#Humpback dolphin

[namu-the-orca]

Oooh! Trick or treat! I'd like something that brings you joy

Thank you for participating! Another cetacean study treat for you, and this one definitely brought me joy.

As soon as I saw this frankly ludicrous photo of an Indian humpback dolphin strand-feeding (those eyes) I knew I wanted to paint it some time. At the same time the colours are so pleasing to me, in that combination of soft orange sand and pale green sea. I had a lot of fun with this and I hope you like it too!

Again, photo from Inaturalist shared under CC-BY-NC license.

[respect-the-locals]

🐬Daily Cetacean Fact:🐬

Atlantic Humpback Dolphin: This species is native to the tropical to subtropical west coast of Africa in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, from western Sahara to Angola. The species is not commonly observed and is found sporadically across these waters. This species is known to be shy; it does not bow-ride and aerial displays are rarely seen. They occasionally leap, spy-hop, and tail-slap the water. Atlantic humpback dolphins prefer to keep a distance from boat engines, and when they are seen in the water, they are most likely traveling and foraging.

[madzisaur]

Hunped bakc

This has been bothering me

[samimarkart]

collection of some favorite ocean animals!

[puppetmaster13u]

Mermay Special Prompt 4

Go on vacation, they said. We can watch Gotham, they said. Just go hang with and adjust to caring for kids, they said. Yeah, well no one said anything about getting cursed while at the vacation lake house, which okay, fine. But did it have to affect the kids too? 

Bruce pressed his head in his hands, groaning in dismay as the children practically zoomed around the surrounding water with enthusiastic trills and squeals he could somehow understand. And through the air, to their increasing delight. Okay. Okay this is fine. 

It wasn’t like he also somehow now had an extra child who looked like one at most that he had no clue as to where they came from. Said child wasn’t squirming in his arms, black scales and tiny fins akin to the setting of a sun twisting as they chirped. Definitely not. 

Okay. Alright. He could figure this out. Probably…. hopefully…

[inatungulates]

Chinese humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis chinensis

Observed by rainyang, CC BY-NC

[art3mis-exe]

Why is the ocean so pretty? When the waves clash against the ocean and there is a light blue splash from the impact. It’s so shimmery and beautiful. Also the aesthetic of the ocean is so beautiful and cool. Jellyfish, purple, pink, blue, cute otters and whales. Pinch me 🤧

[microgeneration]

Christian Riese Lassen, detail from Lahaina Visions Triptych

[muttwired]

[rinusuarez]

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[namu-the-orca]

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! 

[animal-families-tournaments]

[antiqueanimals]

Walt Disney's White Wilderness: Animals of the Arctic. By Robert Louvain and the Staff of the Walt Disney Studio. 1958.

Internet Archive

[geologicaltravels]

2023: The annual trip up to Treachery Headland this year gave us precious little surf but we had the most glorious weather to observe all the many, many cetaceans. The drone facilitated a great shot showing the folded Carboniferous turbidites making up the headland.

[tempural]

June 2023's sticker design (for the SCUMSUCK Hot Dog Sticker Club!)

The Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin:

These dolphins are born gray, and turn pink in adulthood. They are unique in that they retain grey spots around their dorsal fin after maturing. There are less than 100 of this type of Taiwanese dolphin left in the wild.

[inatungulates]

Indian humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea

With pink ghost crab Ocypode ryderi

Observed by niallp, CC BY-NC