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Scientist 1: Super cool. We're in Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary

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and we've just come across a whale fall.

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It's like Christmas for
deep sea explorers right now.

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But you are part of exploration in real
time right now.

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You are seeing and observing and making these calls with us

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just at the same speed as our scientists.

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Scientist 2: Great shot

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Scientist 3: I'm gonna say this looks like the rostrum is slightly arched, not moderately arched.

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Scientist 1: Yeah, so the arc of the jawbone there

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back on the left, you have the ribs,

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you can see the spinal column,

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vertebrae, starting to go down the middle,

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Scientist 2: There's still some vascular tubes.

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Scientist 1: There's so many animals here.

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Scientist 4: They're all saying "mm, I love whale fall."

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Scientist 1: Covered in scavengers.

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It's a happy day
to be an octopus.

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Scientist 2: What are we thinking, 
this is four to five meters long?

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Scientist 1: You can see them,

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they're sort of a red color in [indistinguishable]

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there's sort of a white around it and then it flares at the end.

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[Scientists talking over one another.]

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Scientist 3: So many amphipods on there.

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Scientist 5: So those are the bone worms.

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Scientist 2: Yes.

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Scientist 1: We put out the alert to a lot of
collaborators and other scientists

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within the sanctuary network and within
this area who could you know help us

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pull in some more detail.

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Scientist 3: What's really neat
is the baleen is still there.

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Scientist 1: Yeah, that may offer some clues, right?

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Baleen is the 
filter feeding structure for whales.

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Scientist 3: That's right. So this is definitely a baleen whale, or a mysticete.

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So it's not a toothed whale.

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That narrows it down quite a bit.

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Scientist 1: Listen along with us, watch along with us, send in your questions.

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We want to know what you want to know

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about this brand-new discovery