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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Hey Diane, you can't fool me. The first boatload folks are not the same as in the second one 
Pretty cool though, thanx.
Oso, I think Skipjack is correct.
The whiskers are called "vibrassae" and are akin to a cat's whiskers. |
No, not the same boat---there were several out there.
Interesting about those things growing on the whales---now I really need to know.
Thanks Igor for the tip---I am having lots of trouble telling satuation, color etc., with the computers in the internet cafe. I will try your tip.
For any who have not gone whale watching, we have done it over and over and it is always different, and always fun.
Diane
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Thank you to the Trotters, the photos, even of different boatloads of visitors, were spectacular. Thanks for the post. It was great to meet you at
Asuncion, after reading your helpful and interesting comments and viewing your photos for some time before I made it down to your corner of Baja CS.
Thanks again.
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BirdDog
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Incredible pictures Diane. Once again the envy grows within.
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DianaT
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Skip_Mac---it was really nice meeting you and we hope you return sometime soon. Lots to explore around here.
BirdDog---we will see you soon!!
Diane
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: "Interesting about those things growing on the whales---now I really need to know."
Size does matter, now you know.
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"Great pix. Here's just a couple of facts that might interest you. That "item" seen in the last pic is correctly called a dork. That's the origin of
the term. In an earlier pic, those are not really barnacles, as in the parasitic mollusks that attach themselves to ship hulls. They are a natural
growth on the whale similar to facial hair on humans. "
Oso
Just for the record, barnacles are not mollusks nor are they parasites. They are actually arthropods, related to crabs, lobsters, etc. In addition,
they are not parasitic - meaning they do not harm the organisms they grow on. The growths seen in the photos are indeed barnacles that reside within
the whale's tissue and feed off the surrounding water.
As for the other "growth," you're right on here. The largest of these growths are in fact found on Blue Whales, with some accounts noting a size of 10
ft or longer!
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Skipjack Joe
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I suppose this would be the wrong place to recite "Barnacle Bill the Sailor".
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by OCEANUS
The growths seen in the photos are indeed barnacles that reside within the whale's tissue and feed off the surrounding water.
As for the other "growth," you're right on here. The largest of these growths are in fact found on Blue Whales, with some accounts noting a size of 10
ft or longer! |
Thanks for the info---for both!
Igor let the reading begin!!
Diane
[Edited on 3-11-2009 by jdtrotter]
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Once again I stand corrected:
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/gwhale/Hitchhikers.html
I swear I saw a nature program once that said the gray areas were a kind of hair.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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