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Salt - the star of Salt & Friends, our award-winning DVD. She is a grandmother with 12 calves and 8 grandcalves.Rocker is a champion breacher. One day he breached out of the water more than a hundred times.Stub is spyhopping. Stub is with Colt on Awesome Whales for Kids. They came up to our boat and began singing. This once in a lifetime event is the bonus chapter on the DVD.Giraffe feeding on small fish. She was named for a string of marks on her fluke that looks like spots on a giraffe's neck.Seal lobtailing which means hitting his tail on the water. Seal was born in 1984 to Mars.

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Cardhu video clips, DVD's, stories, pictures, family trees and facts.

Cardhu

(WCNE Adopt A Whale)

(watch a video clip below of Cardhu)

Cardhu was named after a world famous distillery in Scotland.  They make a cardhu single malt whiskey.  Cardhu has an all black tail with very little scarring.  It is difficult to identify Cardhu, but with a good photograph of her tail and dorsal fin, Cardhu's identity can be established.

    

Although most humpback associations are of very short duration, Cardhu and Salt have been known to spend months traveling and feeding together in various years including 1999.  It is quite a treat to see two large well-known mature females together.

Please enjoy this video introduction to Cardhu from the Your Adopted Whale Cardhu DVD

Cardhu's Fluke

Cardhu's History

Mother:               Unknown First Sighting:   1981
Year Of Birth:   Unknown Last Seen:           2009

Cardhu's Family Tree

Calves Year of Birth Grandcalves
Ember 1982  
Comma 1985  
Slope 1987  
Treasure 1989  
Skewer 1991  
Venom 1996  
Mallet 1998  
Nudibranch 2000  
Speedometer 2002  
Safari 2006  
Unnamed 2008  

 

Pictures of Cardhu

     Notice two blowholes and water streaming out of mouth

    

Calves of Cardhu - Ember

Ember on back approaching the boat.

 

How can I see more of Cardhu?

Cardhu can be seen on two DVD's produced by The Whale Video Company ($18.99 each)

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

Cardhu is briefly introduced as the mother of Ember.  The story of Ember is three minutes in length.  It shows Ember in a close approach that can only be described as an underwater ballet.  You see Ember stand on his head and come up tail first!  Ember is also seen feeding and breaching.

Your Adopted Whale: Cardhu

We selected the very best clips of Cardhu from 17,096 trips to the feeding grounds where this whale can be sighted from April thru October.

You will be delighted to spend 26 minutes watching excellent footage of Cardhu with her calf Skewer.  You'll see them very active including breaching.  Also, Cardhu brings Skewer up to the side of the boat for more than five minutes.

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