Glow Whale

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The Glow Whale is a passive leviathan class fauna species of Subnautica: Below Zero.

Appearance

The Glow Whale is huge and whale-like in form, with the body ending in a fluked tail. Its eyes have yellow irises and large black pupils. Each eye has a pill-shaped photophore directly in front of it. Atop the head a pair of translucent blue "horns" can be seen.

The body displays countershading, with the dorsal side being grayish blue and the ventral side light blue. Well defined ridges are visible on the dorsal side. These run along the sides of its body from the head to the lower back, which is covered in white spots.

On either side of the Glow Whale, two huge, sail-like flippers extend diagonally upwards. The flippers have a dark blue top side and a slightly reflective underside, brown in colour with small glowing orange spots. At the tip of each flipper a small pod is attached by a long tendril. On the underside of the pod is a teardrop-shaped photophore. On the ventral side of the body, directly below each of the flippers is a far smaller fin. Barnacles and vegetation seem to thrive on various parts of the creature's body.

Behavior

Glow Whales move very slowly in large, open ocean with other Glow Whales. They can be seen doing deep dives with other whales, as well as periodically breaching the surface. They are often seen performing large gulps to consume Shoals of Fish.

The player can interact with Glow Whales by riding on its back or petting it near the eye.

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Design

The Glow Whale appears to have convergently evolved with the baleen whales of Earth, sharing a very similar morphology and feeding behaviour. Though it lacks baleen plates entirely, it shares the longitudinal ridges possessed by rorquals along the ventral side of the body. Which allow for the body to expand when feeding. The spotted and ridged back of the Glow Whale is extremely similar in appearance to the backs of whale sharks, the largest fish on Earth.

Sounds

File	Type
File:Sfx creature glowwhale attach 01.ogg	Attach
File:Sfx creature glowwhale breach in 01.ogg	Breach in
File:Sfx creature glowwhale breach out 01.ogg	Breach out
File:Sfx creature glowwhale call 01.ogg	Call 1
File:Sfx creature glowwhale call 02.ogg	Call 2
File:Sfx creature glowwhale call 03.ogg	Call 3
File:Sfx creature glowwhale call 04.ogg	Call 4
File:Sfx creature glowwhale call 05.ogg	Call 5
File:Sfx creature glowwhale call 06.ogg	Call 6
File:Sfx creature glowwhale eyeinteraction 01.ogg	Eye interaction
File:Sfx creature glowwhale gulp 01.ogg	Gulp
File:Sfx creature glowwhale surfacebreath 01.ogg	Surface breath
File:Sfx creature glowwhale surfaceswim 01.ogg	Surface swim
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim fast 01.ogg	Fast swim 1
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim fast 02.ogg	Fast swim 2
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim fast 03.ogg	Fast swim 3
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim fast 04.ogg	Fast swim 4
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim fast 05.ogg	Fast swim 5
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim fast 06.ogg	Fast swim 6
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim fast 07.ogg	Fast swim 7
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim slow 01.ogg	Slow swim 1
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim slow 02.ogg	Slow swim 2
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim slow 03.ogg	Slow swim 3
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim slow 04.ogg	Slow swim 4
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim slow 05.ogg	Slow swim 5
File:Sfx creature glowwhale swim slow 06.ogg	Slow swim 6

Gallery

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  Side view

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  Front view

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  Dorsal view

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  Back view

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  Bioluminescence, side view

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  Bioluminescence dorsal view

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  Size comparison with the player

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  A Glow Whale in the open ocean

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  A Glow Whale on the edge of the Tree Spires

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  A Glow Whale jumping out of the water

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  A Glow Whale descending into the Tree Spires

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  Concept art

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  Earlier concept art

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• Glow whale behavior

  Glow Whale behavior

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  Early Glow Whale testing with a placeholder model

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  Model on Sketchfab

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  Behavior concept

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Trivia

• It was designed by Pat Presley during pre-production for Subnautica but never got past the concept phase. It has since been repurposed for Below Zero.