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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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Olympia

(Ocean Alliance Adopt A Whale)

(watch a video clip below of how she was named)

Olympia was named for five barnacle scars that looked like the rings of the Olympic symbol.  These scars have since faded and are no longer visible.  But her tail pattern is unique and I have seen her many times on Stellwagen Bank.  She is one of the most favorite grandmothers of the dozens known.

Olympia's History  (Olympia joined the Great Grandmother's Club in 2005)

Mother:               Unknown First Sighting:   1979
Year Of Birth:   Unknown Last Seen:           1999

Olympia's Family Tree

Calves

 Year of Birth Grandcalves
Anchor 1983 Tribble 1990 (Anchor)
Hummingbird 1985  
Cascade 1987 Touchdown 1996 (Cascade)
Elbow 1991 Cajun 1998 (Cascade)
Not Named 1993  
Sparta 1996 Touchdown calves 2005 & 2008
Jota 1998

Cajun also has a calf

Please enjoy this introduction to Olympia from the Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names DVD

 

Pictures of Olympia

       

Olympia's Calves

     

 

How can I see more of Olympia?

Olympia is the star on two DVD's produced by The Whale Video Company ($18.99 each)

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

The story of Olympia and her family is six minutes in length.  You will meet five of her calves (Anchor, Cascade, Elbow, Sparta and Jota).  Fourteen other whale families round out this hour long program.

Highlights of this segment include Olympia showing her calves different behaviors, Elbow playing with seaweed and Sparta lobtailing just a foot or two from the boat!

You also meet two of Olympia's grandcalves: Tribble and Touchdown.

Your Adopted Whale: Olympia

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

You will be delighted to spend 19 minutes watching Olympia flippering and rolling on her side. You will see Olympia lobtailing and when she swims up to the boat, you see her head and blowholes.

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