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Mother and Calf South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

Mother and Calf South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40626

Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40640

South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Inverted with Fluke Up, Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Inverted with Fluke Up, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40645

South Pacific Humpback Whales and Short Finned Pilot Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae, Globicephala macrorhynchus

South Pacific Humpback Whales and Short Finned Pilot Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Shortfin pilot whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Globicephala macrorhynchus
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40653

South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40657

"Docter Dan" the singer, a solitary male South Pacific humpback whale underwater, surfacing to breath between episodes of whale song, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40665

Solitary inquisitive humpback whale underwater near the island of Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

Solitary inquisitive humpback whale underwater near the island of Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 41391

Solitary inquisitive humpback whale underwater near the island of Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae, Tahiti, France

Solitary inquisitive humpback whale underwater near the island of Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Tahiti, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 41393

Humpback mother and calf swimming together underwater, Moorea Island, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback mother and calf swimming together underwater, Moorea Island, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 41408

Humpback whale calf swims up to the camera, offshore of Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale calf swims up to the camera, offshore of Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 41411

Young humpback whale underwater near Tahiti, Megaptera novaeangliae, Moorea, French Polynesia, France

Young humpback whale underwater near Tahiti.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 41412

South Pacific Humpback Whale Raises out of the Water as it Dives, Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

South Pacific Humpback Whale Raises out of the Water as it Dives, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Image ID: 40616

South Pacific Humpback Whale Raises out of the Water as it Dives, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Image ID: 40627

South Pacific Humpback Whale with All White Fluke Raised out of the Water.
Image ID: 40628

South Pacific Humpback Whale Raises out of the Water as it Dives, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Image ID: 40629

South Pacific Humpback Whale Peduncle Tail Throw, Moorea, French Polynesia, Megaptera novaeangliae

South Pacific Humpback Whale Peduncle Tail Throw, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Image ID: 40634

Blade Runner, the injured North Pacific humpback whale, is seen with her calf swimming alongside. This humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. This female North Pacific humpback whale was first seen with the depicted lacerations near the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands in the mid-90s, and is the original humpback to bear the name 'Blade Runner'. This female has apparently recovered, as evidenced by her calf in the background. A South Pacific humpback whale endured a similar injury in Sydney Australia in 2001, and bears a remarkably similar scar pattern to the above-pictured whale.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05907

Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season, Megaptera novaeangliae, Santa Rosa Island, California

Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California
Image ID: 27027

Perfect view of the ventral surface of a humpback whales fluke, as the whale raises its fluke just before diving underwater. The white patches and scalloping along the trailing edge of the fluke make this whale identifiable when it is observed from year to year.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California
Image ID: 27031

Humpback whale blowhole, showing twin nares (nostrils) which have a few small parasites clinging to the whale's skin around the blowhole openings.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California
Image ID: 27041

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