Blue Whale Breaches Revealing Its Dorsal Fin
A blue whale surfaces to reveal its dorsal fin before it makes a dive underwater, off the coast of Cabo in Mexico.
- Image ID 56147045
- Production Year 2015
- Length 00:00:19
- Production Company Silverback Films
- ResolutionUHD ProResHD
- FormatMP4MOV
Synopsis
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest mammal on the planet, growing up to 30 metres in length. Blue whales can be found in all major oceans on the planet. It is classified as endangered (2023). Human practices such as commercial whaling were a major threat to this species, but since the ban of whaling in the 1990s, their greatest threat today is ship strikes and entanglement with fishing equipment.
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Silverback Films