/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.

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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

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Fresh fin whale meat is auctioned for the first time in decades in Japan

Fresh fin whale meat is auctioned for the first time in decades in Japan

https://candorium.com/news/20241212123748705/fresh-fin-whale-meat-auctioned-first-time-decades-japan

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2024/12/13
18:17 UTC

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A recap of the recent ETP Orca predation events in San Diego!

Over the last few weeks, a group of Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whales have made multiple visits to San Diego to pursue common dolphins. I’m using the word “group” and not “pod” because so little is known about the social structures of ETPs. Our first sighting included 15+ whales, which were the same animals encountered a couple of months earlier. The next two sightings only encountered 5 of those 15 whales.

8 Comments
2024/12/11
16:20 UTC

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Breaking News : Iceland Issue 5 Year Whaling License to Loftsson

6 Comments
2024/12/10
14:54 UTC

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Photography by @karimiliya and @gregmacgillivray (Humpback Whales, 2015). I changed the music from the various clips to Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Learning how to use Final Cut Pro

0 Comments
2024/12/10
03:58 UTC

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Question on blue whales

Been absolutely fascinated with them lately, wondering how they defend themselves against attacks? Maybe I’m just too uneducated on whales but I don’t see how they can hold their own against something a group of predators. I heard they slap with their tails but is that all?

4 Comments
2024/12/10
04:24 UTC

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Do larger animals such as whales have a naturally lower population due to their size?

This may be a dumb question but do large animals such as Whales have naturally lower populations due to their massive sizes? Even considering the fact a lot of them are endangered, without human intervention would their population still be lower than that of smaller mammals that live on land?

13 Comments
2024/12/09
22:23 UTC

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Need some info for best non-profit working on combatting boat strikes of whales

I just saw a video of what happens when a boat strikes a whale and it’s left to die an agonizing death from its injuries. It was the “Sweet Girl” video of a whale that was probably struck by a ferry going over the speed limit off the coast of Tahiti. What can I do other than sign the change.org petition to get boats to slow down? And not only in French Polynesia, but everywhere when it’s known whales are present. Is there any organization that’s specializing in this?

Also, is there any way to influence ecotourism to French Polynesia to make them aware of the conflict with the whales and the heavier use of the ferry boats? I had no idea this was happening, and I was planning my trip to Moorea and almost made the mistake of buying ferry tickets instead of taking the plane to the island. I don’t want any of my dollars going to companies who don’t police their crew and make sure they’re driving at a safe speed for the whales. I’m sure there’s a lot of others going there who would feel the same but lack awareness of the issue.

2 Comments
2024/12/08
19:04 UTC

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Whale Tooth?

Hello! I found this on a beach in Oregon. Can anyone help me determine what kind of whale it might be from?

10 Comments
2024/12/09
04:06 UTC

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Underwater camera captures incredible encounter of humpback whale feeding on bait ball , Barkley Sound

6 Comments
2024/12/08
16:03 UTC

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Humpbacks

Nanaimo british columbia Foggy day

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2024/12/06
06:43 UTC

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Return to Minke

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2024/12/05
23:59 UTC

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I’m Dr. David Gruber, a marine biologist, National Geographic Explorer, and founder and president of Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative). AMA!

https://preview.redd.it/u7v2qq458v4e1.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa450a28eb6b607c27f9acdf22cff4e84749367f

My research bridges animal communication, climate science, marine biology and molecular biology, and my inventions include technology to perceive the underwater world from the perspective of marine animals. Over the last several years, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the hidden lives of whales, which led me to start Project CETI, a non-profit organization applying advanced machine learning and state-of-the-art robotics to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales. At CETI, I work alongside an amazing team of over 50 scientists who are unified by the shared goal of applying technology to amplify the magic of our natural world. Our hope is that CETI’s findings will show that technology can bring us closer to nature. You can learn more about me here. And if you’d like to learn more about Project CETI, check out our website and AMA! I'll answer live on Dec 5 at 12 PM EST.

*NOTE: Apologies we ran into a technical issue and had to repost so if you dropped in a question in the few minutes our previous post was up - please ask again!

From David: "Thank you for participating in my AMA with NatGeo! I had a lot of fun reading through and answering some of your questions. Stay curious and keep exploring!

From Nat Geo: Thank you for joining us! If there are other experts you want to hear from or topics you are interested in – let us know. And check out Project CETI’s work featured in Nat Geo Magazine:

What are animals saying? AI may help decode their languages

60 Comments
2024/12/04
17:20 UTC

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Whales on the wall

Whales of the Azores painted on the wall next to a Whale Watching tour operator in Ponta Delgado, Sâo Miguel, Azores

0 Comments
2024/12/04
15:39 UTC

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Whale ID chart

Mods can write get this pinned to the top of the sub?

18 Comments
2024/12/04
14:12 UTC

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What kind of whales are these?

Seen in the Pacific Ocean between Long Beach and Catalina Island.

5 Comments
2024/12/03
15:50 UTC

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Orca Caught on Film Absolutely Destroying a Great White Shark

11 Comments
2024/12/03
17:11 UTC

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Why help stranded whales?

This post may be a controversial one but I would love some info on why we helped stranded whales? I’m from New Zealand and right now there are a group of whales that keep restranding themselves. This is super sad, local volunteers keep refloating them but they just keep coming back to shore.

My thoughts are, are these whales doing this for a reason? Is helping them refloat not helping the situation long term (natural selection and continuation of stronger genes). Are they beaching themselves because they don’t want to live anymore. I mean the keep coming back, leave them alone.

Don’t get me wrong, it is so sad and I feel awful for the whales. But sometimes I feel that we shouldn’t intervene.

Article:

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/03/whales-strand-again-in-golden-bay/

1 Comment
2024/12/03
05:40 UTC

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