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 seagulls perched on its underside. Certainly not the kind of photo of a blue whale you would expect to see. :( [via]
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 of the threats that blue whales face on a day to day basis.
If you still aren’t grasping the size of a blue whale, consider this life-size visual from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
