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A young southern right whale investigates photographer Richard Robinson’s camera in Sandy Bay, Port Ross. This animal is still growing, as evidenced by its not-yet-fully-formed callosities, the clusters of whale lice that mark the face of every right whale. Tohorā are highly tactile, using their nose, fins and tail to investigate floating objects, which puts them at great risk of entanglement.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 166 November December 2020.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-whales-are-back/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2020.
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A young southern right whale investigates photographer Richard Robinson’s camera in Sandy Bay, Port Ross. This animal is still growing, as evidenced by its not-yet-fully-formed callosities, the clusters of whale lice that mark the face of every right whale. Tohorā are highly tactile, using their nose, fins and tail to investigate floating objects, which puts them at great risk of entanglement.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 166 November December 2020.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-whales-are-back/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2020.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.<br /> ALL IMAGES TAKEN UNDER PERMIT FROM THE NEW ZEALAND DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.