The video on Twitter indicates to me that this whale deliberately attacked this small boat and capsized it. Why? Well, it mirrors what has been happening in the Mediterranean and the reason is officially unknown but to me it seems as if the whales are …
NEWS AND OPINION: Iceland has approved the killing of nearly 100 whales after they had briefly suspended whaling because of welfare concerns. Of course, animal campaigners have criticised the Icelandic fishing ministry’s decision to issue a licence to the Icelander’s last whaling company. That company …
My OPINION is that one day humankind will realise that sperm whales are more intelligent than we think they are and we will understand their communication system made up of more than 9,000 ‘codas’, which are short clicks that the whales used to communicate with …
Sperm whales have been observed using a unique defense mechanism against orca attacks, known as defensive defecation. This behavior was witnessed off the southern coast of Western Australia, where a pod of sperm whales was being hunted by orcas. When the sperm whales seemed to …
I would like to remember Lolita, the orca held in captivity for 50 years. She was due to be released into the ocean but instead she suddenly passed away. She never saw the ocean again. Her birthright, her habitat, her place to live from where …
My title is slightly exaggerated because when you look at the oceans today, they still look blue and the change to a greener hue cannot be detected by the human eye because it is too subtle but the change has taken place over the past …
It is mysteriously called ‘ambergris’. It is very rare hence its value. It is also called ‘ambergrease’ or ‘grey amber’. It is solid, waxy and flammable and it resides in 1-5% of the digestive tracts of sperm whales. It is formed by the secretion of …
This is a visual representation of the difference in size between a blue whale and an African elephant. It has to be approximate. The existing illustrations online are a little vague and some are possibly misleading. On my estimate and research elephants are around 4 …
Humpback, minke and some baleen whales engage in trap feeding otherwise known as tread-water feeding. Fables recorded in ancient tales of sea monsters are likely to be based upon this feeding technique. More than 2,200 years ago, Greek scholars described how an enormous predator, so …
