/r/whales

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News, images, videos, conservation, and information about whales. Our warm-blooded cousins in the sea!

For more aquatic mammals check out /r/elephantseals & /r/Seacows!

Welcome to /r/whales!


Looking for more information on whales? Use the NOAA, WFF, or WDC as a starting point to find out information on species, why whales matter, threats, and more!

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

CMS list of toothed whales

The Beaked Whale Resource

Baleen Whale Species

Want to help whales? Check out this guide to non-profit environmental groups.

Posting Guidelines

Do post:

Images

Conservation

News

Videos and Documentaries

Information/facts

(Not sure if your link is appropriate? Message the mods.)

Please follow reddiquette when posting or commenting.


We welcome images of whale paintings and handmade whale-related items! But please, no promotion of your work for sale. This includes Etsy or other online store links in comments, "find more in my profile", "pm me for details", etc etc. Thanks!

Aquatic animal subreddits:

/r/cephalopods
/r/cetacea
/r/elephantseals
/r/ImaginaryLeviathans
/r/jellyfish
/r/oceancreatures
/r/orcas
/r/Seacows
/r/sharks
/r/TheDepthsBelow
/r/walrus
/r/WhaleSharks
/r/HvaldimirTheBeluga
/r/belugawhales
/r/BlueWhales

Biology/ecosystems/conservation:

/r/Animals
/r/conservation
/r/ecology
/r/LifeAquatic
/r/likeus
/r/marinebiology
/r/marinelife
/r/Oceans
/r/SeaShepherd
/r/species
/r/TheCove

Images of sand and sea:

/r/BeachPorn
/r/SeaPorn
/r/IslandPorn

And some terrestrial animals:

/r/Badgers
/r/BearsWaving
/r/catpics
/r/Crocodilia
/r/Elephants
/r/FisherHaven
/r/foxes
/r/hyenas
/r/lynxes
/r/OkapiParadise
/r/polarbears
/r/tapirs
/r/Tortoises
/r/wolverines

The complete list of animal subreddits:

Reddit's Animal Kingdom

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/r/Wales

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Deepwater Disco (Whale Call Instrumental)

Deepwater Disco

I made this instrumental based on a 4 minute snippet of whale calls. I love the way it turned out, and hope you will too 🙂

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2023/11/15
16:55 UTC

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Caribbean island of Dominica creates world's first marine protected area for endangered sperm whale

Caribbean island of Dominica creates world's first marine protected area for endangered sperm whale
https://candorium.com/news/20231113181332597/Caribbean-island-of-Dominica-creates-worlds-first-marine-protected-area-for-endangered-sperm-whale

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2023/11/14
00:35 UTC

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Starry Seas, Oils on canvas, Sheldon Boadita, 2023

14 Comments
2023/11/09
11:05 UTC

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Watched Whales

This friend did this for more than an hour!

7 Comments
2023/11/08
02:19 UTC

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Whale Spotting App?

Hi everyone, I have been trying to find a current and working whale spotting app that works with a Pixel 7. I used to have a few old apps a few years ago and none of them are around or working anymore.

I would really like to be able to check where whales have been spotted lately and go film them with live or recently updated info.

If anyone can point me to their favourite app, that would be much appreciated. Thank you.

2 Comments
2023/11/07
02:47 UTC

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PILOT WHALE ─ Even Orcas are Afraid of the Cheetahs of the Deep Sea!

1 Comment
2023/11/06
20:07 UTC

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Big party off Maroubra Beach this morning with whales breaching together with some double lift off action

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2023/11/06
06:12 UTC

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Taken from Vancouver Island ferry in September

7 Comments
2023/11/04
18:16 UTC

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Whale identifiation

I spotted this guy 6 miles off the coast of Miami. I’ve never seen a whale out here. Any idea what kind it is?

60 Comments
2023/11/03
02:22 UTC

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Saw a whale from the air near Seaside OR today in shallow water stirring up mud. It was upside down most of the time thrashing around. What would it have been doing?

24 Comments
2023/10/30
01:46 UTC

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Whales

9 Comments
2023/10/29
10:55 UTC

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A baby grey whale a friend met near Roche Harbor on San Juan Island

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the video, and he was kind enough to let me post it. What a playful little calf!

25 Comments
2023/10/28
01:46 UTC

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Slow SUNDAY 🐋

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2023/10/22
17:51 UTC

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An older piece that's just been sitting in my portfolio

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1 Comment
2023/10/21
18:50 UTC

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amazing whale experience

i just wanted to come on here and say i saw a whale breaching for the first time today! i’m in australia for a vacation and saw one breach in the gap by watsons bay near sydney! it was amaaaazing and something i’d never thought i’d get to see in person.

4 Comments
2023/10/18
02:14 UTC

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Bubble-feeding humpbacks in Alaska

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2023/10/17
22:53 UTC

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