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Blue Whales and Humpback Whales were seen lunge-feeding, and making close approaches to the Condor Express. An overcast day but there were lots of whales all around.
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condorexpressphotos > This Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) kept leaping and every time it let out a squeal.
condorexpressphotos > A friendly Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) visits the whalers on board the Condor Express.
condorexpressphotos > A Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) upside down lunge feeding on the surface. A mouthful of orange-red krill can be seen if you click to enlarge this photograph.
condorexpressphotos > Injured and scarred dorsal fin of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and what appears to be a lamprey eel attached.
condorexpressphotos > Image sequence: 1 of 4. Orange patches of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) on the surface are about to be consumed by this upside-down, lunge feeding Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). We are looking directly into the lower mouth in this shot.
condorexpressphotos > Image sequence: 2 of 4. A lunge feeding Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). The upper jaw/head is on the bottom.
condorexpressphotos > Image sequence: 3 of 4. A lunge feeding Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). The upper jaw with baleen plates are now visible.
condorexpressphotos > Image sequence: 4 of 4. A lunge feeding Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). Water is now being expelled from the mouth as krill are strained by the baleen.
condorexpressphotos > Part of a surface patch of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) with krill jumping out of the water to escape predatory squid (Loligo opalescens) below. The squirts and ripple patterns are from the squid.
This Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) kept leaping and every time it let out a squeal.
> This Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) kept leaping and every time it let out a squeal.
This Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) kept leaping and every time it let out a squeal.
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