Marine Life

Blue Whale: The World’s True Giant

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There is no getting away from the enormity of the blue whale. Its behemoth mass plays tricks on you. In fact, you could be easily forgiven for thinking that something this gigantic, this monstrous couldn’t surely be alive? But it is alive and not alone that, its sleek aerodynamic shape means its incredibly mobile too. Despite weighing

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Fin Whale: The Giant Speedster Of The Oceans

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Onlookers on a boat witness a rare sight. A sleek object darkens the surface of the water from below. It moves rapidly and cuts through the liquid medium. It’s elongated snout cleaving the water apart. The object briefly surfaces and bellows out a plume of water. With a flick of its gigantic tail it submerges

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The Bowhead Whale: Long-Lived Giants Of The Artic

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A huge dark shape slowly moves underneath the surface of the frigid water. The mammoth mammal breaks the surface and takes in enormous amounts of air in a single breath. This extraordinary creature is unique among animals. The longest living mammal in the world it has seen sights that would astound.

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The Right Whale: Friendly Creatures Of The Oceans

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A friendly, amicable giant closes in to investigate a group of people on a small fishing craft. The huge creature perches itself right against the boat allowing the occupants to rub its head in a mutual gesture of openness. All throughout the world these scenes are being repeated as Right Whales live up to their

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The Whales: Kings Of The Cetaceans

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They are the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. The biggest, weighs in excess of 180 tonnes, twice as heavy as the largest dinosaur. Perhaps what is most amazing is that these enormous creatures are still with us, still roaming the seas. But there is much more to whales than just their size. And

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The Strange And Complex Behaviour Of The Great White Shark

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Although the traditional, erroneous image of a Great White Shark suggests a creature that has little regard for social order and hierarchy the truth is vastly different.

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Great White Shark: Adapted Athlete

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The Great White Shark may live in more places than just the open seas. They also occupy a special place in public consciousness. Wrongly vilified as a mindless eating machine, they are anything but. Yet despite all that is known about these magnificent creatures the image created by the film Jaws is hard to shake off. But when

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Great White Shark: The Reality Of Its Jaws

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Great White Sharks are the stuff of nightmares. Tooth upon tooth of razor-sharp rows of teeth, each designed to rip huge chunks of flesh from its prey. One of the most terrifying sights is that of the silhouette of a White Shark’s tail fin piercing the water’s skin as it silently stalks one of us. Fortunately for

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