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Scientists Capture First-Ever Detailed Footage of Sperm Whale Birth https://petapixel.com/2026/03/30/scientists-capture-first-ever-detailed-footage-of-sperm-whale-birth/ #Miscellaneous #aerialfootage #dronefootage #spermwhales #spermwhale #drone

Scientists Capture First-Ever Detailed Footage of Sperm Whale Birth

Observations of whale births in the wild are uncommon.

PetaPixel

CBC Top Stories 4d ago

Scientists captured rare video of a sperm whale birth. What they learned from that remarkable moment
Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behaviour of these large, elusive mammals.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sperm-whale-birth-video-9.7144808?cmp=rss

Aubreader Masto Mar 24

Scientists Capture Sperm Whales Headbutting in Stunning New Footage

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-capture-sperm-whales-headbutting-in-stunning-new-footage/

> Scientists have finally captured something long rumored but never proven: sperm whales headbutting each other. Using drone footage from the Azores and Balearic Islands, researchers observed younger, sub-adult whales deliberately ramming one another—challenging the long-held belief that such behavior was limited to massive adult males.

#whales #SpermWhale #EssexOfNantucket

Scientists Capture Sperm Whales Headbutting in Stunning New Footage

Sperm whales caught on camera headbutting each other—turns out the legends might have been true after all.

SciTechDaily

~meoralis~Feb 23

#FotoVorschlag: Das passt da nicht rein // That won't fit in there/this doesn't go there

Der gestrandete #Pottwal, der 2013 in Greenwich (#London) untersucht wurde, passte so gar nicht ans Ufer der Themse. Aber aus gutem Grund: Die lebensechte #Skulptur ist eine #Kunstaktion eines belgischen Kollektivs, die auf das Verschwinden der #Wale und den Klimawandel aufmerksam macht. Der #Wal wurde schon in einigen europäischen Städten gezeigt.
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The beached #spermWhale that was examined in #Greenwich (London) in 2013 felt out of place by the Thames. But for good reason! This remarkably life-like #sculpture is an #art installation by a Belgian art collective, created to raise awareness of the decline of #whales and the impact of climate change. The #whale has already toured several European cities.

👉 https://www.captainboomercollective.org/projects/whale/the-why-of-the-whale/

#OldRoyalNavalCollege #GreenwichFair #artInstallation #Kunstinstallation #hyperRealism #Hyperrealismus #saveTheWhales #spermWhales #Pottwale #CaptainBoomer

Education & Knowledge Jan 2

The Most Powerful Sonar in Nature

https://tube.blueben.net/w/gBajKcC7YthTpEPPSo3K5D

The Most Powerful Sonar in Nature

PeerTube

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Nov 20

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1820, the #whaling ship #Essex was attacked & sunk by a #SpermWhale in the South Pacific. A crew of 20 escaped in boats. Three stayed in the Pitcairns, 17 continued farther to South America; only cannibalism kept five alive. The events inspired #MobyDick.

Carolleisa Nov 20

#Nantucket is working with federal officials "to determine the best course of action regarding the whale that washed ashore.
The #spermwhale is a male that measures 50 feet long and weighs about 104,000 pounds, or 52 tons, according to Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/nantucket-dead-sperm-whale-beach/

52-ton dead whale that washed up on Nantucket beach is "far too big" to remove, experts say

Scientists and Nantucket officials are trying to figure out what to do about a huge whale that washed up on the island.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Nov 12

In 1970 on #ThisDayInHistory, the #Oregon Dept. of Transportation did an incredibly stupid thing. A #SpermWhale had beached in Florence, and they blew up the carcass with dynamite. The #ExplodingWhale hurled massive hunks of whale ~240 metres, damaging cars and leaving a stench.