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The fact that procaps are so desperate for baby orcas that they’re openly hoping LP will be able to continue it’s horrendous breeding programme which consisted entirely of inbred, rejected calves that had to be hand raised, really shows off just how little they actually care about these animals.

Hopefully SW steps in to make sure LP doesn’t slip any more “oops” pregnancies in for Kohana, Skyla or Morgan.

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Nyssa L84 breach by Melisa Pinnow Via Flickr: Photo taken from shore at Lime Kiln State Park. Nyssa L84 was born in 1990. He is the last member of his family so he travels with another matriline made up of Ino L54 and her offspring as well as another adopted adult male named Wave Walker L88.

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Photos by Marisol Jenkins of an orca riding in a boat’s wake off of Baja California, Mexico.

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Risso’s dolphin doodles …gonna try drawing narwhals next!!

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These are so good! 😊

#art

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Photos by John Hyde

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How my Red-tailed Hawk says hello. x

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#warning loud

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“One of the issues that orca face is that they are such remarkable animals, and because of that people want to see them up close and personal…so there are other people who want to make a profit from that. They capture the orca from the wild, and they rip them out of their families and they dump them into these concrete tanks and make them perform tricks. People pay to go and see that, they’re brainwashed into thinking that this is a really good thing to see and a good thing to do, it’s “family entertainment”, and they just don’t seem to realize how much these animals suffer.” - Dr. Ingrid N. Visser

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Wild Killer Whales Underwater - (x)

This is so cool!

Article: Manta rays are first fish to recognize themselves in a mirror

They did not show signs of social interaction with the image, which is what you would expect if they perceived it to be another individual. Instead, the rays repeatedly moved their fins and circled in front of the mirror (click on image below to see one in action). This suggests they could see whether their reflection moved when they moved. The frequency of these movements was much higher when the mirror was in the tank than when it was not.

The rays also blew bubbles in front of the mirror, behavior that Ari had not observed in the rays before.

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THIS IS COOOOOL!!!!

#i love rays #so cool