to this special range of frequencies that the dolphins can pick up the enemas devote their undivided attention to the trainer otherwise they'll be no mutual understanding something. good communication is established gradually when you start training these animals when you feed them. there for. command's.

was deep in the slowly gradually in the finish but you begin to understand option that when you might as well as they begin to understand you after that the work is mainly about learning each other's instincts and if they can see. the female dolphin does she gets distracted often by her six month old son. the arrival of new generations brings both great excitement and added responsibility to the aquarium dosh is a very protective mother and everyone here seems keen on spoiling their favorite little nail. sauce in the diver loves to play with them in the water only with dashes permission of course no one appears set to be quite a performer since both his dolphin and human friends teach him everything they know . that. has told him something which has to. his mother to clanchy it to dance

he really is a very good only to be sociable interesting and he considers us close friends just keep his first time. one performance after the other crowds are thrilled by the spectacle of dolphins and humans working together . behind all the excitement inspired by the stars as a great deal of work. the trainers a chair takers also bear a solemn responsibility for the majestic creatures dave tamed.

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