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North Pacific humpback whale, competitive group.
Image ID: 05972
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale, abandoned calf alongside Hawaii Whale Research Foundation research boat. This young calf lived only a few days after being abandoned or separated from its mother, and was eventually attacked by tiger sharks.
Image ID: 05983
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale, abandoned calf alongside Hawaii Whale Research Foundation research boat. This young calf lived only a few days after being abandoned or separated from its mother, and was eventually attacked by tiger sharks.
Image ID: 05987
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Humpback whale, abandoned calf alongside Hawaii Whale Research Foundation research boat. This young calf lived only a few days after being abandoned or separated from its mother, and was eventually attacked by tiger sharks.
Image ID: 05992
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale underwater.
Image ID: 05995
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale underwater.
Image ID: 05996
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: 05998
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: 06000
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: 06001
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Hawaiian humpback whale underwater, sun beams dappling the whale in clear oceanic waters.
Image ID: 06008
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | 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 |
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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: 06034
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: 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 |
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North Pacific humpback whale, mother and calf.
Image ID: 06039
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, mother and calf.
Image ID: 06043
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, calf.
Image ID: 06044
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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North Pacific humpback whale, calf.
Image ID: 06045
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Image ID: 27035
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | Two humpback whales swim in front of a whale watching boat.
Image ID: 27037
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA |
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Humpback whale rounding out, arching its back before diving underwater.
Image ID: 27046
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | Southern humpback whale in Antarctica, with significant diatomaceous growth (brown) on the underside of its fluke, lifting its fluke before diving in Cierva Cove, Antarctica.
Image ID: 25497
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A humpback whale raises it pectoral fin out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance.
Image ID: 27139
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Del Mar, California, USA |
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Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season.
Image ID: 27026
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Image ID: 27032
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Image ID: 27033
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA |
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Humpback whale blowing, exhaling as it swims toward a whale-watching boat.
Image ID: 27034
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA |