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Whales

(Cetaceae)

California

The following several pictures were taken in Monterey Bay on a whale watching cruise with Sanctuary Cruises on August 14, 2010.

Thar she blows

whales

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Thar she goes

whales

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Tandem

whales

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Lunge feeding

whales

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Barnacled

whales

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Galápagos 2010

Darwin boning up on cetaceans

galapagos

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Mexico

Baja baileen
Humped back

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Baja backbone
Whale vertebrae

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The biggest and the smallest

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Krill

Whale chow

Amphipod

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ET foam home

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License to krill

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Dead blue whale at Bean Hollow

Whale bone and Bob

bean hollow
November 6, 2010

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Blue whale striations

blue whale
November 6, 2010

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Blubber

blue whale
November 6, 2010

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They called it flipper

blue whale
November 6, 2010

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Gull on whale

blue whale
November 6, 2010

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Pigeon Point, California

Spouting

whale
April 13, 2014

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Madagascar

Into the breech

whales

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Masoala
July 23, 2013

Antarctica

Pod of fins

whales

Fin whales
Balaenoptera physalus
Antarctic Peninsula
December, 2013
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Humpback

whales

Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Antarctic Peninsula
December, 2013
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This sighting was a fluke

humpback

Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Antarctic Peninsula
December, 2013
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Humpback and Plancius

antarctica

Useful island
Antarctic Peninsula
December 24, 2013
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Killer whales

Killer

killer whale

Killer whale, (Orcinus orca)
Antarctic Peninsula
December, 2013
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Killers at sunset

killer whale

Killer whale, (Orcinus orca)
Antarctic Peninsula
December, 2013
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Killer whale

killer whale
Killer whale, (Orcinus orca)
Miami Seaquarium
May 9, 2014

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Whale bones on ice

whale bones

Antarctic Peninsula
December, 2013

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Blue whale grounded

blue whale
Lawrence Hall of Science
May 31, 2014

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Blue whale eye

blue whale eye
Lawrence Hall of Science
May 31, 2014

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Also see

Albatross
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Marine Mammals

+ Otariids: sea lions and fur seals
+ Seals
+ Sea otters
+ Whales

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Places

+ Monterey Bay, California
+ Antarctica
+ Pigeon Point
+ Madagascar

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Other links

+ Wales - Ha!

+ Animals

+ Año Nuevo

+ Elkhorn Slough

+ Elephants

+ Mountains

+ Sun and Moon

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modified: June 13, 2015
created: August 9, 2010
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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