Whale hair on the rostrum and chin of a southern right whale, #38331

Whale hair on the rostrum and chin of a southern right whale, sidelit by the setting sun. These individual hairs provide sensor information to the whale as it swims through ocean currents or touches the ocean bottom. Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina, Eubalaena australis, natural history stock photograph, photo id 38331
Whale hair on the rostrum and chin of a southern right whale, sidelit by the setting sun. These individual hairs provide sensor information to the whale as it swims through ocean currents or touches the ocean bottom. Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina

This image is featured in: New Photos of Southern Right Whales in Argentina, Eubalaena australis

Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38331
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: animalia, argentina, artiodactyla, balaenidae, ballena, cetacea, chordata, chubut, eubalaena australis, golfo nuevo, mammalia, patagonia, peninsula valdes, puerto piramides, valdes peninsula
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