Blue Whales Are Covered in Hundreds of Shark-Bite Craters (Timor-Leste)

Off Timor-Leste, blue whales pass through one of the ocean's great migration corridors, and many are carrying hundreds of strange, crater-shaped wounds. Marine biologist Mark Meekan and the OceanX team set out to understand what tiny cookiecutter sharks may be doing to the largest animals on Earth. Aboard OceanXplorer, they track the whales using helicopters, drones including the SnotBot, and thermal imaging, reading the story written across their bodies without ever touching them. What are these wounds actually costing the whales, and could they be a sign of a larger shift underway in the ocean around Timor-Leste? ────────────────────────────────── ABOUT THIS VIDEO Location: Timor-Leste Vessel: OceanXplorer Tools: Helicopter, SnotBot drone, thermal imaging Species: Blue whale, cookiecutte