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A Whale’s-Eye-View of the Ocean | Eric Stackpole | TED

A hand-built camera with suction cups captured something no one had ever seen: two sperm whales communicating and swimming together in the deep ocean. Engineer Eric Stackpole shares the story of how a scrappy, DIY tool revealed this intimate glimpse into the lives of these giants — and makes the case that the only limit…

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A hand-built camera with suction cups captured something no one had ever seen: two sperm whales communicating and swimming together in the deep ocean. Engineer Eric Stackpole shares the story of how a scrappy, DIY tool revealed this intimate glimpse into the lives of these giants — and makes the case that the only limit to what we can discover is what we’re curious enough to explore. (Recorded at TEDNext 2025 on November 11, 2025)

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14 Comments

  1. @Shiyas-yi8dv

    June 1, 2026 at 1:11 pm

    1st comment bro❤

  2. @RikyBGM

    June 1, 2026 at 1:14 pm

    Waiting for the yo momma jokes

  3. @MRFLOPPYmr

    June 1, 2026 at 1:25 pm

    “Er hat sich das nicht ausgesucht” ✨✨✨

  4. @SalmaAkter-t5g1e

    June 1, 2026 at 1:34 pm

    Please Bengali

  5. @Garlicnaan08

    June 1, 2026 at 1:52 pm

    I agree.

  6. @KennethDriscoll

    June 1, 2026 at 3:30 pm

    So easy answer, the light on the camera and the suction cup being the only point of contact (leading to an increase in drag momentarily, or a physical sensation) both were noticed by the Sperm Whale or their affect. The fleeing or approaching sealife to the light source on the sonar to answer. They tried to image it with their sonar however it was too far back to get a read, and the depth didn’t shake “the squid” so they called their friend at the surface who tried to bump it off and saw it wasn’t a squid. Easy. I mean it’s only logic, they reacted to the initial placement so they felt it

  7. @manirehman9584

    June 1, 2026 at 4:47 pm

    They finna have a BAR-B-QUE after this!

  8. @BrianMcInnis87

    June 1, 2026 at 6:56 pm

    3:50 [Head-slap]

  9. @KatMac-s4p

    June 1, 2026 at 7:16 pm

    So much we still don’t know…whales are very special creatures on this planet..
    Thank you so much for sharing your footage, knowledge and enthusiasm…so beautiful

  10. @mikestaub

    June 1, 2026 at 8:08 pm

    “We can never know for sure.” I disagree. We can use AI to decode their entire language.

  11. @gracetaylor5341

    June 1, 2026 at 11:19 pm

    So cool

  12. @worldbrotherhoodglobal

    June 2, 2026 at 5:32 am

    This is what real engineering is about. It’s not about multi-million dollar corporate budgets; it’s about late-night soldering, raw curiosity, and tools that democratize how we see the world.

  13. @TabathaKellie

    June 3, 2026 at 11:02 am

    I love this as I love whales.

  14. @premapoojitanananda7947

    June 3, 2026 at 3:52 pm

    😊💚🌸

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