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NATURE & WILDLIFE
sperm whales: titans of the deep
Scientists, now equipped with cutting-edge technology, can follow sperm whales
to depths of 1,584m. This has allowed for amazing new findings about the lives of
these acoustically sensitive creatures. But it also raises a concern: are the
increasing levels of man-made noise that now pollute the ocean affecting the
whales and forcing them to swim into environments outside their natural habitat,
such as the shallow waters of the North Sea?
The number of sperm whales that became stranded in the North Sea increased
by 1000% in the 1990s. During that period, the commercial search for oil in these Definition Episodes
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waters, using seismic sonar technologies, also increased. Could there be a Producer YOP
connection between the two? Anthro Media in 2011
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This revelatory film combines pioneering scientific research with the latest in
filmmaking technology to draw you into the mysterious world of the sperm whale,
and to uncover the problems that it and many other animals face today.
