Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

by JR Kinyak on June 12, 2010

in Marine Mammals

Short-finned pilot whale (click image to enlarge)


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The short-finned pilot whale is technically in the dolphin family. It has teeth and lives throughout the middle third of the earth, north and south of the equator. Japanese whalers are allowed to kill it.

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1 Ted Slampyak 06.12.10 at 11:17 am

Beautiful! What a sweet thing she is! Such a treat on a Saturday morning.

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