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Megaptera
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I watched these three humpback whales play and socialise for several hours. At one point, the three humpback whales merged into this whirlwind-like formation, something I have never seen before. The behaviour was so intricate and intimate that I initially thought there were two males competing for the attention of a female. It took some time to verify the sex of the whales. When I was finally able to do so, it came as quite a surprise to discover that all three were males.

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Keywords

  • South Pacific
  • Tonga
  • Vava'u
  • Humpback Whale
  • Animalia
  • Chordata
  • Mammalia
  • Cetartiodactyla
  • Eutheria
  • Cetacea
  • Mysticeti
  • Balaenopteridae
  • Marine Mammal
  • Baleen Whale
  • Rorqual
  • Mysticete
  • Megaptera novaeangliae
  • Endangered: IUCN Red List
  • CITES Appendix 1
  • Filter Feeder

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I watched these three humpback whales play and socialise for several hours. At one point, the three humpback whales merged into this whirlwind-like formation, something I have never seen before. The behaviour was so intricate and intimate that I initially thought there were two males competing for the attention of a female. It took some time to verify the sex of the whales. When I was finally able to do so, it came as quite a surprise to discover that all three were males.