Beluga Webcam, courtesy of Vancouver Aquarium

No circuiting to be seen. I'm afraid posts in this segment are getting increasing shorter. If you'd like to read more of my rambling about this series, I'd advise you to reread my earlier ones. Because, I'm quite literally just trying to record whether or not Nemo is circuiting. So to disappoint- if I have.

Beluga Webcam, courtesy of Vancouver Aquarium

Still circuiting.

Still can't see Wake, granted, I only watched for a minute or two.

Beluga Webcam, courtesy of Vancouver Aquarium

Not circuiting. Nemo's swimming around the boulders, entering the area from a path not part of his circuit.

I first started this blog, June of this year. It was originally going to be a temporary thing, but it's no longer so. Anyway, throughout this time I've been observing a number of animals. For the newcomers, I've decided to make a post detailing the animals that I observe more frequently, and their names, and how to recognize them.

I do observe some other animals, especially in the shark tank, but I'm afraid, for now, I can't tell them apart. Bear with me, whilst I figure it out- you might be waiting for a while...

I cannot not start with Captain Nemo. I first watched him in June, and I haven't stopped. The first time I saw Nemo, I noticed this odd circuiting behavior, which I am still monitoring.
Anyway, this is him (who is actually a her).
From just this picture, it may be hard to identify him. But here is what you should look out for, to distinguish between Nemo and Wake (the other beluga in the tank).
Do you notice these very defined ridges near the beginning of his tail? Wake doesn't have these ridges, so if you see them you are looking at Nemo.






Here's what these 'ridges' look like when he's showing his belly. I call it his "figure eight". So if you hear me mention it, that's what I'm talking about.









I've already mentioned Wake, but here's him. There are two whales in Vancouver Aquarium's Beluga tank. Check out my other posts to get details that Vancouver provided me with. Realize, that both of these whales are actually female, one of which is the mother. I started off calling them Wake and Nemo, and when I found out their actual names, I couldn't say goodbye to Wake and Nemo, so there you have it.



















Hi Wakey. Basically, the only way I know that it's Wake, and not Nemo, is the absence of said ridges. But, keep in mind, he does have ridges, just nowhere near as extreme, and noticeable as Nemo's.








So that' Vancouver Aquarium's Belugas. Next are the sharks. As I side before, there are dozens more sharks than I've been able to identify. But for now these are the two that I can tell apart.




















So this is Bruce. As you can probably tell, I've watched Nemo far too many times. I can tell him apart, because, as far as I can tell, he's the only Sandtiger shark in the exhibit. And I think it goes without saying he has a pretty memorable appearance- cough, teeth.

And the other shark I've been able to identify is Solomon the Saw shark. Again, because it seems as if he's the only sawshark in the tank. So meet Solomon the Sawshark- again for those who've read my other posts.

Nemo is circuiting.
There's not much else to say.
Wake is nowhere to be seen. He's probably around the back.

Enjoy these pretty screenshots.

Beluga Webcam, courtesy of Vancouver Aquarium



I'll be back with another bland post in a couple of hours. I am literally just trying to keep track of when Nemo is circuiting and when he isn't. Sorry, if it's boring. Read my other posts.

Nemo is indeed circuiting again. What is interesting, is that he is swimming at a much greater speed that usual. Still dark in the tank, but he is evidently swimming much faster- can't imagine why. Anyway, here we go.

Beluga Webcam, courtesy of Vancouver Aquarium
 The tail that you see is Wake not Nemo.
 There's Nemo, circuiting.
 Going around the corner, very difficult to see, sorry.

Checked back up on the two Belugas. Nemo, is still not exhibiting any circuiting behavior. He is the whale in the left hand corner (see some of my earlier posts for an accurate way to tell the two whales apart). No circuiting, I take this as pretty good news. It means that Nemo is not always expressing this compulsive behavior. Wake is still swimming around.

It's finally light enough for me to see something in the tank. This is the first time, since I started this particular segment, that Nemo has not been circuit swimming for a considerable amount of time. That isn't to say he's always been circuiting, I can't, after all watch them for more than an hour or so a day. Anyway, here are the image that clearly show Nemo swimming a path other than his usual circuiting path.

 Whale swimming in from the left (looks like a white smudge)
 The whale is breaking the surface to get a breathe, still on the left side.



 This is obviously Nemo (notice the ridges), and I'd never see him from this angle, if he were swimming his circuit. So there we go.