Apparently there is a king tide and former tropical cyclone Fehi is causing chaos around New Zealand. We are tucked up in Milford sound and the rain has barely taken a smoko.

 

Albatross can have a wingspan up to 3.3m

They are the largest seabirds.

Whales are thought to have evolved from mesonychids who were cat like land animals that spent far too long in the swamps, then gradually whale-ified. That’s incredible!

 

Sperm whales can dive thousands of metres deep. 

‘Cetaceans' comprise all whales, dolphins, porpoises.

 

Fastest human swam at 8.6kph

Killer whales 55 kph

Sperm whales have a 2000m dive, down for 2 hours.

Human 209m dive, longest breath hold 8m24secs.

 

Muscle movement.

A great piston.

The whale’s tail.

17,400km per year.

 

The guys we have been hanging out with so far.

Delphinus delphis

Short-beaked common dolphin

 

Blue whales: 

males 25m, 

female 26m - 90-120 tonnes

 

Largest female 33.6m landed in Grytviken, South Georgia.

1947 190 tonne whale - heaviest ever.

 

Belugas in Canada die filled with toxins, heavy metals, to such a degree that their carcass is considered to be toxic waste.