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

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

Dwarf Minke Whale spotted in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park! The Eye on the Reef Sightings Network is a community-based program developed to capture the interesting, unusual and amazing experiences, and seeing one of the first dwarf minke whales of this season is a good example and sign of what is yet to come.🐋 Showing up in the Great Barrier Reef every winter, it’s a short and sweet visit. The minke whales only stay for a few months with most sightings occurring during June and July. In Ca