If #interspecies #war sounds like a concept that only exists in #scifi and #fantasy, remember that humans have fought wars against #emus and #whales.
The book #MobyDick was, at the time, #RealisticFiction about the ongoing counter-attacks that #SpermWhales were doing against anything that looked like a #whaling ship, and the ongoing efforts of the whaling ships to fight them, effectively a war between whales and #whalers.
It's not fiction, it's the result of #specieism.
#specieism #whalers #whaling #spermwhales #realisticfiction #mobydick #whales #emus #fantasy #scifi #war #interspecies
Gizmodo: On the Heels of a Heavy Whale, Paleontologists Find a Puny One https://gizmodo.com/paleontologists-unearth-puny-basilosaurid-whale-1850724538 #evolutionofcetaceans #basilosauridae #basilosaurus #heshamsallam #erikseiffert #environment #tutankhamun #spermwhales #rayanensis #cetaceans #eliamson #cetacea #whale #t #p
#evolutionofcetaceans #basilosauridae #basilosaurus #heshamsallam #erikseiffert #environment #tutankhamun #spermwhales #rayanensis #cetaceans #eliamson #cetacea #whale #t #p
Northwestern Mediterranean Sea declared as Particular Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)
It is the first time that the #IMO declares a region a #PSSA because of the high risk of collisions between vessels and endangered whales. Ship strikes pose the major threat to the two endangered whale species inhabiting the Northwestern Mediterranean, of which a significant part is identified as Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA): #FinWhales and #SpermWhales.
https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?e=5539441133&u=15be23aee9c97e47147d1ec3a&id=cd6313ada4
#spermwhales #finwhales #PSSA #imo
From the Los Angeles Times: “A trio of sperm whales is spotted along the O.C. coast -- a rare sighting of the endangered mammal”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-12/a-group-of-sperm-whales-are-on-the-oc
#MarineEnvironment #SpermWhales
A rather wonderful video of submerged sleeping Sperm Whales.
https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1613110935509692417?t=6_SvCJ4m_0lzEs9KU7EhcQ&s=19
#MarineEnvironment #spermwhales
How about some sperm whales on a lay Thursday night? #spermwhales #Dominica #whales #marinelife #underwaterphotography #canon
#spermwhales #Dominica #whales #marinelife #underwaterphotography #canon
Forehead structures of dolphins & sperm whales related to sound production.
#Dolphins #SpermWhales #bursa #skull #odontocetes #sound #anatomy #diagram #SoundBeyondMusic
#dolphins #spermwhales #bursa #skull #odontocetes #sound #anatomy #diagram #soundbeyondmusic
"About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast."
"The pod stranded on Ocean Beach appears to be pilot whales and at least half are presumed to still be alive, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania said Wednesday."
#spermwhales #whales #Australia #tasmania
free diving with sleeping whales...
#divers #freediving #sleeping #whales #spermwhales #sealife #animatedgif
#divers #freediving #spermwhales #animatedgif #sleeping #whales #sealife
free diving with sleeping whales...
#divers #freediving #sleeping #whales #spermwhales #sealife #animatedgif
#divers #freediving #sleeping #whales #spermwhales #sealife #animatedgif
free diving with sleeping whales...
#divers #freediving #sleeping #whales #spermwhales #sealife #animatedgif
#divers #freediving #sleeping #whales #spermwhales #sealife #animatedgif