Old Tom (orca)
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Old Tom was a male orca who cooperated with and assisted whalers in the port of Eden, New South Wales, on the southeast coast of Australia. Old Tom was believed to be the leader of a pod of orcas whic
Skeleton of Old Tom in the Eden Killer Whale Museum
Twofold Bay and surrounding area, marking the Davidson family whaling station
Davidson Whaling Station in Kiah Inlet, Twofold Bay, Eden, NSW.
Old Tom swims alongside a whaling boat, flanking a whale calf: The boat is being towed by a harpooned whale (not visible here).
Baleen whale
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Baleen whales, also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea, which use baleen plates in their mouths to sieve plankton from the water. Mystic
Old Tom (orca)
…Eden, New South Wales, on the southeast coast of Australia. Old Tom was believed to be the leader of a pod of orcas which helped the whalers by herding baleen whales into Twofold Bay. This pod was also known as "the killers of Eden". On 17 September 1930, Old Tom was found dead in Twofold Bay. Before his death, he…
Baleen whales vary considerably in size and shape, depending on their feeding behavior.
Eschrichtius, Balaenopteridae
Eubalaena, Balaenidae
Megaptera, Balaenopteridae