Kingdom of the Blue Whale
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A Breaching Whale
Blue whale breaches at the surface along the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
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Big Blow
A blue whale blow can reach heights of three stories as it is expelled from the giants lungs and weighs over a ton.
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A Blue Whale
Blue whale breaches at the surface. They are fast, strong swimmers, capable of reaching 30 mph when alarmed, but they usually cruise along at about 12 mph.
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West Coast Whales
Blue whale breaches at the surface along the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
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Belly Up
A dead blue whale is found, likely due to a ship strike.
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The Sounds of Whales
Erin Oleson, former scientist from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in San Diego, California, uses a B-Probe to decode certain whale sounds such as diving and approaching a prey. There are nine distinct blue whale populations based on the “dialects” of their calls.
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A Tagging Mission
Dr. Bruce Mate, Director of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University, and John Calambokidis, Research Biologist of Cascadia Research, prepare to tag a whale.
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Big as a Whale
Blue whale breaches at the surface. They are fast, strong swimmers, capable of reaching 30 mph when alarmed, but they usually cruise along at about 12 mph.
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Watching Whales
A team of scientists will follow blue whales along the Costa Rica coast to observe and record the courtship behavior among the whales.
