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Humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins are known to play together. Observed off the coast of Hawaii, whales lifted dolphins high into the air so the dolphins could use the whale’s head as a slide back into the water. via tea_and_biology

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Whale Haven (Pacific Wild)

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CA40

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For Orca Awareness Month.

CA177(?)

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Lolita.

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There’s a lot to see under the sea—and a lot to hear, too! Our colleagues at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) are keeping an ear on the bay through their hydrophone. Check out the story to hear some humpback calls and dolphin clicks!

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Orcas by Miria Grunick Via Flickr: In the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica.

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Point break, Dave Sandford

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He’s huge….

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The West Coast Community all have a distinct angled eyepatch - different from all other catalogued orca so far as they are sloped posteriorly.  x

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“they were highly curious. they would come within inches of me with great curiosity, but no aggression,” notes brian skerry, who was photographing southern right whales in the auckland islands marine reserve.

said brian, i’ve been diving for about thirty years, and i can honestly say that i’ve had some amazing encounters with sharks, squids, and other whales. but the encounter with the right whales in the auckland islands was probably the best thing i’ve ever done.“

as brian recounts, “i was swimming alongside this huge whale, kicking as hard as i can to keep up…but i had to take a break, so i stopped and kneeled down on the bottom. instead of continuing, the whale stops and turns and waits for me, as if to say ‘i’ll wait for you to catch your breath.’

“after a while it would get bored and go back up to the surface, so i would ascend to kind of remind it that i was still around. it would see me, and i’d go back down. and sure enough, the whale would follow me. It was like swimming around with a friend.”

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Orcas chasing herring

via Paul Nicklen Photography 

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the conclusion of a two hour chase between an eight ton killer whale and a bottlenose dolphin off the coast of mexico. “the terror and fight for life of the dolphin was palpable. one felt one could feel the adrenalin in his veins and his pulsing heart as he raced for his life,”  remarked the photographer

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Orcas by Miria Grunick Via Flickr: In the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica.

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@missmariemariana found this video and it looks like the slideouts are extended. I don’t think Moskvarium had in mind that these whales would be so big, and are still growing bigger, every day.

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Nord, Juliet and Narnia.

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Narnia.