Balaenopteridae Gallery

Blue WHALE - calf breaching

FG-4807 Blue WHALE - calf breaching Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico Balaenoptera musculus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Fran?ois Gohier / ardea.com

Action, America, American, Babies, Baby, Baleen Whale, Breaching, Calf, Calves, Central America, Central American, Emerging, Endangered, In Water, Mammal, Marine, Marine Mammal, Movement, Rare, Rorqual Whales, Single, Splashing, Surfacing, Swimming, Whale, Wild Life, Young

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail fluke

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail fluke exposed on dive. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti). At 30 metres (98 ft) in length and 170 tonnes (190 short tons) or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed

© 2013 Michael L. Baird

Humpback whales feeding, Antarctic Peninsula

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble net feeding in sea by blowing bubbles to concentrate prey of krill and small fish, and scooping up and straining hundreds of gallons of water through their baleen plates, with coastal glaciers in background, summer, Grandidier Passage, Western Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

© John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk