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
