The photos document events of certain collision, the possible consequences of a collision, and various degrees of risk.
Some scars and wounds may derive from causes other than collisions (e.g. amputation by fishing line or net).
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Amputations of fluke |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Amputations of dorsal fin
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 Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute
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Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute
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Propeller scars
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Other scars and wounds
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Foto © Michele Manghi / CIBRA |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Capodoglio Physeter macrocephalus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Photo © Tethys Research Institute |
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Fatal collisions |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © Jean-Michel Bompar |
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Photo © David W. Laist |
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Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Photo © Paola Pino d'Astore
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Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Photo © Paola Pino d'Astore |
