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The award-winning ARTE documentary “Sounds of the Seas – A Science Detective Story” investigates one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries: Why do whales strand?
Marine biologist Antonella Servidio follows the trail of stranded beaked whales, pilot whales and dolphins — from the Canary Islands to NATO naval exercises and military sonar systems. Combining field research, underwater recordings and investigative storytelling, the film explores the fragile acoustic world of marine mammals and the growing threat of underwater noise.
At the heart of the documentary are urgent questions:
• Can military sonar disorient whales?
• How does ocean noise affect marine mammals?
• Why do mass whale strandings occur?
• Could sonar trigger panic, rapid ascent and decompression sickness in deep-diving whales?
The film follows scientists as they investigate mass strandings, examine whale bodies, analyze global stranding records and use digital data tags to reveal how beaked whales hunt, communicate and navigate in the deep sea.
Chapters:
▷ 00:00 – Seagulls Lead the Way
▷ 00:33 – Antonella Servidio and the Canary Islands
▷ 01:01 – Pilot Whales and Ancient Knowledge
▷ 02:45 – Listening to the Hidden Sounds of the Sea
▷ 04:37 – Dolphins, Whales and Acoustic Perception
▷ 05:16 – The First Sonar Signal
▷ 08:03 – NATO Exercises and Mass Strandings
▷ 10:55 – Beaked Whales and Mysterious Deaths
▷ 13:49 – NATO Sonar Tests in Greece
▷ 16:48 – Mapping Strandings in the Canary Islands
▷ 18:24 – Inside the World of Submarine Hunting
▷ 20:08 – The History of Military Sonar
▷ 22:20 – How Modern Sonar Tracks Submarines
▷ 25:52 – Could Sonar Kill Whales in Peacetime?
▷ 26:42 – Global Stranding Data and Sonar Links
▷ 29:40 – Autopsies and Signs of Decompression Sickness
▷ 32:30 – Returning to the Canary Islands
▷ 35:45 – Searching for Beaked Whales
▷ 38:10 – Digital Tags Reveal the Deep Dive
▷ 42:18 – Reconstructing a Whale’s Hunt
▷ 46:02 – Biosonar in the Deep Ocean
▷ 50:31 – Can Sonar Exercises Be Made Safer?
▷ 51:19 – The Unsolved Riddle
Original title: Sounds of the Seas – A Science Detective Story
A film by Volker Barth
© 2007, Licensed by Anthro Media
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