Fringe the Humpback Whale
Her Story
Fringe is a fantastic mother. She has more calves than all the other whales except one, Istar. Every two or three years she brings a new calf back to the same feeding grounds she has frequented since 1979. She was named for the black fringe that borders her entire fluke. I think Fringe will continue to come back to this same area with even more calves in future years. Her family tree is below.
Fringe is just one of the stars on Salt & Friends
Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names
The story of Fringe and her family is four minutes in length. You will meet eight of her ten calves (Tassel, Sirius, Thread, Tornado, Brittlestar, Molar, Fiber and Freestyle).
You also meet three of Fringe’s grandcalves by Tornado.
Highlights of this segment include Freestyle standing on his head, breaching and lobtailing with his mother, Tornado close to the boat, Sirius with his black flippers and Tassel on a close approach, doing a headstand and coming up out of the water tail first!
Fringe is an adoption whale at Ocean Alliance
Fringe‘s History
| Mother: Unknown | First Sighting: 1979 |
| Year Of Birth: Unknown | Last Seen: 2004 |
Fringe‘s Family Tree
| Calves | Year of Birth | Grandcalves |
| Tassel | 1979 | |
| Sirius | 1982 | |
| Thread | 1984 | |
| Paris | 1986 | |
| Tornado | 1988 | Parallel 1995 (Tornado) |
| Brittlestar | 1990 | Mas Menos 1998 (Tornado) |
| Molar | 1993 | Beanie 2000 (Tornado) |
| Fiber | 1997 | Unnamed 2003 (Tornado) |
| Freestyle | 1999 | Samurai 2006 (Tornado) |
| Unnamed | 2003 | Unnamed 2008 (Tornado) |
Pictures of Fringe from her DVD
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If you adopted Fringe from any of the Adopt A Whale Programs in the US or UK, you can meet her!
We selected the very best clips of Fringe 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 with Fringe feeding very close with Silver. The feeding is very close to the boat at times. Both large mature females have calves with them too.
A sample clip from the Fringe DVD
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