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Kayaking with Redondo Beach Blue Whales

October 24, 2011 @ 2:35 am

Watching this freaks me out and amazes me at the same time. Blue whales really are gigantic creatures and I would never want to have one come right at me like they do in this video! [via]

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American Museum of Natural History: Exhibition Preparation gallery

November 26, 2009 @ 11:57 am

Photo by Alex J. Rota The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has a great gallery archive of images taken when the museum was preparing their various exhibits and dioramas. If you take a look at the images, you get … Continue reading →

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Photo shows blue whale belly-up in the Pacific Ocean

June 11, 2009 @ 11:09 am

This is so sad. The already-endangered blue whale has lost another family member to a possible collision with a ship. The photo above taken by Flip Nicklin shows the blue whale belly-up in the Pacific Ocean with a flock of … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Blue Whale

March 23, 2009 @ 4:51 pm

National Geographic has this neat little interactive graphic that visually compares the size of a blue whale with other large objects and animals. The video of a ship strike on a blue whale is shocking, but so is the rest … Continue reading →

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