Where Whales Become Friends

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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Nurse

Before she was named, this whale was often seen in close quarters with injured whales.  How much more appropriate would a name be than Nurse?

 

Nurse's History

Mother:               Unknown First Sighting:   1979
Year Of Birth:   Unknown Last Seen:           1993

Nurse's Family Tree

Calves Year of Birth Grandcalves
Tanith 1980 Glider (1988) Tanith
Arbor 1983 Unnamed (1995) Tanith
Apostrophe 1985 Aztec (1998) Tanith
Stylus 1989 Liberty (1991) Apostrophe
Not Named 1991  
Verticle 1993  

Although Nurse has not been sighted since 1993, I keep looking for this caring and gentle whale.  I hope to see her again with a calf like Stylus, born in 1989.

How can I see more of Nurse?

Nurse on DVD ($18.99)

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

The story of Nurse and her family is two and one-half minutes in length.  You will meet Nurse, her first calf Tanith and her first grandcalf, Glider. You also meet her calves: Apostrophe and Stylus.  Fourteen other whale families round out this hour long program.

Nurse on VHS (Each title just $12.95)

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

(Same program as on the DVD above)

Your Favorite Whale DVD : Nurse ($18.99)

20 minutes of excellent footage of Nurse with her calf Stylus.   At one point you see this popular female nursing her calf.

 

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