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JUNE 12, 2009

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Jacques Cousteau Whale Rider American Museum of Natural Historyvenn diagram

 

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BANNER
The WDCS’s life-size blue whale


Swim with the world’s biggest animal — without leaving your desk — with this wonderful, screen-filling, animated blue-whale banner.

Launched in 2007 by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, the graphic — which is composed of 10,000 JPEG images — opens with an intimidating close-up of the giant whale’s eye. As you scroll along its side, tiny bubbles and otherworldly sounds create the eerie impression that you’re drifting alongside the mammal. It’s a humbling experience — like exploring the surface of a new, and beautiful, planet.

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