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Whales' Tails


New Whales of 1999 - part 1

whale tail photo

Aries

named for three white dots on upper right that resemble the constellation

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Blackout

named for its very dark flukes

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Breakers

white coloration at the top of both flukes looks like the foam of cresting waves

whale tail photo

Mudskipper

Buckshot's 97 calf, named for mark on bottom left side that looks like the fish that comes out of water

whale tail photo

Circuit

the white scar on the inner part of the right fluke looks like a broken electrical circuit

 

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