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in their feeding cycle they dive for six

in their feeding cycle they dive for six minutes you have to be on their tail and

minutes you have to be on their tail and

minutes you have to be on their tail and then hopefully you can have two three

then hopefully you can have two three

then hopefully you can have two three minutes of photo time per died it’s

minutes of photo time per died it’s

minutes of photo time per died it’s exhausting getting into the water after

exhausting getting into the water after

exhausting getting into the water after every six minute I’ve to put on a

every six minute I’ve to put on a

every six minute I’ve to put on a 40-pound weight belt and 55 pounds of

40-pound weight belt and 55 pounds of

40-pound weight belt and 55 pounds of dive gear jump in the water swim down

dive gear jump in the water swim down

dive gear jump in the water swim down for two three four or five minutes race

for two three four or five minutes race

for two three four or five minutes race back to the surface take all your dive

back to the surface take all your dive

back to the surface take all your dive gear off crawl into the boat put your

gear off crawl into the boat put your

gear off crawl into the boat put your gear back on and do that every six

gear back on and do that every six

gear back on and do that every six minutes all day long

cuz we’re working out of a small zodiac

cuz we’re working out of a small zodiac we don’t have a ladder on here so we’re

we don’t have a ladder on here so we’re

we don’t have a ladder on here so we’re trying to fabricate some kind of system

trying to fabricate some kind of system

trying to fabricate some kind of system with may work where I can just come up

with may work where I can just come up

with may work where I can just come up to the boat take my fins off and climb

to the boat take my fins off and climb

to the boat take my fins off and climb back into the boat when you’re getting

back into the boat when you’re getting

back into the boat when you’re getting in the water like that everything goes

in the water like that everything goes

in the water like that everything goes numb my heart starts to race then it

numb my heart starts to race then it

numb my heart starts to race then it slows down I start to shake a bit your

slows down I start to shake a bit your

slows down I start to shake a bit your body is just having a complete chemical

body is just having a complete chemical

body is just having a complete chemical shift telling you not to do it saying

shift telling you not to do it saying

shift telling you not to do it saying you’re a dumbass if you get in the water

you’re a dumbass if you get in the water

you’re a dumbass if you get in the water with this ball wrist fight kill for you

with this ball wrist fight kill for you

with this ball wrist fight kill for you rope down and if you get really scared

rope down and if you get really scared

rope down and if you get really scared close your eyes yes here he goes away go

close your eyes yes here he goes away go

close your eyes yes here he goes away go prove it you go

yeah this looks really good promising

yeah this looks really good promising Paul hasn’t been swimming so much she’s

Paul hasn’t been swimming so much she’s

Paul hasn’t been swimming so much she’s following a walrus right now so this is

following a walrus right now so this is

following a walrus right now so this is hopefully what we’ve been waiting for a

hopefully what we’ve been waiting for a

hopefully what we’ve been waiting for a collar animal good conditions and

collar animal good conditions and

collar animal good conditions and everything makes sense

everything makes sense

everything makes sense I love close encounters with animals

I love close encounters with animals

I love close encounters with animals like to that intimacy that a bit of

like to that intimacy that a bit of

like to that intimacy that a bit of adrenaline and that trying to be the fly

adrenaline and that trying to be the fly

adrenaline and that trying to be the fly in the wall getting a glimpse into its

in the wall getting a glimpse into its

in the wall getting a glimpse into its world seeing what nobody else has seen

the scientist in me the biologist in me

the scientist in me the biologist in me is very curious to see the Fanning

is very curious to see the Fanning

is very curious to see the Fanning behavior of the flippers and how they

behavior of the flippers and how they

behavior of the flippers and how they could use their vibrissae to locate them

could use their vibrissae to locate them

could use their vibrissae to locate them the clams in the sediment and sucking

the clams in the sediment and sucking

the clams in the sediment and sucking them out and then pop in the shells can

them out and then pop in the shells can

them out and then pop in the shells can you imagine being six inches away from a

you imagine being six inches away from a

you imagine being six inches away from a walrus that’s feeding as it feeds right

walrus that’s feeding as it feeds right

walrus that’s feeding as it feeds right by your camera right by your knees by

by your camera right by your knees by

by your camera right by your knees by your hands you know it’s an incredible

your hands you know it’s an incredible

your hands you know it’s an incredible experience that I’ll definitely never

experience that I’ll definitely never

experience that I’ll definitely never forget I love you guys what a relief

forget I love you guys what a relief

forget I love you guys what a relief what an amazing animal

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