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Though the "orca wars" reference a fictional battle between human and killer whale, many online have taken their allegiances seriously, posting about being team orca or team human.
Mister Splashy Pants, or Mr Splashypants, is a humpback whale in the South Pacific Ocean.It is being tracked with a satellite tag by Greenpeace as a part of its Great Whale Trail Expedition, [1] which was working to raise awareness about whales threatened by the Japanese Fisheries Agency's hunting of 50 humpback whales annually.
James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story originated of an anonymous form, began to appear in American newspapers.
Polandball – another meme which originated on Krautchan to make fun of the user Wojak before spreading to the English-speaking world; Rage comic – a similar meme which also uses copies of black-and-white Microsoft Paint illustrations; Meme Man – a 3D render of a face often used in surreal memes and reaction images
A perfectly positioned whale tale sculpture stopped a Dutch metro car from plummeting to the ground
Where you can see 'In the Whale' documentary “In the Whale” is showing at Wellfleet Cinemas through Sept. 18; and at Water’s Edge Cinema in Provincetown Sept. 21-22. For a full schedule of ...
Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have longer baleen than others. Other whales, such as the gray whale, only use one side of their baleen. These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of whales. Depending on the species, a baleen plate can be 0.5 to 3.5 m (1.6 to 11.5 ft) long, and weigh up to 90 kg (200 lb).
Kwakwaka'wakw art can be defined by deep cuts into the wood, and a minimal use of paint reserved for emphasis purposes. Like other forms of Northwest coast art, Kwakwaka'wakw art employs "punning" or "kenning", a style that fills visual voids with independent figures and motifs [8] - for example: a face painted in a whale fin.