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Amazing from @savingthewaves 🔘 🌀 They sure do love the attention..!!💙💙 —––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––——— 🔘 #SavingtheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "In a moment, 80,000 pounds of gray whale, three times the length of our boat, hovers motionless next to us. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "For a second no one breaths. Then I reach out and caress the huge creature's scarred, rubbery face. Between clusters of barnacles, the skin is smooth, slick and pleasant to the touch." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Moving away, the whale splashes and churns, turning exuberant side rolls. huge flippers foaming up white water." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Then she returns for another petting with a delicacy of movement that seems impossible in such a massive animal." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⬆️an experience petting a grey whale⬆️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don't wait for change, BE the change - —–——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––———

[savingthewaves]

🌀 Smooth.. mesmerizing..😍😍💙 ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingTheWaves ・・・ These bizarre creatures have drifted through our oceans for over 500 million years, despite lacking a brain, heart or blood. ・・・ Their soft bodies are over 90% water, and move in a mesmerising pulsing motion operated by a simple net of nerves.  Though infamous for their stinging tentacles, most species are harmless to humans. ・・・ 📹: @underwatervideography Via: @maestro320 . - Don't wait for change, BE the change - ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— . . . . . #stopanimalcruelty #vak410 #veganism #инстаграмнедели #спб ‎الاردن #حب_للايجار #مسلسلات_تركية #حب_اعمى #اصدقاء #بنات_الشمس ‎ابو_سن #حبيبي #ناصيف_زيتون# #спортивнаяодежда #лосины #легинсы #комбинезон #топ #keto #pączka #aufgehts #derspeckmussweg #abgerechnetwirdamstrand #innererschweinehundbesiegt #whaleshark #lifeinbali #koningsdag2017 #oranjeboven http://ift.tt/2o7gaaM

[respectanimalrights]

Or this....... Via @savingthewaves 🌀 Petting the tongue of a gray whale? Yes.. possible..😅 ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingtheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Since gray whales have no teeth, they capture and strain their baleen, which hangs from the roof of the mouth; grays are the only bottom feeding whales. When they feed, a whale dives to the bottom, rolls on its right side and gulps mouthfuls of mud from the bottom. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As the whale closes its mouth, water and sediments squirt out through the baleen plates. This leaves the amphipods stuck to the baleen inside their mouths. Whales then use their tongues to loosen the amphipods from the baleen, and swallow. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸: Mark Carwardine ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don’t wait for change, BE the change - ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––——

[respectanimalrights]

Via @savingthewaves 🔘 🌀 A Gray whale comes near the beach and These people did not notice this gray whale right beneath them! 👀 ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingTheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Onlookers feared the young whale may have been lost or disoriented, but one expert explained there's more to the story ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So why was the whale seemingly lost? It was probably a loner. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Bruce Mate is the director of the Marine Mammal Institue at Oregon State University. He doesn't think it's unusual that the whale was found adrift from a group of gray whales, in fact he thinks it's very common. During gray whales' summer feeding season, they're sometimes spotted in groups, but ultimately they forage alone. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As to why the animal was so close to shore? That's pretty common, too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "We see animals in shallow water daily," said Mate of the gray whales he witnesses in Oregon. Gray whales are frequently seen feeding on the sea floor, eating amphipods and other small crustaceans, but Mate stressed the animals will feed on whatever food is available to them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "They're more opportunistic than people give them credit for," said Mate. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸: by @orange_county_outdoors Via: @discoverocean ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don't wait for change, BE the change - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––——

[respectanimalrights]

Isn't this amazing amazingly beautiful, BUBBLES Via @savingthewaves 🌀 Amazing video showing you the bubble effect 👌 ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingTheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are large baleen whales (up to 14 m long) that feed on a small prey in dense concentrations, such as krill or herrings. Humpbacks whales have large flukes relative to their size providing greater thrust for quick maneuvers. While other baleen whales feed by swimming rapidly forward, humpbacks are adapted for fine-scale movement to create bubble nets. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Behaviorally, humpback whales capture prey by engaging in complex feeding maneuvers that are often accompanied by the apparently directed use of air bubble clouds (the production of single or multiple bursts of seltzer-sized bubbles) to corral or herd fish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ These whales create bubble nets to corral and contain planktonic prey into a small area so that they can more efficiently scoop them up in their large filter-feeding mouths. Based on surface observations, these bubble-feeding behaviors appear to vary in nature among both individuals and regions. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸: unknown⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Via:@maljapur⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don't wait for change, BE the change - ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— #bubbleeffects #whale #whales #balenwhale #humpbackwhale #loveourmarinelife #saveourdolphinsandwhales #SavingTheWaves

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Credit © 🎬 ✅ @slatermoorephotography Via @savingthewaves 🖋 🌀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This Massive Blue whale taking a Huge Bite out of the Ocean! 😱🐋💙 wait for the whale to push the water back out! 👌⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ––——––——––——||––——––——––——⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🔘 #SavingTheWaves⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Despite being so massive, this giant of the ocean feeds on some of the smallest marine life –plankton and tiny shrimp like animals called krill. A single adult blue whale can consume 36,000 kg of krill a day.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The whale’s mouth has a fascinating row of plates fringed with bristles to help it filter the plankton from the water. There is what looks like a moustache of long bristles on the end of each plate to help it hold the minute prey.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With each mouthful, the whale can hold up to 5,000 kg of water and plankton. Having forced the water out of its mouth, the whale licks these bristles with its fleshy tongue.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Although the blue whale is a deep-water hunter, as a mammal, it must come to the surface of the sea to breathe. When it surfaces, it exhales air out of a blowhole in a cloud of pressurized vapour that rises vertically above the water for up to 9m.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don’t Wait For Change, BE The Change -⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸©️: @slatermoorephotography (at Monterey Bay Whale Watch) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyVaMIhta3/?igshid=ydiorsmfu1a0

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Credit © 🎬 @mikecoots Via @savingthewaves 🖋 🌀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ White Shark tends to Nudge or inflict a single bite on Objects/ Prey out of Curiousity 🤓🦈💙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ––——––——––——||––——––——––——⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🔘 #SavingTheWaves⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Great white sharks are amazing hunters armed with strong muscles, good eyesight, and a keen sense of smell.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Newborn white sharks feed on fishes and other sharks. As they reach adulthood, their prey includes sea turtles, seals, sea lions, porpoises, dolphins, and small whales.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Prey is usually hunted by ambush, where the shark will attempt to rush the animal by surprise and inflict a sudden and massive fatal bite. Often this initial rush is so strong that the intense impact may send the prey out of the water or will send the shark into the air if it misses the target.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The sharks will retire and wait for the prey to quickly die, giving rise to the terms bite and spit or bite and wait for this method of attack.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don’t Wait For Change, BE The Change -⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸©️: @mikecoots (at Somewhere on Planet Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSib90hweM/?igshid=1tuw0uy5ge878

[emwinters]

from @savingthewaves ––——––——––——||––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingTheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Mahimahi live in the tropical and sub-tropical waters of the world. They also inhabit the Indonesian and Japanese archipelagos ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And they can also be found off the coasts of Central and South America, in the Red Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With top speeds estimated at 50 nautical miles per hour, mahimahi move quickly under the water’s surface. They prey on crab, squid and crustaceans and on fish like mackerel and like this video displays the flying fish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don’t Wait For Change, BE The Change - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸©️: @bbcearth - https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQ_x-XHfyM/?igshid=89x2q896spvp