#savingthewaves

Amazing from @savingthewaves 🔘 🌀 They sure do love the attention..!!💙💙 —––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––——— 🔘 #SavingtheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "In a moment, 80,000 pounds of gray whale, three times the length of our boat, hovers motionless next to us. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "For a second no one breaths. Then I reach out and caress the huge creature's scarred, rubbery face. Between clusters of barnacles, the skin is smooth, slick and pleasant to the touch." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Moving away, the whale splashes and churns, turning exuberant side rolls. huge flippers foaming up white water." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Then she returns for another petting with a delicacy of movement that seems impossible in such a massive animal." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⬆️an experience petting a grey whale⬆️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don't wait for change, BE the change - —–——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––———

Via @savingthewaves 🔘 🌀 A Gray whale comes near the beach and These people did not notice this gray whale right beneath them! 👀 ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingTheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Onlookers feared the young whale may have been lost or disoriented, but one expert explained there's more to the story ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So why was the whale seemingly lost? It was probably a loner. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Bruce Mate is the director of the Marine Mammal Institue at Oregon State University. He doesn't think it's unusual that the whale was found adrift from a group of gray whales, in fact he thinks it's very common. During gray whales' summer feeding season, they're sometimes spotted in groups, but ultimately they forage alone. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As to why the animal was so close to shore? That's pretty common, too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "We see animals in shallow water daily," said Mate of the gray whales he witnesses in Oregon. Gray whales are frequently seen feeding on the sea floor, eating amphipods and other small crustaceans, but Mate stressed the animals will feed on whatever food is available to them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "They're more opportunistic than people give them credit for," said Mate. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸: by @orange_county_outdoors Via: @discoverocean ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don't wait for change, BE the change - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––——

Isn't this amazing amazingly beautiful, BUBBLES Via @savingthewaves 🌀 Amazing video showing you the bubble effect 👌 ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingTheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are large baleen whales (up to 14 m long) that feed on a small prey in dense concentrations, such as krill or herrings. Humpbacks whales have large flukes relative to their size providing greater thrust for quick maneuvers. While other baleen whales feed by swimming rapidly forward, humpbacks are adapted for fine-scale movement to create bubble nets. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Behaviorally, humpback whales capture prey by engaging in complex feeding maneuvers that are often accompanied by the apparently directed use of air bubble clouds (the production of single or multiple bursts of seltzer-sized bubbles) to corral or herd fish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ These whales create bubble nets to corral and contain planktonic prey into a small area so that they can more efficiently scoop them up in their large filter-feeding mouths. Based on surface observations, these bubble-feeding behaviors appear to vary in nature among both individuals and regions. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸: unknown⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Via:@maljapur⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don't wait for change, BE the change - ––——––——––——|🔹|––——––——––—— #bubbleeffects #whale #whales #balenwhale #humpbackwhale #loveourmarinelife #saveourdolphinsandwhales #SavingTheWaves

from @savingthewaves ––——––——––——||––——––——––—— 🔘 #SavingTheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Mahimahi live in the tropical and sub-tropical waters of the world. They also inhabit the Indonesian and Japanese archipelagos ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And they can also be found off the coasts of Central and South America, in the Red Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With top speeds estimated at 50 nautical miles per hour, mahimahi move quickly under the water’s surface. They prey on crab, squid and crustaceans and on fish like mackerel and like this video displays the flying fish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don’t Wait For Change, BE The Change - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸©️: @bbcearth - https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQ_x-XHfyM/?igshid=89x2q896spvp