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WHALE DOSSIER: Captain Hook

First Observed: 12 August 1995
Pseudonym: #1391 in S&G 1998
Sex: Male
Namesake: Captain Hook was the adversary of Peter Pan in J. M. Barrie's classic childrens' novel. This whale is notable for the hooked ends of the fluke, particularly the left tip. Also, the character Captain Hook had an asymmetrical physiology. This whale has an asymmetrical fluke, particularly in the area of the median notch.
Picture Taken: 25 August 2004 by P. Folkens in Iyoukeen Cove

Preliminary analysis of our data suggests that Captain Hook is a whale that vocalizes during bubble net feeding. The feeding call that is produced by Captain Hook sounds like it gets louder toward the end of each call - it sounds like the call is "forced" at the end. You can hear a series of feeding calls alleged to come from Captain Hook here in MP3 format (1.56 MB file) or in WAV format (5.73 MB file). The recording was made on 24 August 2004.


Dates observed:


Date                 Location and Activity
12 August 1995      Central Frederick Sound - south side; social foraging
2 June 1996         Central Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
7 July 1996         Central Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
8 July 1996         Central Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
9 July 1996         Central Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
10 July 1996        North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
11 July 1996        North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
12 July 1996        North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
16 July 1996        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
21 July 1996        Central Frederick Sound - south side; social foraging
19 September 1996   North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
22 September 1996   North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
17 June 1997        Frederick Sound/Chatham Strait confluence; social foraging
25 June 1997        Frederick Sound/Chatham Strait confluence; social foraging
2 July 1997         Frederick Sound/Chatham Strait confluence; social foraging
12 July 1997        North Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
13 July 1997        North Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
14 July 1997        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
15 July 1997        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
17 July 1997        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
18 July 1997        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
19 July 1997        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
20 July 1997        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
21 July 1997        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
2 August 1997       South Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
4 August 1997       Frederick Sound/Chatham Strait confluence; social foraging
16 August 1997      Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
7 September 1997    Central Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
8 September 1997    North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
10 September 1997   North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
11 September 1997   North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
12 September 1997   North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
14 September 1997   North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
15 September 1997   North Chatham Strait - west side; social foraging
10 July 1998        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
11 July 1998        Central Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
28 July 1998        Central Frederick Sound - south side; social foraging
6 August 1999       North Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
20 June 2000        North Chatham Strait - east side; social foraging
18 July 2000        Central Frederick Sound - north side; social foraging

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