Hermanus is a popular seaside town in South Africa on the famous whale coast route, close to Cape Town. Hermanus, best whale watching in the world

Southern Right Whale - Sam Lyne

Southern Right Whale - Whalespotter

Southern Right Whale

Humanity may forfeit the chance to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction if conservation policies are not drawn up and implemented fast, says a new Cornell study in Oceanography.

Photo by @BrianSkerry A 45 foot long, 70 ton Southern Right Whale hovers gracefully over the sandy sea floor in New Zealand’s Auckland Islands (sub

Photo by @BrianSkerry A Southern Right Whale and diver swim together over a shady sea floor in New Zealand’s Auckland Islands. These whales reach sizes of 45 feet long and weights of 70-tons. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, their populations have slowly recovered due to protection. Photographed #onassignment for @natgeo.

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