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A view of the injured fluke belonging to Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy. It is not known what caused this injury. It possibly could have been an entanglement.
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Stumpy’s Tail

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A drawing of Phoenix from the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog documents her callosity pattern and other identifying marks.
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Who’s That Whale?

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North Atlantic right whales were long hunted for their baleen—the fringed plates hanging in their mouths that they use to strain the seawater for food. Baleen was used in a number of consumer products, such as corsets.
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Whale Baleen from a Dead Whale

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A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a fishing line.
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Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

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A satellite image of the rivers and mangroves of the sundarbans
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Sundarbans from Space

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An orange and white octopus sits on the bottom of the ocean.
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White-striped Octopus

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White abalone
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White Abalone In Danger

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A sailing canoe sits in a Tahitian bay, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, and several smaller canoes full of people there to celebrate the occasion.
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Hōkūleʻa is welcomed in Tahiti in 1976

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A close-up photo of the seeds on the plant Phragmites australis.
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Phragmites australis, seeds

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red worms penetrate holes in bone
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Zombie Worms Eating Whale Bone

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A landscape photo of a shoreline with tall grass-like plants lining the water's edge.
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Phragmites australis

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Phoenix’s entanglement badly injured her right lip, leaving a distinctive scar from that ordeal.
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Beware of Fishing Gear

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