Every year, between May and July, billions of migrating sardines come to spawn off the coast of South Africa. What was the most interesting thing you learned about sardines?

@Richie016

4 жыл бұрын

🐟sardines keep themselves locked; forming a cylindrical loop pattern in the deep ocean🌊

@q8smk

4 жыл бұрын

Forget the sardines, I need to know if the camera person was kept protected by his/her balls of steel?!! Those moments at 2:14 and 2:40 are crazy!!

@vickybranders8870

3 жыл бұрын

😕

@kingindra9051

3 жыл бұрын

What i've learned = I think sardines are the stupidest fish on the ocean, because they prefer to get eaten by sharks instead of running away from the death gate.. If only they can separate one another,, ah, sardines Logic.

@nezinekedewie1127

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much National Geographic about this knowledge! I get new learning that sardines is food some ocean animals. Sea animals haunted sardines fish 🐟 as their food. Killing sardines fish like seagull or tern, shark, and also whale! Oh, my Godness... I think just human like me eating sardines, but not only me 😁😅.

When the whale came in that was like something out of a movie!

@Mrvinoy

3 жыл бұрын

Truth

@doyoustayuplate4949

3 жыл бұрын

Right

@penggunayutub

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@August12350

3 жыл бұрын

Its the Avengers..here whale is the hulk

@lovesick_sounds

2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler

This is My first time seeing birds swimming underwater. I never even imagine it was possible. Such awesome footage

@ligerraptor7805

2 жыл бұрын

Penguins are birds and they swim.

@TONEakaSHOW

2 жыл бұрын

@@ligerraptor7805 Smh always has to be one of you! Didn't think I had to be technical, I meant flying birds duh! But yes all birds go in water, of course I knew that.

@joey2765

2 жыл бұрын

Ducks do that too😂

@thomashninan6708

Жыл бұрын

@@ligerraptor7805 what he/she means is seeing flying birds swim underwater penguins are water birds

@debrakleid5752

10 ай бұрын

@@TONEakaSHOWanhingas and comorants are birds that can fly and they are master divers and swimmers. We have a pond behind our house and they are there all of the time and after they get out of the water they will sit on a ledge or a buoy to dry their wings. They look like black gargoyles with their wings spread out. And when they fly they literally look like bullets. When they dive they will swim and pop up in another part of the pond. Quite amazing to see actually

Sometimes I take a look and realise that technology made life great.

@TXC_CARNAGE

3 жыл бұрын

For us

@goinggoinggone535

2 жыл бұрын

Technology except social media...

I’d love to be there diving with them! I love sharks and all kinds of marine life , I’m in school for marine biology and I hope to one day have my Own documentary series or tv show about marine life ! It’s a dream of mine

@ccraw6826

4 жыл бұрын

Go for it

@peterpain6625

4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to see it. Stay safe, stay healthy and may your air never run out

@nightowlanimate7813

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty Cure Forever Jotaro kujo: good

@HustlerKid

4 жыл бұрын

idk about that be there when all of them are feastin ? that just asking for me

@finalistburrito2499

3 жыл бұрын

I want to put on a chain mesh sleeve and shove it down a sharks mouth

Imagine being the wildlife filmmakers who came across this.

The beauty of nature. I have been enjoying National Geographic since 1972 when I got my first subscription at 5 years old.💙🌎

@thifalrn

2 жыл бұрын

oh, that's lovely!

The poor sardines.

@BugFinder217

4 жыл бұрын

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat.

@nezinekedewie1127

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, poor that sardines! They are food every animals or fish in ocean 🐳🌊.

@danielisflying

3 жыл бұрын

but they sure are tasty

@rebel876_9

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielisflying at smell disgusting but taste good

@danielisflying

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebel876_9 yh they smell terrible

That whale swoopin in being the guest of honor 😂

1:28 TACTICAL AIRSTRIKE INCOMING

Oh my god! I lost it when the whale showed up! How was this shot?! Scuba diving cameraman? It must feel insane to be in the middle of a feeding frenzy with animals of all sizes!

@nicksmith418

2 жыл бұрын

Probably a drone.

@northernalpine4350

10 ай бұрын

Cameraman never dies

Those birds looked like they had entered an alien dimension, like sub-space or something. Look again 1:58

How did that camera guy fit on that scuba suit with such huge balls.... 🤣

Sardines: We're trapped, let's run Bird Gannets: Where'd you wanna go? Sharks: Not so fast, baby Whale: I'm about to end these whole men career

Sharks, The original crowd sourcing!

Imagine being a sardine in your next life 😳

@jenmareck8669

Жыл бұрын

I'd rather be a shark.

@northernalpine4350

10 ай бұрын

​@@jenmareck8669 Orca's:

@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9

2 ай бұрын

On the bright side it would probably be a rather quick life.

And then the survivors get trapped in a fishing net by humans. It’s tough being a sardine.

This is too real to be true.. This is an amazing and thrilling footage!!

Ngl, the most scary part for me was the birds underwater

How amazing is this wow

@NatGeo

4 жыл бұрын

It's truly magnificent. Never stop exploring!

Shark: Come on, fellas. We’re having a buffet.

2:06 whale be like Party without me.

This is better than any action movies nowadays.

wow the whales' arrival is like in a movie

Respect to divers who film this

Thank you for this fascinating video! It looked so cool but scary at the same time 😃

This is awesome

@NatGeo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support. We love being your portal to the world...and beyond!

dam sardines aren’t too smart cause that just makes them a bigger target

1 day ago? I watched this video already 😂

The footage is amazing

I love you guys, an extraordinary video capture

incredible footage

this footage is incredible

Love it 😊 amazing ❤️😻🤩 .thanks for the information.

It’s true. cameraman never dies.

Sharks: Attackers Birds: Bullets shooted by Aliens Whale: Bomb

Um dos maiores espetáculo da natureza..A lei da sobrevivência. .👍👍👍

'fishes' LOL

That's really amazing!

Whale: mmmmm all the sardines is mine Me: oh that's why whales 🐳 are chubb7

Amazingly, Awesomely, Marvelously, Fantastically, Wonderfully video....

I was in La jolla like two weeks ago and saw a flock of birds just diving into the water and popping out. they went along the shoreline. It was amazing to see. Never dawned on me that there might be sharks feeding underneath as well.

How do you even film something like this? Amazing images

fish are like- "bro you said we would be safer together!!"

Wait til the humans come in with their huge nets lol

This is beautiful.

That whale ruin their party. Amazing documentary! It's like watching movie. Kudos!

Incredible!

That's amazing that the sharks literally leave the birds alone. I guess they've learned from experience that feathers don't taste as good? lol

these natgeo's videos should have a million of views, mmm

Kudos to the under water camera crew

Next time I open some Sardines I will give thanks for their safe delivery to that can.

So much for strength in numbers.

I suggest you go to Shantou，China to shoot a documentary😄

That is insane!

Wow​ amazing​

I guess getting packed like sardines is a sure bet for behemothic disaster

One day i will go to the sea world and feel it.

Awesome

one of the greatest footage from nat geo

@NatGeo

4 жыл бұрын

There's so much to explore. Stay curious!

@a04a27

4 жыл бұрын

National Geographic, i am. much thank you!

AMAZING

Some of the sardines were able to "escape" this ordeal. The ones that "got away" survived, able to "breathe" a sigh of relief. Whew! Only to end up packed and crammed in small pull-back tin can coffins so WE can now feast on them! I guess it ain't easy being little fish. I suppose krill and plankton ain't feeling sorry for the deens.

Them birbs be like WW2 ship bombing runs

I am absolutely here for the batman music. 🙏 Thank you.

These sea predators go wild during feeding frenzies🦈

This was unreal omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stunning Bryde's whale!

@victordagameresteban682

4 ай бұрын

*Brutus

@AGDinCA

4 ай бұрын

@@victordagameresteban682 Nope. Believe it or not, it's pronounced like _brutus_ but is spelled _Bryde's._ This is because the scientist who named these whales was Norwegian. 👍

Thats got to be the best pirate I have ever seen.

amazing

Seems like those sardines just don’t learn if they do this every year

The music sounds like something from a horror movie

WOW!! THAT WHALE !!! 😯😯

this is...wild

poor sardines

Very nice

Thinking about the hungry Shark game

Many of the individuals shown in this video are in fact blacktip and spinner sharks, with perhaps a few dusky sharks in the mix.

Whale: helo

Such a powerful fight. Anyone wanna to go there in battleground ?🤣

The whale reminded me of the mosasaurus feeding in Jurassic world

The whale made it over kill

So so amazing wao

is this real footage or a simulation? genuine question

Why don’t the sharks go for the birds?

@gabrielabdul8372

4 жыл бұрын

Same question i asked myself!

@northerners2828

4 жыл бұрын

😅😅

@enriquet.753

3 жыл бұрын

there’s probably enough food to go around that they have no need to attack the birds

Sayonara sardines~

Everybody gangsta until the whale came

Shark: OK! we eat part of them, until we're not hungry Human: OK! web these fish up

Whale: *MINE!!*

That sardine feeding is for the fin whale bro!

Nice😀😀😀

the whale probably got some birds too

Great

The whale came in like a friendly AC-130 in the air

Nice❤👍

Cool

Epic.....

These are the unluckiest sardines ever

How does the photographer not getting eaten by the whale?

The whale comes in and you realize how big the ocean is

Nice