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Female blue whale with calf
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Blue whale calf breaching
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Blue whale calf breaching
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Blue whale mother and calf at the beginning of a dive
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Four blue whales, including calf, socialising
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Blue whale calf feeding on Krill, mother in background
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Blue whale underwater
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Remora attached to a blue whale
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Aerial view of blue whale feeding
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Blue whale feeding
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Blue whale feeding
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Blue whale
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Blue whale deep diving
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Blue whale fluke
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Blue whale fluke
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Blue whale fluking
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Blue whale with tail flukes raised, preparing to dive
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6 month old blue whale foetus, ejected from its mother after a suspected collision with a boat
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Blue whale fluke
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Fluking blue whale
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Blue whale tail showing barnacles
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Blue whale fluke print
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Blue whale undwerwater
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Blue whale underwater
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Freediver and blue whales
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Aerial view of two blue whales interacting
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Blue whales blowing
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Blue whale swimming, with two Risso's dolphins riding the nose wake
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Dead blue whale partially consumed by sharks
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Blue whale mother and calf
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