#bowhead whale

[pierrotsoup]

This is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen .. bowhead whale why you got the eyes of an antique polychrome Buddha statue ... Just like wow

[marine-gifs]

Bowhead whales cruise along the shore. Filmed in the Arctic. From The Witness is a Whale (2022).

[theyonagoda]

"In 2010, the Northwest Passage was largely free of sea ice by 10 August and the two whales moved into the Northwest Passage from opposite directions. Both whales were located in Viscount Melville Sound for more than two weeks in September... It is not known what attracted the whales to this area."

Inspired by @bandi-off's post.

[zipperpillar]

Bowhead whales and C5 Galaxy remind me of each other so I drew a funny guy✈️🐋

[feather-bone]

Bowhead whale! The longest-lived mammal, reaching ages of over 200.

[ID: an illustration of a dark grey whale with a white chin swimming in profile to the right. The background is a wavy sea on the bottom and a sky of planets in orbit on top. End.]

[novella-november]

Centuries-old logbooks reveal how bowhead whales are recovering from near-extinction

New research used whaling logbooks to explain why only two of the four bowhead whale populations are bouncing back from whaling, which was a

From The Internet Archive:

Researchers discovered why some bowhead whale populations are recovering today from centuries of commercial whaling using centuries-old Arctic whaling logbooks digitized by the New Bedford Whaling Museum and made accessible through the Internet Archive.

By reconstructing historical whaling routes, scientists identified Arctic sea ice refuges where bowhead whales were protected from industrial hunting for decades. Those safe havens may explain why some populations survived in greater numbers and are rebounding more quickly today.

It's a powerful example of how preserving and providing access to historical records can lead to new scientific discoveries with real-world conservation impact.

[ketu-orca]

Did you know that the oldest living orca is about 100 years old? L25, "Ocean Sun" is suspected to have been born around 1928, making her about 97.

The longest lived cetacean was a bowhead whale determined to be 211 through amino acid decay in the eyes (and the presence of harpoon tips).

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A group of polar bears feeding on the carcass of a bowhead whale in the Arctic. 

Estebane Rezkallah, France

Sony World Photography Awards