Tale of Two Whales finale on 'Born to be Wild'

For almost two weeks, Doc Nielsen and his team have been documenting whales and dolphins in Bohol’s seas.

 

They filmed the behavior of spinner dolphins, melon-headed whales and bottlenose dolphins. Until Doc’s team spotted the biggest whale yet – a Bryde’s whale. Along with other marine mammals and the biggest fish in the world, the whale shark, Bryde’s whales were once hunted in Pamilacan. After what seemed like years of “absence” from Bohol’s seas, a Bryde’s whale sighting was finally reported by researchers in 2010. And as Born to be Wild’s footage shows, the Bryde’s whale is indeed back in Bohol.

 

But the question remains – where is the blue whale that the team documented a year ago? The blue whale is the largest creature to have ever existed on earth, and in the Philippines, it has only been formally documented a few times. Last year, Born to be Wild showed Philippine viewers what was then the most extensive footage of the blue whale in our own waters. This year, Doc Nielsen and the team wonder if the blue whale will surface again, for a more detailed observation.

 

Suddenly, they see a fluke or “tail” which appears to be the same size as their boat, if not bigger. A fluke this big can only mean one thing.

 

The blue whale is here.

 

Doc Nielsen and the team finally get the chance to take a closer look at the blue whale.

 

The team is able to know more about why these whales come here – to feed on the millions of krill, which Bohol’s waters are rich in. Later, the team shows the footage of the Bryde’s whale and the blue whale to Dr. Monica DeAngelis of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of America. She explains that documenting two of these gigantic whales in a single area is nothing short of amazing.

 

Don’t miss the awe-inspiring finale of The BORN EXPEDITIONS’ “Tale of Two Whales” this Wednesday, after Saksi.