Skywhales is a 1983 British animated drama short film by Derek Hayes and Phil Austin[5] that depicts a fictional society of alien creatures dwelling in the atmosphere of a gas giant.
The film is noted for the completeness of its depiction of a fictitious society, including alien language,[6] flora, fauna and social structures and practices.
As the guards cover their eyes and the wife and son watch at the doorway, he stands there for a while and then falls in the hole.
They show the main character falling through the roots of the island as a cocoon starts forming around his body.
Suddenly he hears a skywhale's call, takes the spear, and points it to the whale which he immediately recognizes is his father.
The story concerns a tribal society of mohawked green-skinned creatures who speak in a complex language of hoots.
The creatures have a ship with gas-filled balloons keeping it afloat and it is powered by pedal turning a propeller.
It seems that either the natives get sick or that they are actually larvae of the skywhale, because after the hunt, they develop pale skin and dark black eyes and then go to a building deep in the forest.
Once inside the building, they stand in front of a giant hole and fall down through the roots of the floating island.
On the inside, cave drawings of skywhales cover the walls and floors (it may be that they believe that they are the spirits of their ancestors which of course is partially true).
The Washington Post stated that it was "no different from the usual Saturday morning fare"[8] while The Chicago Tribune compared it to the sci-fi works of Ralph Bakshi.