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Viewers can see the calf  positioning itself beneath its mom and suckling, beginning at the 50-second mark. Cétamada claims this is the first humpback whale calf to be fitted with a camera for the study of “mother-young behavioral interactions.”

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An integral part of Timorese folklore, saltwater crocodiles inhabit the island of Timor-Leste in their thousands. Some indigenous elders on the island still revere and communicate with these aquatic beasts, they are known as the croc callers.

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After finding their first dive site, Bertie and the …from Below crew of explorers are on a mission to map the uncharted coastline of Oé-Cusse, one dive site at a time.

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Bertie ventures into the waters off Dili, Timor-Leste to try and encounter a real life Moby Dick!

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In all of time there has never been an animal larger than a blue whale. Bertie and the …from Below team have one simple goal – to swim alongside one of these incredible creatures.

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In a small village in the back of beyond a team of ladies are challenging stereotypes. Taking to the ocean to collect clams, shells and to spear reef fish, Bertie goes to learn more about the Wawata Topu (women divers), the ‘mermaids’ of Timor-Leste.

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Unspoilt, raw and magical, Timor-Leste’s marine world is unlike anywhere else on Earth. Cut off from the rest of the world for decades, the waters surrounding this isolated island are one of our ocean’s last frontiers. Many globally endangered species seek refuge in Timor’s rich and bountiful underwater world including the largest animal to have ever lived, the blue whale.

Join Aaron ‘Bertie’ Gekoski on a mission to explore the undiscovered, this is Timor-Leste from Below!

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Ending the shark-fin trade

Senator Cory Booker and Representative Ed Royce put forth the Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017, but it has not yet passed. (Click here to find out what you can do to help the process). President Bill Clinton signed the Shark Finning Prohibition Act into law in 2000, banning the physical act of shark finning on any vessel within United States waters and on United States-flagged vessels. But it stopped short of ending the trade entirely, so importing/exporting has continued in the U.S.

Whether or not the Fin Trade Elimination Act passes, sharks are disappearing at an alarming rate — so quickly that divers who have been diving the same location for as few as 10 years can visibly notice the decline — or in some cases the total absence — of their presence. While politicians are arguing, we’ve tried in “Love Story” to show the true nature of sharks and make masses of people love them as they do dolphins. As Senegalese forestry engineer Baba Dioum said in 1968, “In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.”

Discovery Channel must use Shark Week’s voice to lead this new narrative, perhaps recapturing some of the show’s original audience that has long since moved on. After all, can there be a Shark Week if there are no sharks? What “Jaws” did to create the false shark narrative will take generations to undo, but we’re out of time, so it must be us and it must be now.

By guest author Shawn Mahoney

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– Filmed by Shawn Mahoney
– Wetsuit by HECS Aquatic
– Shot on Canon 1DX MKII, Paralenz, GoPro Hero 6
– Lens: Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L III
– Aerial footage on DJI Mavic
– Music by Julian Cisneros

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Then, go check out the artist’s site and read a little more about the awareness they are trying to bring about.  Also, you can check out this writeup about the making of the video (including info about the amazing freediver, Michael Board ) and what the artist wants it to represent.

From the artist: 

“The song is about recognizing a need for change in yourself, and the ambivalence towards acting upon this recognition. Directors Sil Van Der Woerd and Jorik Dozy, along with freediver Michael Board, beautifully encapsulate this in their film – in humanity’s harmful relationship with nature and what outcomes that ambivalence could ultimately bring.”

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Info about video:

• Directed & Written by Sil van der Woerd & Jorik Dozy
• Produced by Sean Lin, New Frontier Pictures Line
• Producer: Bayu Topan
• Cast: Michael Board
• Cinematography by Nihal Friedel
• Art Director by Dalbo Suarimbawa
• Supported by Zen Freediving

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