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Blowholes

Right whales have a unique blow, with the water rising in two columns. This close-up of a whale calf was taken at Karitāne, Otago.

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Gerard Hutching, Whales – Southern right whales, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7085/blowholes (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 2 March 2009.