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Here it finally is, the full cetacean eye colour info sheet! A long time coming, and an even longer time in the making. I hope that all you cetacean eye curious people will find this one as fascinating as the killer whale eye colour post. It’s a wild world out there!
#illustrations#namtalk#info sheet#infographic#tutorial#cetacean eye colour#eyes#dolphin eye#whale eye#anatomy#bottlenose dolphin#spinner dolphin#humpback whale#killer whale#orca#false killer whale#gray whale#AT LONG LAST#THE CETACEAN EYE THING IS HERE#I really hope you all enjoy!!#and that it was worth the wait#i started this almost 2 years ago rofl
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"GNN has reported several times over the last three years about large baleen whales returning to waters in which they haven’t been sighted for decades.
Now again, news from Argentina shows that the benefits of the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling are still compounding, with sei whales returning to the South American nation’s coastal waters for the first time in nearly a [century].
Overhunting during the 1920s and 1930s led these massive blue-grey giants to abandon their ancestral waters in Argentina.
“After nearly a century of being hunted to near extinction, sei whale populations are now bouncing back and returning to their former habitats,” said Mariano Coscarella, a biologist and marine ecosystem researcher at Argentina’s CONICET scientific agency, who added that the whales “reproduce every two or three years, so it nearly took 100 years for their population to reach a level where people could notice their presence.”
The third largest whale in the world, the sei can grow up to 64 feet (20 meters) in length and weigh up to 31 tons (28 tonnes). It’s also among the fastest whales in the world, and is certainly the fastest for its size group. It can swim 31 mph over short distances.
Despite being recognized on the IUCN Red List as Endangered, there are estimated to be 50,000 sei whales in a global population that is trending up.
Apart from sei whales and Argentina, a recent survey in the Seychelles sighted 10 groups of at least a few blue whales, the first such observations since 1966.
Back in March, a New England Aquarium aerial survey team sighted a gray whale off the New England coast last week, a species that has been extinct in the Atlantic for more than 200 years.
The largest animal on Earth, the blue whale, is returning to coastal Californian waters in numbers not seen since before the whaling industry, GNN reported in 2023 based on a 2014 survey.
And down in Antarctica, where many different whale species come to feed and breed, recent surveys have found the Southern Ocean is once again becoming a Sarengetti for whales, with an estimated 8,000 Southern fin whales found between 2018 and 2019."
-via Good News Network, May 16, 2024
#whales#whale#blue whale#gray whale#sei whale#fin whale#cetacean#marine mammals#oceans#conservation#conservation news#marine science#marine biology#climate news#climate hope#good news#hope#california#new england#antarctica#argentina#atlantic ocean#endangered species
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Rainbow-breathing whale
#oceancore#animals#gray whale#rainbow whale#ocean animals#animalcore#wild nature#sea life#whales#marine biology#explore#ocean creatures#wild#rainbow#sea animals#ocean life#aquatic#oceanside#marine animals#naturecore#aquatic animals#wildlife nature#rainbow-breathing#wildlife#nature#wanderlust#rainbow breath#whale rainbow#oceans#wild life
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Gray whales (pictured, a female and her calf in Baja, California) have been extinct in the Atlantic since the late 1700s, wiped out largely by whaling.
PHOTOGRAPH BY HIROYA MINAKUCHI/MINDEN PICTURES
#hiroya minakuchi#photographer#national geographic#minden pictures#gray whale#whale#marine photography#animal#baja#california#nature
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🐋Daily Cetacean Fact:🐋
Gray Whale: Gray whales feed benthically, by diving to the ocean floor and rolling on to their side, and suck up prey from the sea floor. Gray whales seem to favor feeding planktonically in their feeding grounds, but benthically along their migration route in shallower water. Mostly, the animal feeds in the northern waters during the summer; and opportunistically feeds during its migration, depending primarily on its extensive fat reserves.
#gray whale#gray#whale#daily whale#whale fact#daily whale fact#facts about whales#whale post#cetacean#daily ceteacean#daily cetacean fact#facts about cetaceans#cetacean post#respect the locals#shark blog#marine mammals#marine animals#marine biology#marine life#marine#marine life blog#advocacy for marine life#ocean animal#ocean life#ocean
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“ Heart-shaped breath “ // © Daina Buchner
Music: Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch - Joi
#Baja#California#United States#nature#seascape#oceanscape#wildlife#marine life#gray whale#4K#8K#12K#fpv#drone#reels#aesthetics#wanderlust#explore#follow#discover
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[ID: An image of a gray whale from the game Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Dreams. End ID.]
Gray whale from Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Dreams (2008)
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It's That Time Of Year Again...
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54 years ago, Florence Oregon decided the best way to deal with a whale carcass was the BOOM sticks
It's the stupidest thing ever and I love it.
#exploding whale#Exploding whale day#boom#whale#Blue whale#gray whale#I dunno which#Boom whale#Explosion#Blueberry#seagull#Nov 12th#oregon coast#dumb shit#humans being humans#Youtube
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Mermay stuff from last year 🐟
#man I really drew some freaky stuff lol#kinda miss it maybe I’ll do it again it was fun#mermay#mermay 2023#tw horror#tw body horror#just in case#digital art#Digital Illustration#my art#reposting stuff cuz I’m jobserachin or2#moray eel#gray whale#shark#manta ray
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Gru Whale
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Big Bearded Beasts
In other words: new baleen whale friends! These were for Pappyr, an Icelandic company that sells posters and postcards. They are currently working on a new poster showing Icelandic cetaceans (I've seen the preview, it's super sweet!) with my illustrations on it. Most I had ready to go, but a couple had to be made anew.
Amongst which these three ladies. Blue whales I've illustrated a bunch now, but the ones I've had were too small for this poster. So finally an illustration made at a large size (7000px) befitting the largest animal to ever have lived. Every time I work on them I discover something new to change compared to the last version!
Bowhead whales I feel I still haven't sussed out. There are so few good photos of them that actually show overall body proportions, and their faces seem different every time. They're fascinating animals though and I hope this one does them enough justice. They are probably the longest living mammal, reaching upwards of 200 years of age!!
The Gray whale is by far my favourite of this bunch. Last I illustrated them was over 10 years ago, in 2012. While I was still fond of the old illustration, working on this new one made me realise how much could be improved. They've such beautiful, unique faces, and painting all those spots and scratches that mark their skin (in part natural colouration, but mostly scars from barnacles and other hitchhikers) was a lot of fun. Gray whales too are record holders, making the longest migration of any mammal. Their yearly round trips between the Arctic feeding grounds and calving grounds off Baja California are good for 16,000 - 22,500 kms.
#illustrations#YISSSS finally some new stuff to show you guys#so much fun to have illustration work again!#and I'm so happy with almost all of them#hope you guys will like them too#Blue whale#Balaenoptera musculus#Bowhead whale#Balaena mysticetus#Gray whale#Eschrichtius robustus#baleen whale#whale#Bowhead#Grey whale#scientific illustration#digital art
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Twin Crevasses Intro - Zahhab Region
Endless Ocean: Blue World, Nintendo Wii
hello baby gray whale, my precious little friend...
#endless ocean#endlessocean#endless ocean 2#endless ocean blue world#endlessoceanphotos#nintendo wii#wii#gray whale#zahhab region
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Whale watching in Cabo, Mexico
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My friend made a uquiz that assigns you a whale species. Take it. Take it now.
#gray whale#i do go crazy sometimes#and i do have scars for parasites (ticks and fleas I'm looking at you)#but i do not have my stuff together
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