{"id":140026,"date":"2021-04-22T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T23:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=140026"},"modified":"2021-04-23T15:21:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T01:21:40","slug":"pbs-nature-adam-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/pbs-nature-adam-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"Public Broadcasting Service\">PBS\u2019<\/abbr> Nature turns to <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo researcher for guidance on humpback whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_28366\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dv08_e5-pL4?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"The Making of &quot;Sharks of Hawaii&quot;\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>Making of &ldquo;Sharks in Hawaii.&rdquo; <abbr title=\"Public Broadcasting Service\">PBS\u2019<\/abbr> <em>Nature<\/em> gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look in its exclusive online series. The 12-minute clip of the &ldquo;Making of Sharks in Hawaii&rdquo; features <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo humpback whale expert Adam Pack. <\/div>\n<p>Popular television series, <em>Nature<\/em>, a <abbr title=\"Public Broadcasting Service\">PBS<\/abbr> show known for its striking wildlife documentaries, debuted a new episode, Sharks of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, on April 21. Although the focus of the show was the ocean\u2019s most vicious predator, TV producers reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> marine mammal scientist <strong>Adam Pack<\/strong> for guidance on humpback whales.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Typically when we have seen tiger sharks in the presence of the humpbacks it is when a whale is already visibly ill and\/or injured,&rdquo; Pack explained. &ldquo;That said, some calves appear to have injuries consistent with predation from sharks, usually cookie cutter sharks. This may explain in part why mothers sequester themselves with their newborns into shallow water, to avoid both natural predators as well as harassment from male humpbacks prospecting for mating opportunities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140035\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hilo-pack-a-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"man on a boat\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-140035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hilo-pack-a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hilo-pack-a-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hilo-pack-a.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Pack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pack has spent more than 25 years studying humpback whales in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Although the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo professor was not featured in the TV episode, footage of whales seen in the award-winning series was filmed while the camera crew hitched a ride with Pack in waters off Maui in 2020. Producers did however feature the veteran animal behaviorist in Nature\u2019s exclusive online series. An in-depth interview and stunning cinematography of how Pack cautiously obtains samples from humpbacks is highlighted during the series\u2019 behind-the-scenes feature.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It shows my efforts to gather data on whale size and behavior using underwater videogrammetry, whale identification through surface photography, and whale hormone levels and health measures using biopsy sampling,&rdquo; Pack said.<\/p>\n<p>Pack\u2019s colleagues from the Pacific Whale Foundation, Jens Currie and Stephanie Stack, are also shown operating a drone to log data on the body condition of the mesmerizing giants of the sea. All of the work occurred under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration federal permits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/nature\/about-sharks-hawaii\/24807\/\">The television episode is also available online<\/a> and will stream until May 19, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/stories\/2021\/04\/21\/adam-pack-guides-pbs-film-crew\/\">For more go to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>By Susan Enright, a public information specialist for the Office of the Chancellor and editor of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories. She received her bachelor of arts in English and certificate in women\u2019s studies from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV producers for the popular series reach out to Humpback whale expert Adam Pack to explain interactions between whales and sharks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[937,262,14,907,56],"class_list":["post-140026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-marine-mammals","tag-marine-science","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140026"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140125,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140026\/revisions\/140125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}