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| North Pacific humpback whale underwater. Image ID: 06018 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, competitive group. Image ID: 06020 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male north Pacific humpback whale bubble streaming underwater in the midst of a competitive group. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims closely behind a female, . The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby males interested in the female. Image ID: 06034 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Adult male north Pacific humpback whale bubble streaming underwater in the midst of a competitive group. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims closely behind a female, . The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby males interested in the female. Image ID: 06035 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male north Pacific humpback whale bubble streaming underwater in the midst of a competitive group. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims closely behind a female, . The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby males interested in the female. Image ID: 06036 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, mother and calf. Image ID: 06039 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| North Pacific humpback whale, mother and calf. Image ID: 06043 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, calf. Image ID: 06045 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water. Image ID: 00170 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Humpback whales at the surface, volcano and clouds. Image ID: 00425 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a "crucifix block", during surface active social behaviours. Image ID: 04112 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (ventral aspect). Image ID: 04135 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Humpback whale surface active group including head lunge and two fluke swipes, whale watching boat. Image ID: 04243 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale rostrum, dorsal aspect, showing tubercles. Image ID: 04318 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale blowhole. Image ID: 04322 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Humpback whale competitive group, surfacing and blowing. Image ID: 04397 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Molokai, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, fluke held above water. Image ID: 05872 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, blow at sunset. Image ID: 05883 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. Image ID: 05909 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale mother, calf (top), male escort (rear), underwater. A young humpback calf typically swims alongside or above its mother, and male escorts will usually travel behind the mother. Image ID: 02818 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over. Image ID: 00188 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw at the surface, swinging its fluke (tail) sideways and flinging water all over. Image ID: 00336 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, San Diego, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale rounds out in front of whale watching boat. Image ID: 00347 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale at the surface with open mouth and inflated throat, in front of whale watching boat. Image ID: 00985 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| North Pacific humpback whale rounds out near observers. Image ID: 01338 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale calf with open mouth out of the water. Image ID: 01432 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, competitive group exhaling at the surface. Image ID: 02155 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| North Pacific humpback whales. Image ID: 02156 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale performing a head slap. Image ID: 03880 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale breaching. Image ID: 03889 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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