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Sirius Sirius was born in 1982 to Fringe. He was named after the star Sirius due to the bright white mark on the center part of his tail. Sirius also shows a cut in his tail stock from being entangled in fishing gear.
Sirius also has very unusual flippers. The top of his flippers are mostly black. There are only a few east coast humpback whales with this trait.
Sirius is also a very active whale. Some people think he is a show-off.
Sirius' History
How can I see more of Sirius? Sirius on DVD ($17.76) Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names Sirius is part of the story about Fringe's family which is four minutes in length. You will see Sirius close to the boat and notice his black flippers. He also dives and gives a good view of the white mark on his fluke.
Sirius on VHS (Each title just $12.95) Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names (Same program as on the DVD above) Your Favorite Whale: Sirius ($12.95) 25 minutes of excellent footage of Sirius close to the boat, breaching and lobtailing too. Sirius is also on one of our tapes in the eleven volume series "Wonderful Whales" Wonderful Whales Volume 3 (All Volumes $12.95 each, Volume 1 Special $10.00) Volume 3 (Sirius completes a full spinning head breach as well as a tail first breach. Sirius is also seen carefully lifting his tail from the water and then "trumpets" loudly. He also breaches lazily, begins flippering and rolls over.)
A Real Whale Watch Trip - August 14, 2003 ($12.95) At 8:30 AM we left the pier for a fabulous whale watch trip. We were delighted when we spied Salt and her ninth calf Wasabi, but there was a very active whale in the distance and we went in that direction to see it. Sirius was breaching and flippering for quite some time. Back to the adoption whales at WDCS NA
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