SPEARED by a MARLIN
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Published 2009-02-17
All Comments (21)
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It's astonishing that there any sardines left in the sea at all. Oh, and yeah, I was terrified for the camera operator what with all those sharp rapiers flying around. Awesome!
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Being a sardine is tough lol
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For a sec, I thought a sealion might get speared
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@Pupixario It was scary, especially when the sardines abandoned the seal and sheltered under me. They swam circles around me like a hula-hoop and the marlin picked them off inches from my body. To escape the school, I had to dive straight down through the sardines to about 30 feet where they abandoned me. Terry
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The footage is entirely shot from my Sony EX1 in a Gates Housing. The only computer changes are slowing the original footage at certain points so you can see the action. Glad you like it! Terry
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Actually, I observed a combination of predation methods: 1. gobbling, 2, slashing in half, and very occasionally spearing a sardine. And yes, the spearing poses a new problem for the marlin, removing the speared fish. To prevent the seals from getting their meal, they swam away from the group underwater, or placed their bill out of the water and shook loose their prey. All very fascinating.
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For a moment I actually started feeling sorry for the poor sardines but then I too got hungry and broke open a couple of cans of their cousins for dinner.
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Very well done. Some of the best footage I have ever seen of these amazing creatures. The whale scenes are just unbelievable. My respects.
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This is better than half of the "documentaries" on television. Outstanding!
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Amazing! Thank you Terry and the team for sharing the video with us.
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I love how the whale comes in like, "Lemme show you fools how to do this!" :o)
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Look at that sea life together, this is the most beautiful thing ever.
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Wow!!! Amazing. Were you worried at that a marlin would run into you while filming?
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Aweaome video, great narration, cinematography, editing. I really enoyed it :D good job Terry Maas n company. Keep posting more vids
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I shot at 30 frames/second. The slow motion effects were generated by Adobe's After Effects.
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I honestly don't think it's that bad. The video is excellent and the narration is clear and concise. Thanks uploader!
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The way they were zipping around I thought the camera man was going to get speared.
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amazing video, the slow motion is insane..must have been an amazing experience diving and filming all of this wow!
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Awesome video, thanks for posting this one. I make it a rule not to comment on any videos but had to say what a great watch this was and so well done. Even if you just uploaded the video I have to say thank you and if you actually made this then my hat is off to you sir. BRAVO......MORE MORE MORE
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Brilliant camera work Terry! Thank you.