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The rarest whale in the world washed ashore in New Zealand 🧪🌎🦑🦊 www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/15/t...

'This is huge': World's rarest whale washes ashore in Otagowww.1news.co.nz Following an initial inspection, experts believe the creature was a male spade-toothed whale – a species so rare that next to nothing is known about them.

The T109A's in Clayoquot Sound. Read the full story here: buff.ly/2MY0zv3 Photo by Marcie This is an encounter from 2019 #WhaleTales

Today is #WorldOrcaDay! Celebrate with one of our over 600 stories about Killer Whales🖤🤍🖤 Photo by Ashley #WhaleTales

It's #FunFactFriday and #SharkWeek! Think sharks are awesome? Then how awesome are the Orcas who eat them?! Offshore KWs are found off the coast of BC & they eat so many sharks that even juveniles have teeth that have been filed down by their prey’s rough skin! ⠀ 🎨 : Orca Toons #WhaleTales

A powerful image with a strong message behind it. Marine debris is something we can all work toward fixing especially by reducing our single plastic use. Which plastic have you eliminated this year? 🖌️ Unknown #WhaleTales #TalesOfSavingWhales #PlasticFreeJuly

To celebrate #OrcaActionMonth we highlighted famous KWs including the shark liver eating duo Port & Starboard! Their flopped over dorsal fins may be caused by lack of calcium in their diets…time to grab some milk to wash down those livers! 🥛 🦴 Graphic: Emma Luck #SharkWeek #WhaleTales

An Excellent Encounter with the T046C's Travelling with T125 and T127. Read the full story here: buff.ly/2KDqUxR Photo by Ashley This is an encounter from 2015 #WhaleTales

Visiting Humpbacks in Juneau. Read the full story here: buff.ly/30JHcZt Photo by Brooke McGee This is an encounter from 2017 #WhaleTales

Plastic bottles take 450 years to decompose but they are one of the easiest things to stop using. This #PlasticFreeJuly, drink tap water, bring a reusable bottle, and #ChooseToRefuse. 🎨: Peppermint Narwhal Creative #WhaleTales #TalesOfSavingWhales

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#Whales #bluewhales "Ever since monitoring began in 1999, cows and young calves have been sighted at the southernmost end of the route, but we've never seen any as tiny as the 6–7-meter (around 20–23-foot) baby that Klein spotted off Ningaloo" www.sciencealert.com/baby-pygmy-b...

Baby Pygmy Blue Whale Spotted Might Be Youngest Ever Seen in Australiawww.sciencealert.com And some incredible footage we've never seen before.

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#Whale #whalefall #Deepseaecology "...researchers found the remains of whales—seven confirmed and almost certainly more than 60 total skeletons in the dark depths, a phenomenon known as “whale fall.”

More Whale Falls Found off Los Angeles than in the Rest of the World Combined | Hakai Magazinehakaimagazine.com A mysterious discovery reveals how little we know about the deep ocean.

Today is #InternationalPlasticBagFreeDay! Did you know it can take up to 500 years for a plastic bag to disintegrate? Bring your own and take a step towards reducing plastic marine debris. Image by Greg Perry #WhaleTales #PlasticFreeJuly #TalesOfSavingWhales

An update on the proposed speciation of Bigg's and Resident Killer Whales. www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/all-killer-w...

All killer whales will remain one species — for now, according to marine mammal committee – Puget Sound Institutewww.pugetsoundinstitute.org

#OrcaFacts: Scientists studying BC’s Offshore KWs noticed that their teeth were very worn down which led to them to hypothesize that they were feeding on rough skinned sharks This was later confirmed to be their primary source of food. 📸 Slater Moore #WhaleTales #OrcaActionMonth

It's #OrcaActionMonth & #FunFactFriday. #DYK Orcas can be found in and around every island in the Galapagos year-round but they are very unpredictable? They are seen in small groups, never larger than 10 individuals. They seem to be generalist hunters, preying on sea lions, turtle, rays & fish.

#OrcaActionMonth is almost over! Wherever you live in the world there are many ways that you can help protect the SRKWs. Choosing sustainable seafood, especially salmon is a great place to start & reducing plastic & disposing waste properly helps all marine life. Photo by Gary #TalesOfSavingWhales

#OrcaFacts: Though socially distinct now, it is highly likely that the populations of KWs in Iceland & Norway were once one super-population specializing in herring. Unfortunately, since the collapse of the Atlanto-Scandian herring stock there have been no records of interaction. #OrcaActionMonth

Happy #OrcaActionMonth! We're celebrating on the #WhaleTalesPodcast by highlighting a specific KW from around the world with a truly terrific tale. Today we are wrapping things up with the currently very famous Gladis-or should we say Gladises? buff.ly/4b6Xr6Z #WhaleTales

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Did you know that #graywhales are getting smaller? 😮 Recent studies show a noticeable decrease in the average size of these majestic giants. Factors like climate change, food scarcity, and human activity are taking a toll on these incredible creatures. 📸: Erik Urdahl, @urdahlphoto #oregoncoast

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#whales #bluewhales #California "As many as 30 blue whales, including multiple pairs of mothers and calves, showed up off the Channel Islands recently and seem to be sticking around, officials said"

'Impressive number of blue whales,' including mother and calf pairs, spotted off Venturawww.vcstar.com NOAA officials say up to 30 blue whales were spotted feeding off the Channel Islands last week.

Although not during #OrcaActionMonth we have also had a few Journal Club podcast episodes featuring Killer Whale papers. Check out episodes 51 and 62 for discussions on Killer Whale research! buff.ly/3uVu5Dx #WhaleTales

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The #Humpback #whales are back Humpback whales circulate through Penobscot Bay; one last seen in Nova Scotia, 2021 www.penbaypilot.com/article/hump...

Humpback whales circulate through Penobscot Bay; one last seen in Nova Scotia, 2021www.penbaypilot.com Humpback whales, two of them, were captivating boaters and those along the shoreline last week as they rose and dove into the waters of Penobscot Bay, as close as the mouth of Rockport Harbor. On Frid...

#OrcaFacts: There are many distinct populations of Orca around the world. So far scientists recognize 5 different ecotypes in the Northern hemisphere & 5 in the Southern although new evidence for speciation has been proposed. Poster: Uko Gorter #OrcaActionMonth #WhaleTales

Last year after doing mini episodes on unique Orca ecotypes we did a super fun episode to wrap up #OrcaActionMonth: Oops All Stories! Take a listen to episode 55 of the #WhaleTalesPodcast for an episode full of Orca #WhaleTales! buff.ly/46kc4Th #OrcasAreAwesome

It's #OrcaActionMonth! We're celebrating over on #WhaleTalesWatches by watching and discussing Free Willy 2! Join us as we talk about the oddities of this plot, Nicole's heart eye feelings about it & of course the Ruffles & Granny glamour shots 🖤 🤍 🖤 buff.ly/39aoam5

It's #OrcaActionMonth & #FunFactFriday J1 “Ruffles” was an iconic member of J pod & was well known for his enormous waved dorsal fin that gave him his name He spent most of his time J2 “Granny” & because of their close relationship, researchers thought J1 was the last calf of J2. 1/2

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#whales #orca orca pod seen at Cape Hatteras for first time since 2011 phys.org/news/2024-06...

Killer whales spotted off Cape Hatterasphys.org Amiee Dean and her family were fishing at the Point on Cape Hatteras when they—and everyone else on the beach—had what's likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Happy #OrcaActionMonth! We are celebrating all month on the #WhaleTalesPodcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale This week were talking the notorious Port & Starboard! buff.ly/3XjgGXE #WhaleTales

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🦑 #Marineresearch We've seen lots of press about orcas hunting sharks in South Africa. Now we have a trio of #Orca hunting #sharks in the Gulf of California's #CaboPulmo. Researchers describe "three discrete orca and shark predator-prey interaction events spanning two years"

Orca (Orcinus orca) and shark predator-prey interactions within Cabo Pulmo National Park in the Gulf of California, Mexicowww.frontiersin.org Orcas (Orcinus orca) have a worldwide distribution and as apex predators feed on a wide variety of prey, including marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, cephalopods, teleost fish and elasmobranchs. H...

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#Whales #aerialsurvey #NOAA "There were seven different species captured during the NOAA flight at the end of May, including 93 sei whales, 36 humpback whales, 21 fin whales, four sperm whales, three North Atlantic right whales and two killer whales (one which was eating a whale)"

160 whale sightings reported in waters off Martha's Vineyard and Nantucketwww.nbcboston.com An incredible scene off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket—more than 160 whale sightings.