Posted at 1:48 a.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Whale video, lecture set for Discovery Center
Advertiser Staff
The world premier of a rare underwater high-definition video of a tiger and great white shark attack on a humpback whale in Australia, as witnessed by Pacific Whale Foundation researchers this past season, will be on display Thursday at the Maui Pacific Whale Foundation's Discovery Center at The Harbor Shops at Ma'alaea on Route 30.The video is part of a free talk and video show on "The Imperiled Humpback Whales of the Southern Hemisphere," which is part of the Pacific Whale Foundation's Making Waves Lecture Series. It's also part of The Great Maui Whale Festival, a two-week series of events honoring the humpback whales.
The session will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Pacific Whale Foundation President and Founder Greg Kaufman is the featured speaker. He will also show video footage of six mother and calf pods associating and cavorting — a sight so rare that until recently, most scientists believed that humpback mothers with calves did not associate with other mothers and calves.
A book signing will follow the talk, featuring Kaufman's newest book, 125 Fun Facts About Humpback Whales.
