Summary
How did blue whales evolve to be so big? What can whale earwax teach us about whale emotions? Do blue whales have long-distance relationships? Come learn about the largest animal of all time on this episode of Species.
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| 0:00.0 | Listen to the traditions of any seafaring culture, and you will hear stories of sea monsters. |
| 0:09.6 | Invariably, if you look into their myth histories, you will find stories of those who went out onto the ocean and saw something impossible. You will hear of encounters with beings of impossible proportions. |
| 0:28.7 | Now, I'm a skeptical guy. When I read stories from history of fairies and deities and ghosts and whatnot, |
| 0:35.8 | or more recently of aliens and UFOs, I feel immediate suspicion, |
| 0:41.3 | that the person reporting it just made it up. People make stuff up all the time. And usually, |
| 0:49.4 | the human capacity for hyperbole is a better explanation than magic. |
| 0:56.1 | But when I read stories about sea monsters, |
| 1:00.4 | when I read old stories from people who claim to have seen beemoths rise from the depths of the ocean, |
| 1:09.0 | I think we have good reason |
| 1:11.1 | to believe they saw something |
| 1:14.0 | or someone. |
| 1:16.5 | Today we are going to talk |
| 1:18.4 | about good reason. |
| 1:21.2 | Today we're going to talk |
| 1:23.0 | about the largest living being |
| 1:25.8 | that has ever existed. |
| 1:29.6 | The Blue Whale. |
| 1:32.2 | Phalianoptera, Musculus. |
| 1:35.5 | I'm Mackin. This is species. |
| 1:42.9 | Welcome to the show, the biggest episode ever. |
| 1:47.5 | If you liked the show, please share it. |
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