# A whale’s-eye-view of the ocean

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNext 2025
- Speaker: Eric Stackpole
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_stackpole_a_whale_s_eye_view_of_the_ocean)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [A whale’s-eye-view of the ocean](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eric_stackpole_a_whale_s_eye_view_of_the_ocean/bd79dcae6280), 6 min (TED's player)