Pretty sure I just saw a pilot whale fairly close to shore. That would be a first for me but I'm not certain. Bigger than a dolphin, smaller than a humpback. It was spouting.

Sperm Whale yesterday, #Waterford

#IWDG:
https://iwdg.ie/sperm-whale-in-waterford-estuary-march-25th-2025/

Largest Toothed Predator, 18 meters long, <57 Tons

Deep Diver: I3,000 meters

Huge Head and Brain

Powerful echolocation clicks, loudest animal

#speirgorm #whale #spermWhale #ireland #irish #dolphin #mastodaoine

©Watchorn

#agenda Le vendredi 4 avril, à 17h, dans le cadre de l'atelier Ecologies of Early Modern art, Charlotte Colding Smith présentera en ligne :
"#Whale Strandings and Capture as Indicators of Seventeenth-Century Environmental Change"
https://arthist.net/archive/44908
#animhist #artsci #sciart #histsci #histart
(illustration : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The-whale-beached-1617.jpg )

Rice's #whale #campaigners sue #Trump over 'death blow' to species.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Trump administration are accused of 'gambling with an #extinction level event' in the name of #BigOil for revoking protections to limit gas and oil vessel speeds in crucial Rice's whale habitat. #auspol #USPol #RicesWhale #environment

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/rices-whale-campaigners-sue-trump-over-death-blow-to-species/

Lack of consent stalls plans for North America’s first whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia
An ambitious plan in Nova Scotia to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales may have hit a dead end.
#whale #sanctuary #environment #politics #NorthAmerica #NovaScotia
https://globalnews.ca/news/11089030/ns-whale-sanctuary-dead-end/

#cetaceans

‘Thar she blows.’ #AI #whale detection system gives ship captains advance warning to avoid collisions https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/17/news/ai-whale-detection-system-ships-collisions

A prototype of the Rosalind Franklin Mars rover from the European Space Agency is displayed below the skeleton of a blue whale named Hope in the Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum. The museum’s new exhibition – Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? – will allow visitors to touch and hold real pieces of the moon, Mars and meteorites, as well as see groundbreaking pieces of technology such as this prototype Martian vehicle.

Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

@photography
#whale
#Mars

Narwhals may use their iconic tusks to play.

Science News reports on research showing "the Arctic whales poked and prodded a fish that isn't usually a part of their diet."

https://flip.it/GM..Nj

The whale pouch is one of my most popular design! It’s also really practical to store little items for safe keeping and fast access!
Sadly, as much as I love making pouches, they take me a lot of time and energy, so I don’t really make them anymore.
I have three whales left in stock, and you can grab one on my website! https://evanskyarts.com/products/bourse-baleine

#Whale #Pee Is Good for the #Ocean, Study Finds

https://www.mentalfloss.com/whale-pee-good-for-ocean

Wip. Whales. Water color underpainting and acrylic paint on top. Practicing straight lines (hatred)
#whales #whale #paintings #painting #paint #handmade #ocean #marinelife #savethewhales #SavetheWhalesAgain #humpbacks #humpbackwhales #humpbackwhale #begginerartist #begginerart #begginer #art #myart

Sounds a little odd but is actually fascinating #ocean #wildlife #whale How whale urine benefits the ocean ecosystem arstechnica.com/science/2025...

How whale urine benefits the o...

#Humpback #Whale Song Follows #ZipfsLaw, A Fundamental Law Of Human #Language
And some #whales exhibit Menzerath’s law even more strongly than humans.
#MenzerathsLaw and Zipf’s focus on this kind of streamlining. Menzerath’s is all about how longer words or vocalizations are more efficient if made up of shorter elements (like syllables or notes), while Zipf’s law states that common and shorter elements will be used more often in efficient language than longer, rarer ones.
https://www.iflscience.com/humpback-whale-song-follows-zipfs-law-a-fundamental-law-of-human-language-77978

#Migrating #baleen #whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical & subtropical ecosystems.

#auspol #whale #nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2

Sharks!!! Dropping these flash tattoo designs for the fellow shark lovers out there

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Some more WIPs because you KNOW I gotta draw me some SHARKS!!!

Orcas! I had a terrible day yesterday, so when I got home I drew some sea buddies.

Available as flash tattoos, either separately or together. $65 for one, $100 for both.

️ Bookings available for flash or custom tattoos! Book via venue, forms, or email [hanandraws@gmail.com] ️