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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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Tornado

(WCNE Adopt A Whale)

(watch a video clip below of Tornado)

Tornado was born in 1988 to a whale named Fringe.  She was named for the white oval on the right half of her fluke.  The picture (left) below shows Fringe on the left and Tornado beside her as a calf in 1988.

      

Tornado is famous for coming up to the boats.  It isn't often that a whale looks up at people with its eye wide open, but Tornado did.  You can see this on the whale watch trip described at the bottom of this page.

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

Tornado's Fluke

Tornado's History

Mother:               Fringe First Sighting:   1988
Year Of Birth:   1988 Last Seen:           2010

Tornado's Family Tree

Calves Year of Birth Grandcalves
Parallel 1995  
Mas Menos 1998  
Beanie 2000  
Unnamed 2003  
Samurai 2006  
Unnamed 2008  

Pictures of Tornado

    

Tornado's chin during a spyhop (left) and Tornado blows with people (right)

 

How can I see more of Tornado?

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

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

Tornado is part of the story about Fringe's family which is four minutes in length.  You will see Tornado with all three of her calves.

Your Adopted Whale: Tornado

We selected the very best clips of Tornado 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 Tornado. One day we saw a humpback in the distance and approached slowly to find Tornado.  We were rewarded with an incredible close approach.  Tornado showed great interest in the boat by twisting and turning in every way to get a good look at us.  You will see her eye, watch her stand on her head, thrill to a great spyhop and look her right in the face.

 

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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