Friday 17 September 2010







Drift nets - Despite the EU ban on driftnets in 2002 making drift netting a seemingly minor threat to Sperm whales in the Med, I drew a diagram for it anyway, as French and Italian fisherman still use this practice illegally to catch tuna and swordfish in the Mediterranean due to an extreme lack of enforcement. This wasn't used in the end but I still have the subsequent illustrations.

Whale caught in drift net – These nets are almost invisible to marine mammals. If they become entangled they are likely to drown. If they escape with part of the net still wrapped round them this could make life very hard and cause abrasions, infections, and eventually death.

Human family - I drew this family in order to express to children that whales also live in families, although they have a different structure to ours as previously explained.

Heart - Visual aid to help children remember that the average weight of a sperm whales' heart is equal to that of two adult humans!

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