Hi! I’m Taylor! I hope that through sharing my stories I can inspire, educate, and provide insight into not only my life but the reasons we should all care for the ocean.
Over the last couple of years I have been lucky enough to experience the ocean in ways I never knew possible. The ocean not only transformed my life, but me as a person. I’ve seen rewards in all aspects of my life from the lessons I have been taught from being in the water. I am lucky enough to both work and play in the place I love most.
As I travel & dive more, meet new people, and learn I hope we can all try to be a little bit better to our planet. Thank you for taking the time to visit this channel and watch my videos. I hope they open up a window into my experiences in the ocean and inspire you to get out in the water yourself.
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Beautiful videography, nice work! 🤙
Thank you so much!
Love this video Taylor! You're such an inspiration to many of us who would love to do this kind of job. Keep up with the great work and keep doing what you're doing for the 🦈's and other marine life 👍✌️💙💙💙💙 Keep uploading more videos for us fans. Never stop doing what you love to do.
I understand "looking from both sides"...but it's hard whrn one side is clearly viewing extremely intelligent creatures as pets. Dogs were literally made to be domesticated, like...literally. Orcas are not. It's like putting a human in a cage and making it dance with promise of food to me. I understand, for example, *SOME* zoos and most wildlife conservation sanctuaries. The ones that clearly show they care about the animals and are actually saving them instead of taking perfectly healthy babies, putting them in tiny pools, and making them preform like clowns for the masses. And at least clowns get to go home. We are animals, we are just a certain species of animals. Prison is a punishment, but we put animals in conditions that are pretty nuch no better, if not worse, and say they should for some reason be greatful. That's so...gross to me.
Did you know there is a sequel to Happy Feet.
That would be a dream job for me 😅❤ Thanks for sharing
Omg this was soooo much fun to watch. Thank you!! 🙏 ❤
Many years ago when I was serving in the U.S. Navy and friend and I would swim each night in a 25 meter pool. Were we experimenting with how far we could swim with one breath. We would hyperventilate until dizzy then push off the pool edge. At first we worked on one pool length. It involved hyperventilating and swimming under water using the very minimum effort for the distance covered. Then we decided to attempt two lengths. (Hyperventilating somehow blocks the impulse to breath.) Well, my friend went first and at 1 1/2 lengths he broached and his lips were purple! I made the attempt and at 1 1/2 lengths I started experiencing what felt like thousands of pin pricks all over my upper body. I surfaced. Oh well.
On my way in a few weeks! I’m so excited!
Fish are amazing!
This made you laugh? i don't usually find scary movies actually scary but this movie scared me
I'm an old person in KZread years at 42, so I was in my 20s when this first came out, and I absolutely loved it... until I realized that people were buying into it. I thought it was all made in good fun, but now I'm not so sure. I like this film in the same way I like Dracula 2000, a terrible vampire movie starring Gerard Butler, but I really liked that they gave a reason that Dracula dislikes crosses and silver by making him Judas Iscariot cursed with long life. Why does he have long life? When you bring God into it, nothing is off the table. The cross reminds Dracu-judas of his betrayal, and the silver reminds him of his reward. But I digress, both films are silly as heck, but introduce semi-believable (depending on how much you're willing to suspend disbelief/your religious beliefs for the latter) reasons for things which should be completely unbelievable. Mermaids are ridiculous if they are half human, (a mammalian great ape), and half fish, (a freakin' fish), two branches of the animal kingdom so far separated that never the two could breed. However, if we look at convergent evolution and how cetaceans evolved flukes similar to fishes tails, and we make some leaps, it becomes a fun idea, as long as people realize IT'S JUST FICTION!!! Otherwise, megalodon might be real, the earth is flat, the moon landing is fake, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
Really awesome and informative video! I think that the music was a bit loud and too much and I had to turn the volume down a LOT during the video. Just some general and informative feedback for future uploads (:
Great photography, but the music is too loud. Quieter music or better still, no music, would be my preference. Great video though.
I Like Mermaids 🧜🏻♀️
Don't we all? ^^
I can’t wait! I really hope there are random dogs at the places I stay too!
Thinking about going next time I have a layover in Oahu. Not being able to see the sea floor freaks me out more than the sharks though.
@4:00 you can see the rectangular triggerfish native to Hawaii 🌺
they tried to play it off as real for weeks later
I really think that you girls just missed the entire point with this video.
Thank you for sharing your GLORIOUS experience!! Enjoyed it all. The dolphins 🐬🐬at the end with you, Taylor, was probably my favorite!! 🩵🩵🩵💙💙
It was such a special moment!
Hi Taylor, long time ago I like to see your underwater adventures. What do you prefer, scuba or freediving?🦈🐳🐋🐬🐟🦭
U won't see any brotherz doin dat S#@T!!? 🤔🤯😁😎
I just listened to this intending to have it on in the background while doing homework like I usually do with podcasts, but your discussion was so interesting and well-made that I got sucked in! You guys both made great points and analyzed the movie and cetacean captivity in general really well. It’s so refreshing to see people treat this subject with the nuance it deserves rather than just being extremely pro or extremely anti, as well as ppl who realize that Blackfish is neither all true or all lies. I’m definitely a bit more pro-cap than Taylor (I plan on working at an AZA zoo or aquarium in the future) but I respect her viewpoint and Kendy’s as well
Love your reviews of films and documentaries. Thanks for the interesting information you provide 😁
By calling it a movie you trying to discredit it. It was LIVE ON ANIMAL PLANET
yes it was on animal planet, but it was speculative, like Dragons a fantasy made real
@@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 Not even close. It was a live documentary. You a government agent sent to throw people off. It’s 100 real
It wasn’t a movie! I seen it! It was LIVE on animal planet. Everyone go look at the body found documentary and pay close attention to the tail!!! (it’s shaped like a seashell) Then go look at the Barnum and Bailey’s real mermaid from the 1800s…Then go look at the video of the mermaid on the rock in Israel….Then go look at the mermaid seen in California splashing its tail…They are all the same animal. You won’t have any doubts after you see! Just pay close attention to the tails.
dude, Im sorry to break it to you, but it wasnt real, maybe mermaids existed at some point in earths history but the documentary is fake, they even say it themselves in the credits, its a docufiction, not a documentary
@@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 Sorry to break it to you. I have proof beyond the documentary. You are a government agent sent to throw people off
Hi there, First off, I appreciate the neutral viewpoint. I think the bottom line of the documentary was that fishing is vastly done illegally and is unnecessary. I think that if you can ask yourself the question: Do we need to eat fish or any meat to survive as a species? and the answer is yes, then do it sustainably. However if that answer is no, which I personally believe it is, then we shouldn't be doing it at all. (Here's my soapbox speech:) There's nothing you can't get from a totally plant based diet that you get from meat, so why support the most environmentally destructive industries in the world if we don't need it? For you guys and others who care about the Ocean, it should be a priority of saving the ocean over short term pleasure. I agree with your viewpoint that the good deeds certain mentioned organizations do should not be trumped by their bad. I think the documentary was just supposed to be an eye opener for those who are unaware of the amount of greed in the industry, not only by the fishers, but by those organizations that take money to support things they know is bad. I'm doubting they had intentions of winning an oscar or anything. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoyed this comment and I wish you the best of luck with your channel in the future!
love this vid! i work for a dive shop so this is super helpful
Omg I cant believe that u do under water
In defense of Sea World, when people often talk about the darker parts of their past, nobody ever seems to mention that Sea World was under completely different ownership at the time. I want to say Sea World has had three different ownerships. The owners now had nothing to do with any of the negatives in the past.
Gotcha journalism perfectly express how I felt about the “documentary”
Aloha, Cool Video. It would be extra cool if you added the Hawaiian names as well. Mahalo for sharing.
This is only movie at the time filmed in the open ocean how ridiculous are you, why so condescending considering this movie is thirty years older than you it makes you both very very unpleasant.
Shamu was a Southern Resident (like Lolita, Hugo and Moby Doll). She was captured by Ted Griffin who wanted a companion for Namu. Shamu's mother was harpooned and killed in front of her. She didn't get along with Namu so Ted sold her to Seaworld in 1965. Seaworld named their shows in her honor.
hi just wondering what camera do u use to film underwater? i'm a diver and i'm currently looking for underwater cameras
I remember when this movie came out back in 2012, a lot of people thought it was real. The mass beaching it was based on happened in 2004, the film itself isn’t from that year, lol. And the actual “Bloop” recording sounds nothing like how it’s presented here. I miss when this would come on TV. At that time Animal Planet was really into mockumentary stuff like this, the Megalodon movie and “Lost Tapes”. Those were the days, lol. Even though I know it’s fake I still enjoy this movie and I really enjoy the look of the mermaids.
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I love your channel, and get so excited to see your videos.
Thank you. Great video. We snorkel and love knowing more about the fish we see.
SeaWorld makes me so MAD.... They used ORCAS to line their bank accounts... They did not care about the animals.. The people that worked there were treated the same way.. They told there workers what to say and what to do... They poached the Orchas and cut open the dead ones, filled them with rocks and sank them... That alone would have wanted them to fuck off... The one in Ohio closed in the early 2000s and I am glad.... If I had to live in a pool fool of stuff that cleans pools and BLEACH ... You read that right BLEACH.... It was not only dangerous for the orcas but for those that worked in the tanks with them... my parents took me to SeaWorld when I was little and I have really no memory of that... It is good I don't... All SeaWorlds should be shut down for good...
kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJ6Np9xvZq3Fepc.html i dont like HAWIII
I guess you guys were kids like you said when this came out but a handful of years prior there had been several strandings and a lot of people were accusing naval sonor. It was actually a pretty big deal at the time
You are the problem and need ti be arrested for cave freedivng
This is great! Which month did you go?
I was there the very end of September.
Can we hope for another marine bio movie club episode in the future?
Everything you guys said makes sense but I think you missed something big with the meg sacrifice, The Mermaids in MTHB while having had convergently evolved physically with cetaceans and even befriend, migrate, and hunt with cetaceans, are not cetaceans, they are hominids, and are cognitively more similar to homo sapiens, neanderthals, and denisovans, the mermaids are sapient and dont act on pure instinct all the time like many other animals, and humans do things that are not conventional when it comes to other members os the animal kingdom, the mermaids even make and hunt with spears and craft nets and stuff, they are on par with early humans, and a creature with sapience on par with a human would understand concepts such as sacrifice for your family, and it being a male doing it just furthers the point that it was a conscious choice, and not acting on instinct. while I do acknowledge you guys are actual marine biologists and know WAY more about cetacean behavior, and it might at first make sense, applying cetacean logic to the animal planet mermaids, but they are advanced Hominidae, and their closes relatives are probably us. but yeah I agree that the whole "dolphins love humans thing" is stupid, cause dolphins can be assholes XD but I dont find it far fetched that the mermaids and dolphins being two intelligent social animals and humans are pretty curious about other species that the aquatic hominids might befriend and play with the dolphins but thats just me. great video btw good review, I was just sayin what I thought about the matter in the meg scene aspect
Dude you obviously never been to sea world. I was absolutely amazed at how smart they were. They were literally riding the wales back…And being pushed by their feet as if they had a motor propelling them. Swimming upside down as the trainer layed on its belly. Trust me! If it is humanoid type being they 100% use Dolphins and Orcas
@@FBAExapt ok that's nice, and im fully aware cetaceans are SMART probably the smartest animals on the planet next to us, but how is this relevant to anything? did you mean to respond to a different comment and misclicked or something? cause this reply literally has nothing to do with my original comment.
@@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 I’m just saying if humans can get them to do tricks…Imagine what they’d be capable doing with them.
@@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 Also their review is bs. It wasn’t a movie it was a LIVE documentary on animal planet! I saw it!! And It’s evidence to back everything said in the animal planet video. Don’t trust blindly. I can prove they’re real with a collected group of evidence.
@@FBAExapt ok but what does this have to do with anything that I said? Sea world seems like a very random thing to bring up here are you sure you responded to the right comment?
this isnt quite a reaction, maybe change the name to like review/discussion?
So beautiful 🤩 looks like you had an amazing trip
I think you befriended the same 3 dogs that we had and fed well in October 2021. We stayed in an Airbnb in Hawaii near the pass too! We worked on their manners and fed them twice a day. The male is very domineering towards the females. Lol.
Haapiti, not Hawaii. Damn auto correct
Hi Taylor! You were my dive guide from our shark diving experience with Ocean Ocean Diving and I've been following you on your socials since :) Love living vicariously through you in these videos - excited to see more! Hope you're doing well and enjoying the beauties of the sea <3