Sentences with phrase «as blue whale»

«It includes relatively large - brained hunters like dolphins and killer whales (which have the demonstrable intelligence of land - based hunters such as dogs) and tiny - brained filter feeders such as the blue whale.

Humpback and Gray Whales are some of the most common species found but other species such as the Blue Whale, the Sperm Whale, the Bryde's Whale, the Sei Whale, the Fin Whale, and the Orca may also be spotted.

A venomous medusa - like beast as long as a blue whale has emerged as an unlikely defender of the world's oceans.

Japan claims that the current population of around 761,000 Antarctic minkes (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is so abnormally abundant that it is hindering the recovery of other large endangered species, such as the blue whale.

For example, the current that circles Antarctica distributes cold water throughout the globe, influencing regional currents and regional weather, while the krill that thrive under Antarctic ice shelves feed animals as large as the blue whale.

Then they divided the cetaceans according to their dietary preferences: filter feeders, such as the blue whales, that gulp down huge quantities of krill; cephalopod specialists, such as sperm whales, that dive to great depths to feed on squid; and generalist fish eaters, such as bottlenose dolphins.

«We think the California population has reached the capacity of what the system can take as far as blue whales,» Branch said.

These sightings are quite rare as Blue Whales are considered an endangered species.

Not exact matches

Marc joined Blue Whale in 1992 as a salesman for the UK market, before moving onto the Spanish market two years later.

At this size it is small enough to be ingested by every single organism in the world's oceans — animals as small as krill and salps (plankton feeders) right up to the great Blue Whale.

Instead of submerging the 45 - ton carcass in the ocean, where tidal movements and sea creatures could clean the bones — as was done with the blue whale — the museum's restoration team buried the sperm whale for three months in a 60 - ton layer cake of hay mixed with bacteria - rich horse and elephant manure, procured from local farmers and an obliging zoo.

Whales and dolphins could provide a useful model for research into such impacts, largely because their sounds are relatively easy to study: They are among the loudest noises any animal has ever made, reaching as much as 188 decibels in the blue whale.

Male blue whales off California produce the same note, four octaves below middle C, perhaps as a mating beacon to females.

The model suggests that the distribution of blue whales in the Northern Indian Ocean may shift seasonally, following their food as monsoon climate patterns alter the most productive habitat.

We will test albacore tuna, swordfish, yellowfin tuna, salmon sharks, blue sharks, mako sharks, opah, seabirds, turtles, and whales from regions as diverse as New Zealand, Alaska, Hawaii, North America, and Mexico.

A giant earwax plug pulled from a blue whale recently revealed a fair bit of its life history, from its testosterone kicking in as it grew up to its times of stress (measured by cortisol levels) and contaminants it picked up from the waters it swam in.

As any school child will tell you, the largest known animal now and in evolutionary history is the blue whale.

From an initial population of roughly 250 000 blue whales, there remain no more than 2250 and possibly as few as 225 of them in the Southern Ocean; the best estimate is around 700.

At 30 metres long and weighing up to 190 tonnes, blue whales may be about as big as it is possible for this type of animal to get.

«As animals increase in size, the amount of body surface area per volume decreases — an ant has a lot of surface area and very little volume, and a blue whale is mostly volume with not much surface area» explains Labonte.

The catches of blue whales from the North Pacific were unknown until scientists — in particular Yulia Ivashchenko of Southern Cross University in Australia — put on their detective caps and teased out numbers from Russian whaling archives that once were classified as secret but are now public.

Scientists studying blue whales in the waters of Chile through DNA profiling and photo - identification may have solved the mystery of where these huge animals go to breed, as revealed by a single female blue whale named «Isabela,» according to a recent study by the Chile's Blue Whale Center / Universidad Austral de Chile, NOAA and the Wildlife Conservation Sociblue whales in the waters of Chile through DNA profiling and photo - identification may have solved the mystery of where these huge animals go to breed, as revealed by a single female blue whale named «Isabela,» according to a recent study by the Chile's Blue Whale Center / Universidad Austral de Chile, NOAA and the Wildlife Conservation Sociblue whale named «Isabela,» according to a recent study by the Chile's Blue Whale Center / Universidad Austral de Chile, NOAA and the Wildlife Conservation Socwhale named «Isabela,» according to a recent study by the Chile's Blue Whale Center / Universidad Austral de Chile, NOAA and the Wildlife Conservation SociBlue Whale Center / Universidad Austral de Chile, NOAA and the Wildlife Conservation SocWhale Center / Universidad Austral de Chile, NOAA and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The authors note that blue whales are frequently observed in equatorial Pacific just west of the Galapagos and that a more detailed study might confirm the location as a wintering and breeding ground for at least some of the blue whales of southern Chile.

As Subalusky and her colleagues report in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, about 6500 animals drown each year, dumping 10 blue whales» worth of meat into the river.

But surprised scientists have now caught blue whales in the act of making full 360 ° rolls at high speed as they close in on their prey.

Due in part to increased human consumption of krill as fish stocks run low, blue whale numbers are only 3 % of what they were in the 1800s.

Baleen whales like the blue whale suck in enormous mouthfuls of water and then force it out through the baleen filter hanging from their upper jaw, retaining prey such as krill and small fish.

Using a blue whale's earplug, Trumble and Usenko were able to extract and analyze the stress hormone cortisol, testosterone, organic contaminants such as pesticides and flame retardants, and mercury, demonstrating that both man - made and endogenous chemicals are recorded and archived in whale earwax.

In the Antarctic, tiny crustaceans called krill sustain the largest animal that has ever existed — the blue whale — as well as many other fish, bird, and mammal species.

We wanted to pass along a recent manuscript on optimal foraging in blue whales as a function of oxygen use and prey density.

I was very excited to be able to fight all the color animal Chuder armies (The Black Rams, Blue Whales, Purple Rhinos, etc.), and have Gut's time as the Black Swordsman fleshed out, before major story events occurred.

Other flaws are evident as well — a religious subtext that is never adequately developed, a red herring the size of a blue whale, etc. — though they are minor by comparison.

Guest starring are Raphael Sbarge as Archie Hopper / Jiminy Cricket, Lee Arenberg as Leroy / Grumpy, David Anders as Dr. Whale, Tony Amendola as Marco / Geppetto, Barbara Hershey as Cora, Keegan Connor Tracy as Mother Superior / Blue Fairy, Tony Perez as Valet / father, Beverley Elliott as Granny, Sarah Bolger as Aurora, Jamie Chung as Mulan, David - Paul Grove as Doc, Gabe Khouth as Mr. Clark / Sneezy, Faustino Di Bauda as Walter / Sleepy, Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey, Michael Coleman as Happy, Mig Macario as Bashful, Sebastian Stan as Jefferson and Bailee Madison as young Snow White.

A billion credit cards would weigh as much as 52 blue whales, at about 180 tons per whale, he says.

Don't forget to look out into the blue as larger ocean going fish pass by, such as Tuna, the occasional Manta Ray and even Whale Shark!

White - beaked dolphins, minke whales, humpback whales and blue whales have been spotted and the humpback whales have been extremely playful while the blue whales are majestic as usual.

They saw many species of marine mammals including gray, blue and humpback whales, elephant seals, sea lions and fur seals, as well as countless numbers of Tufted Puffins and Common Murres.

Blue Dolphin Charters offers comfortable Na Pali Coast cruises on Kauai's most spacious catamarans that will allow you to relax and take in the grandeur of these sights as well as give you the opportunity to see dolphins, whales, turtles and colorful fish along the way!

The East London aquarium makes it easy to see when the best viewing times are as they fly a set of blue flags immediately whales are sighted.

Whale Watching Perth has three to four - hour cruises that take to the open ocean in comfortable, covered vessels, complete with underwater microphone so you can listen to their amazing songs as you watch for migrating humpback, southern right, and blue whales.

Feel the calm caress of the sea breeze as you bear witness to the migration of the Blue Whales.

In my hunt for the Northern Lights, my first stop was Iceland; a fascinating country with many beautiful natural sights such as the cascading Gullfoss Waterfalls, the rift between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, the spurting Great Geysir, Humpback, Minke and Blue whales in the bay of Reykjavik, and geothermal pools and spas such as the Blue Lagoon.

Other whale species such as humpbacks, blue, orca and fin whales are less common, but can occasionally be seen during the summer when they come to the channel to feed.

Blue whales use the Southern California Bight as a part of their migratory routes.

Indeed, cetacean experts, such as John Calambokidis of the Olympia, Wash., nonprofit Cascadia Research, have found no evidence that blue whales — which can reach a third of a football field in length — are even inclined to move out of the way of the enormous ships as they pass.

In recent years, our channel has seen the largest concentration of Blue Whales in the world, as well as large numbers of Humpback Whales, which are typically seen off the coast of Hawaii.

In 2007, five blue whales were killed as a result of ship strikes in the Santa Barbara Channel alone.

Jim Lecky, director of the Office of Protected Resources for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries service, said blue whales do not face imminent danger as a population and that their numbers are slowly increasing from year to year.

Nestled amongst 23 oceanfront acres at the footprint of legendary Black Rock, on Ka`anapali Beach, Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa provides the ideal setting to watch as whales spout and breach in the blue waters of the Pacific.

In the Santa Barbara Channel, you can find over 30 marine mammal species including whales, dolphins, and elephant seals, as well as marine life ranging from tiny sea stars and anemones to blue whales (the largest animals in the world).