Tuesday, August 20, 2013

August 20, 2013: Whale Nostrils

365 Project, Day 60
Here is my day sixty submission to my 365Project:

This whale calf surfaced just off the bow today and I loved that I managed to get a shot with it's blowholes wide open :)




Fun fact of the day:

Many people don't know this but all baleen whales, i.e. humpbacks, blues, fins etc., have two blowholes while all the toothed whales, i.e. all dolphins, sperm whales, only have one blow hole. 

Read more about the differences between baleen and toothed whales at Whale Trust's webpage About Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises.


Here are some more photos from this sighting:

I loved the look of the water around the whale after the droplets of water from the blow land! 


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