#cetacean — Public Fediverse posts

Ozias
 Art Fight is officially halfway over, so... probably time to start doing some revenge. This one is for the first attack I received this year, by https://bsky.app/profile/eyeliner1k.bsky.social! She did an amazing drawing of Selena which you can see here! https://artfight.net/attack/12963715.selena Gotta say, I wasn't expecting my first attack just a few hours after Art Fight started, and such a nice one at that.
Anyway, here's Ozias! I don't have much experience with muscular males, and I've never drawn an orca before, but this turned out to be quite a fun challenge! Also, really cool character design.

See more on Patreon and SubscribeStar -> https://linktr.ee/scaliespe <- Join my Discord server!

#spe #anthro #furry #furryart #orca #male #muscular #muscular_male #ozias #artfight #artfight2026 #art_fight #flexing #buff #tribal #aquatic #solo_male #dolphin #cetacean #whale #killer_whale

New #research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus.
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.

Our #cetacean #scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. #RaincoastConservationFoundation has joined forces with #EarthSpeciesProject , a #nonprofit research lab using machine learning to advance our understanding of #AnimalCommunication. At the heart of this project is a deceptively simple idea: to watch and listen at the same time. The team aims to uncover how killer whales use sound to coordinate movements, share prey, and maintain social bonds – to ultimately understand and mitigate how noise pollution interferes with these processes.

https://www.raincoast.org/2026/04/underwater-noises-true-impact/

#UnderwaterNoise #orcas #KillerWhales #whales #MarineBiology #MarineMammals #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #nature #wildlife #SentientBeings #Communication #NoisePollution #HumanImpact #IndustrialImpacts #MarineLife #ApexPredator

New #research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus.
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect the data that will bring us closer to understanding – and protecting – killer whales.

Our #cetacean #scientists are preparing for an ambitious 2026 field season aboard Raincoast’s Sailing Vessel Achiever. #RaincoastConservationFoundation has joined forces with #EarthSpeciesProject , a #nonprofit research lab using machine learning to advance our understanding of #AnimalCommunication. At the heart of this project is a deceptively simple idea: to watch and listen at the same time. The team aims to uncover how killer whales use sound to coordinate movements, share prey, and maintain social bonds – to ultimately understand and mitigate how noise pollution interferes with these processes.

https://www.raincoast.org/2026/04/underwater-noises-true-impact/

#UnderwaterNoise #orcas #KillerWhales #whales #MarineBiology #MarineMammals #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #nature #wildlife #SentientBeings #Communication #NoisePollution #HumanImpact #IndustrialImpacts #MarineLife #ApexPredator

if you think about it, whales are just obligate snorkelers

#whale #cetacean #snorkeling

if you think about it, whales are just obligate snorkelers

#whale #cetacean #snorkeling

Lol. So I put some Squishmallows on my Xmas wish list, but didn't pay attention to the sizings. Well, my mate got me the blue whale, and, um, yeah, we both got a surprise when we unboxed him 🤣 My emotional support Cthulhu is shown for scale🎄🐳 #Squishmallow #MarineLife #Whale #Cetacean #Xmas

Lol. So I put some Squishmallows on my Xmas wish list, but didn't pay attention to the sizings. Well, my mate got me the blue whale, and, um, yeah, we both got a surprise when we unboxed him 🤣 My emotional support Cthulhu is shown for scale🎄🐳 #Squishmallow #MarineLife #Whale #Cetacean #Xmas

Another oc! A beluga whale !
I tried to paint a simpler/more plain armor design this time around, was surprisingly pleased with the result !

#furry #anthro #scalie #beluga #whale #cetacean #acuatic #ttrpg #rpg #fantasy #paladin #dnd #pathfinder #daggerheart #gloomhaven #anthropomorphic #artwork #art #krita #gaertan

#Scientists capture first-ever footage of killer #whales making #seaweed #grooming 'tools'
#KillerWhales have been filmed making and then using what is thought to be the #cetacean equivalent of a pumice stone. Reported in Current Biology, this is the first time that a #marinemammal has been seen creating a grooming-related tool and then using it with another individual.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/killer-whale-kelp-tool

#Scientists capture first-ever footage of killer #whales making #seaweed #grooming 'tools'
#KillerWhales have been filmed making and then using what is thought to be the #cetacean equivalent of a pumice stone. Reported in Current Biology, this is the first time that a #marinemammal has been seen creating a grooming-related tool and then using it with another individual.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/killer-whale-kelp-tool

A trip out on Kelly's Hero from #Brixham #Devon this morning brought very close views of Manx Shearwater & Gannet and, for most of the 4 hours, Short-beaked Common Dolphin were visible. Everyone was smiling!

Thoroughly recommend a trip - https://kellysherocharters.com/

#Dolphin #LymeBay #Cetacean #wildlife #nature #dolphins

https://youtu.be/biAbN7w5OZ4

"The bulk of the scientific literature on the species amounts to "ooh, we saw one!" followed by some locality where they hadn't been seen before."

I'm enjoying learning about deep ocean dolphins on the latest #Synapsida post by @JKRevell. That quotation is referring to "pygmy killer whales", which are dolphins that are not whales and not closely related to orcas. This open ocean dolphin is "one of the least likely dolphin species to be seen" and "we know essentially nothing about their mating habits and reproduction".

It's a vast blue world out there.

https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2025/05/delphinids-dolphins-of-deep-seas.html

#cetacean #dolphin #MarineBiology #oceans

"The bulk of the scientific literature on the species amounts to "ooh, we saw one!" followed by some locality where they hadn't been seen before."

I'm enjoying learning about deep ocean dolphins on the latest #Synapsida post by @JKRevell. That quotation is referring to "pygmy killer whales", which are dolphins that are not whales and not closely related to orcas. This open ocean dolphin is "one of the least likely dolphin species to be seen" and "we know essentially nothing about their mating habits and reproduction".

It's a vast blue world out there.

https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2025/05/delphinids-dolphins-of-deep-seas.html

#cetacean #dolphin #MarineBiology #oceans

DolphinGemma Seeks to Speak to Dolphins https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/dolphingemma-seeks-to-speak-to-dolphins/ #ArtificialIntelligence #WildDolphinProject #marinebiology #oceanography #languages #Cetacean #dolphin #LLM #ai

DolphinGemma Seeks to Speak to Dolphins https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/dolphingemma-seeks-to-speak-to-dolphins/ #ArtificialIntelligence #WildDolphinProject #marinebiology #oceanography #languages #Cetacean #dolphin #LLM #ai

There were two of us to watch a moment in the lives of various animals brought together by an unspecified series of incidents, and a part of their journey in a familiar, strange world.

Sound design, animal behavior, and details are phenomenal; cat sounds, capybara chill, lemur upright.

https://flowthemovie.com/trailer

#Flow #Oscar #animation #AcademyAward #film #movie #Blender #FOSS #software #Max #HBO #streaming #theaters

#Cat #Capybara #RingTailedLemur #Dog #Whale-like #cetacean, #Heron-like #bird

There were two of us to watch a moment in the lives of various animals brought together by an unspecified series of incidents, and a part of their journey in a familiar, strange world.

Sound design, animal behavior, and details are phenomenal; cat sounds, capybara chill, lemur upright.

https://flowthemovie.com/trailer

#Flow #Oscar #animation #AcademyAward #film #movie #Blender #FOSS #software #Max #HBO #streaming #theaters

#Cat #Capybara #RingTailedLemur #Dog #Whale-like #cetacean, #Heron-like #bird

There were two of us to watch a moment in the lives of various animals brought together by an unspecified series of incidents, and a part of their journey in a familiar, strange world.

Sound design, animal behavior, and details are phenomenal; cat sounds, capybara chill, lemur upright.

https://flowthemovie.com/trailer

#Flow #Oscar #animation #AcademyAward #film #movie #Blender #FOSS #software #Max #HBO #streaming #theaters

#Cat #Capybara #RingTailedLemur #Dog #Whale-like #cetacean, #Heron-like #bird

There were two of us to watch a moment in the lives of various animals brought together by an unspecified series of incidents, and a part of their journey in a familiar, strange world.

Sound design, animal behavior, and details are phenomenal; cat sounds, capybara chill, lemur upright.

https://flowthemovie.com/trailer

#Flow #Oscar #animation #AcademyAward #film #movie #Blender #FOSS #software #Max #HBO #streaming #theaters

#Cat #Capybara #RingTailedLemur #Dog #Whale-like #cetacean, #Heron-like #bird

There were two of us to watch a moment in the lives of various animals brought together by an unspecified series of incidents, and a part of their journey in a familiar, strange world.

Sound design, animal behavior, and details are phenomenal; cat sounds, capybara chill, lemur upright.

https://flowthemovie.com/trailer

#Flow #Oscar #animation #AcademyAward #film #movie #Blender #FOSS #software #Max #HBO #streaming #theaters

#Cat #Capybara #RingTailedLemur #Dog #Whale-like #cetacean, #Heron-like #bird

Found this on a walk on the #beach - what am i looking at? who recognizes this?
a #bone within a bone? #cetacean? #fish? #mammal ? #sealife #underwater

(
by age i am not a boy anymore, but on beach walks i still become all sand castles, #fantasy tales, #mermaids, pirates and such ...
)

#water #ocean #submarine #indianOcean

Found this on a walk on the #beach - what am i looking at? who recognizes this?
a #bone within a bone? #cetacean? #fish? #mammal ? #sealife #underwater

(
by age i am not a boy anymore, but on beach walks i still become all sand castles, #fantasy tales, #mermaids, pirates and such ...
)

#water #ocean #submarine #indianOcean

Learn more about manta rays… https://ausgeo.co/mantarays

Have you encountered a manta ray in the wild before? One woman did – and it led to her changing careers and launching a project to protect these ‘charismatic’ underwater flying carpets.

For more than a decade now, Australian marine scientist Dr Asia Haines has been an integral part of University of the Sunshine Coast’s Project Manta – a team investigating the population, biology and ecology of the enigmatic reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in eastern Australian waters.

📷 Project Manta

#underwater #underwaterphotography #ocean #marinelife #marine #sealife #manta #mantaray #rays #fish #cetacean #whale #shark #oceanlife #paradise #seeaustralia
#environment #academia #research #academicchatter #biodiversity #ecology #biology #nature #wildlife #photography #science #scientist

Learn more about manta rays… https://ausgeo.co/mantarays

Have you encountered a manta ray in the wild before? One woman did – and it led to her changing careers and launching a project to protect these ‘charismatic’ underwater flying carpets.

For more than a decade now, Australian marine scientist Dr Asia Haines has been an integral part of University of the Sunshine Coast’s Project Manta – a team investigating the population, biology and ecology of the enigmatic reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in eastern Australian waters.

📷 Project Manta

#underwater #underwaterphotography #ocean #marinelife #marine #sealife #manta #mantaray #rays #fish #cetacean #whale #shark #oceanlife #paradise #seeaustralia
#environment #academia #research #academicchatter #biodiversity #ecology #biology #nature #wildlife #photography #science #scientist

Have you ever witnessed a double breach before? 🐋

Researchers speculate whales likely breach for various reasons, which help them communicate, deter threats, successfully forage and mate, and, in general, survive in their dynamic underwater world… https://ausgeo.co/whalebreach

🎥 IG: @droning_my_sorrows

#whale #whales #whalewatching #cetacean #seeaustralia #oceancreatures #marinelife #ocean #sealife #oceanlife #underwater #dronephotography #whalelover
#environment #biodiversity #ecology #biology #nature #wildlife #photography

Have you ever witnessed a double breach before? 🐋

Researchers speculate whales likely breach for various reasons, which help them communicate, deter threats, successfully forage and mate, and, in general, survive in their dynamic underwater world… https://ausgeo.co/whalebreach

🎥 IG: @droning_my_sorrows

#whale #whales #whalewatching #cetacean #seeaustralia #oceancreatures #marinelife #ocean #sealife #oceanlife #underwater #dronephotography #whalelover
#environment #biodiversity #ecology #biology #nature #wildlife #photography

`“Without direct observations, such as recordings of the two whales, it isn’t possible to determine that the individuals were exchanging calls,” said Teilmann, nevertheless, “the observed subsurface behavior might be the first evidence supporting the acoustic herd theory of long-range signaling in baleen whales proposed by Payne and Webb back in 1971.”`

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1054116

#whales #whale #cetacean #marine #wildlife #behavior #animal

`“Without direct observations, such as recordings of the two whales, it isn’t possible to determine that the individuals were exchanging calls,” said Teilmann, nevertheless, “the observed subsurface behavior might be the first evidence supporting the acoustic herd theory of long-range signaling in baleen whales proposed by Payne and Webb back in 1971.”`

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1054116

#whales #whale #cetacean #marine #wildlife #behavior #animal

Pixel dailies: Cetacean
#pixelart #pixel_dailies #cetacean #ドット絵 #aseprite #whale

Have you ever wondered why whales breach? 🩵

Researchers speculate whales likely breach for various reasons, which help them communicate, deter threats, successfully forage and mate, and, in general, survive in their dynamic underwater world.

Learn more about whales… https://ausgeo.co/whales

📷 IG @ausmashmash

#whale #whales #whalewatching #humpbackwhale #bluewhale #cetacean #ocean #underwater
#environment #globalwarming #biology #nature #wildlife

The First Extinction Alert Issued In 70 Years For Rarest Marine Mammal On Earth | IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/the-first-extinction-alert-issued-in-70-years-for-rarest-marine-mammal-on-earth-72050

#Extinction
#Marine
#Mammal
#Vaquitas
#Cetacean
#GulfOfCalifornia
#Gillnets
#Fishing
#Totoaba
#BlackMarket
#ChineseMedicine
#LeonardoDiCapriosFoundation
#NavyTrainedDolphins
#Dolphins
#MexicanNavy
#ZeroToleranceArea
#ZTA
#ConcreteBlocks

The First Extinction Alert Issued In 70 Years For Rarest Marine Mammal On Earth | IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/the-first-extinction-alert-issued-in-70-years-for-rarest-marine-mammal-on-earth-72050

#Extinction
#Marine
#Mammal
#Vaquitas
#Cetacean
#GulfOfCalifornia
#Gillnets
#Fishing
#Totoaba
#BlackMarket
#ChineseMedicine
#LeonardoDiCapriosFoundation
#NavyTrainedDolphins
#Dolphins
#MexicanNavy
#ZeroToleranceArea
#ZTA
#ConcreteBlocks

UK fishing vessels ‘underreporting’ #whale, #dolphin and #porpoise #bycatch https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/21/uk-fishing-industry-underreporting-whale-dolphin-porpoise-bycatch Only 19 cases of #cetacean bycatch reported under Defra scheme, but experts say figure much higher 🐋 #MarineScience #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #Whales #Dolphins #Fisheries
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