Up close with a dwarf minke whale. (Video by @seajewlz) The minkes of the Southern Hemisphere are divided into two different subspecies, the dwarf minke and the Antarctic minke. Dwarf minkes are around 3-4 feet (1-1.2 m) smaller in length than the Antarctic subspecies. They might be "dwarfs" in the whale world, but are still about the size of a double decker bus, growing up to 26 ft (8 m) and 14,000 lbs (6 metric tons)! | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR

5.3K views · 5.6K reactions | Listen to the first ever recording of a dwarf minke whale... they sound like lightsabers! Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough starts 30 December on BBC One | BBC Earth | Facebook

20K views · 1.9K reactions | : Julia Sumerling (@seajewlz) // In 2004, Dr. Jason Gedamke was recording underwater sounds in the Great Barrier Reef, and discovered the dwarf minke is the source of an unusual, complex, and stereotyped vocalization called the “star wars” call. Volume up to hear it! This regional-specific behavioral distinction suggests aggregate or community adaptive behaviors among subspecies of minke whales. | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR | Facebook