User: DrBlizzardo |
Birth of a Humpack Whale, Kohala HI: a Donnie MacGowan Film Aloha...I'm Donnie MacGowan...I live on the island of Hawaii, in the County of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii...I love living in Hawaii, full of wonderful, amazing and fabulous things. For instance today, I saw a Humpback whale being born. Winter and early spring in Hawaii are especially magical times—well, more magical even than usual in Hawaii. Starting about mid-November and lasting through April, Humpback whales visit our islands. From as far as way as Alaska and as near as California, the Humpies, as we call them, arrive to breed and, cows that bred last year, give birth this year. An adult humpback weighs approximately one ton per foot, up to 90,000 pounds and can grow over 50 feet in length. Females are slightly larger than the males. Calves range from 10-16 feet in length at birth and weigh an average of 3000 pounds. Marine biologists believe that humpbacks live between 40-60 years. And every year they come to visit me in my home. On the West Hawaii coastline there is a place, and no, I'm not going to tell you where, where humpies are known to go to give birth—it's a deep, protected cove quite near the highway. My hiking buddy and I were returning from a trip into the Kohala Mountains when we noticed several cars pulled off the road at a spot overlooking this cove. And there they were...mother and baby, still attached by umbilical cord. The video, shot hastily and without a tripod is not great, but you can see the baby playing on it's back, nuzzling it's mothers teats and just generally reveling at being free and in the marvelous ocean. I love being in the ocean...it is my place of peace, calm and meditation. But just try to imagine the joy that this baby whale felt, being born into that vast, magical and beautiful realm. Aloha baby humpy...travel safely and come back to us next year. For more information go to www.tourguidehawaii.com or http://tourguidehawaii.blogspot.com Tags: whale hawaii humpack travel donnie macgowan donald big island www.tourguidehawaii.com |
User: wwfus |
WWF - Humpack Whales in Mozambique Humpack Whales in Mozambique Tags: WWF Humpack Whales in Mozambique |
User: oceanspot |
Two Humpack Whales Take Breaths Close to Boat Two Humpback whales take breaths close to the boat off the coast of Santa Barbara, CA. July 2006. Tags: whale humpback_whale whale_watching santa_barbara www.oceanspot.com oceanspot whale_video |
User: subsea1960 |
Humpack Whale and Manta Ray Revillagigedo Islands Encounter with humpack whale at 145' and a Manta Ray using a rebreather Tags: Whale Rebreather Manta SCUBA Diving Revillagigedo Socorro Evolution Silent Mexico nature adventure destination |
User: cjs0681 |
Humpback Jumping humpack near Jervis Bay, NSW, Australia Tags: humpack jumping near Jervis Bay NSW Australia |
User: mattharding2718 |
Whale Pestering in Tonga Is this sort of thing harmful to the whales? I don't know. It's delicate. I think it could be, if they were hounded incessantly day after day. But the local operators are pretty careful, and if the whales don't want to be bothered, it's pretty easy for them to take off. I think whales face much bigger problems than me -- like how climate change will impact their food supply. And there's value in simply reminding people that these big fellas exist. Tags: humpack whale swimming tonga where the hell is matt harding |
User: GreenpeaceVideo |
The Great Whale Trail: meeting the tag team Learn more: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/great-whale-trail A group of scientists in collaboration with Greenpeace are conducting a research programme to track the migration of humpback whales from their breeding areas in the Pacific to their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean. Tags: greenpeace ocean whale satalite nature environment japan southern humpack animal |
User: GreenpeaceVideo |
The Great Whale Trail: Tracking the Whales Learn more: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/great-whale-trail Now that the whales are tagged, the research team will start tracking them on their way to the Southern Ocean. Tags: greenpeace ocean whale satalite nature environment japan southern humpack animal wildlife aquatic |
User: GreenpeaceVideo |
The Great Whale Trail: Tagging the whales Learn more: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/great-whale-trail Follow our research team as they go out on the water to tag the humpback whales. Tags: greenpeace ocean whale satalite nature environment japan southern humpack animal |
User: emiliewasmyeve |
Whale Watching Provincetown 2008 We went whale watching this week in Provincetown. Tags: Whale Watching Cape Cod Provincetown Humpack |
User: backstagegoddess |
Lost in the Woods Alex and Mary Ellen embark on a mission to hike to Humpback Rocks and get lost in the process. Humpack Rocks, Afton, VA Music credits: Ravel, Johnny Cash, Gilbert and Sullivan, Eric Clapton and Vanessa Mae Tags: virginia lost mockumentary woods home video funny comic ravel gilbert and sullivan laugh popular walk the line cash sta |
User: VaderXtreme |
Humpback dolphins A humpack dolphin havin a breather Tags: Humpback dolphin dolphins breather rest |
User: robinvan1983 |
Spore Creature Creator Video The Humpack Raptor. This video was created using the Spore Creature Creator. Tags: creature spore |
User: cecilbfeeder |
Humpbacks humping? Guerro Negro 2007. If you liked that check out a "A humpack checks the weather" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaMjOBnR3Uk Filmed by Cecil B. Feeder Tags: humpback whales humping primus |
User: humpbac |
Save The Humpback Whale Help the humpack whale, watch this To find out how to help! Tags: Humpback Save The Whale Chicken |
User: queenlajana |
Whale Watching in Maui Pacific Humpbacks play, mate, birth their calves and enjoy the warm waters of Maui. They are not afraid of the whalewatching boats at all--as seen in the clip. Marvelous!!!! Tags: whalewatch humpack hawaii maui |
User: drucev |
Whalewatching with Captain Larry Whalewatching with Captain Larry, Orca Expeditions, out of Juneau Tags: Humpack whale whalewatching Juneau |
User: bjanay |
Barry Scuba Diving Hearing Humpback Whales in Maui Scuba Diving in Maui hearing humpack whales. Tags: barry janay scuba diving coral gardens maui humpback whales |
User: alubawy |
West Sacramento Port Whales Monther's Day 2007: mother and child humpack whales (Delta and Dawn) got lost and found themselves in the Port of Sacramento (80 miles upstream of San Francisco Bay). After more than a week of trying, scientists and the Coast Guard herded them back to the San Pablo bay, where it is assumed they made it safely back to the ocean. Tags: Sacramento port humpback whales |
User: greatwhitehyphe |
Whales Whale watching in Abrolhos, Bahia Brasil Tags: whales abrolhos humpack |
User: drucev |
Whalewatching with Captain Larry, part 2 Whalewatching with Captain Larry, Orca Expeditions, near Juneau, 9/07 Tags: Humpack whale whalewatching Juneau |