Grindhval

RED TIDE  –  symbolizing Death av well as Life:  A Faroese whale boat from Sandoy in the bay of Húsavik, colored red from the catch of a school of Pilot Whales, offering each and one family on the island a free meal perhaps for once a week in the year to come, thus harvesting from nature as a part of ancient culture in this remote spot in the Atlantic.

© Roald Ellingsen

© Roald Ellingsen

The long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is one of the 
two species of cetacean in the genus Globicephala. It belongs 
to the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae), though its 
behavior is closer to that of the larger whales.
(Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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