Trident the Humpback Whale

Her Story

Trident was born in 1982 to a whale named Flag. She was named for a faint mark on her fluke that resembles a three-pointed fish spear carried by Neptune. It is near the cut in her fluke but cannot usually be seen in pictures.

trident the humpback whale fluke — Trident’s fluke

trident the humpback whale — Trident’s fluke -the cut is on the right side near the top

trident the humpback whale dorsal — Trident’s dorsal fin shape

trident the humpback whale diving — Trident diving

Trident has been entangled in fishing gear on more than one occasion. The resulting cut on her fluke makes Trident an easy whale to identify on fluking dives. She was last rescued from an entanglement in 2003.

Trident was also seen with a fishing line on her fluke in 2008.

Trident’s History

Mother: Flag	First Sighting: 1982
Year Of Birth: 1982	Last Seen: 2010

Trident’s Family Tree

Calves	Year of Birth	Grandcalves
Musket	1987
Chaos	1990
Unnamed	1992
Virgule	1996
Draco	1998
Lighthouse	2000	Lighthouse deceased 2003
Unnamed	2002
Unnamed	2006
Unnamed	2008
Unnamed	2011

Pictures of Trident

trident humpback whale fishing gear — Trident with lines visible

You can see the fishing gear (2003) on Trident

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If you adopted Trident from any of the Adopt A Whale Programs in the US or UK, you can meet her!

We selected the very best clips of Trident from 17,096 trips to the feeding grounds where this whale can be sighted from April thru October.

You will be delighted to spend 20 minutes of excellent footage of Trident and her calf, Chaos. You see both mother and calf very close to the boat for a long visit. Before they leave, you see both lobtailing, defined as slamming their tails on the water.

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