Some humpback whales are born in warmer waters. Others are born on the way. That’s what a study in Frontiers in Marine Science seems to suggest, anyway, after showing that hundreds of East Australian humpback whales are actually born mid-migration, while their mothers are still traveling to their established calving and breeding grounds.“Hundreds of humpback calves were born well outside the established breeding grounds,” said Tracey Rogers, the senior study author and a biology professor at the University of New South Wales, according to a press release. “Giving birth along the ‘humpback highway’ means these vulnerable calves, who are not yet strong swimmers, are required to swim long distances much earlier in life than if they were born in the breeding grounds.” In fact, the study shows that these calves are sometimes born in the temperate waters around Southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania, around 900 miles south of the traditionally assumed area. Challenging the theory that humpback migration is essential for the birth of these whales, the study provides valuable information for protecting humpback whale populations in the future. Humpback Whale Mid-Migration SightingsEvery year, Eastern Australian humpbacks travel from the polar waters of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica to the tropical waters of the South Pacific Ocean around northeastern Australia. For a long time, it was thought that this winter migration enabled the birth of these whales, with the whales having to be born in these warmer waters.“Historically, we believed that humpback whales migrating north from the nutrient-rich Southern Ocean wereto warmer, tropical waters, such as the Great Barrier Reef, to calve,” said Jane McPhee-Frew, the lead study author and a biology Ph.D. candidate at the University of New South Wales, according to another press release.But in July 2023, McPhee-Frew spotted a pair of Eastern Australian humpbacks — a mother and a calf — in the temperate waters around southeastern Australia, apparently on their way to their established calving and breeding grounds. “The calf was tiny, obviously brand new,” McPhee-Frew said in the press release. “What were they doing there?”Hoping to find out, McPhee-Frew, Rogers, and a team of five other researchers studied hundreds of observations of Eastern Australian humpbacks from around southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. Including information from citizen scientist sightings, scientist surveys, and beach strandings, the team examined 209 observations of calves, including 168 observations of living calves, many of which were made in 2023 and 2024. Surprisingly, some of the observations were made as far south as Port Arthur, Tasmania, with many of the mothers continuing to travel north with their newborns.According to the team, these mid-migration births are probably not a new phenomenon, as records seem to suggest that they occurred in the 1800s and 1900s, too, before the collapse of Eastern Australian humpback populations due to commercial whaling. “I think it’s very likely that this pattern has always existed, but the low number of whales obscured it from view,” McPhee-Frew said in the press release. “The Eastern Australia humpback population narrowly escaped extinction, but now there arein this population alone. It doesn’t happen overnight, but the recovery of humpback whales, and the return of their full range of behaviors and distribution, just goes to show that with good policies built on good science, we can have excellent outcomes.”Protection for Whale PopulationsA mother and baby humpback whale swimming in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.)The fact that these calves can be born on their way to the mothers’ calving and breeding grounds means that the purpose of humpback migration is much more of a mystery than typically thought. Indeed, if humpback mothers can deliver babies in temperate waters, why do they travel to tropical waters every year? Though the study cannot confirm this theory, the warm waters of northeastern Australia may offer other benefits beyond birth. For instance, they might be a potentially safer space for calves to learn and grow, even if they were born elsewhere. Such benefits might make the move worthwhile, the team says, despite the risks of delivering a newborn in the midst of migration. And there are a lot of risks. Without a newborn, the trip is long, spanning several thousand miles from the South Ocean to the South Pacific Ocean, and straight through some of the busiest swathes of sea. “This means these vulnerable animals are exposed to risks like boat strikes, entanglements, pollution, and just general public unawareness,” Rogers said in the press release. And adding a calf to the mix merely increases the risk, as newborn humpbacks are slower and weaker than their mothers. “They have those long, enormous fins that they need to grow into, and they’re not very strong swimmers. So they rest a lot of the time on their mum’s back,” Rogers said in the press release. “It’s heartbreaking to think of these young whalesthrough busy ports and dangerous shipping lanes with those long, clumsy fins.”The injuries on some of the observed newborns stress the need to do more to protect whales as they travel, the team says. Fortunately, with better information about where these calves and their mothers appear, protected areas and awareness campaigns can be better calibrated to save whales of all ages. “Regardless of the health of population now, we can’t be in a situation where we’re putting any age of whales — especially baby whales — in a situation where they’re getting caught in nets, being exposed to chemicals, being hit by boats and being harassed,” McPhee-Frew said in the press release. Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Sam Walters is a journalist covering archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution for Discover, along with an assortment of other topics. Before joining the Discover team as an assistant editor in 2022, Sam studied journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. #rare #humpback #whale #calf #sighting

Lead Graphics EngineerCD ProjektBoston MA us2 hours agoApplyJob DescriptionCD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Lead Graphics Engineer to lead the development and optimization of cutting-edge graphics systems for our next title, Project Sirius, a multiplayer game set within the world of The Witcher. In this role, you will collaborate closely with artists and engineers to deliver industry-leading visuals through advanced rendering, shaders, lighting, and graphical enhancements. Your expertise will ensure that our graphics solutions are performant, efficient, and aligned with the game's creative vision.RESPONSIBILITIES:Design, implement, and optimize rendering systems to meet high visual fidelity goals.Collaborate with the art team to create performant tools and workflows for impactful visuals.Work across disciplines to develop innovative rendering solutions for large-scale, open-world environments.Maintain, debug, and enhance existing graphics systems for improved performance and memory utilization.Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance to the team.Ensure adherence to the team's coding standards and contribute to overall code quality.Actively solicit and integrate feedback to enhance system performance and design.Qualifications7+ years of experience in game development, with at least 1 year as a lead.Proficiency in C++ with a robust foundation in graphics programming.Expertise in rendering techniques, shaders, and GPU/CPU architecture.Experience with Unreal Engine 4/5, ideally with a shipped title using the engine.Familiarity with low-level graphics APIsand debugging tools.Extensive multithreaded programming skills.Demonstrated ability to profile and optimize performance at a low level.Exceptional problem-solving skills, communication, and a collaborative mindset.NICE TO HAVES:Experience working on AAA console titles, particularly with Unreal Engine.Familiarity with memory management and platform-specific optimizations.Additional InformationThis job can be hybrid/in-office from Boston or fully remote.Health & Well-beingCompany paid medical healthcare.Paid Leave — 20 days of holiday for every team member per year.No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.401K with employer matching.Gym Membership Reimbursement.Perks & Professional GrowthFlexible working hours.Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.Life in the OfficeDog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.If you have observed any irregularities in our recruitment process please click here to report them.Company DescriptionTo create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members! Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply #lead #graphics #engineer #projekt

Humpback Whales Give Birth Much Farther South Than Previously Thought, Study Finds Researchers in Australia found records of humpback whale calves more than 900 miles farther south than expected A mother and baby whale spotted swimming near Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.  Vanessa Risku / Instagram: droning_my_sorrows Each year, humpback whales migrate predictably between cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds and warm, tropical calving grounds, where they give birth and care for their young. Or so scientists thought. Researchers in Australia recorded calves being born much farther south than previously thought, which challenges long-held assumptions about humpback migration patterns. They shared their findings in a new paper published yesterday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. Humpback whaleslive in all of the world’s oceans. These behemoth marine mammals are highly migratory, swimming thousands of miles each year. The longest humpback whale migration ever recorded was 8,106 miles, from South America to Africa, though more typical distances are around 5,000 miles. In the Southern Hemisphere, humpbacks head to the krill-rich waters of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica every summer, then venture up the eastern and western coasts of Australia toward the warmer waters north of the continent every winter. Researchers long believed that humpbacks only gave birth to their calves in the tropical waters north of 28 degrees latitude on Australia’s east side and north of 23 degrees latitude on the west side. “Our general concept of humpback whale ecology is that they feed at high latitudes in the poles, breed in the tropics, and they have this migration that's driven between the two needs,” says lead author Jane McPhee-Frew, a marine guide and biologist at the University of New South Wales, to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ellen Phiddian. But, for the new study, scientists found more than 200 records of calves spotted south of these cut-offs. Some were seen as far south as Tasmania and New Zealand, at around 43 degrees latitude, which is between 807 and 932 miles farther south than expected. And that’s just where the sightings stopped—it’s possible humpbacks are giving birth even farther south. “Eventually, we just ran out of land to see them from, so we don’t actually know where the limit is,” McPhee-Frew says in a statement from the university. The scientists gathered the baby humpback whale sightings from a variety of sources, including migration surveys, stranding reports and citizen science observations from tourism boats. In total, the data included 209 observations consisting of 11 births, 41 strandings and 168 live calves; the scientists believe the reports represent at least 169 individual calves. Though the stranding data went back as far as 1991, most of the opportunistic observations occurred more recently, from 2016 forward. Roughly two-thirds of the total opportunistic observations occurred in 2023 and 2024. Since this is the first study of its kind, the scientists aren’t sure whether this is a new trend or just something no one had noticed before. “It may be the case that this has always been happening and we’ve just not documented it well or been paying attention,” study co-author Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist at Macquarie University, tells the Guardian’s Petra Stock. “Or it may be something new is happening because waters are becoming warmer further south of those traditional tropical areas, which means that they’re more favorable for a humpback whale to have a calf.” The findings were not necessarily a surprise, either, because humpbacks are known to feed, mate and give birth along their migratory corridor, says Olaf Meynecke, a marine scientist at Griffith University who was not involved with the study, to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. However, scientists “don't know to what extent they are doing this,” he adds. The findings also raise additional questions. The biggest one? If humpbacks don’t need to be in tropical waters to give birth, then why are they migrating to do it? “I don't know, but it's exciting,” McPhee-Frew tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. One possibility is that whales born in warmer waters have better chances of survival. These regions have fewer predators, like orcas, and the waters tend to be calmer. The warmer climate may also be beneficial for baby whales—called neonates—with poor temperature regulation. In addition, calves born farther south must still migrate northward with their mothers. This long journey is not only taxing, but it also takes them through busy shipping lanes and past urbanized areas, which opens them up to risks like boat strikes, entanglement and pollution. “Newborns are like Great Dane puppies,” says study co-author Tracey Rogers, also a biologist at the University of New South Wales, in the statement. “They have those long, enormous fins that they need to grow into, and they’re not very strong swimmers. So they rest a lot of the time on their mum’s back.... It’s heartbreaking to think of these young whales traveling through busy ports and dangerous shipping lanes with those long, clumsy fins.” Moving forward, researchers might be able to answer some of these questions by following calves born in cold waters and comparing their health and longevity to those born in warm waters. Scientists are also curious about other effects, like whether calves born in colder waters also return to these same areas when they’re ready to reproduce. In the meantime, the scientists say their findings could have important conservation implications. For instance, with calves being born farther south than previously thought, policymakers may want to consider expanding marine protected areas or launching awareness-raising campaigns to help keep them safe. “We can't be in a situation where we're putting any age of whales—especially baby whales—in a situation where they're getting caught in nets, being exposed to chemicals, being hit by boats and being harassed,” McPhee-Frew says in the statement. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday. #humpback #whales #give #birth #much

Senior Rendering EngineerCD ProjektWarsaw Masovian Voivodeship pl2 hours agoApplyJob DescriptionCD PROJEKT RED is looking for a Senior Rendering Engineer to join our team to work on Cyberpunk 2, the next major video game in the Cyberpunk franchise. 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A mother and baby whale swim at Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. CREDIT: Vanessa Risku - Instagram @droning_my_sorrows. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Humpback whalesare master migrators. Some populations of this  baleen whale species travel upwards of 5,000 miles per year from colder waters to feed, towards warmer tropical waters where they give birth and care for their calves. However, new research on a population off Australia’s eastern coast indicates that their trips to more balmy waters are not as essential to calving as biologists thought. Calves in this population can actually be born in colder waters near New Zealand or Tasmania–about 932 miles further souththan previously known. Understanding this pattern could challenge some long-held beliefs about humpback migration and improve protection areas to help these baby whales. The findings are detailed in a study published May 20 in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. “Hundreds of humpback calves were born well outside the established breeding grounds,” said Tracey Rogers, a study co-author and marine ecologist at the University of New South Wales in Australia. “Giving birth along the ‘humpback highway’ means these vulnerable calves, who are not yet strong swimmers, are required to swim long distances much earlier in life than if they were born in the breeding grounds.”  The ‘Humpback Highway’ In the Northern Hemisphere, humpback whales like those found on the east coast of the United States and Canada, typically migrate from colder feeding in the Northern Atlantic Ocean in the summer and south to the Caribbean for the winter to breed and calf.  For Southern Hemisphere humpbacks like those off the coast of Eastern Australia, the directions are flipped because of the equator. They travel from their frigid feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, north towards the Pacific Ocean in Australia to breed, calve, and care for their young.  Finding this new baby whale hotspot arose due to study co-author and University of New South Wales Ph.D candidate Jane McPhee-Frew’s extracurricular work as a marine guide.  A baby whale breaches in Western Australia. Footage by Jason Milligan – Instagram: millo_hd CREDIT: Jason Milligan – Instagram: @millo_hd. “In July 2023, during a whale-watching tour, I encountered a mum and calf at the mouth of Newcastle Harbor—the busiest shipping port in Eastern Australia,” said McPhee-Frew. “The calf was tiny, obviously brand new. What were they doing there? But none of my tourism colleagues seemed surprised.”  This new sighting piqued researchers’ interest and they began investigating the calving range for humpback whales located around Australia and New Zealand. They used data from citizen science observations, government surveys, and reported strandings. New Zealand’s Department of Conservation Cook Strait Whale Project supplied data from migration surveys, and Australian state wildlife departments supplied information on strandings dating all the way back to 1991.   The team found 209 records of newborn calves, 41 strandings, and 168 observations of live calves, representing at least 169 individual whales. They also had data on the direction of travel for 118 whales, which showed the whales were continuing to migrate north after delivery.   “Humpback whale populations undertake extensive long-distance migrations from the Southern Ocean to breeding grounds in the tropics,” said study co-author Adelaide Dedden of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia. “They rely heavily on body reserves from an enormous amount of Antarctic krill to support the physiological costs of the journey and reproduction.”   The highest-latitude calf was found at Port Arthur, Tasmania–about 932 miles further south than it was believed that humpbacks could calf.  When they compared these observations taken over the last decade with historical texts and whaling logbooks, they say that calves born during migration were observed more often before the population crashed due to hunting. Humpback whale numbers in Australia crashed during the peak of the whaling industry, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s. “I think it’s very likely that this pattern has always existed, but the low number of whales obscured it from view,” said McPhee-Frew. “The Eastern Australia humpback population narrowly escaped extinction, but now there are 30, 40, or 50,000 in this population alone. It doesn’t happen overnight, but the recovery of humpback whales, and the return of their full range of behaviors and distribution, just goes to show that with good policies built on good science we can have excellent outcomes.”  Weighing the risks For all migratory species, these epic journeys cost a great deal of time and energy. The energy expenditures can leave their young vulnerable to predators. While this particular study can’t answer why humpback whales risk migrating if they can give birth further south, it’s possible that other factors are driving migration. The benefits of delivering in tropical waters might outweigh the risks of having a potential calf born along the way.  While the data provided by Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions pinpointed a possible nursery area in Flinders Bay, it’s likely that most calves are born much further north in the tropics. According to the team, there are several conservation implications in these findings. Some of the observed calves were injured, so expanded protected areas, awareness campaigns about protective measures boaters and the general public can take, and more research into the habitats that humpbacks use while migrating are critical to safeguarding the calves.  “This study was based on opportunistic observations,” cautioned McPhee-Frew. “This data is excellent for answering questions like, ‘are there newborn whales here?’ But we can’t stretch the interpretations too far. It might appear that we see more calves the further north we go, or that we have seen more over time. But it could be that there are more people whale-watching in the north, or more cameras and social media sharing in recent years.”  “We can only document what we see,” added study co-author Vanessa Pirotta of Macquarie University in Australia. “Perhaps there are things happening in our ocean that we are yet to find out.” #humpback #whales #can #give #birth

Leading healthcare organizations across the globe are using agentic AI, robotics and digital twins of medical environments to enhance surgical precision, boost workflow efficiency, improve medical diagnoses and more. Physical AI and humanoid robots in hospitals have the potential to automate routine tasks, assist with patient care and address workforce shortages. This is especially crucial in places where challenges to optimal healthcare services are paramount. Such challenges include hospital overcrowding, an aging population, rising healthcare costs and a shortage of medical professionals, all of which are affecting Taiwan, as well as many other regions and countries. At the COMPUTEX trade show in Taipei, NVIDIA today showcased how leading Taiwan medical centers are collaborating with top system builders to integrate smart hospital technologies and other AI-powered healthcare solutions that can help reduce these issues and save millions of lives. Cathay General Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, National Taiwan University Hospitaland Taichung Veterans General Hospitalare among the top centers in the region pioneering healthcare AI innovation. Deployed in collaboration with leading system builders such as Advantech, Onyx, Foxconn and YUAN, these solutions tap into NVIDIA’s agentic AI and robotics technologies, including the NVIDIA Holoscan and IGX platforms, NVIDIA Jetson for embedded computing and NVIDIA Omniverse for simulating virtual worlds with OpenUSD. CGMH Boosts AI-Powered Medical Imaging With an average of 8.2 million outpatient visits and 2.4 million hospitalizations a year,  CGMH estimates that a third of the Taiwanese population has sought treatment at its vast network of hospitals in Taipei and seven other cities. The organization is pioneering smart hospital innovation by enhancing surgical precision and workflow efficiency through advanced, AI-powered colonoscopy workflow solutions, developed in collaboration with Advantech and based on the NVIDIA Holoscan platform, which includes the Holoscan SDK and the Holoscan Sensor Bridge running on NVIDIA IGX. NVIDIA Holoscan is a real-time sensor processing platform for edge AI compute, while NVIDIA IGX offers enterprise-ready, industrial edge AI purpose-built for medical environments. Using these platforms, CGMH is accelerating AI integration in its colonoscopy diagnostics procedures. Deployed in gastrointestinal consultation rooms, the AI-powered tool collects colonoscopy streams to train a customized model built on Holoscan and provides real-time colonic polyps identification and classification. Colonoscopy tools at CGMH. Image courtesy of CGMH. CGMH’s AI infrastructure — comprising NVIDIA accelerated computing, NVIDIA DGX systems, the MONAI framework, NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM open-source library, NVIDIA Dynamo inference framework, and the NVIDIA NeMo and Clara platforms — enables accelerated research and development across the organization. CGMH serves nearly 50 AI agent models that daily help the hospital analyze medical imaging, improving diagnostic accuracy, throughput and real-time inference at scale. For example, NVIDIA Triton-powered AI sped newborn examination record processing by 10x. Cathay General Hospital Improves Diagnostics With AI Cathay General Hospital, a Taipei-based healthcare center that provides hospital management and medical services, has collaborated with National Taiwan University Hospital, medical computer manufacturer Onyx and software provider aetherAI to develop an AI-assisted colonoscopy system that highlights lesions, detects hard-to-spot polyps and issues alerts to help physicians with diagnoses. Polyp detection during colonoscopy. Image courtesy of aetherAI and Onyx. Powered by a compact, plug-and-play AI BOX device — built with the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier module — the AI system is trained on over 400,000 high-quality, physician-annotated images collected from patients with diverse and severe lesions over four years. The system can achieve up to 95.8% accuracy and sensitivity, and studies have shown that it can improve adenoma detection rates by up to 30%. These enhancements assist physicians in reducing diagnostic errors and making more informed treatment decisions, ultimately contributing to improved patient outcomes. NTUH Detects Liver Tumors, Cardiovascular Risks With AI In the 100+ years since its founding, NTUH has nurtured countless professionals in medicine and is renowned for its trusted clinical care. The national teaching hospital is now adopting AI imaging to more quickly, accurately diagnose patients. NTUH’s HeaortaNet model, trained on more than 70,000 axial images from 200 patients, automates CT scan segmentation of the heart, including the aorta and other arteries, in 3D, enabling rapid analysis of risks for cardiovascular disease. The model, which achieves high segmentation accuracy for the pericardium and aorta, significantly reduced data processing time per case from an hour to about 0.4 seconds. In addition, NTUH collaborated with the Good Liver Foundation and system builder YUAN to develop a diagnostic-assistance system for liver cancer detection during ultrasounds. It taps into an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module and a deep learning model trained on more than 5,000 annotated ultrasound images to identify malignant and benign liver tumors in real time. YUAN and NTUH’s liver cancer detection system turns an ultrasound device into an AI-assisted diagnostic tool. Image courtesy of YUAN. NVIDIA DeepStream and TensorRT SDKs accelerate the system’s deep learning model, ultimately helping clinicians detect tumors earlier and more reliably. In addition, NTUH is using NVIDIA DGX to train AI models for its system that detects pancreatic cancer from CT scans. TCVGH Streamlines Multimodal Imaging and Clinical Documentation Workflows With AI  Taichung Veterans General Hospital, a medical center and a teaching hospital administered by the Veterans Affairs Council in Taipei, has partnered with Foxconn to build physical and digital robots to augment staffing, improving clinician productivity and patient experiences. Foxconn developed an AI system that can analyze medical images and spot signs of breast cancer earlier than traditional methods, using NVIDIA Hopper GPUs, NVIDIA DGX systems and the MONAI framework. By tapping into clinical data and multimodal AI imaging, the system creates 3D virtual breast models, quickly highlighting areas of concern in scans to help radiologists make faster, more confident decisions. Foxconn is also working with TCVGH to build smart hospital solutions like the AI nursing collaborative robot Nurabot and tapping into NVIDIA Omniverse to create real-time digital twins of hospital environments, including nursing stations, patient wards and corridors. These digital replicas serve as high-fidelity simulations where Jetson-powered service robots can be trained to autonomously deliver medical supplies throughout the hospital, ultimately improving care efficiency. AI nursing collaborative robot Nurabot. Image courtesy of Foxconn. In addition, TCVGH has developed and deployed its Co-Healer system, which integrates the Taiwanese native large language model TAIDE-LX-7B to streamline clinical documentation processes with agentic AI. Co-Healer, built on the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX module, processes and helps summarize medical documents — such as nursing progress notes and health education materials — and supports medical exam preparation by providing students with instant access to nursing guidelines and patient-specific protocols for clinical procedures and diagnostic tests. This helps healthcare workers alleviate burnout while giving patients a clearer understanding of their diagnoses. Learn more about the latest AI advancements in healthcare at NVIDIA GTC Taipei, running May 21-22 at COMPUTEX. #thats #one #smart #hospital #taiwan

Young male capuchins have developed a strange trend of acquiring baby howler monkeys. It doesn't end well for the babies. #capuchins #have #started #abducting #newborn

Breakdown & Showreels 1923 – Season 2: Baby – VFX Breakdown by Important Looking Pirates By Vincent Frei - 19/05/2025 Creating a newborn baby in CG is no small feat. For the second season of 1923, Important Looking Pirates sculpted every tiny feature and animated each breath with remarkable subtlety. The result is a deeply emotional and believable sequence that showcases their technical precision and storytelling finesse! WANT TO KNOW MORE?Important Looking Pirates: Dedicated page about 1923 Season 2 on Important Looking Pirates website. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2025 #season #baby #vfx #breakdown #important

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them. #living #lunch #box #iceland #orcas