Blue Whales Are Covered in Hundreds of Shark-Bite Craters (Timor-Leste)

Name: Blue Whales Are Covered in Hundreds of Shark-Bite Craters (Timor-Leste)
Uploaded: 2026-09-20T16:00:06-07:00
Duration: 13 min 6 s
Description: Off Timor-Leste, blue whales pass through one of the ocean's great migration corridors, and many are carrying hundreds of strange, crater-shaped wounds. Marine biologist Mark Meekan and the OceanX team set out to understand what tiny cookiecutter sharks may be doing to the largest animals on Earth. Free to watch on Dr.Doc Kids.

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Off Timor-Leste, blue whales pass through one of the ocean's great migration corridors, and many are carrying hundreds of strange, crater-shaped wounds. Marine biologist Mark Meekan and the OceanX team set out to understand what tiny cookiecutter sharks may be doing to the largest animals on Earth. Free to watch on Dr.Doc Kids.

Courtesy of OceanX on YouTube. Watch on YouTube ↗

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