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Description: Sent in by the crew of the PBLJ this movie clip and these images show a pod of Pilot Whales close to the rig seemingly swimming by as normal until they are disturbed, swim closer to the rig than normal, and shoot off in various directions.
Closer examination of the video footage kindly sent into SERPENT shows several Orca Killer Whales chasing the pod of Pilots and their younger calves. The Orcas have characteristic tall fins. Item Type: Video Title: Pilot whales and killer whales around rig Species: Globicephala melaena, Orcinus orca Behaviour: Pilot whales swimming on surface near rig. Killer whales arrive and appear to chase them. Pilot whales scatter. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- FoinavenNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Foinaven Site Description: Topside Depth (m): Surface Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Open ocean Rig: Paul B Loyd Junior Project Partners: BP, Transocean, Subsea 7 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 18 September 2007
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 265 seconds
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 14 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 22 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 13 seconds
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 26 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 4 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 21 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 18 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 32 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 4 seconds
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Schooling, Duration 24 seconds, Shot includes Paranthias colonus (Pacific creole-fish)
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Coral Sea, Duration 21 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 6 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 4 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 6 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 43 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 9 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 6 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Duration 98 seconds
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Coral Sea, Shot at night, Duration 9 seconds
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Photos on Flickr taught me that bighorn sheep lived at the bottom of the Rio Grande gorge near Taos, NM. Now I know they spend time on the rim, as well.
Here are three rams encountered on Labor Day weekend, 2011, and a group of ewes with a lamb seen in early July.
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Description: English: A video of a raccoon in Bear Country USA which is right outside of Rapid City, South Dakota. Date: 19 June 2010. Source: Own work. Author:
Joe Chill 2.
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Description: English: Video of minke whale breaching in St. Lawrence River near Tadoussac in August 2011. Converted from m4v to ogv file via Miro. Date: 26 January 2013, 11:43:34. Source: Own work. Author: Leonard Reback.