Alice-Kunle In reply to Drocan [2008-08-23 00:04:55 +0000 UTC]

hey.
i love your whale picture, i find marine animals fantastic, what type of whale is it, and how did you get that shot, where did you take it?

proper goood.

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Drocan In reply to Alice-Kunle [2008-08-23 00:12:16 +0000 UTC]

As the description says, it was just of the coast of Juneau, Alaska. The whale is a humpback, an endangered animal that I was really lucky to see. Better still, I saw the entire pod in action, performing an amazing maneuver known as bubble net feeding, which wikipedia describes as such:
"a group of whales blows bubbles while swimming in circles to create a ring of bubbles. The ring encircles the fish, which are confined in an ever-tighter area as the whales swim in a smaller and smaller circles. The whales then suddenly swim upward through the bubble net, mouths agape, swallowing thousands of fish in one gulp. This technique can involve a ring of bubbles up to 30 m (100 ft) in diameter and the cooperation of a dozen animals."

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