They filmed the behavior of spinner dolphins, melon-headed whales, and bottlenose dolphins. Until Doc's team spotted the biggest whale yet - a Bryde's whale. Along with other marine mammals and the biggest fish in the world, the whale shark, Bryde's whales were once hunted in Pamilacan. After what seemed like years of "absence" from Bohol's seas, a Bryde's whale sighting was finally reported by researchers in 2010. And as Born to be Wild's footage shows, the Bryde's whale is indeed back in Bohol.
But the question remains - where is the blue whale
that the team documented a year ago? The
blue whale is the largest creature to have ever existed on earth, and in the
Philippines, it has only been formally documented a few times. Last year, Born to be Wild showed Philippine
viewers what was then the most extensive footage of the blue whale in our own
waters. This year, Doc Nielsen and the
team wonder if the blue whale will surface again, for a more detailed observation.
Suddenly, they see a fluke or "tail" which
appears to be the same size as their boat, if not bigger. A fluke this big can only mean one
thing.
Don't miss the awe-inspiring finale of The Born
Expeditions' "Tale of Two Whales" this Wednesday night on GMA-7's
Born to be Wild after Saksi.
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