This incredible Blue Whale did something 99% of them don't do! When Blue Whales are here in California, their #1 goal is to feed as much as possible. And so when we typically watch them, they are not showing much curiosity toward the boat. But for two days in a row on recent Adventures, this adult Blue Whale came over to make friends with us. It's important to know that in all these encounters the boat was turned off and had stopped moving. The whale approached the boat, and this is not a typica

Blue whale vocalizations are very low frequency sounds with some in the 15 Hz range. These tones characteristically travel long distances due to the high power, but also due to very long-wavelengths (over 300 feet for 15 Hz). This enables their songs to be heard thousands of miles from the source. We can assume that the projection distance is important (Nature can be extravagant, but she is never wasteful), but we can only speculate why they need to broadcast their songs across ocean basins. The