one day as I was sitting on the couch thinking deep important thoughts about life and death and love I suddenly remembered how freaking awesome whales are. so here is a blog dedicated to everything whale-ish.Tumblr (3.0; @ohmygodwhales)http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxlrwEayG1qdou6po1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/17277389405http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/17277389405Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:50:03 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2yu1xjep1qd4vugo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mothernaturenetwork.tumblr.com/post/17272226388/noise-from-ships-boosts-stress-in-whales-9-11">mothernaturenetwork</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/noise-from-ships-boosts-stress-in-whales-911-reveals"><strong>Noise from ships boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals</strong></a><br/>The steady drone of ship motors not only alters whale behavior but can also affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress. The findings were made possible by an event that seems far removed from the plight of cetaceans: the attacks on New York’s Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Only a catastrophe of that magnitude could have caused maritime traffic to suddenly drop off, making it possible to measure the impact of varying levels of sound pollution in the sea.</p> </blockquote>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/17272549042http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/17272549042Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:26 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqfydH5wN1qfisj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/16879105217http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/16879105217Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:09:58 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpvmybf62W1qze0f7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/15250330017http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/15250330017Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:24:35 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6ua3LzXK1qfvayto1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6ua3LzXK1qfvayto2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6ua3LzXK1qfvayto3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6ua3LzXK1qfvayto4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6ua3LzXK1qfvayto5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6ua3LzXK1qfvayto6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/15198356279http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/15198356279Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:36:02 -0500whaleswhaleorcaocaskiller whalekiller whalesoceanseafrozen planet<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwv7e4gBZn1r3enino1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/14862560849http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/14862560849Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:51:32 -0500whale<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv29hdp1OZ1qg0oawo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span>An aerial view of a bubble net created by feeding humpback whales off Cape Fanshaw, Alaska.</span></em></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13925408750http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13925408750Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:05:05 -0500whalewhales<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv29ess3fZ1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>humpback whale</p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13877350018http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13877350018Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:05:05 -0500whale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv29e5z2UZ1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span>Humpback Whale Skeleton on Display in The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.</span></em></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13831132681http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13831132681Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:25:05 -0500skeletonskeletonsanimalswhale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv29deGz9q1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span>Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), two blowholes clearly visible, St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland and Labrador</span></em></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13783540098http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13783540098Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:15:05 -0500humpback whalewhaleoceansea<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv29cgbSMT1qg0oawo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em><span>Size comparison of an average human and a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).</span></em></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13733103235http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13733103235Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:10:06 -0500humpback whalewhale<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv29brYJgF1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>humpback whale underwater camera shot</p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13683954474http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13683954474Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:12:05 -0500humpback whalewhale<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv297t6gn71qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span>This dramatic ocean whaling scene was carved by Edward Burdett. Born in 1805 on Nantucket, he went on his first whaling voyage at the age of 17. Burdett developed a unique, intaglio style with deep, gouged out areas and dramatic, bold, dark lines. Burdett was a deck officer when he died a tragic death at the age of 27. A harpoon line ‘running out’ from the deck caught around his feet and dragged him overboard to drown in the ocean.</span></em></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13638313912http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13638313912Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:08:05 -0500artwhaletoothbone<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv296vRLF51qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13593785652http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13593785652Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:11:05 -0500whaling is bad kidswhaleartpaintingoceanshipsea<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2961VzTD1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>A piece of sperm whale skin with Giant Squid sucker scars.</span></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13550164529http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13550164529Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:12:06 -0500whalesperm whalegiant squidsquid<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2955RcgX1qg0oawo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Marguerite formation in whales (especially sperm whale)</span></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13504335814http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13504335814Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:16:05 -0500whalewhalessperm whale<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv291mUxIV1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Sperm whale arching back in preparation for dive off Rosseau, Dominica.</span></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13457933436http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13457933436Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:15:05 -0500sperm whalewhale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv28zcR8Wg1qg0oawo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Size comparison of an average human and a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).</span></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13405818508http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13405818508Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:13:06 -0500whalesperm whale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv28ygLHTO1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>sperm whale</p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13353548847http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13353548847Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:13:05 -0500sperm whalewhaleoceansea<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv28w4aJbf1qg0oawo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Blue Whale skeleton outside the Long Marine Laboratory of the University of California, Santa Cruz.</span></p>http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13303770071http://ohmygodwhales.tumblr.com/post/13303770071Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:10:05 -0500blue whalewhaleskeleton