gunman set off for explosives. research grounded on the big drug international aids conference in vienna questioning studies into the spread of the disease and cues from a suitable johnson putting profits before treatment. those are the headlines time now for our special report we're off to the sea of cortes in the north russia discover more about the elusive luger whale that's next stay with us. 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 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. not sure if they travel in separate columns of males and females with. 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. as for the third straight 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 of 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. in the game so that 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. 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. he saved the trans meters for the larger wider whales because the gray ones are undersized and they're still growing. 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 it and 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 whale 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 cheers. young animals will adapt well in captivity this young female we've caught will be sent to an aquarium. in 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 and 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. because

it will. shift. of course. 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. of their tanks are too small for a beast as big as yours she weighs about a ton on the. thank you. thank. one of these whales will be fitted with a transmitter the installation procedure is perfectly fine tuned the animal indoors 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 fixed 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 specialized shirt like net that transports the whales while avoiding injury. easy hunting thank goodness again a little bit just put the shirt on what about 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 to 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.

she seems to be coping. up until the other one to. discover that you can say we are leading them under the board that. in recent years the end you will catch has been no more than thirty head and has been limited to this area. this. we believe on a small scale for a quiet. ship like for example hans always mass scale and claim hundreds. before being placed in the

enclosures have to undergo a medical examination they're carefully untied and freed from their transport. what are we going to do everything that's measured them profile and take the genetic sample site i'd like to take a lot samples from the big one. the animals linked in body circumference measured with more precision. carefully takes a blood sample from the tail. pulse to know how many cold stares. everyone is eager to get the whole thing over and done with discern as possible the next step is to perform an ultrasonic test to measure. these to fifty eight. for the first and possibly most important contact with. 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 first. time closures would be captured. he knows each one by sight and seems to share their problems as a seller. 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 to stake their head out of. the ticky to avoid showing. they try to snatch the fish from under the water 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 there cured the will also have some ailments that you might call social. dizziness. i don't think the tape a time to. be the next his female friend. and another male it was bigger a slip or so using this particular female. but. it's here. they start learning how to amuse spectators or to serve. a brave new world.

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are placed under the watchful eye of doctors and learn to get accustomed to people to cooperate and be friends. but not just for newbies it's like a resort for see. right now two female walruses are undergoing rehabilitation here both have been treated for serious problems with their tusks. well it has also come here to work with the marine mammals. it's we would go and find out why the white whales the crowds which. the young white. comfortably on the stretchers fully aware of what's in store for her and calm in 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. trying to pick

up the echo of the electrical signals in just inside her brain which in some animals the stage is fifteen to twenty centimeters under the skin. that is 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 noise it's. our experiments this toasting all 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 let's look with. the 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. as for the mysteries of should everything is a mystery here really. from here sounds ten pitches higher than the human ear can take. why can't people hear it with the majority of animals have only one zone of canine eyesight. dolphins have to. be underwater on the other one to see out of water. that's their trick before they have a navigator. a locator a sonar there how does the information that they received of the sonar and their eyes come together into one image you see. the experiment last for about an hour the white whale marina gets pretty bored without any tasks to perform but she also understands that people are working. 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 a dog 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 with so three. 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 enemas 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 asleep 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 flipper throughout the day he changes sleeping positions and switches between the right and the left side of proximity the same amount of time so that both sides of his brain get the same amount of. land

mammals brain is all asleep at the same time but in case of marine mammals it's different to one hemisphere sleeps than the other it was 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. or 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 sleep proved that whales and seals especially can go on without sleep for several days people also have the

restless feet. is when people move their legs and feet while asleep. the dolphins can actually sleep while swimming by and of course we hope that one day we'll be able to understand what exactly happens to a person during his sleep which. lake which is a natural water reservoir that's connected to the sea it's less than a kilometer away. here in the natural pool there are several white whales that go through some very complicated training. thank animals are taught to use the hydro system to search for people in distress and water through. on the trainer's command animal checks the whereabouts and points in the direction of a man behind the enclosure for 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. so he went to his training been located to go outside the enclosure with the acoustic device then a bit. device compressed able to following the direction in which there was a man in the water this is a complicated behavioral psycho and the solution it needs practice to be perfect. and. this is a well a 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. is. the ability to look at you all chance change the neo trying to attract our

attention all of the issues will get laid on the water that these noises have a lot of meat much and then you will see what he's getting norty they are very friendly to people in the choice they are very easy to train with and establish europol with. 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. animals work not for a fair shake that they don't really need that much frankly speaking but they know very well they won't go hungry any way they work for the sake of amusement they're living creature opes i almost said peaceful. this truck has covered the distance of two thousand kilometers in two days inside is

a huge basin with sea water in 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 way because his nickname is the great used to have a green on his tail so stretches included he weighs about four hundred fifty kilograms ah. i got his tail. understood. 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. never 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 and then rushes 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've worked out a method to the transferring such animals over a very long distances to where everything is falling and the animals are active in swimming. they will have that first feeding. the next important task for them is to adapt to the new conditions first still 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 has returned from the sea of a courts and is now back to monitoring the health of her performers.

this is the only niche come. this far eastern white twelve that he used to leave in the seal hunt scott. and this is a bottlenose dolphin from the black sea cow name is moves that she's the most beautiful ones or at least that's what she thinks that instead. she knows full 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 enemy devote their undivided attention to the trainer otherwise they'll be no mutual understanding. communication is established gradually when you start training these animals when you feed. their first commands.

slowly gradually begin to understand. as well as they begin to understand you after that the work is mainly about learning each other's instincts to see. the female dolphin does she gets distracted often by your six month old son. the arrival of new generations brings both great excitement and added responsibility to the aquarium. is a very protective mother and everyone here seems keen on spoiling their favorite little nail. such 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 in human friends teach him everything they know . that.

has told him something. has to channel his mother to clap you know who is it to dance he really is it very. interesting and he considers us close friends with his kids just i'm. one performance after the other crowds are thrilled by the spectacle of dolphins and humans working together. all the excitement inspired by the stars as a great. the trainers and caretakers also bear a solemn responsibility for the majestic creatures they have tamed.

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