File:Mother and baby sperm whale.jpg

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DescriptionMother and baby sperm whale.jpg	Български: Майка кашалот с малкото си край бреговете на Мавриций. По тялото на малкото има прикрепени множество риби прилепала. العربية: أُنثى حوت عنبر وصغيرها قبالة سواحل جزيرة مُوريشوس. يُلاحظ تعلُّق بعض الأسماك بجسد الصغير، وهي من الأنواع التي تقتات على الطُفيليَّات المُلتصقة بِجسد الحوت. Deutsch: Eine Mutter Pottwal und ihr Kalb in der Nähe der Küste von Mauritius. English: A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body. Español: Un cachalote madre y su cría cerca de la costa de Mauricio. La cría tiene Remora australis apegado a su cuerpo. Français : Un cachalot mère avec son petit près de la côte de Maurice. Le petit a des Remora australis attachés à son corps. हिन्दी: एक माँ स्पर्म ह्वेल और मॉरीशस के तट के पास उसके बछड़े. Italiano: Un capodoglio madre e il suo vitello vicino alla costa di Mauritius. Nederlands: Een moeder potvis en haar kalf in de buurt van de kust van Mauritius. Русский: Самка кашалота с детёнышом у берегов Маврикия. Türkçe: İspermeçet balinası dişli balinaların en büyüğüdür. Tarih boyunca insanlar tarafından yaygın biçimde avlanan ve huzursuz edilen balinaların korunması için 1985-86 yıllarında Uluslararası Balinacılık Kurulu tarafından balina avcılığı karşıtı hareket başlatılmıştır. Resimde, Mauritius açıklarındaki anne ve yavru İspermeçet balinaları gözükmektedir. Українська: Самка кашалота з дитинчам біля берегів Маврикію. До тіла дитинчати прикріплені ремори. 中文：母亲抹香鲸和她的孩子靠近毛里求斯的海岸
Date	26 January 2013, 11:58:19
Source	https://www.flickr.com/photos/barathieu/7277953560/
Author	Gabriel Barathieu
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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 25 March 2022. It was captioned as follows:

English: A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body.

Other languages:

Čeština: Samice vorvaně obrovského (Physeter macrocephalus) s mládětem v pobřežních vodách ostrovního státu Mauricius. Mládě má na těle přichyceny štítovcovité ryby z rodu Remora.

Deutsch: Eine Pottwalkuh mit ihrem Kalb in der Nähe von Mauritius

English: A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body.

Español: Un cachalote madre y su cría cerca de la costa de Mauricio. La cría tiene Remora australis apegado a su cuerpo.

Français : Une femelle cachalot avec son petit près des côtes de l'île Maurice. Des rémoras des baleines, une espèce de poissons pilotes, sont visibles sur le corps du petit.

Italiano: Un capodoglio madre e il suo vitello vicino alla costa di Mauritius.

Magyar: Nagy ámbráscet (Physeter macrocephalus) a borjával Mauritius partjai közelében. A borjú testéhez Remora australisok tapadtak

Nederlands: Potvis (Physeter macrocephalus, ♀) met kalf

Português: Mãe cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus) e sua cria na costa de Maurício. O filhote tem rêmoras (Remora australis) presas ao seu corpo.

Türkçe: İspermeçet balinası dişli balinaların en büyüğüdür. Tarih boyunca insanlar tarafından yaygın biçimde avlanan ve huzursuz edilen balinaların korunması için 1985-86 yıllarında Uluslararası Balinacılık Kurulu tarafından balina avcılığı karşıtı hareket başlatılmıştır. Resimde, Mauritius açıklarındaki anne ve yavru İspermeçet balinaları gözükmektedir.

Македонски: Кашалоти (мајка со младо) кај Маврициус.

Русский: Самка кашалота с детёнышом у берегов Маврикия

Українська: Самка кашалота з дитинчам біля берегів Маврикію. До тіла дитинчати прикріплені ремори.

हिन्दी : एक माँ स्पर्म ह्वेल और मॉरीशस के तट के पास उसके बछड़े.

中文：母亲抹香鲸和她的孩子靠近毛里求斯的海岸.

العربية : أُنثى حوت عنبر وصغيرها قبالة سواحل جزيرة مُوريشوس. يُلاحظ تعلُّق بعض الأسماك بجسد الصغير، وهي من الأنواع التي تقتات على الطُفيليَّات المُلتصقة بِجسد الح

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current	21:08, 7 May 2018	5,115 × 2,877 (10.05 MB)	Kurzon	Reverted to version as of 17:44, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
	00:27, 25 December 2017	5,115 × 2,877 (12.77 MB)	Sergkarman	fix
	00:09, 25 December 2017	5,017 × 2,393 (5.05 MB)	Sergkarman	color fix, original file used
	17:44, 22 February 2013	5,115 × 2,877 (10.05 MB)	Kurzon	lower compression
	19:41, 21 February 2013	5,115 × 2,877 (5.51 MB)	Kurzon	slight resize
	19:31, 26 January 2013	5,115 × 2,586 (2.83 MB)	Kurzon	..
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	11:00, 26 January 2013	5,017 × 2,393 (2.49 MB)	Kurzon	User created page with UploadWizard