Are 2 Orca's Scaring Away All Of Cape Town's Great White Sharks?

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07/20/22 • 19 min

Port and Starboard, 2 affectionately named Orca's that have been visiting Cape Town's shores over the past few years seem to be responsible for the disappearance of the once common Great White Sharks! Are these 2 individuals really responsible for chasing them ALL away? Join Martin as he shares his thoughts about a recent study that found that these whales were linked with the disappearance of the Great Whites.
Orca's are incredibly intelligent animals, come learn more about them!
Important Times:

00:10 Hello and welcome!
01:20 Shark Shield
02:40 Orca's and Great White Sharks
04:15 Why are the sharks disappearing?
07:00 Orca brains
09:50 They are very culturally specific and don't mix with other groups and hunting styles
12:45 The findings of the study done in South Africa
15:35 What are Great White Sharks most scared of?
17:20 An alternative theory

00:10 Hello and welcome!
01:20 Shark Shield
02:40 Orca's and Great White Sharks
04:15 Why are the sharks disappearing?
07:00 Orca brains
09:50 They are very culturally specific and don't mix with other groups and hunting styles
12:45 The findings of the study done in South Africa
15:35 What are Great White Sharks most scared of?
17:20 An alternative theory

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Important Times:

00:10 Intro
00:55 Welcome Yannis! What is your background with sharks?
02:25 Are sharks ‘social animals’?
04:25 What species of shark are we talking about?
05:10 Tell us about Reef Sharks - are they one species or many different ones?
06:25 Notorious body language
07:05 Attacking scuba divers or is it spearfishing?
09:20 Do sharks form schools? School vs Shoal
10:00 Some sharks seem to become friends
11:30 How many sharks did you tag and how did you study them?
13:35 Night time activity
17:50 What fish do they eat? Do they target weaker fish?
20:05 Sharks behaving similar to sharks
22:35 Why do they pick friends?
24:35 The mystery of shark pups: where are they?!
27:25 Thanks for your time!

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The Grabby Aliens Hypothesis Part 1 (with Robin Hanson)

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This is a 2 part episode - next week is part 2!
Important Times:

01:40 Welcome Robin! What made you interested in your field of research?
03:00 What is your Grabby Aliens Hypothesis?
07:10 Is the universe dead and empty?
09:20 We should see evidence of civilizations in the stars
10:30 The model is a 3 parameter model, linked to data
14:10 Finding spheres in the universe
16:30 What would prove your hypothesis wrong? Time, Panspermia
19:30 The early solar system
21:20 How sure are we of our solar system's history?
24:20 What research is being done now about Panspermia?
25:40 Grabby vs Non-Grabby Aliens
28:40 They're either there or not
30:40 Congressional hearings on UFO's
32:00 Old crazy theories can become fact, like meteorites and pink lightning
34:50 Robin is evaluating how 'crazy' these theories are, which one's can be dismissed and which can't
37:05 4 categories of UFO reports. 1: Mistakes/Errors
37:50 Category 2: Hoaxes
41:55 Many reports are category 1
42:55 Some reports fit well into category 2
43:40 Next 2 categories. 3: Built on earth. 4: Built outside of earth
45:25 Evidence trumps chance, but I can make a reasonable theory for each category
47:50 Category 2 vs 4: Lying and Hoaxes could be working
49:00 What about the Nimitz Incident
50:20 Uncertainty can be used to your advantage
54:05 Outro
Part 2 coming soon!!