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Animated sequence of a killer whale breaching and splashing in blue water against a gray background.

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Animated sequence of a killer whale breaching and splashing in blue water against a gray background.

Animated sequence of a killer whale breaching and splashing in blue water against a gray background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captu…

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July 7, 2026

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captures

Source title
whale
Category
buddyicons / animated creatures 5 / whale
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 7, 2026 at 20:03 UTC

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Source title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / animals / sea creatures
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 10:22 UTC

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Source title
whale
Category
buddyicons / animated creatures 5
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 21, 2026 at 20:47 UTC

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Source title
whale
Category
buddyicons / animated creatures 5
Observed
July 27, 2026 at 08:38 UTC

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Source title
whale
Category
buddyicons / animated creatures 5
Observed
July 27, 2026 at 08:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 7, 2026
Relative path
icons/4f/4f8b6ac6726a186328a7a67bc73ac96e61c3a38c090aeb47e4ffc30f285b12eb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4f8b6ac6726a1863
SHA-256
4f8b6ac6726a186328a7a67bc73ac96e61c3a38c090aeb47e4ffc30f285b12eb
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Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-com-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
buddyicons / animated creatures 5 / whale
Alt
whale
Observed
July 7, 2026 at 20:03 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
large recovered buddy-icon portal and user-submitted icon culture

Original: http://www.originalicons.com/buddyicons/Animated.Creatures.5/whale.gif

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)

Kind
myoldicons-api
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Type
current recovered OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / animals / sea creatures
Title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Alt
1097599324_1163273349.gif | killer whale | animated | myoldicons id 194583
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 10:22 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata

Original: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Animals/Sea%20Creatures/1097599324_1163273349.gif Download: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Animals/Sea%20Creatures/1097599324_1163273349.gif Page: https://myoldicons.com/api/icons?category=animals

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-com-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
buddyicons / animated creatures 5
Alt
whale
Observed
July 21, 2026 at 20:47 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
large recovered buddy-icon portal and user-submitted icon culture

Original: http://www.originalicons.com/buddyicons/Animated.Creatures.5/whale.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20040219004447id_/http://www.originalicons.com:80/buddyicons/Animated.Creatures.5/whale.gif

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