Penguin Watch Talk

Is this a big fish or dolphin?

  • delta_lady by delta_lady

    Is there a big fish or dolphin at bottom right? It isn't rocks as in other pictures, what appears to be a tail has moved.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05

    It will not be a dolphin as they do not move that far south - like other mammals they like a more temperate climate 😃

    As for the fish, I guess it is dinner 😃

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  • Capella05 by Capella05

    Looking at it closer,it is most likely to be a whale bone.

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  • yshish by yshish moderator, translator

    It's nothing alive for sure. It is on all the images from this area even covered with snow. Not necessary to mark it.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 in response to yshish's comment.

    True.

    Then again, if we can't discuss other interesting objects seen in these images, it seems a bit pointless 😉

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  • Ips by Ips

    It looks very much like the jaw bone of a baleen whale. That would make sense, too: It could be very old, as it would not really rot in the cold, so might be a remnant either of commercial whaling times or of even of early scientific whaling.

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  • yshish by yshish moderator, translator

    Yes, it is really a whale bone. Here is a close up image.

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