Research team attempting to take a photo-identification of a southern right whale, Auckland Islands

Date

August 8, 2011

Identifier

Private Collection

Publisher

Photograph

Abstract

Callosities (rough white calcified skin infested with sea lice) on the heads of southern right whales are used as identifiers of individual animals. In this photograph (left to right) Masters student Anthony Davidson, Dr Will Rayment and DOC officer, Kath Blakemore, wait for the whale to surface to confirm its identity.

Files

Cabinet 18 team and whale A4.JPG

Citation

Dr Trudi Webster, “Research team attempting to take a photo-identification of a southern right whale, Auckland Islands,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 30, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/9690.