Baby Dolphin Meets 'Spy Nautilus'

These are nautilus – alien creatures from the deep abyss. But these are organisms of a very special kind…for their eyes are state of the art cameras. Spy Nautilus soon meets the long probing nose that gives these dolphins their name. Bottlenose dolphins have excellent eyesight, but they also have another way to see… They can beam sound waves from their forehead. And use the returning echoes to create a picture in sound. This sonar penetrates like an X-ray. There's nothing to eat in here! The dolphins are so completely at ease with Spy Nautilus, a mother is happy to reveal her own precious secret. Her newborn baby, just 5 days old. He still bears wrinkles from his time curled up in the womb. His mother can stay down for fifteen minutes, but he must breathe every two. So, for his first few weeks of life, she makes sure he stays about 10 feet from the surface. He’s been born into an extended family made up of aunts and other females. Each dolphin has its own unique signature whistle that it uses just like a name. The baby will learn these whistles and soon recognize each and every dolphin.

Channel: Nature on PBS

Views: 341,790

Keywords: nature, natural world, live nature, under the sea, ocean life, pbs, public television, television, episode preview, film, nature documentaries, documentary, dolphins, dolphin, Dolphins: Spy in the Pod, Spy in the Pod, Spies, nautilus, animals, animals with cameras, baby animals, animal families

Id: _KBb3Q2wJOM

Length: 2min 26sec (146 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 26 2017