whales

There may be a pre-existing Thread for this topic. If so, kind Mod please send it to it's home. A Huge Fin Whale With Severe Scoliosis Was Filmed Swimming Off Spanish Coast NATURE15 March 2023 ByCARLY CASSELLA Fin whale with scoliosis. (Oceanogràfic València) A massive 40-ton fin whale...

I am browsing Twitter when I come across renowned Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman's theory for the probable explanation of the Olaus Magnus’ Sea Serpent - a.k.a the Great Norway Serpent, or Sea Orm. The following article gives a run down on the history of the serpent. Following is Loren's...

Novel whale song recordings from 2017 onward strongly suggest there's a previously unknown additional population of blue whales in the Indian Ocean. FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-song-leads-scientists-to-an-undiscovered-population-of-blue-whale

The jungles of South America are home to some of the richest biodiversity on the planet, however, it's not typically associated with whales. The carcass of an 8-meter (26-foot) humpback whale was discovered last Friday in the mangrove forests of northern Brazil, according to a post by the...

I always say this is one of the most convincing palaeontological cases to demonstrate evolution - see Stephen Jay Gould's essay "Hooking Leviathan by Its Past" on it in "Dinosaur in a Haystack" and now they have made more finds linking the fossils with the DNA: Source

Was just wondering if you could humanly survive inside a blue whale. I've had a look on the net and see about a guy named James Bartley but his tale seems to be dismissed as hokum. If you could get into a whale's mouth through the thing that sives out stuff from the water - if that is even...

I know there have been lots of theories about this (including ley lines, contintental drift, etc.) but perhaps we are getting closer to answer. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1149829.htm Emps

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/158986_whales02.html There is a bit of a leap in the logic used there: 1. Fish are somehow being removed from these hooks and eaten. 2. Sperm whales are found around the bouys. Could the whales actually be there hunting whatever is removing the...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3437455.stm Whale explodes in Taiwanese city A dead sperm whale has exploded while being delivered to a research centre near the southwestern city of Tainan. Passers-by and cars were soaked in blood and body parts were sprayed over a road...

It has been pretty much proved that chimps have what can be strictly defined as a culture is it going to be the whales turn next? [edit: ooops no link - its here: http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?language=english&type=article&article_id=218392150 ] The article has quite a few...