Up close with a dwarf minke whale. (Video by @seajewlz) The minkes of the Southern Hemisphere are divided into two different subspecies, the dwarf minke and the Antarctic minke. Dwarf minkes are around 3-4 feet (1-1.2 m) smaller in length than the Antarctic subspecies. They might be "dwarfs" in the whale world, but are still about the size of a double decker bus, growing up to 26 ft (8 m) and 14,000 lbs (6 metric tons)! | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR

A Minke whale in the morning will make your Sunday go swimmingly! Minkes are one of the most abundant of the baleen whales known as rorquals and they also are the smallest. Don’t let their small size fool you though, since seeing them here in Dana Point brings big smiles! There’s another aspect to them that makes a Minke sighting memorable and it comes with an alliterative nickname. Do you know what it is? -JO Join us for a fun weekend of ocean exploration and book your trip at dolphinsafari.com

Dwarf Minke Whale spotted in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park! The Eye on the Reef Sightings Network is a community-based program developed to capture the interesting, unusual and amazing experiences, and seeing one of the first dwarf minke whales of this season is a good example and sign of what is yet to come.🐋 Showing up in the Great Barrier Reef every winter, it’s a short and sweet visit. The minke whales only stay for a few months with most sightings occurring during June and July. In Ca

Open wide: Dwarf Minke Whale. Minke whales feed by side-lunging into schools of prey and gulping large amounts of water. They won't feed like this when visiting the waters of the northern Great Barrier Reef, but sometimes you'll still get to see this gulping display. Not long to go until they'll be back for this year's season. Report any sightings using the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Eye on the Reef app. 📽 Master Reef Guide Pablo Cogollos with Mike Ball Dive Expeditions | Master R

5.3K views · 5.6K reactions | Listen to the first ever recording of a dwarf minke whale... they sound like lightsabers! Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough starts 30 December on BBC One | BBC Earth | Facebook

🎥: Julia Sumerling (@seajewlz) // In 2004, Dr. Jason Gedamke was recording underwater sounds in the Great Barrier Reef, and discovered the dwarf minke is the source of an unusual, complex, and stereotyped vocalization called the “star wars” call. Volume up to hear it! This regional-specific behavioral distinction suggests aggregate or community adaptive behaviors among subspecies of minke whales. | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR