Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. Antarctic Peninsula
Stock Photo: 25643 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica Format: Digital 3:2 Other Names: Sulphur bottom whale, Sibbald's rorqual, blue rorqual, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, Ballena azul, rorqual bleu, baleine bleue Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Purchase a print of this image Request a review copy of this image Keywords: above, animal, animalia, antarctic peninsula, antarctica, balaenoptera, balaenoptera musculus, balaenopteridae, baleine bleue, ballena azul, big, blue rorqual, blue whale, cetacea, cetacean, chordata, creature, endangered, endangered threatened species, enormous, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, huge, large, mammal, mammalia, marine, marine mammal, musculus, mysticete, mysticeti, nature, ocean, oceans, over, pacific ocean, port lockroy, rorqual, rorqual bleu, sibbald's rorqual, southern ocean, sulphur bottom whale, threatened, vertebrata, vertebrate, whale, wiencke island, wild, wildlife |