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pangeen · 6 months ago

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" The Bodygard " //© Alex Pham

This black and white whale accompanying the mother and baby is an “escort”. Escorts have a funny role in Humpback society. They are not the fathers of the calves. Instead, they are (usually) other males who are hanging around for the chance to potentially mate with the female. The “good” escorts can play a protective role, keeping the calf and mum safe from predators like Orcas or False Killer Whales. The “bad” ones may actually harass the female and disrupt the calf’s nursing in their zeal to try to mate. As far as I can tell, our man here is being an upstanding gentleman. The thing I am most fascinated by though are the reports that there are occasional female escorts as well. I would love to find out more about how frequent this is and why it occurs. Why would other female Humpbacks do this? Please let me know if anyone has insights!

Music: © Scott Wills - Somewhere Before Tomorrow

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ghostbulletin · 8 months ago

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Whale shark, whale shark

#art #artists on tumblr #digital art #drawing #houseplants #photography #plant photography #plants #illustration #digital drawing #fishbone #cactus #cacti #whale shark #whale #whalewatching

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barstoolblues · 11 months ago

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looking out over the san juan channel

5/23

#my photos #fujifilm 400 #i took this while we were whalewatching! we saw 2 humpbacks :)

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ghostlystarlightbluebird · 2 years ago

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Could you do a board with whales for me pls? 💙

Love this request! Hope you like what I put together! 💙

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libralounges · 2 years ago

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Whale Sharkies 🐋 🦈 ~~~

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thatheathenbastard · 14 days ago

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What a beautiful part of the country the NSW coast is

#sydney #australia #whalewatching #coastal

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virtualstar · 1 year ago

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coldcanyon · 3 months ago

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we saw orcas 💙

#the only other time i was on a whalewatching boat i took a dramamine and ended up sedated the whole time so this was a good redo

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pangeen · 2 months ago

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" October Lovers " //© Ashraf Aboulfadl

Music: © Adrian Berenguer - October

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bighippoart · 2 years ago

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15% off on all my prints this weekend on esty. Sharkgazing is one of them:

https://etsy.me/3i3WAxR

#shark #shark watching #oceanlife #whalewatching #humpback whale #tiger shark #whale shark #abstract #flying fish #etsyseller

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allmichigan · 2 months ago

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2024 Michigan Whale Migration underway!

Researchers at the Mackinac Bridge Whalewatching Station (MBWS) have announced that the 2024 Great Lakes Whale Migration is officially underway!

Mackinac Bridge Whalewatching Station September 18, 2024 Researchers at the Mackinac Bridge Whalewatching Station (MBWS) have announced that the 2024 Great Lakes Whale Migration is officially underway! “Warmer temperatures have once again pushed the migration several weeks earlier, but we are seeing great numbers from all species except of course Orcas who just don’t seem to be that into the…