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Another look at J-Pod as they made their way south through Cattle Pass on February 20th 🤩 Video by @jayjayfoshizzay.bsky.social #salishsea #orca #killerwhale #srkw #wssjis

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If you missed our talk at the Marine Mammal Symposium back in November you can now watch it online! Check us out at 2:26:00 www.youtube.com/live/Yk5OQzC...

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"Check out this mural in Deception Pass State Park! It was made by students at Hillcrest Elementary School in Oak Harbor, WA made of plastic lids that couldn’t be recycled. ⠀ #TalesOfSavingWhales #WhaleTales #BePlasticWise

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Why are so few blue whale calves ever sighted? I delved into this mystery and I think I have an answer! Paper here: www.int-res.com/abstracts/es... Popular article: fish.uw.edu/2025/02/unra...

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A Magical Experience with Minke Whales. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/2y9yZF3 Photo by Laura Jordan Photography⁠ This is an encounter from 2018 #WhaleTales #whales #WhaleWatching

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Hourglass #dolphins escort the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough out of #SouthGeorgia waters. #biopole2 #nature #marinebiology @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

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It's #FunFactFriday! Did you know that Norwegian Killer Whales can be observed feeding on large bait balls of Atlantic herring? Killer whales will work together to bring herring to the surface and herd them into a ball.

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ACTION ALERT: Salish Sea harbor seals & sea lions need your help! We must take action by 02/21! Swipe to learn why HJM 4004 is ill-advised + how you can stand up to protect our beloved pinnipeds! #marinemammals #marmam app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

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Happy Thor's Day! ⚡️ T46E "Thor" has been seen in the Salish Sea recently. Born in 2003 to the legendary T46 "Wake", Thor is the brother of T122 "Centeki" (born ~1982), T46D "Strider" (born 2000), and T46F "Loki" (born 2012). 📷: Prince of Whales Whale Watching

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Approx 150 Humpback whales feeding off Dassen Island, about 100km north of Cape Town, today. Total individuals identified in current season‘s supergroups now 1100!!!

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Looking for a Canadian marine mammal stranding expert with access to the databases of strandings there, for a blue whale paper collating all strandings globally. Please let me know if you can help.

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The youngest Southern Resident killer whale, J62, as seen from the shores of San Juan Island, Washington this morning. #salishsea #orca #jpod #toliveforthehopeofitall

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Time for another break from the crazy (seems to be needed hourly these days 😜). Pacific white-sided dolphin surging through glassy water in the Discovery Islands of British Columbia. This day was so magical. #dolphin #wildlifephotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #stormhour #wildlife

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And Yet Another. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/3YVqEw9 Photo by Krisztina Balotay⁠ This is an encounter from 2023 #WhaleTales #WhaleWatching #storytelling

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A short video featuring all nine members (including the two calves) of the Northern Isles Community '27s' #Orca pod together off the east Mainland of Shetland last week. 🖤🤍🧡 #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK

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Tired calf getting a humpy-back ride from mama! Acoustic data along with surface visual observations can help us get a better understanding of #humpbackwhale behaviors in the presence of vessel activities. Join us on this important study today! bit.ly/BayQuest-Exp (Kogia-Karim Iliya)

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Bremer Bay Orca Calves Play Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/3x4WP12 Photo by Whale Watch Western Australia This is an encounter from 2022 #WhaleTales

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#WhaleTalesWatches is back this month and we are trying to brighten up these dark times with a discussion about one of the greatest movies of all times - it's Jaws! 🦈 Join us over on Patreon to listen: www.patreon.com/c/whaletales

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Today is your last chance to get your dolphins question in for our upcoming Dolphin Awareness Month mailbag episode! Comment, DM or email us any your last minute queries🐬 #WhaleTales #WhaleTalesPodcast

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Heard J’s loud and clear last night 🥰 youtu.be/oCdVIYdH1bc?...

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One of the big questions with North Pacific right whales is: do they migrate? New research uses skin samples from the whales to figure out where they’re feeding in the spring. Spoiler alert: it’s not the Bering Sea where they can be found in the summer! www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

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Humpback Survives Killer Whale Attack. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/3c5dE19 Photo by Whale Watch Western Australia⁠ This is an encounter from 2021 #WhaleTales #orca

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Family is so important to so many animals, especially Killer Whales. North America’s Resident populations swim with their mothers and all of her descendants for their entire lives. Everything they know is passed down through the family: feeding strategies, territory, and even language.

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We talked about this a little bit in our latest Journal Club episode - check it out on our Patreon!

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Happy #WorldWhaleDay ! May your flukes be supple and your belly full. #SciArt

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Happy #WorldWhaleDay Storytellers! Did you know there are 15 species of Baleen Whales and 77 species of toothed whales (including dolphins and porpoises)? We have #WhaleTales of over 60 of them🐳🐬🐋 Read them all on our website 🎨: Peppermint Narwhal Creative #WhaleStory

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It's #WorldWhaleDay-why do YOU love whales, dolphins and porpoises? Sound off in the comments below!

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Epic Day with Chalkboard. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/2U1C0OZ This is an encounter from 2020 #WhaleTales

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It's #WorldWhaleDay! Head to our website, whale-tales.org, to read over 850 whale stories (and 1500+ stories over all!) Graphic by Paul Davis #WhaleTales #whales #WhaleLove

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Whale what do you know... It's World Whale Day!!! What is your favorite species of whale? #AnswerMeThis

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Happy World Whale Day! Today celebrates and honours these marvellous marine mammals. Here are some ‘cool’ evolutionary adaptations that help a bowhead whale survive and thrive in polar environments. #WorldWhaleDay, #SciArt, #whale, #cetacean

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Happy #worldwhaleday! Don't forget to hug your nearest orca! Actually, don't do that. But here's a few of my favorite whales 1/5

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We got out with J Pod for our 6th encounter of the year! We were able to confirm that J62 is female and document all 26 members! We were also able to confirm that J35 is no longer carrying the carcass of J61. Check out the encounter and more photos at the link below.

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"We can choose and make decisions that can limit or change our impacts on environment ." Some powerful words from Daren Grover at the end of our podcast episode with Project Jonah. What will you do to change your impact for the good? Photo by Project Jonah #TalesOfSavingWhales #WhaleTales

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Another Feeding Encounter. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/49XZNWw Photo by Krisztina This is an encounter from 2024 #WhaleTales

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Sperm Whale Rescue. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/38WklAH Photo by Whale Watch Western Australia This is an encounter from 2021 #WhaleTales

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Mine (Lindsay) too!!!

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I heard that some of you people prefer to receive your snarky science fact-checking of viral news stories in meme format, and I am here to help.

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