When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years.
via The Guardian
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Fin Whale Breaching
Breaching is a behavior that is rarely seen among fin whales in the wild, and it was captured on video last month off the Strait of Gibraltar.
via: GrindTV
King of the Killer Whales: The Legend of Old Tom…
Read a very interesting story (w/ documentary) about Old Tom, a killer whale that lived off Sydney, Australia in the early 20th century.
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The [beloved] NOAA Ship Albatross IV was decommissioned in 2008, and eventually sold to the Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas in Mexico. Here is a video of the A4 arriving at the CIDIPORT Research Center. I had dreamed of purchasing this vessel, refitting it (Steve Zissou style), and using it as a charter vessel for all of my friends and colleagues. Some dreams are not meant to be…
via: Chris Tremblay
BBC Ocean Giants – Humpbacks Fishing
I have enjoyed using the BBC series “Ocean Giants” in class this semester. Here is a great video clip from the series that illustrates humpback whale bubble feeding with cartoons, underwater, and aerial footage.
Nadine Stewart J Lysiak 