Fin Whale species portrait, archival-quality giclée print. This is a Fin Whale, originally painted for my Baleen Whales poster! My species portraits are scientifically accurate depictions of your favorite marine life, from my studio to your walls.

A Fin Whale and two dolphins.

Fin whales are the world’s second largest whale species and can measure 80-plus feet, and weigh as much as 70 tons. Because of their immense size, they almost never breach, which makes the rare photo accompanying this story all the more striking. The image was captured May 22 in the Strait of Gibraltar by a researcher for the Spanish cetacean conservation group, CIRCE (Conservación, Información y Estudio sobre cetáceos). CIRCE posted the image and a YouTube video to its Facebook page last…

Working within Gitga’at First Nations territory is an incredible privilege for many reasons, but the thing that hooked me when I first came here a decade ago was the fin whales. The fin whale is an extraordinary species: the second largest animal on earth (ever), incredibly fast, frustratingly elusive, breathtakingly graceful, and unimaginably voracious. But […]

Pinterest video from centuoworld: The fin whale has an extraordinary feeding technique. The whale accelerates towards a school of krill or small fish, opens its mouth wide, and engulfs a massive amount of water and prey, allowing it to take in up to 70 cubic meters of water in a single gulp. The whale then uses its baleen plates to filter out the water, trapping the prey inside. This method is highly efficient and allows the fin whale to consume large quantities of food quickly. #finwhales

Fin Whale

Fin Whale: Predator-Prey Interactions, Fights, and Aggressive Behaviors