Rare Deep Water Encounter with Sperm Whale

Nautilus Live expedition submersible ROV has Unique Sperm Whale Encounter

By UWPG News, April 16, 2015

Many photographers and videographers have been capturing sperm whale images in recent years, but all of those are near the surface. Nautilus Live recently stirred it up with a rare and very surprising sperm whale encounter caught on video 598 meters below the surface (1,962ft).

The encounter took place in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, where ROV Hercules was circled several times by the sperm whale. Encounters like this are extremely rare, and good video even more rare.

Rare Sperm Whale Encounter Video:

Be sure to check out the Nautilus Live website, where they are exploring the ocean, studying biology, geology, archeology, and streaming LIVE video from deep below the ocean surface.

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