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Wildflowers4megan<p>Wip. Whales. Water color underpainting and acrylic paint on top. Practicing straight lines (hatred)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/savethewhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savethewhales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SavetheWhalesAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SavetheWhalesAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humpbackwhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbackwhales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humpbackwhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbackwhale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/begginerartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>begginerartist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/begginerart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>begginerart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/begginer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>begginer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myart</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-n</span><span class="invisible">utrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html</span></a></p><p>Migrating <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BaleenWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaleenWhales</span></a> transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-025</span><span class="invisible">-56123-2</span></a></p><p>"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/RightWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWhales</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GrayWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrayWhales</span></a>, and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a>—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"</p>
David W. Jones<p>In French Polynesia, boom in whale-based tourism sparks concern</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-french-polynesia-boom-whale-based.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-french-p</span><span class="invisible">olynesia-boom-whale-based.html</span></a></p><p>&gt; A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in women's surfing semi-finals on the French Pacific island of Tahiti last month.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Human harvesting of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/krill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>krill</span></a> in the Southern Ocean could threaten the recovery of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a> species that were nearly wiped out by industrial whaling in the 20th century, according to a Sept. 10 study in&nbsp;<a href="https://mas.to/tags/NatureCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureCommunications</span></a>.</p><p>The tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans known as krill are the essential food source for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BaleenWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaleenWhales</span></a> such as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a>. To feed, these giant marine mammals take in great gulps of ocean water, filtering krill through bristly mouth structures.</p><p>3/4</p><p>🦐🦐🦐</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Speak up for WHALE-SAFE FISHING GEAR</p><p>We've just begun to understand the lives of awe-inspiring ocean dwellers like massive <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlueWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueWhales</span></a>, singing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a> and ancient leatherback <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SeaTurtles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaTurtles</span></a>. Sadly hundreds of thousands of these creatures suffer or die every year from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/entanglement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entanglement</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FishingGear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FishingGear</span></a>.</p><p>According to NOAA Fisheries, 446 large whales got tangled in commercial fishing gear between 2017 and 2022 — and that's likely just a fraction of the actual number of entanglements. </p><p>1/3</p>
Christine Brösenhuber<p>This is a moving story:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/29/experience-a-whale-saved-me-from-a-shark-attack" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2</span><span class="invisible">023/sep/29/experience-a-whale-saved-me-from-a-shark-attack</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sharks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sharks</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OceanOptimism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanOptimism</span></a>: Australia's <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/humpback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpback</span></a> populations rebound<br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/marine-scientists-australia-humpback-population-rebounds/story?id=100610377" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/International/m</span><span class="invisible">arine-scientists-australia-humpback-population-rebounds/story?id=100610377</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ConservationOptimism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationOptimism</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> </p><p>"A <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> census recorded 5,116 <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a>, a 57% annual increase. It's an incredible recovery for <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>'s humpbacks, whose populations crashed in 1961... Starting in 1948, the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/USSR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSR</span></a> ignored restrictions implemented by the International <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Whaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whaling</span></a> Commission and conducted a 30-year campaign of illegal whaling in the rich feeding grounds of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Antarctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctic</span></a>."</p>
Heliograph<p>*actually it's gonna be <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humpbacks</span></a> but <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a> l♡ve is universal right :awesome: 😆</p>
Heliograph<p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/whalemigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whalemigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/whalewatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whalewatching</span></a></p>
Hannah Weinberger<p>I need to get a joke out of my system. For the niche orca enthusiasts:</p><p>Which pod of northern resident killer whales sings the most whale songs</p><p>I Pod</p><p>OKAY! There’s lots of variety in how Northwesterners refer to our whale neighbors—from nicknames like Hydra to coded strings of letters and numbers like J14. These names &amp; IDs often tell us a lot about the whales, and just as much about our relationships w them. 🐳 </p><p><a href="https://crosscut.com/environment/2023/05/big-mama-hyshqa-how-northwest-whales-get-their-names" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crosscut.com/environment/2023/</span><span class="invisible">05/big-mama-hyshqa-how-northwest-whales-get-their-names</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@black_intellect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>black_intellect</span></a></span> </p><p>Some quotes from this ^^^ piece:</p><p>"There is zero evidence that any pre-construction activity on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offshore</span></a> wind turbines has caused harm to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a> that migrate to our coastline."</p><p>Capt. Paul Eidman summarized it: “I’m seeing more prey for fish and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> in near shore habitats, and warming waters are changing the distribution of whales and other marine wildlife, leading to increased interactions in one of the busiest shipping channels in the country.”</p>
Dr Alessio Veneziano 💀🦧<p>Today <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humpbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbacks</span></a> gave me just a glimpse of their life underneath the cold cold surface of the sea, there in their northern home...slapping water, breathing and puffing, dorsal fins gliding past...</p><p>Such a sight is reason enough to cry and become speechless and overwhelmed...</p><p>Couldn't make but one photo: it was not the moment for pictures, just to watch.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a></p>
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