Meet "Hook" the blue whale
I captured this shot off the coast of California in Dana Point. The peculiar shape of this mammal’s tail fluke, most likely the result of a birth defect or an...
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I captured this shot off the coast of California in Dana Point. The peculiar shape of this mammal’s tail fluke, most likely the result of a birth defect or an orca bite early in life, has inspired many nicknames. But “Hook” is the name that stuck, and when Hook is sighted news spreads rapidly via social media. Hook loves to raise its tail fluke high into the air before deep-water dives, and that could be because the mammal needs the extra body push downward to make up for the lack of power in its fluke.
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