# Big Boat vs Bigger Whale (Photo)

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/big-boat-vs-bigger-whale-photo/1847>\
**Category:** Scuttlebutt\
**Created:** [July 6, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/big-boat-vs-bigger-whale-photo/1847 "2009-07-06T02:31:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![albertpachino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/albertpachino/32/946_2.png) [@albertpachino](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/albertpachino)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/big-boat-vs-bigger-whale-photo/1847/1 "2009-07-06T02:31:43Z")

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![](http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/blue-whale-dead.jpg)

This is so sad. The already-endangered blue whale has lost another family member to a possible collision with a ship. The photo above taken by Flip Nicklin shows the blue whale belly-up in the Pacific Ocean with a flock of seagulls perched on its underside. Certainly not the kind of photo of a blue whale you would expect to see. ([LINK](http://www.doobybrain.com/2009/06/11/photo-shows-blue-whale-belly-up-in-the-pacific-ocean/))

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**Author:** ![danzante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b3f665/32.png) [@danzante](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/danzante)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/big-boat-vs-bigger-whale-photo/1847/2 "2009-07-06T11:45:07Z")

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Here’s an article about the photo in London’s Daily Mail newspaper:

> **[Pictured: Giant blue whale floats belly-up after being killed in a tragic...](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192028/Pictured-The-largest-animal-lived--tragically-run-passing-ship.html)**
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> The body of the giant blue whale was found by researchers from Oregon State University in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of California.