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Salt
Salt is the most photographed, most sighted and most loved humpback whale in the world! She has been seen every year since 1976. Salt was the first whale given a name (see pictures below of her scarred dorsal fin) and treated as an individual. Each of her eleven calves have been given a name related to her name. Salt has eight known grandcalves. She is the star of her own video! Salt & Friends, (60 minutes) a Telly Award winner and the best nature program in the world, opens with the story of how Salt was named and introduces you to most of her immediate family, nineteen humpbacks in all. Salt's History
Salt's Family Tree
Congratulations Salt! She returned with her eleventh calf in 2008. It was named Sanchal!
Video clip of Salt on You Tube (You will leave our web)
Salt's Calves
Salsa Spyhop Salt and Brine Salt and Tabasco
Thalassa Breaching Wasabi Headstand! Salt's Grandcalves
Thalassa with Skeeter 1992
How can I see more of Salt? SALT ON DVD Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names The story of Salt and her family is ten minutes in length. You will meet eight of her calves and Thalassa's first calf, Skeeter; Salt's first grandcalf. Fourteen other whale families round out this hour long program. SALT ON DVD and VHS Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names (Same program as on the DVD above) Your Favorite Whale: Salt ($12.95 VHS) 22 INCREDIBLE MINUTES OF THE MOST POPULAR WHALE! EXTREMELY GOOD LOOKS AT SALT AND HER CALF NAMED BRINE. SALT IS AT THE SURFACE AND BRINE SWIMMING AROUND AND UNDER THE BOAT. IN ONE SCENE SALT IS UPSIDE DOWN UNDER THE BOAT AND COMES UP TAIL FIRST FROM THE WATER RIGHT TOWARDS THE CAMERA. YOU WILL ALSO SEE SALT BREACH INTO THE SUNSET!
Salt is also on several of our tapes in the eleven volume series "Wonderful Whales" Salt is on Wonderful Whales Volumes 1-2-3-5-6-8-9 (All Volumes DVD $18.99 each VHS $12.95 each, Volume 1 Special $10.00) Volume 1 (Salt feeding with four other humpback whales) Volume 2 (Salt diving with a full screen look at tail) Volume 3 (Salt lunges at fish with a wide open mouth) Volume 5 (Salt slapping her tail on the water and stands on her head) Volume 6 (Salt with another whale feeding with huge open mouths) Volume 8 (Salt feeding with others and you can see down her throat) Volume 9 (Salt and Cardhu feeding together with wide open mouths)
A Real Whale Watch Trip-July 31, 2003 (DVD $18.99 VHS $12.95) On July 31, 2003 at 8:30 AM we left the pier and 40 minutes later sailed into the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. We were delighted when we spied the white dorsal fin that identifies the most famous humpback whale in the world! Salt and her ninth calf, named Wasabi were identified, photographed and entered into the research database. Imagine our surprise when Salt brought Wasabi up to the boat and Wasabi started nursing, just a few feet away! This rarely recorded behavior is incredibly touching and emotional. Nature lovers of all ages will instantly fall in love with whales, especially Salt and Wasabi.
Below are actual pictures of Salt from Salt & Friends.
Salt's fluke is well known, but she was named for the white scarring on her dorsal fin (photo at right above). Do you think it looks like someone sprinkled salt on her back?
Back to the whales on Salt & Friends Back to the adoption whales WDCS NA Back to the adoption whales at WDCS UK Back to the adoption program at OA/WCI
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