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Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) with polar bear (Ursus maritimus) for scale
by Carl Buell

    griseus:

    Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) with polar bear (Ursus maritimus) for scale

    by Carl Buell

    Tagged: Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus whale polar bear Ursus maritimus bear Carl Buell

    Posted on March 25, 2013 via Diego and the dolphins with 90 notes

  • The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

    The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

    The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    Tagged: Balaena mysticetus bowhead whale whale Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale

    Posted on June 24, 2012 with 152 notes

    Source: bvfb.life.ku.dk

  • [top] Delphinus orca now called Orcinus orca - The killer whale [bottom] Balaena Mysticetus - The bowhead whale
From: ‘Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean illustrated in a voyage to Davis’s strait, during the summer of 1817’ By Bernard O’Reilly, esq Published 181

    [top] Delphinus orca now called Orcinus orca - The killer whale [bottom] Balaena Mysticetus - The bowhead whale

    From: ‘Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean illustrated in a voyage to Davis’s strait, during the summer of 1817’ By Bernard O’Reilly, esq Published 181

    Tagged: killer whale bowhead whale whale Orcinus orca Balaena Mysticetus Delphinus orca Delphinidae Odontoceti Cetacea mammal orca

    Posted on February 16, 2012 with 95 notes

    Source: openlibrary.org

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