UPSIDE – DOWN JELLYFISH | CASSIOPEA
November 20, 2018
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Category: Marine Life
#Bermuda Reef Watch 2014
June 10, 2014
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Citizen scientists survey coral reefs located across the entire Bermuda lagoon. Information is collected on reef environmental conditions, the status of fish population and on the condition of sessile and mobile reef organisms such as hard corals and lobsters. By surveying again in subsequent years we hope to provide a public source of information on the condition of our vital coral reef habitats and the fishes they support. – Bermuda Bream
Moon #Jellyfish – Western Blue Cut #Bermuda
June 9, 2014
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A moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) taken with a GoPro video camera in an underwater housing near Western Blue Cut in the reef lagoon in Bermuda.
The sea was so calm you could see people standing on the stern of the boat above!
Humpback Whale & Calf in 15 ft of water #Bermuda @whalesbermuda
May 21, 2014
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A mother and her calf take refuge in shallow water but then the calf makes a turn into a cull de sac of coral heads and the two whales must exit in shallow water over the coral
The Dance of #Bermuda #Humpback #Whales 2014 @whalesbermuda
April 25, 2014
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Every once in a while I have a close encounter with humpbacks. These encounters are always on the whales’ terms. They come to the boat, the engine is off, and I am completely passive. Over time they can become increasingly curious. This encounter was the better part of three hours and by the end they were literally sticking their noses in my face. The camera shake is because I was so cold! Most of my footage is taken with a heavy Gates housing and the rig weighs around 60 pounds which is like having a tripod. This lightweight Sony camera isn’t so stable in the hands of a shivering cameraman. On the other hand, I might not have been able to swim for three hours with a heavy Gates in my hands. – Andrew Stevenson
Giant Whale Eats Cameraman in #Bermuda
March 12, 2013
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An unidentified giant whale swallows a camerman while another cameraman watches helplessly!!!
whalesbermuda.com
facebook.com/groups/whalesbermuda
‘Mary Lee’ The Great White Shark @Ocearch
February 22, 2013
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‘Mary Lee‘ is a 16 foot long, mature female, great white shark that (since tagged in September of 2012) has swum the entire Eastern Seaboard of the USA from Massachusetts to Florida and as of February 21st, 2013 is cruising around the island seamount of Bermuda!
| Shark Name: Mary Lee Species: Carcharodon carcharias Gender: Female Stage of Life: Mature Length: 16 ft. Weight: 3456 lbs.Tag Date: 17 September 2012 Tag Location: Cape Cod Description: Mary Lee’s name comes from Chris Fischer’s mother. “My parents have done so much. I was waiting and waiting for a special shark to name after her and this is truly the most historic and legendary fish I have ever been a part of and it set the tone for Cape Cod,“ says Chris. |
Mary Lee’s on Twitter! @MaryLeeShark
OCEARCH
OCEARCH is a non-profit organization with a global reach for unprecedented research on the ocean’s giants.
Osbourne’s Day Out: North Rock Tank to North Rock – #Bermuda Shark Relocation
August 28, 2012
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Osbourne the dusky shark has lived in the North Rock tank at the Bermuda Aquarium for 6 years. After having outgrown the tank and regularly sparring with a giant grouper named Vader, it was decided that for his, aquarium staff and the other tank inhabitants’ own safety he should be returned to the sea. But can a shark be returned back to the wild and survive after living for 6 years in captivity? Dusky sharks are considered “vulnerable” in the Atlantic and “near-threatened” around the world because of commercial and recreational fishing. What are Osbourne’s chances of making it in the wild? And does this heighten public fears about sharks in local Bermuda waters?
Where did Osbourne go? Osbourne the dusky shark was released back into the sea from the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo in March 2012. He was fitted with a PSAT tag just before his release. Dr. Neil Burnie explains where he has been.
The Bermuda Shark Project
- bermudashark.com
- facebook.com/BermudaShark
Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo
Filmed by Milton Raposo Digital/ film:video:media:music
Elsa Stevenson – #Bermuda #Humpbackwhale Encounter @whalesbermuda
March 30, 2012
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8-year-old Elsa Stevenson, narrator of the award winning documentary Where The Whales Sing produced by her father Andrew Stevenson (founder of the Humpback Whale Research Project, Bermuda) has her first encounter for an hour and a half with a female, calf and escort humpack whale.
On his blog & daily diary Andrew says;
At times they seemed more interested in her than vice versa. I am sure they recognised that she was a human ‘calf’. The mother repeatedly swam towards us within ten feet and less to look while her calf hid underneath. Elsa also used her own underwater camera to film two ‘dancers’ that danced around us, apparently more interested in wooing us than each other. This was her favourite experience.
For a year and a half she has been a member of a swim club and swum three times a week, one and a half hours per session, to become proficient enough at swimming that I would take her with me. In the end, she was like a squid, darting about here and there and with my 55-pound camera I was incapable of keeping up with her.
Humpback Whale Encounter – Female & Escort – March, 2011 #Bermuda
January 7, 2012
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A female humpback is curious and keeps coming back to take a look at Andrew Stevenson but her escort is jealous and keeps cutting between the two of them. The male humpback can then be seen turning within the length of his body. He even does a bubble stream to curtain the female off. Half way through this display Andrew is back-peddling as fast as he can …
Andrew Stevenson is the producer of the remarkable film/documentary “Where the Whales Sing”; winner of the 2011 Charman Prize and ‘Best Emerging Underwater Filmmaker’ at the Blue Ocean Film Festival.
The film is a culmination of three years (2007-2010) of filming and observing North Atlantic humpback whales during their mid-ocean migratory crossings.
- awstevenson.com
- whalesbermuda.com
Bermuda Underwater Cave Environment & Sea Creatures
January 5, 2012
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Bermuda’s authentic caves hold clues to ice age and sea level rise, and also shelter unique cave adapted species found nowhere else on the planet …
This Bermuda Caves video is part of a documentary series featured in an abridged mini-series on Discovery Channel Canada. It was created and produced by the Bermuda Environmental Alliance (BEA) to raise awareness about Bermuda’s natural environment.
Children on the island are now benefiting from the December 2011 launch of six, 30 minute environmental documentary videos which are being distributed to schools across the Island as a learning resource.
Bermuda’s Water Catchment, Return of the Ghost Bird (cahows), Bermuda’s Mystical (underwater) Caves, Bio-diesel from the Sargasso Sea Algae, trash reduction and the Cooper’s Island regeneration project are the topics covered in the documentaries.
Bermuda Environmental Alliance
- bermuda-bea.org
- facebook group
- twitter.com/bermudabea
Andrew Stevenson interview (Where the Whales Sing)
October 5, 2011
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