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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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Spoon

(Ocean Alliance Adopt A Whale)

(watch a video clip below of Spoon)

Unlike many other whales, Spoon was not named for a pattern on her tail but for her "spoon-shaped" dorsal fin.  Her tail is fairly unique however as both tips have white patches and a large white scar is near the center of her fluke.

Spoon appears to be one of the largest whales in the population, well over 50 feet in length.  She also appears to be very wide.  Spoon is known for tremendous feeding displays where she comes up out of the water, almost high enough to see her belly button.  Her belly is completely distended, holding 1000's of gallons of water and fish.

Photos at the bottom of this page show you Spoon's feeding behavior.

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

 

Spoon's Fluke

 

Spoon's History

Mother:               Unknown First Sighting:   1979
Year Of Birth:   Unknown Last Seen:           2010

Spoon's Family Tree

Calves

 Year of Birth Grandcalves
Regulus 1983  
Vesuvius 1989  
Fork 1991  
Trajectory 1995  
Coffee 1998  
Unnamed 2006  
Unnamed 2008  
Unnamed 2010  

 

Pictures of Spoon

  

Spoon's Calves

How can I see more of Spoon?

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

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

Spoon is introduced as the mother of Regulus.  You see a huge humpback tail that belongs to Spoon.  Highlights of this segment include Regulus in a behavior that is as much fun as it is strange.  He hits himself with his flipper and this behavior is unique to Regulus.

Your Adopted Whale: Spoon

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

You will be delighted to spend 21 minutes watching excellent footage of Spoon.  You see her traveling with another humpback named Conduit.  Spoon is also seen with a calf which at one point it is believed that nursing just below the surface was witnessed.  Spoon and her calf are active by flippering and tail breaching.

Note:   VHS Videotapes are available for both programs too (Each title just $12.95)

Call 717-763-9507 to order VHS or print and mail the VHS Order Form

 

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