Whale Tales

Entanglement

  • An Emotional Encounter with Pinball – 12/8/23

    An Emotional Encounter with Pinball – 12/8/23

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    Yesterday’s morning trip got off to a very hard and emotional start. As we were leaving the harbor, we heard reports of a whale that was entangled in fishing gear. The whale was in the general area that most of our recent trips have been in so chances were good it was one of “our”…

  • Double Humpback Encounter – 12/21

    Double Humpback Encounter – 12/21

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    It’s a dangerous life being a Humpback whale as shown by this image of one preparing to dive. Two significant scars extend around the dorsal fin show a history of entanglement, probably with fishing gear. I took my photo on December 12 & two weeks later, my friend Bruce encounter the whale again. Both pics…

  • Whale Watching From Hillarys – 27/9/19

    Whale Watching From Hillarys – 27/9/19

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    Whale Watching from Hillarys today as over a dozen Humpback Whales communicated The Language of the Whales in spectacular fashion! Our first encounters during our morning were with peaceful mothers and calves who were gently resting in the sighting grounds. The females are often exhausted this time of year, but the calves are happily consuming…

  • Humpback Disentanglement video

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    Thanks to Wild in Blue and Rendezvous Diving Adventures for sharing this video with us. We saw it first at the 2014 Marine Mammal Symposium, and it’s amazing how challenging it can be to remove fishing materials and other garbage once it has already started to impact the animals around us. If you are in…