14 prachtige foto's van walvissen
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Brian Skerry, National Geographic Creative
Een zuidelijke noordkaper ontmoet een duiker op de zanderige zeebodem van de Auckland-eilanden, Nieuw-Zeeland. Volwassen noordkapers kunnen een lengte van 16 meter bereiken en tot 60.000 kilogram wegen.
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Mauricio Handler, National Geographic Creative
Op bultruggen werd zoveel gejaagd dat ze bijna uitstierven, met een daling in aantallen van 90 procent, totdat in 1966 een verbod werd ingesteld.
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Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Creative
A group of narwal gather en masse at an Arctic ice floe to eat cod. The animal's tusk is actually a tooth that can grow more than nine feet long; it has baffled people for centuries.
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Brian Skerry, National Geographic Creative
Beloega's, ook bekend als witte walvissen, leven in het noordpoolgebied. Hier wordt een beloega in het St. Lawrence Marine Park in Quebec afgebeeld. Kalveren worden grijs of zelfs bruin geboren en vervagen tot wit wanneer ze op ongeveer vijfjarige leeftijd geslachtsrijp worden.
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Brian Skerry, National Geographic Creative
Pilot whales swim off Kona, Hawaii. Oceanic whitetip sharks sometimes follow pods of these whales, possibly eating scraps of prey left behind.
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Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Creative
An orca, also known as a killer whale, herds herring into a tight group near Andenes, Norway. Largest of the dolphins, this predator also feasts on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, and even whales.
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David Doubilet, National Geographic Creative
Belugas communicate with echolocation, a built-in sonar that allows them to sense objects nearby. They do this via their melon, a fatty organ in the center of their forehead that gives the skull its distinctive shape.
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Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Creative
The narwhal’s iconic tusk is actually a repurposed canine tooth. This complex sensory organ transmits stimuli from ocean water to the brain.
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Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Creative
Intensely social creatures, orcas hunt in pods, family groups of up to 40 individuals. The species can be found from the polar regions to the Equator.
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Brian Skerry, National Geographic Creative
Minke feed near the surface of Cashes Ledge, a rich region of marine biodiversity within the Gulf of Maine. This species is still hunted: In 2016, Japanese whalers killed 333 minke whales—including more than 200 pregnant females.
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Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Creative
The bowhead, which lives in chilly northern waters, can live up to 200 years. A cold environment causes a low body temperature, which in turn means slow metabolism—and thus less damage to tissues.
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Brian Skerry, National Geographic Creative
Like the orca, the long-finned pilot whale is a large dolphin that forms family pods. The highly social species earned its moniker from their tendency to follow a leader, or "pilot," during lengthy migrations.
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Brian Skerry, National Geographic Creative
Sperm whales (pictured off the Azores) were intensely hunted for a fatty substance in their heads, called spermaceti in their heads, used as an oil and lubricant in the 1800s.
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Michael Melford, National Geographci Creative
Humpback whales (pictured, an animal near Antarctica) emit moans, howls, cries, and other complex noises that can continue for hours. The 1979 "Songs of the Humpback Whale" album made the animals' "songs" famous.
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