Do blue whales socialize? Of course! But how they find one another across miles of ocean, what brings them together, and what they do when in one another's company is still largely a mystery.
Blue whales: mother/calf pair w/ adult, Baja California (Mexico).
Image: 03354
Species: Balaenoptera musculus
Common name: Blue whale
Lat/Long: 32° 42' 31.66"N, 118° 9' 33.22"W (Coordinates: 32.70879°, -118.15923°)
Format: Film 2:3
Other Names: Sulphur bottom whale, Sibbald's rorqual, blue rorqual, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, Ballena azul, rorqual bleu, baleine bleue
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