{"id":189,"date":"2012-03-27T10:37:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T23:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2020-09-20T06:32:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T06:32:53","slug":"whales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?page_id=189","title":{"rendered":"The Whales of Oceania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?attachment_id=2694\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2694\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2694 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Web-ISS022-E-6674-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Web-ISS022-E-6674-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Web-ISS022-E-6674-2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Web-ISS022-E-6674-2-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Web-ISS022-E-6674-2-601x250.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Earth is covered by vast oceans that are the home for the largest animals that have ever lived \u2013 the whales.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?attachment_id=2800\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2800 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS8639.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS8639.jpg 800w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS8639-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS8639-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS8639-601x409.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the southwest corner of the vast Pacific Ocean lie the beautiful waters of Oceania, home to about fifty whale species. From the largest, the Blue Whales to some of the smallest in the Hector Dolphins. Here they can be found playing in the surf, diving to the ocean depths, holding their breath for hours on end, making epically long journeys and singing their songs.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?attachment_id=2658\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2658 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3589.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3589.jpg 800w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3589-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3589-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3589-601x409.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We share so much in common with whales, just like us they are mammals that breathe air, are warm blooded, give birth to live young that they feed milk and they are often highly social and incredibly intelligent creatures. Unlike us many millions of years ago their ancestors returned to the oceans where they have become absolute masters of that realm.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the following information pages you can learn more about these amazing animals, their biology, behaviours and habits and the ocean they live in.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Welcome to the amazing world of whales.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?attachment_id=2802\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2802 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS3676.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS3676.jpg 800w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS3676-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS3676-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/WS3676-601x409.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Whale Information Pages<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Ocean<\/strong>\u00a0(Under Construction)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Characteristics<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Difficulties of Living in the Ocean<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whales in Detail<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?page_id=2879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Whale Evolution<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?page_id=2886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whales Adaptations<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?page_id=261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Whale Behaviours<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Whale Species of Oceania<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?page_id=2712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Baleen Whales<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?page_id=2809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Toothed Whales<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?attachment_id=2793\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2793 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/W6460-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/W6460-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/W6460-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/W6460-2-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/W6460-2-601x409.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Copyright 2020 David Jenkins \u2013 Whale Spotter<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Earth is covered by vast oceans that are the home for the largest animals that have ever lived \u2013 the whales. In the southwest corner of the vast Pacific Ocean lie the beautiful waters of Oceania, home to about fifty whale species. From the largest, the Blue Whales to some of the smallest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3636,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}