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Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

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Humpback whale calf

© Sue Flood / www.sueflood.com
Female and young humpback whale

© David Fleetham / naturepl.com
Male, female and young humpback whales

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Humpback whale female with calf

© Mike Osmond / Auscape International
Humpback whale female and calf

© Sue Flood / www.sueflood.com
Humpback whale female with calf, ventral view

© Sue Flood / www.sueflood.com
Humpback whale with calf

© Tomas Kotouc
Humpback whale and calf

© Tomas Kotouc
Humpback whale with young

© Tomas Kotouc
Female humpback whale helping calf to the surface

© kevinschafer.com
Humpback whale with young

© Pete Atkinson / www.photoshot.com
Female humpback whale with calf and attendant male

© Mark Carwardine / www.photoshot.com
Humpback whale, close up

© Tomas Kotouc
Group of humpback whales

© Tomas Kotouc
Adult female humpback whale with calf

© Glen Tepke
Humpback whale blowhole

© Mark Carwardine / naturepl.com
Humpback whale at surface

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Humpback whale, close up of tail

© Luis Quinta / naturepl.com
Humpback whale with mouth open, showing baleen

© Warwick Sloss / naturepl.com
Humpback whale head lunging

© Sue Flood / naturepl.com
Humpback whale breaching

© David Fleetham / naturepl.com
Humpback whale breaching

© Mark Carwardine / naturepl.com
Humpback whales, two adults breaching

© François Gohier / www.ardea.com
Two humpback whales breaching

© Photo courtesy of MichaelDanielHo.com
Humpback whale breaching

© François Gohier / Auscape International
Humpback whale breaching

© Jeff Foott / Discovery Communications, Inc.
Humpback whale breaching

© Photo courtesy of MichaelDanielHo.com
Humpback whale breaching

© Glen Tepke
Humpback whale breaching

© Glen Tepke
Humpback whale breaching

© Sue Flood / www.sueflood.com
Humpback whale tail slapping

© Nicola Destefano
Tail fluke of a humpback whale as it slaps its tail

© Sue Flood / naturepl.com
Humpback whale, dorsal view

© Doc White / www.ardea.com
Humpback whale swimming

© Visuals Unlimited / naturepl.com
Humpback whale swimming

© David Fleetham / naturepl.com
Humpback whale swimming, lateral view

© Jurgen Freund / naturepl.com
Humpback whale spyhopping

© David Fleetham / naturepl.com
Humpback whale spouting

© Malcolm Schuyl / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Humpback whale breaching at sunset

© Mike Osmond / www.ardea.com
Humpback whale fluke

© Sue Flood / www.sueflood.com
Humpback whale fluke

© Tom Vezo / naturepl.com
Humpback whale shows dorsal fin

© Hans Christoph Kappel / naturepl.com
Humpback whale deep diving

© Photo courtesy of MichaelDanielHo.com
Humpback whale at surface

© Doc White / naturepl.com
Humpback whale chin showing throat plates and barnacles

© Sue Flood / www.sueflood.com
Humpback whale, pectoral flipper detail

© kevinschafer.com
Pectoral fin of humpback whale

© Jurgen Freund / naturepl.com
Humpback whale at surface, ventral view

© Pete Atkinson / www.photoshot.com
Humpback whale showing blow hole

© Jeff Foott / Discovery Communications, Inc.
Humpback whale surfacing

© Glen Tepke
Humpback whale, pectoral flipper flapping

© kevinschafer.com
Humpback whale feeding

© Glen Tepke
Humpback whales bubble net feeding

© François Gohier / www.ardea.com
Pair of humpback whales with extended throat pleats

© Photo courtesy of MichaelDanielHo.com
Humpback whale, bubble net cooperative feeding

© François Gohier / www.ardea.com
Humpback whale

© Photo courtesy of MichaelDanielHo.com
Humpback whale, bubble-net feeding

© François Gohier / www.ardea.com
Humpback whales resting at the surface

© Sue Flood / www.sueflood.com
Humpback whales migrating

© Jean-Paul Ferrero / www.ardea.com
Humpback whale trapped in fishing net

© B. & C. Alexander / naturepl.com
Humpback whale competition pod

© Photo courtesy of MichaelDanielHo.com
Humpback whale fluke print

© David Fleetham / naturepl.com
Humpback whale baleen

© Roger Tidman / www.flpa-images.co.uk

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