{"id":553,"date":"2016-02-03T23:33:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T23:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gemmlab\/?p=553"},"modified":"2016-02-09T20:02:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T20:02:48","slug":"racing-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gemmlab\/2016\/02\/03\/racing-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code>By Dr. Leigh Torres, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab<\/code><\/p>\n<p>A week ago we observed two racing blue whales.<\/p>\n<p>Please read my blog about this amazing sighting that was recently posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.nationalgeographic.com\/2016\/02\/03\/the-power-and-beauty-of-two-blue-whales-racing\/\">The\u00a0National Geographic Explores <\/a>webpage. You can also\u00a0watch\u00a0these videos:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BCv3nk89E8I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rS471q56uIA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/359\/foundation\/index.aspx?sid=359&amp;gid=34&amp;pgid=1982&amp;bledit=1&amp;cid=3007&amp;dids=451&amp;x=51&amp;y=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/359\/foundation\/index.aspx?sid=359&amp;gid=34&amp;pgid=1982&amp;bledit=1&amp;cid=3007&amp;dids=451&amp;x=51&amp;y=12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"566\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2115\/files\/2016\/02\/Marine-Megafauna-Ecology-Fund1.png\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2115\/files\/2016\/02\/Marine-Megafauna-Ecology-Fund1.png\" data-orig-size=\"321,286\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Marine Megafauna Ecology Fund\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2115\/files\/2016\/02\/Marine-Megafauna-Ecology-Fund1-300x267.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2115\/files\/2016\/02\/Marine-Megafauna-Ecology-Fund1.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-566 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gemmlab\/files\/2016\/02\/Marine-Megafauna-Ecology-Fund1-300x267.png\" alt=\"Marine Megafauna Ecology Fund\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2115\/files\/2016\/02\/Marine-Megafauna-Ecology-Fund1-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2115\/files\/2016\/02\/Marine-Megafauna-Ecology-Fund1.png 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr. Leigh Torres, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab A week ago we observed two racing blue whales. Please read my blog about this amazing sighting that was recently posted on The\u00a0National Geographic Explores webpage. 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