1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: Cal's we Can review, presented by Steel Steel products are 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: available only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: Dealers dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: In what's being called a quote very Canadian issue, a 6 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: beaver or possibly beavers, schewed through a tell Us ethernet 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: cable that provided internet to nine users and TV to 8 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: sixty in the two thousand person British Columbia town of 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: tumbler Ridge. Of course, you know tumbler Ridge, British Columbia 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: because of its dinosaur tracks and the Peas Region Paleontology 11 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 1: Research Center. Everybody knows that. Nope. This may have been 12 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: an act of defiance against the sometimes extortion at rates 13 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: that come with monopolized rural internet, or possibly the beavers 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: were attempting to gain connectivity to their dam. The tell 15 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: Us crew found several pieces of the chewed through cable 16 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: at the mound, which, in my opinion, is charming, but 17 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:16,919 Speaker 1: as evidence goes, is damning. According to the BBC, another 18 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: Canadian town, Grenville Sir La Rouge, in the province of Quebec, 19 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: was recently under a sort of state of emergency as 20 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: a supposed eight hundred beavers constructed some two hundred damns 21 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: around the town, which caused flooding and widespread water damage. 22 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: Considering the history of Canada, Quebec, the French voyagers and 23 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: beaver trapping, it's safe to say there are some tough 24 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: old trappers rolling in their graves over this one. The 25 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: Ethernet situation, m hmm, probably not so much low, I g. 26 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: Have you tried turning it off and on again? This 27 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: week we've got heavy metal, whales and so much more. 28 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: But first I'm gonna tell you by my week and 29 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: my week as well as this podcast is brought to 30 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: you by Steel Power Equipment. But you already know that, 31 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: probably sick of me saying it, so here's a listener 32 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: email on the subject. Cal. First off, I'm a big 33 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: fan of Meat Eater and the associated brands. I've listened 34 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: to every single episode of Cal's Weekend Review and it's 35 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: perfect for going to work on Monday mornings. You should 36 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: tell Chester the Investor to look into doge coin. 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That's from William, Thank you, William. 46 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: This week, the Meat Eater crew, including myself, met up 47 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: with friends Kimi Werner, Justin Turkowski, Danny Bolton and Jonah 48 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: Marks on the island of Hawaii. The Big Island. Spear 49 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: fishing was the game and it was incredible. Surrounding yourself 50 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: with kind, competent, knowledgeable people is a good start to 51 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: any adventure, and this crew was on fire. Jonah is 52 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: a boat captain and fisherman from generations of fishermen here 53 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: on the Big Island. He's calm and cool and knows 54 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: the stuff. He specializes in hand lining tuna. Danny is 55 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: a real double maybe even triple threat type guy. He's 56 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: a land racer motorbikes to Baja trucks. Speaking of if 57 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: you have never seen the documentary From Dust to Glory 58 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: watch it. But at the same time, Danny also on 59 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: a whim dove over fifty feet on a single breath 60 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: with no flippers to retrieve a hung up speed jig 61 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: off the bottom of the ocean, just while we were 62 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: fishing one day. Jostin Turkowski not only free dives, but 63 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: does so while pushing a camera in an underwater housing, 64 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: which is like the least aerodynamic thing about the size 65 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: of a basketball ahead of him at all times. Kimmy 66 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: Werner is the consummate teacher and athlete. She can patiently 67 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: guide you through the basics of free diving and show 68 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: you by example really incredible opportunity And I'm just like 69 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: pleased as punched call these folks my friends. We started 70 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: with pole spears, sometimes called three prongs or Hawaiian slings. 71 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: It's just a large pole with a band of surgical 72 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: tubing on one end and a spear on the other. 73 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: You hook the tubing with your thumb stretched down the pole, 74 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: then it's in the cocked position and let your hand 75 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: go and hopefully spear fish on the other end. We 76 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: use this to kill or catch however you want to say. 77 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,119 Speaker 1: At Uma malay, polani, kole, and menpachi, which all would 78 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: fall under primarily a whole fish fry a category. Then 79 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: we worked with spear guns at greater depths for larger fish, 80 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: primarily parrot fish and goat fish species that were definitely 81 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: more cagy, a little more hip to the hunt. Also 82 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: had a serious octopus chase that resulted in an octopus 83 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: in the boat. But also what I was told is 84 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: called a longer tray chi, a squeeze, whatever you call it. 85 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: I was coughing blood, which was alarming. You don't say 86 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: I get very excited over spear fishing like a kid 87 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: in a candy store, and it's hard to remember to 88 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: take it slow. But at depth, all of your energy 89 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: and movements are greatly exaggerated. So a little bit of 90 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: movement goes a long way, is what I'm trying to say, 91 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: and through just like normal movements of my head, probably 92 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: way too fast. I crushed some blood vessels in my throat, 93 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: and yeah, you know, I didn't look that great. So 94 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: I got plenty to work on in the spear fishing game. 95 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: But that's what I'm here to do. Work and speaking work. 96 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: I'm broadcasting this week from the Big Island of Hawaii, 97 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: specifically in an Airbnb closet. It is sticky and sweaty 98 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: and not real pretty, but you know that's what I'm 99 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: doing for you, alright, moving on, I'm going to call 100 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: this one net fish and chill Asian therapy. You get it, 101 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: net fish and chell, Well, listen up. Tournament angler Jason Doyan, 102 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: who typically eight fish four times per week, started experiencing 103 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: strange symptoms throughout two thousand nineteen. Extreme muscle weakness, muscle fatigue, 104 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: walking around like he was drunk all the time. His 105 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: gait was off, stumbling all over the place, moody, erratic, 106 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: had a bad temper, lack of focus. He was lethargic, tired, 107 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: and cold. Eventually he was diagnosed with mercury poisoning. This 108 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 1: comes straight from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Methyl Mercury 109 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: is created by bacteria and highly organic portions of aquatic systems, 110 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: such as the sediment of lakes and wetlands. Zooplankton pick 111 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: up the methyl mercury as they filter the water and 112 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: feed on algae. When small fish eat zo plankton, the 113 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: methyl mercury builds up in their bodies. As the fish 114 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: grow and get bigger and older. Small fish are eaten 115 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: by larger fish, and the concentration of methyl mercury increases 116 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: at each step in the aquatic food chain. It is 117 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: highest in larger walley, northern pike, and other predatory fish. 118 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: Mercury is naturally occurring and is present in many lakes 119 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: and rivers, but additional mercury from industrial or power emissions 120 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: play the major role. For instance, the state of Minnesota 121 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: boats when the state's power utilities embarked on state ordered 122 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: efforts to reduce mercury. In the mid nineties, Minnesota's mercury 123 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: emissions from coal fired power plants were about one thousand, 124 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: eight hundred and fifty pounds per year. As of two 125 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: thousands seventeen, mercury emissions from whole use is down to 126 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: two eleven pounds per year. So it can be done. Doyan, 127 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: starting in March of two thousand twenty, went through fifteen 128 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: rounds of chelation therapy, which can either be administered through 129 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: the ingestion of chemicals such as d MPs or unifiol 130 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: d m s a suck summer and diffiol orally or intravenously. 131 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: Metals and minerals present in body apparently bind to these 132 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: chemicals and pass in the urine stream. If that sounds 133 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: like a turnkey solution to you, uh, you may want 134 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: to listen to this study, The Role of Chelation in 135 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,959 Speaker 1: the Removal of inorganic arsenic and inorganic mercury, published in 136 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: the Journal of Medical Toxicology, says although Chalatian following chronic 137 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: exposure to inorganic arsenic and inorganic mercury may accelerate metal 138 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: excretion and diminish metal burden in some organs, potential therapeutic 139 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: efficacy in terms of decreased morbidity as in death and 140 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: mortality as in life is largely unestabed ish in cases 141 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: of chronic metal intoxication, which sounds like we all end 142 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: up with less metal in your system, but you may 143 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: not escape the effects. You see where I got net 144 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: fish and chile atition therapy. Huh, it's all coming together. 145 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: I know it's clever anyway. This experience of ingesting chemical 146 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: cocktails fifteen times to pee out mercury was apparently not 147 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: lost on Doyan, who started wondering why the fish consumption 148 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: advisories were not made more clear and convenient, perhaps in 149 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: the actual fishing regulations. This is a good question, Jason, 150 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: Probably something to do with selling licenses and the cost 151 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: of printing regulations. Every state has a guy to eating fish. Michigan, 152 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: for example, has a guy that goes fittingly off the 153 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: shape of your hand or the state of Michigan the 154 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: mitten state. An adult hand is the rough filet equivalent 155 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: of eight ounces, A palm sized filet is six ounces, 156 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: and a rectangular palm think of palm minus the knuckles 157 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: as four ounces. These quote Michigan servings are your reference 158 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: for fish consumption. An adult man of a d eighty 159 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: pounds has a Michigan serving size of one adult hand 160 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: or eight ounces, and you add two ounces of fish 161 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: per any additional twenty pounds of human. The chart goes 162 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: from do not eat too limited consumption to number of 163 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: servings recommended per month. It lists species and chemical of concern. 164 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: For instance, in Lake Erie, chinook salmon are listed as limited, 165 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: meaning a Michigan serving a couple of times a year. 166 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: Lake whitefish under sixteen inches are listed as six Michigan 167 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: servings per month. Lake whitefish over sixteen inches are listed 168 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: as limited. To add insult to injury. The state of 169 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: Michigan recommends anglers trim all fat from their catch and grill, 170 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 1: not fry, which you know. I can hear cholesterol heartbreak 171 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: right now, as the chemicals in the fat continue to 172 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: drip out of the fish if you grill it, they'll 173 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: be sealed in if you fry it. This won't help 174 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: you for mercury, however, because mercury isn't stored in fat, 175 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: it's stored in flesh. So fry away. But what about 176 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: small fish? The state of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well 177 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: as parts of Michigan, have all recommended not eating rainbow 178 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: smelt out of the Lake Superior, which are only three 179 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: to six inches long. Quick side story. A long time 180 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: ago was admonished by my great grandmother, Betty Valeen, for 181 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: using smelt as bait to catch northern pike. I use 182 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: the word admonished there, which means to warn or reprimand firmly, 183 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: because it's fitting in the fact that that's what happened, 184 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: and the word itself just sounded more fitting for someone 185 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: of that generation. She had to have been over ninety 186 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: years old at the time, which is the same age 187 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: as her daughter my grandmother is now. Happy Mother's Day. 188 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: Granny anyway, she couldn't understand why someone would use a 189 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: fish perfect for whole frying, whole eating, guts, bones, head 190 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: and all to feed another fish. I'll admit it is 191 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: a head scratcher. If that doesn't sound appetizing to you, 192 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: it sounds appetizing to a lot of people. The Great 193 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: Lakes Food Company, whose claim is providing their customers with 194 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: the finest quality lake smelt, expertly processed to ensure it's 195 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: uncomparable freshness, sweet taste, and maximum nutritional value, this mercury 196 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: situation could be a problem. I think most of us 197 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: anglers that are inclined to keep a fish only look 198 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: at their regulations. We think most likely along the lines of, ah, 199 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: that stuff won't bother me. But if you start to 200 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: spin in circles this summer after your twentie fish fry, 201 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: it may not be the pilsner. Getting that additive non 202 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: natural mercury down in your home waters appears to be 203 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: not only good for the health, but good for the 204 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: pocket book and the economy as well. Moving on to 205 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: thest ever whale round up, yeehawk, a completely new kind 206 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: of beaked whale may have just been discovered off the 207 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: coast of Baja California that's on the Mexico side. You 208 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: may not have heard of a beaked whale because they 209 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: are some of the most mysterious and difficult to find 210 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: mammals in the world. They get their name from the 211 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: tapered or beak shaped front of the head, similar to 212 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: a dolphin or a porpoise, and they spend almost no 213 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: time close to the surface of the water, where we 214 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: are likely to see them. Instead, beaked whales rise briefly 215 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: to the surface, take a breath, and then dive back 216 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: down in search of deep water squid, deeper than any 217 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: other whale species. The muscles, lungs, blood, vessels, and brains 218 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: of beaked whales are all adapted to conserve oxygen, and 219 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 1: some evidence suggests that they can dive at least underwater 220 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: that's more than two and a half miles and stays 221 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: submerged for close to four hours. That means that beaked 222 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: whales are not exactly paddling alongside research boats showing off 223 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: their flippers, bound and beach balls. You know that routine. 224 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: Beaked whales are so mysterious that of the twenty three 225 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: known subspecies, scientists have been able to directly study four 226 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: of them. Most of the rest have never been observed 227 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: in nature. Almost everything we know about them is from 228 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: bones that have washed up on shores around the world. 229 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: But a group of marine biologists started patrolling the area 230 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: off the west coast of Mexico last year after the 231 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAH, picked up what 232 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: sounded like the calls of several parents beaked whales, one 233 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: of the varieties that has never been seen in the wild. 234 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,359 Speaker 1: In November, this group thought they had hit the jackpot. 235 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: They found what seemed like a pot of four parents 236 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: beaked whales breaching out of the water and cruising close 237 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: enough to be photographed. The scientists were elated until they 238 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: got back to the lab and studied the photos. Turns 239 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: out the tooth patterns of these whales didn't match the 240 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: known tooth patterns of parents beaked whale, and in fact 241 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: didn't match the tooth patterns of any own beaked whales, 242 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: So were these a completely new twenty four beaked whale species. 243 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: The scientists had swept the water around the whales with 244 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: fine nets, hoping to gather up enough sluft skin to 245 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: take genetic samples from, which doesn't sound like the most 246 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: glamorous job. Maybe those of you listening who have cleaned 247 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: a pool or hot tub filter could weigh in on that. 248 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: Those genetic analyzes are underway now, so we'll have more 249 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: breaking beaked whale news for you before too long. A 250 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: few more whale related facts. One of the first ways 251 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: people understood how deep beaked whales could die was in 252 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: the eighteen forties, when sailors observed the unbelievable amount of 253 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: line these whales were able to pull seemingly straight down 254 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: after being harpooned. People have been using harpoons to go 255 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: after whales for a very long time. Spears with barbed 256 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: points made of bone have been used by the Inupia 257 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: and you pick around the bearing straight for about ten 258 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: thousand years. But it seems that the earliest known harpoon 259 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: like point that is a spike up front and then 260 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: spikes facing the other way to keep the point from 261 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: pulling out, is way way older than we thought. Scientists 262 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: from Colorado State University last year identified a barbed point 263 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: native bone from present day Tanzania that is eight hundred 264 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: thousand years old, and that means that it wasn't Homo 265 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: sapiens that invented the harpoon, but our ancient ancestor, Homo erectus, 266 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: whose brain capacity was at least twenty smaller than ours 267 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: and whose um moxie must have been much much larger 268 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: than ours. Euthanizing beach whales is a surprisingly difficult task. 269 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: When efforts to get a healthy whale back into the 270 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: water have failed, or when a whale is beached because 271 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: it gets too old or sick to swim. Bringing a 272 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: swift death is a top priority, especially because a whale 273 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: skin will blister and peel painfully in the sun, and 274 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: birds will start to feed on whales's flesh, even its eyes, 275 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: before it dies. The most effective poison, Pento barbatal, doesn't biodegrade, 276 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: so we'll pass to any scavenger that comes along to 277 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: eat the whale carcass later. This is called secondary toxicity 278 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: and is a big problem with poisoning in general. When 279 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: people thought they were just poisoning coyotes with strychnine. For example, 280 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: secondary toxicity led to the poisoning of eagles, falcons, and 281 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: red tailed hawks who were cleaning up afterwards. But back 282 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: to Pento barbatal and whales. In two thousand eleven, a dog, 283 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: an Australian shepherd to be exact, went into a coma 284 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: after eating the flesh of a humpback whale that had 285 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: been stranded in East Hampton on Long Island and euthanized 286 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: with pento barbatal. The dog did recover, but only having 287 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: its stomach pumped twice so to avoid leaving a big 288 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: heap of poison on the beach. Another method to put 289 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: whales out of their misery has developed in Australia, which 290 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 1: is blowing the whales up with explosives. A couple weeks 291 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: ago we mentioned blowing up a big game carcass that 292 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: agrees he got attached to in order to disperse that attractant. 293 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: In a beached whales case, it's not quite as spectacular, 294 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: but still plenty interesting. Biologists will often detonate a small 295 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: amount of explosives at the base of the whale's brain, 296 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: kind of like a big tree fall. Hard situation, but 297 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: back to spearing. Sperm whales were hunted extensively in the 298 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: eighteen hundreds for their blubber, which was rendered down in 299 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: the best and cleanest burning lamp oil of the time. 300 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: At its peak whale oil sold for the equivalent of 301 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: seventy five dollars a gallon in today's money, which is 302 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 1: where the phrase burning the midnight oil comes from. At 303 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: seventy five bucks a gallon, the task you were doing 304 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: at midnight better be important. The liquid in the sperm 305 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: whale's head in which sound reverberates through, which is how 306 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: the sperm whale navigates at depth. That liquid was used 307 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: as a high heat super lubricant for machinery. But the 308 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: lesser known sperm whale commodity that is still extremely sought 309 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: after today is amber grease a m B E R 310 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: G R I S, which is the mucus or vomit 311 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: of male sperm whales that has rolled around the ocean, 312 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: sometimes for years before washing up on shore. Now, this 313 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like something you want to verify with your nose, 314 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: but apparently the stuff smells incredibly good and it's a 315 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,719 Speaker 1: key ingredient in many high end perfumes and cologne. So 316 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: how is this ambergris produced? Sperm whales eat a lot 317 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: of squid and cuttlefish, both animals with very sharp and 318 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: hard to digest beaks, and to protect their digestive tracks, 319 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: from being cut up by those beaks. The whales secrete 320 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: a protective fatty substance which they later expel. Hunks of 321 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: the stuff wash up on the beaches and then enterprising 322 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 1: hunters or civilian beach combers find it. If you thought 323 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: whale oil was expensive, and it's heyday. As of April two, 324 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: thou one ambergris was selling for up to seventy dollars 325 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: a pound. So the next time you're out to dinner 326 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: with your honey baby whisperings sweet nothings across the table, 327 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: remember that both of you smell as alluring as you 328 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: do because a sperm whale hacked up a giant lugie 329 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: of fatty mucus and squid beaks a while back, and 330 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: some enterprising beach comber found this lugie and hauled it 331 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: to a perfume factory. La La loves things. That's all 332 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: I've got for you this week. Thank you so much 333 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: for listening, and thank you to Steal Power Equipment. 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