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North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring.
Image ID: 00140
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.
Image ID: 02304
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean.
Image ID: 34568
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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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: 02819
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother.
Image ID: 05925
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Image ID: 29017
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Clemente, California, USA |
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Southern right whale mother and calf, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35918
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35953
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35950
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina |
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Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother.
Image ID: 05928
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Aerial view of mother and white calf, Southern right whale, Argentina.
Image ID: 35912
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Image ID: 29001
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Clemente, California, USA |
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Blue whale, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean.
Image ID: 01964
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Image ID: 29031
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Clemente, California, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and young calf swim near scientific research divers.
Image ID: 00543
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Southern right whale mother and calf, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35920
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Southern right whale mother and calf, flukes, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35924
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35964
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina |
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Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35966
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf (barely seen in the distance).
Image ID: 04434
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale, abandoned calf alongside University of Hawaii 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: 05979
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Aerial view of mother and white calf, Southern right whale, Argentina.
Image ID: 35927
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Aerial view of mother and white calf, Southern right whale, Argentina.
Image ID: 35928
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Southern right whale mother and calf in shallow water, aerial photo, Patagonia, Argentina.
Image ID: 35958
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina |
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Mother and calf moose wade through meadow grass near Christian Creek.
Image ID: 13037
Species: Moose, Alces alces
Location: Christian Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA | Mother moose grazes in Christian Creek while its calf watches nearby.
Image ID: 13038
Species: Moose, Alces alces
Location: Christian Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA | Mother moose grazes in Christian Creek while its calf watches nearby.
Image ID: 13043
Species: Moose, Alces alces
Location: Christian Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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Blue whale, mother and calf.
Image ID: 02301
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whales: mother/calf pair w/ adult, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03354
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Four blue whales (including calf) socializing, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03356
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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